Rail-Trail
State: PA Length: 5 miles Surface: Crushed Stone
The Back Mountain Trail, originally built by lumber and ice king Albert Lewis of Wyoming Valley 115 years ago, was acquired by the Lehigh Valley Railroad in 1887. Lumber, ice, leather goods and anthracite coal were milled, tanned, mined and ...
State: PA Length: 0 miles Surface:
In Berks County, feasibility work has been started to design a trail section that will connect French Creek State Park to the Schuylkill River Trail. This is part of a Concept Plan for a trail called The Big Woods Trail that will connect the ...
State: PA Length: 1.50 miles Surface: Asphalt
The Bloomsburg Rail-Trail runs for a short distance along the former rail bed on the northwest side of town. Following the east bank of Fishing Creek, the trail stretches between Millville Road just south of I-80 and Railroad Street near where ...
State: PA Length: 29.70 miles Surface: Asphalt, Dirt, Grass, Gravel
The Blue Marsh Lake Multi-Use Trail loops around a manmade reservoir just outside of Reading in southeastern Pennsylvania. The trail has a mixture of surfaces (hard-packed dirt, grass, gravel and abandoned roads) with some single-tracking and ...
State: PA Length: 4.50 miles Surface: Crushed Stone
The Buckwha Creek Trail is a 4.5 mile rail-trail that is equally in Monroe Co. and Carbon Co. The eastern part of the trail, in Monroe Co. is owned by Eldred Township and is maintained by the Kunkletown Rod and Gun Club and is in fairly good ...
State: PA Length: 0.50 miles Surface: Dirt
State: PA Length: 9 miles Surface: Asphalt, Gravel
As of autumn 2011, 9 miles of the Buffalo Valley Rail Trail are complete. The trail runs between Lewisburg and Mifflinburg, and interpretive signs relate the region's history. The trail is mostly paved at both ends but the middle section has ...
State: PA Length: 2.10 miles Surface: Dirt
Located at 2,100 feet and next to the Loyalsock State Forest in northeast Pennsylvania, this trail in the small town of Eagles Mere has a rich history. In 1892 the Eagles Mere eight-mile narrow gauge railroad was built to Sonestown where it ...
State: PA Length: 3 miles Surface: Ballast, Cinder, Grass
From the Country side Conservancy: "Countryside Conservancy has completed a feasibility study on developing the Trolley Trail between Clarks Summit and Factoryville. This right-of-way is already being used in places by neighbors who know it ...
State: PA Length: 13.80 miles Surface: Ballast, Cinder, Crushed Stone, Dirt
NOTE: Currently, this section of the Delaware and Lehigh (D & L) National Heritage Corridor is open but not all of the trail is improved; trail users are cautioned to travel at their own risk. In addition, the trail is obstructed at Glen Summit ...
State: PA Length: 7.70 miles Surface: Crushed Stone, Dirt
Josiah White, a famous entrepreneur and innovator, built the Lehigh Canal to transport anthracite coal the 46 miles from Mauch Chunk to Easton. There, the coal barges entered the Delaware Canal to complete their journey to Philadelphia. An ambitious ...
State: PA Length: 25.70 miles Surface: Crushed Stone
When coal was discovered in Summit Hill in the late 1700s, a rush of development ensued in the Lehigh Valley. Josiah White and the Lehigh Coal and Navigation Company constructed a series of dams and canals in the early 1800s to move coal to ...
State: PA Length: 7.75 miles Surface: Ballast, Cinder, Crushed Stone
This trail is a combination of canal towpath and rail-trail. On the east side of the Lehigh River, the trail follows the earthen canal towpath. On the west side of the river, the trail follows a rail-trail of crushed stone, between Slatington ...
State: PA Length: 5.60 miles Surface: Ballast, Grass
The George B. Will Trail in Tiadaghton State Forest is named for an early 20th-century Pennsylvania forest ranger. The trail is popular with cross-country skiers and travels through a mixed-pine forest. The loop trail is wide and flat, perfect ...
State: PA Length: 4 miles Surface: Crushed Stone
Like so many trails in this area, the Great Hazleton Rails to Trails occupies the former corridor of a railroad line that supported the local coal mining industry. After a half century of disuse, the local community has turned the corridor into ...
State: PA Length: 10 miles Surface: Ballast, Crushed Stone, Dirt
The Iron Horse Trail follows two abandoned rail beds: the Path Valley Railroad and the Perry Lumber Company Railroad. Originally, the Path Valley Railroad was going to be an extension for the Newport and Shermans Valley Railroad and would end ...
State: PA Length: 2.80 miles Surface: Gravel
J. Manley Robbins Trail is a short trail with a long history. Quite possibly it is the oldest documented rail-trail in the country. The trail leads through a beautiful deciduous forest high above the Mahoning Creek. It is barely 1 mile long ...
State: PA Length: 0.82 miles Surface: Asphalt
The JFK Walking Trail is a hidden gem created to be part of the Pottsville Community flagship recreation complex. The paved trail is located behind the tennis courts and pool. A stylish sign complete with picket fence marks the entry way to ...
