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This 2,155-mile national scenic trail from Maine to Georgia cuts across southeastern Pennsylvania between New Jersey and the Mason-Dixon Line at Maryland. The Appalachian Trail (AT) traverses ridges a
... Related information:... From the guidebook Hiking Pennsylvania
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The Appalachian Trail (AT) is the most famous and popular trail in the world; it is synonymous with backpacking. Not surprisingly, it is the most heavily hiked trail in Pennsylvania. Although the AT o
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On this 10-mile rock hop along the Blue Mountain ridge, history-minded hikers walk a path blazed by Native Americans, interpreters, missionaries, and soldiers. The focal point is Pilger Ruh (Pilgrim'
... Related information:... From the guidebook Exploring the Appalachian Trail: Hikes in the Mid-Atlantic States
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This hike from Bake Oven Knob to Lehigh Gap is one of the more scenic in the state, although the scenery varies considerably - from hawks floating on mountain updrafts to the stark and stunted landsca
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Thru-hikers know Pennsylvania by the name Rocksylvania. Before too long, day-trippers on this 15-mile hike along the Blue Mountain ridge discover why. Truth be told, there are some early stretches o
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Strausstown
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- 15.3 miles
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North of picturesque Boiling Springs, the AT traverses the Cumberland Valley in what can only be described as a beautiful English country walk - along hedgerows, stone walls, and farm fields - with a
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Boiling Springs
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PA
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- 11.3 miles
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Caledonia was the name given to ancient Scotland by invading Romans, but hikers don't need to be Bravehearts to enjoy the first leg of the AT's ridge top route between Caledonia and Pine Grove Furnace
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This rollercoaster hike rides up and down the northern end of the Blue Ridge Mountains, which the AT has been following since Georgia, then smoothes out with some field hiking through the agrarian Cum
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Mount Holly Springs
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PA
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- 8.3 miles
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This is a walk on the wilderness side. That does not mean that man's hand is not visible along he almost 16 miles of trail beginning at PA 325, only that for the most part it has fallen gently and lo
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Duncannon
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PA
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- 15.9 miles
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Although the AT climbs 750 vertical feet up the stern visage of Peters Mountain and follows its rocky spine for much of this 7.3-mile hike, it is the long, wide Susquehanna River that dominates. AT 4
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Duncannon
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PA
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- 7.3 miles
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Cove Mountain is where Rocksylvania really begins. It is where hikers start to complain about seeing the Keystone State three feet at a time. Because of the rocks, they have to focus on their two fe
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Duncannon
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PA
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- 8.7 miles
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The footing on this 7.2-mile section of Kittatinny Mountain is sharp and jagged and rough, like much of the rest of the AT through northern Pennsylvania. But how can you not like a hike that passes L
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Stroudsburg
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PA
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- 7 miles
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On the hump of Piney Mountain, hikers will pass the AT's nominal midpoint. It is marked with sign and draped with the hopes of all the end-to-enders who started the hike of 2150-plus miles in Georgia
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Pine Grove Furnace
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PA
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- 11 miles
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Hawks and rocks. Hikers have plenty of opportunities to look up for one and down for the other on this 13.3-mile stroll up and along the Blue Mountain ridge. The AT skirts the side of Hawk Mountain
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This 12.6-mile hike begins with a steep 1000-foot climb through a polluted, barren Superfund cleanup site. It's not as bad as it sounds. In fact, many hikers find the scramble out of Lehigh Gap, up
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Lehighton
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PA
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- 12.6 miles
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This park-to-park ridgetop romp of just 10.5 miles rates as one of the least dramatic but most delightful day hikes in Pennsylvania. Out of the Antietam Cove area, once the extended Blue Ridge is gai
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Rouzerville
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PA
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- 10.5 miles
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It is appropriate that the Appalachian Trail passes from Maryland to Pennsylvania through sylvan picnic grounds that were once an amusement park. Just on the southern side of the Mason-Dixon line, in
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Rouzerville
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PA
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- 7 miles
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Views of the wide, blue Susquehanna River from Shikellimy Rocks and Table Rock are the expected highlights on this rocky, if fairly level, ridgetop walk, but don't be surprised if your most memorable
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Clarks Ferry
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PA
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- 9.6 miles
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Somewhere on the steep 900-foot climb out of Port Clinton up the rocky face of Blue Mountain, hikers can be excused for idly wondering if the turkey vultures floating overhead on outstretched wings ar
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Port Clinton
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PA
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- 15.1 miles
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Hikers who spend any time at all gearing up for this 8-mile ridgetop walk at the AT's Smith Gap Road trailhead are likely to meet John Stempa, aka The Mechanical Man. The gregarious trail maintainer
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Klecknersville
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PA
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- 8 miles
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This section of the AT is steeped in history. Hessian troops in the 1700s escaped slaves in the 1800s, and nazi submarine commanders earlier in this century all passed this way. Today it is a pleasa
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Shippensburg
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PA
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- 8.4 miles
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Swatara Gap, where Pennsylvania has had plans to build a park over an old coal strip mine for twenty-eight years, s finally getting graded and planted and roaded and signed. It's nature but it's too
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Lebanon
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PA
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- 11.1 miles
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This short hike, just under 5 miles along the rocky Blue Mountain ridge, is long on breathtaking scenery. It is also treacherously enough because of generally rocky footing and a narrow stretch along
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Snyders
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PA
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- 4.9 miles
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Rocksylvania saves some of the toughest hiking for last. This 8.1-mile toe stubber proves it, with many closely, if erratically, spaced rocks that make it more of a job than an adventure. The unfunn
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Bangor
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PA
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- 8.1 miles
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