Rail-Trail
State: PA Length: 9 miles Surface: Ballast, Dirt, Grass, Gravel
This trail is not groomed. The trail is a combination of logging roads, railroad grades and pipelines that offer challenges to a wide range of skill levels. Trail is marked with blue diamonds.
State: PA Length: 8.30 miles Surface: Dirt, Grass, Gravel
This trail is not groomed. The three loops are suitable for beginners. The trail is marked with blue diamonds. Check out the short 1.2 mile Hearts Content Interpretive Trail which offers a scenic hike through an old growth forest of beech, hemlock ...
State: PA Length: 12 miles Surface: Dirt, Grass
The route is primitive and unimproved. The trail crosses several streams that are not bridged. The trail follows the scenic Tionesta Creek with lots of great scenery and fishing.
State: PA Length: 6.60 miles Surface: Dirt, Grass
This moderately difficult trail features great views of Minister Creek and passes by several outstanding rock outcropings, the latter about 1 mile from the trailhead parking lot. This heavily used trail is marked with white diamonds. The trail ...
State: PA Length: 4.50 miles Surface: Ballast, Dirt, Grass
Located on the western side of the Allegheny National Forest, this trail extends north to south, parallel to the Allegheny River from the town of Tidioute to Grove Run. The trail retains much of the wilderness appeal of the surrounding forest ...
State: PA Length: 16.60 miles Surface: Dirt, Grass
This trail passes through a variety of pleasing landscapes. The area near Crane Run is especially scenic. The trail is marked with white diamonds. The skill level of this trail is rated more difficult. The Twin Lakes Trail ends at the North ...
State: NY Length: 28.56 miles Surface: Concrete, Crushed Stone, Dirt, Grass, Gravel
Though mostly a continuous system of trails from Sherman north to Brocton, some segments of the Chautauqua Rails-to-Trails system go by other names (see below). All the trails are primarily grassy but some portions are gravel or crushed stone. ...
State: NY, PA Length: 5.10 miles Surface: Crushed Stone
Crossing the state line into New York near Erie, Pennsylvania, the 7.5-mile trail runs through the beautiful Brokenstraw Valley, passing small streams, a tamarack swamp, deciduous woods and wildflowers. The construction of railroad tracks through ...
State: PA Length: 7 miles Surface:
A seven mile section of the Thornton Junction (aka Crooked Creek) Trail was acquired for public use by the Northwest Pennsylvania Trail Association. The corridor begins immediately south of south of Route 5 at Girard Junction and follows the ...
State: PA Length: 3.10 miles Surface: Ballast, Cinder
The Pennsylvania Railroad originally built the Chautauqua Line as part of a network of rail lines that linked Corry, Titusville, Oil City, Franklin and Meadville during the boom days of the oil industry in Northwest Pennsylvania. Spartansburg, ...
State: NY Length: 365 miles Surface: Asphalt, Crushed Stone, Dirt, Gravel
The Erie Canalway Trail runs 365 miles, from Buffalo in the west to Albany in the east, linking other cities of Rochester, Syracuse, Rome, Utica, and Schenectady. As of August 2011, about 75% of the trail is complete with a few remaining gaps ...
State: PA Length: 5 miles Surface: Asphalt
Along its 5-mile path, this paved rail-trail crosses through a rich array of natural habitats, from creek bottomlands to meadow, marsh and forest. The trail is named for Calvin Ernst, who owned the Meadville-Linesville Railroad corridor and ...
State: PA Length: 0.30 miles Surface:
At 301 feet high, the Kinzua Railroad Bridge is considered the second highest bridge in the United States and when it was built in 1882, was the highest railroad bridge in the world. Unfortunately, in 2003 torrential winds from a tornado demolished ...
State: PA Length: 3 miles Surface: Crushed Stone
This trail lies at the bottom of the Kinzua Valley running parallel to Kinzua Creek and using the former Valley Railroad Grade. Approximately 3 miles of the section just west of Westline has been developed with an improved crushed stone surface. ...
State: PA Length: 0 miles Surface:
The Allegheny National Forest is accepting public comments on a trail project which will develop a 10 mile section of trail to the west of Mile 6 and the the Allegheny Reservoir. The project follows the same rail corridor which is being developed ...
A Feasibility Study to find out what is involved to create a trail on the 69.9 mile corridor of the former Knox & Kane Railroad is currently underway in the four county region.
State: PA Length: 23.30 miles Surface: Crushed Stone, Dirt, Grass, Gravel
The Marienville Bike Trail is part of a system of roads and trails in the Allegheny National Forest. The trails are open to mountain bikes, trail bikes, and ATVs and are rated as difficult because of the rocky, and sometimes steep, terrain. ...
State: PA Length: 1 miles Surface: Crushed Stone
The Marilla Bridges Trail provides a 1-mile loop around Marilla Reservoir in Bradford, not far from the Pennsylvania/New York border. The fine-crushed limestone trail offers a scenic trek through the pine forest surrounding the lake, where you ...
State: PA Length: 2 miles Surface: Asphalt
The McClintock Trail is a designated road route running south from Oil Creek State Park to Oil City. A 1.8-mile section on Waitz Road in Cornplanter Township connects Rynd Farm to the historic McClintock Well #1. It is open to bicyclists, walkers, ...
State: PA Length: 9.70 miles Surface: Asphalt
The Titusville and Petroleum Center Railroad had one major purpose when it was built in 1863: to transport oil. Oil was discovered in Oil Creek Valley in 1859 by Colonel Edward Drake and William Smith. Almost overnight, towns such as Titusville, ...
State: NY Length: 12.10 miles Surface: Asphalt, Crushed Stone, Grass
Make way for diversity on the Pat McGee Trail. This 12.1-mile path boasts a diverse array of plant and animal life, with more than 150 species of bird. A variety of users, including snowmobilers and equestrians, can be seen. The trail even crosses ...
State: PA Length: 3 miles Surface: Asphalt
This 3-mile trail within the city limits of Titusville extends from the Jersey Bridge parking lot, adjacent to the Drake Well Museum, to South Martin Street in Titusville. A section of the trail at Allen/Bloss St./Brown St. Bridge is share ...
Located along the banks of Conewango Creek, the open 3-mile segment of this proposed 11-mile trail follows an old New York Central branch north from the city of Warren. Designed to serve primarily as a safe, off-road route for cyclists and commuters, ...
State: PA Length: 18.90 miles Surface:
The West Creek Rail Trail Association is working on developing a trail on the abandoned rail corridor between St. Mary's and Emporium, Pa. To date, no surface devlopment has been completed.