[2] It is the location of Blue Knob All Seasons Resort, the ski slope in Pennsylvania with the highest elevation.

Blue Knob State Park is just off Interstate 99 on Pennsylvania Route 869 west of Pavia.

[2] The logging boom that swept over most of the mountains and forests of Pennsylvania drastically altered the landscape surrounding Blue Knob State Park.

They left behind a wasteland of dried out tree tops that were ignited by passing steam locomotives.

Blue Knob National Recreation Demonstration Area was opened by the park service in 1935.

The WPA and CCC were established by President Franklin D. Roosevelt during the Great Depression to provide work for the unemployed.

[2] Blue Knob State Park has a campground with 45 sites, 43 of which have connections to an electrical supply.

The campground has running water, a sanitary dump station, modern restrooms and a playground.

Most of these trails are multiple use for hiking, cross country skiing, mountain biking, horseback riding and snowmobiling.

It is marked with a double red blaze and the trailhead can be found on the Tower Road just below the summit.

This part of the mountain is marked by stunted and wind deformed trees, mainly scrub oak and striped maple.

Along its length you can see how the trail got its name by the number of springs that are used for supplying water to the villages below the mountain.

The trailheads are located at either end of the trail off the Knob Road or on State Route 403 on Ickes Hill.

The trail is easy and wide open and as its name suggests, marks the site of an old settlers' house.

On the top of this ridge, which is over 2,400 ft., Chapell's Field holds one of the best views in the park as it looks up at the main summit of Blue Knob and down on the valley below.

The trail encircles the top of this ridge and is 2.5 miles in length, a loop marked by inverted orange "V" blazes.

The trail crosses over both public and private lands as it eventually ends in neighboring Somerset County.

Just behind the fenced in towers, you can see the trail which proceeds down the steep face of the mountain into the Rhodes Run drainage.

Proper footwear is recommended for this hike as it is steep in some areas and stream crossings are required along its length.

Bobs Creek is stocked with trout by the Pennsylvania Fish and Boat Commission in co-operation with the Pavia Sportsmen Club Inc.