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Appalachian Trail from Hamburg Reservoir [1] The Pinnacle is local high point on the Blue Mountain ridge of the Appalachian Mountains . Due to its location on the Appalachian Trail , and its reputation as one of the best views in Pennsylvania , the Pinnacle is heavily used by hikers.
The Mid State Trail (MST) is a 327-mile (526 km) linear hiking trail located in the Appalachian Mountains and Allegheny Plateau of central Pennsylvania, United States. [1] It is the longest hiking trail in Pennsylvania, and one of just three (with the Appalachian Trail and North Country Trail ) to traverse the state from one border to another.
The Laurel Highlands is a region in southwestern Pennsylvania made up of Fayette County, Somerset County, and Westmoreland County. [1] It has a population of about 600,000 people. The region is approximately fifty-five miles southeast of Pittsburgh ; the Laurel Highlands center on Laurel Hill and Chestnut Ridge of the Allegheny Mountains .
The Eastern Continental Divide enters Allegheny Mountain south of Fraziers Pass and follows the Allegheny Backbone [5] southwest where it leaves the escarpment toward the saddle point to the southeast between headwaters of Flaugherty and Wills Creeks, at which the ECD enters the Savage Mountain anticline. [4]: 9
The Kittanning Path was a major east-west Native American trail that crossed the Allegheny Mountains barrier ridge connecting the Susquehanna River valleys in the center of Pennsylvania to the highlands of the Appalachian Plateau and thence to the western lands beyond drained by the Ohio River.
The trail begins just north of Wellsboro, runs south through Pine Creek Gorge (also known as the Grand Canyon of Pennsylvania) and ends at Jersey Shore. A article in USA Today from 2001 named the 65-mile-long (105 km) trail as one of the "10 great places to take a bike tour" in the world.
It reaches the highest point of any backpacking trail in Pennsylvania, with its eastern terminus at 3,034 feet, at Herman Point near the top of Blue Knob, which in turn is the second highest peak in the state. [2] The trail also features a significant climb up the Allegheny Front. [3] These rugged geographic features, combined with a shortage ...
The trail then descends 0.75-mile (1.21 km) down through switchbacks, rock chutes and some more scrambles to Pecoy Notch, about 2,900 feet (884 m) above sea level. There are some views available to the north in the lower reaches. At the notch, another trail runs north about 2 miles (3.2 km) to the nearby community of Elka Park.