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Hiking Pennsylvania Guide Book

by Rhonda & George Ostertag (Falcon Publishing)
Hiking Pennsylvania

350pp/photos/maps/elevation charts
ISBN: 0762722444

Firsthand descriptions for 75 of the best hikes from Lake Erie and the Allegheny and Pocono mountains to the Pittsburgh and Philadelphia regions make this book a must for anyone serious about hiking in Pennsylvania. Choose from a variety of easy one-hour strolls along quiet nature trails, moderate day hikes, overnighters, and extended backpack trips. This guide also includes accurate, up-to-date information, detailed maps, interesting photos, and helpful tips on preparation and planning. Whether you're a first-time wilderness traveler or a seasoned backpacker, this guide will lead the way on your next adventure in the Keystone State.

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... Preview: This hike combines both the 0.6-mile Alan Seeger Trail, touring spectacular old-growth forest and a rhododendron jungle, and the 2-mile Johnson Trail segment of the Greenwood Spur that leads to Greenw ... From the guidebook "Hiking Pennsylvania"
State College, PA - Hiking - Trail Length: 5.2 miles
... Preview: This multiple-use rail-trail links Franklin and Brandon and strings past points of historical note and fine river views, while touring a mostly natural setting where wildlife can be spied. Special att ... From the guidebook "Hiking Pennsylvania"
Brandon, PA - Hiking - Trail Length: 10 miles
... Preview: 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 ... From the guidebook "Hiking Pennsylvania"
Rouzerville, PA - Hiking - Trail Length: 232 miles (About Top Trails)
... Preview: The centerpiece of this Allegheny National Forest recreation area is thirty-four-acre Beaver Meadows Lake, created in 1936 as part of the Works Progress Administration (WPA). A network of five interlo ... From the guidebook "Hiking Pennsylvania"
Brookville, PA - Hiking - Trail Length: 4 miles
... Preview: In the low, rolling hills at the northern outskirts of Pittsburgh, the Audubon Society of Western Pennsylvania leases a portion of land from the Western Pennsylvania Conservancy. This leased site allo ... From the guidebook "Hiking Pennsylvania"
Fox Chapel, PA - Hiking - Trail Length: 1.6 miles
... Preview: This hike follows a maintenance road and a foot trail, touring 2,845-acre Bruce Lake Natural Area, crossing the isthmus of Egypt Meadow Lake and encircling Bruce Lake. Special attractions: Bruce and E ... From the guidebook "Hiking Pennsylvania"
Scranton, PA - Hiking - Trail Length: 6.8 miles
... Preview: At this Allegheny National Forest hiking and wildlife viewing area, closed roads, reseeded tracks, and foot trails introduce the site’s gentle, mostly open terrain dotted by fifteen pond impoundments ... From the guidebook "Hiking Pennsylvania"
Brookville, PA - Hiking - Trail Length: 5.4 miles
... Preview: Some 9 miles of interlocking foot trail explore 13,200-acre State Game Lands 37, which adjoins the Tioga–Hammond reservoir tract—a U.S. Army Corps of Engineers project. This relaxing circuit explores ... From the guidebook "Hiking Pennsylvania"
Wellsboro, PA - Hiking - Trail Length: 8 miles
... Preview: This 1,130-acre South Mountain state park has a 12-mile system of nature, hiking, and history trails. Rediscover the era of charcoal hearths and iron furnaces, and touch a page from Civil War history. ... From the guidebook "Hiking Pennsylvania"
Harrisburg, PA - Hiking - Trail Length: 6.1 miles
... Preview: This split-character woods loop travels aptly named Cherry Ridge. Maintaining an untamed charm throughout, it begins easy but degrades to a rigorous log scramble before drawing to a close. Special att ... From the guidebook "Hiking Pennsylvania"
Williamsport, PA - Hiking - Trail Length: 5.7 miles
... Preview: This hike explores the offering of the eastern component of the 50-mile, double-looped Chuck Keiper Trail System (CKT). Travel mixed woodlands, picturesque hollows, meadow, and burn habitat. The CKT f ... From the guidebook "Hiking Pennsylvania"
Williamsport, PA - Hiking - Trail Length: 25.6 miles
... Preview: This 273-acre wooded park occupies Doubling Gap, created where Blue Mountain makes an S-shaped bend. Doubling Gap Run threads through the park, with man-made 3.5-acre Doubling Gap Lake serving as the ... From the guidebook "Hiking Pennsylvania"
Harrisburg, PA - Hiking - Trail Length: 5.8 miles
... Preview: Threaded by the Clarion River, this hallmark 6,668-acre Pennsylvania state park protects one of the largest old-growth white pine–eastern hemlock forests in the eastern United States. The ancient tree ... From the guidebook "Hiking Pennsylvania"
Clarion, PA - Hiking - Trail Length: 14 miles
... Preview: In the shadow of Tuscarora Mountain, this 1,085-acre state park offers lake, creek, and woodland recreation. Within the park’s 10-mile trail system, find paths that challenge and relax. View the park ... From the guidebook "Hiking Pennsylvania"
Harrisburg, PA - Hiking - Trail Length: 7.5 miles
... Preview: The 60-mile Delaware Canal represents the most intact canal of the early and mid-nineteenth century, with many of its operational features still in place. The parallel towpath today is recognized as a ... From the guidebook "Hiking Pennsylvania"
Easton, PA - Hiking - Trail Length: 41.1 miles
... Preview: This 70,000-acre national recreation area (NRA) spans the Pennsylvania and New Jersey shores of a 40-mile stretch of the Delaware Wild and Scenic River. At the southern end of the park, view Delaware ... From the guidebook "Hiking Pennsylvania"
Milford, PA - Hiking - Trail Length: 2 miles
... Preview: Straddling the Pennsylvania–New Jersey shore of the Delaware Wild and Scenic River, this popular 70,000-acre national recreation area (NRA) extends exceptional scenery, first-rate river recreation, hi ... From the guidebook "Hiking Pennsylvania"
Milford, PA - Hiking - Trail Length: 8.3 miles
... Preview: Two isolated land parcels, the Sugar Lake Division and the less intensively controlled Seneca Division, make up this 8,777-acre national wildlife refuge named for an extinct lake tribe of Indians—the ... From the guidebook "Hiking Pennsylvania"
Meadville, PA - Hiking - Trail Length: 6 miles
... Preview: This comfortable family trail swings a lasso across the summit plateau of Mason Hill. Pass through woods, fern meadow, and laurel-and-berry fields; explore rocky realms; and visit natural overlooks. S ... From the guidebook "Hiking Pennsylvania"
Driftwood, PA - Hiking - Trail Length: 5 miles
... Preview: On a bluff overlooking the Monongahela River sits the country manor of Albert Gallatin, a Swiss immigrant who played a key role in this nation’s early adventure into democratic rule. He served as secr ... From the guidebook "Hiking Pennsylvania"
Uniontown, PA - Hiking - Trail Length: 4 miles

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