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The Susquehanna Warrior Trail is a 12.21-mile (19.65 km) [1] [2] [note 1] rail trail for bicyclists and pedestrians that runs along the west bank of the Susquehanna River in Luzerne County, Pennsylvania. The trail was created in 2005, and opened to the public in 2007. [3] The Susquehanna Warrior Trail has not yet been dedicated. [4]
The Northwest Lancaster County River Trail is a 14-mile (23 km) trail located along the Susquehanna River in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, United States of America. The trail runs alongside the Norfolk Southern rail line and the former Main Line Canal. [ 1 ]
The Capital Area Greenbelt is a looping trail located in the area of Harrisburg, Pennsylvania.This 20-mile loop around Pennsylvania's capital city provides visitors and tourists with opportunities to hike, ride bicycles, skate, jog, fish, walk their dogs, spot rare birds, learn about history, enjoy native flora and fauna, and appreciate nature.
The final section of the trail opened in 2007, and there are no immediate plans to expand the trail at this time. [5] Several groups have proposed expanding the trail into the borough of Wellsboro or building a trail along the West Branch Susquehanna River between Jersey Shore and Williamsport.
The Susquehanna River forms from two main branches: the North Branch, which rises in Cooperstown, New York, and is regarded by federal mapmakers as the main branch or headwaters, [11] and the West Branch, which rises in western Pennsylvania and joins the main branch near Northumberland in central Pennsylvania.
Pennsylvania Rail Trails are former railway lines that have been converted to paths designed for pedestrian, bicycle, skating, equestrian, or light motorized traffic. Rail trails are multi-use paths offering, at a minimum, a combination of pedestrian and cycle recreation.
The Mason-Dixon Trail continues to generally follow the Susquehanna, except for a trip inland at Muddy Creek and its substantial side gorge, with a brief walk along Pennsylvania Route 74 near the village of Castle Fin. The trail then returns to the Susquehanna and crosses the border into Maryland at about 115 miles from its western terminus. [8]
The night was cloudy yet, but moonlight too: and when we crossed the Susquehanna river— over which there is an extraordinary wooden bridge with two galleries, one above the other, so that even there, two boat teams meeting, may pass without confusion—it was wild and grand. [6] Clarks Ferry Bridge and Green's Dam 1936