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Appalachian National Scenic Trail is a hiking and biking trail in Highfield-Cascade, Pennsylvania and Maryland. It is within Gathland State Park, Greenbrier State Park, Chesapeake & Ohio Canal National Historical Park, Weverton Roxbury Corridor Rail Trail, South Mountain State Park, and Washington Monument State Park. It is 37.9 miles long and begins at 1,517 feet altitude. Traveling the entire trail is 76.1 miles with a total elevation gain of 15,372 feet. Weverton Park & RIde and other parkings, Monument Knob (elevation 1,535 feet), Raven Rock (elevation 1,690 feet), Lambs Knoll (elevation 1,742 feet), and Black Rock (elevation 1,801 feet), the Welcome to the Appalachian Trail and Washington Monument information boards, the Ensign Cowall Shelter and Ed Garvey Shelter shelters, Black Rock and another viewpoint, the Pine Knob Shelter, Pine Knob Shelter, and Annapolis Rock information guideposts, the South Mountain Inn restaurant, and the Dahlgren Chapel and Church of Saint Joseph of the Sacred Heart of Jesus (elevation 1,066 feet) places of worship can be seen along the trail. There are also a communication tower, picnic sites, woods, trees, a bench, bicycle parking, parkings, and a rock along the trail. Near the end of the trail are a parking and an information guidepost.