State: PA Length: 12 miles Surface: Crushed Stone
The multi-use Lackawanna River Heritage Trail (LRHT) follows Pennsylvania's Lackawanna River and when complete will be more than 40 miles. The trail begins at the confluence of the Lackawanna and Susquehanna rivers in Pittston, southwest of ...
State: PA Length: 2.70 miles Surface: Crushed Stone, Dirt
The beautiful Lehigh and New England trail is a short, crushed stone trail that follows a section of the former Lehigh and New England Railroad corridor. A lush tree canopy separates the trail from nearby State Highway 309. Detailed signage ...
State: PA Length: 1.80 miles Surface: Cinder, Concrete, Gravel
Tracing about two miles of riverfront today, this trail eventually will form a 16-mile pathway along an active railway. Chain link fencing separates the tracks from the trail. In downtown Pittston, the flat rail-trail intersects with a path ...
State: PA Length: 5.50 miles Surface: Asphalt
In a pretty valley between the West Branch of the Susquehanna River and Bald Eagle Mountain, the Lycoming Creek Bikeway is a fitting hometown asset. Tourists are not flocking to it, but the local folks have embraced it for their walks, morning ...
State: PA Length: 3 miles Surface: Crushed Stone
The first 3 miles of the planned 20-mile Lykens Valley Rail Trail meander from Wiconisco to Lykens on road before following the old railbed for 1 mile west to the township line. When the trail is complete, it will incorporate state game lands ...
State: PA Length: 1.80 miles Surface: Crushed Stone, Dirt, Grass
Lumber mills frequently set up tram cars running on a set of tracks to carry cut timbers from the steep hillsides. The Old Tram Trail is exactly that and has become a short bit of single track to challenge mountain bikers as well as hikers. ...
State: PA Length: 2 miles Surface: Dirt, Grass
The Penobscot Ridge Mountain Bike Area encompasses the large reclaimed areas of land to the south of Wanamie and the conservation lands of Penobscot Ridge. The combination of existing trails on the site, interesting vegetation, open fields, ...
State: PA Length: 61.20 miles Surface: Crushed Stone
One of the premier rail-trails in the Northeast, the Pine Creek Trail in Pine Creek Gorge offers travelers a spectacular 62-mile journey through the area commonly referred to as the Grand Canyon of Pennsylvania. With numerous trailheads, comfort ...
State: PA Length: 8.40 miles Surface: Gravel
The John Bartram Trail (a.k.a. Bartram Trail) is simply one section of the very involved Schuylkill River Trail, which is being developed in sections as funds and capacity permit. Currently 9.6 miles of the Bartram Trail is open. There are two ...
State: PA Length: 7.30 miles Surface: Dirt, Gravel
The Schuylkill Valley Heritage Trail passes through the rolling green hills of the Schuylkill River Valley, from just outside of Tamaqua to Middleport. The trail runs immediately adjacent to US Highway 209 and was originally intended to be part ...
State: PA Length: 13.40 miles Surface: Ballast, Grass
Primarily a cross-country ski route, this 13.4 mile trail can also be enjoyed for hiking. A must for exciting runs in the winter time the Sentiero Di Shay can also provide an exciting mountain bike adventure. The trail winds down, around and ...
State: PA Length: 3.30 miles Surface: Asphalt
The Slate Heritage Trail is built on the former Lehigh Valley Railroad, which opened in 1874 and transported slate products from quarries in northern Lehigh County to Slatington to connect with the railroad's main line. Trail-goers can learn ...
State: PA Length: 21.50 miles Surface: Dirt, Gravel
Originally named St. Anthony's Wilderness by Moravian missionaries who arrived in the colony in 1742 to convert Native tribes, the Stony Creek Valley became the site of five bustling towns after discovery of coal in 1824. The Schuylkill & Susquehanna ...
State: PA Length: 4 miles Surface: Asphalt
State: PA Length: 10.80 miles Surface: Crushed Stone
This Susquehanna Warrior Trail is nestled in the beautiful Susquehanna River Valley, lush with green meadows and surrounding mountain peaks. Eventually the trail will cover 18.5 miles, but now it totals about 10 miles in loosely connected sections. ...
State: PA Length: 30 miles Surface: Dirt
Located in scenic Potter and Clinton Counties, the Susquehannock Hiking Trail is an 85-mile amalgamation of old Civilian Conservation Corps fire trails, logging roads and railroad grades through the Susquehannock State Forest. Isolated and pristine, ...
State: PA Length: 10 miles Surface: Gravel
The discovery of anthracite coal in the Tremont area of Pennsylvania shaped commerce and development well into the 1800s. The Union Canal was constructed in the 1820s to connect the Schuylkill and Susquehanna rivers and improve transport of ...
State: PA Length: 18 miles Surface: Ballast, Dirt, Gravel
When it began operating, the Switchback Railroad was the second railroad in America and the first in Pennsylvania. Built to haul coal from the Summit Mine to the Lehigh Canal, the railroad evolved from a gravity-powered system (The Down Track) ...
State: PA Length: 1 miles Surface:
Ever since the 1993 flood waters of the Suquehanna River destroyed the western half of this bridge the Harrisburg communnity has been trying to rebuild it. The eastern half of the bridge has been opened and maintained as a part of the Capitol ...