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The Allegheny Trail is a 330-mile (530 km) hiking trail that passes through the Allegheny Mountains in West Virginia, and part of western Virginia, United States. It is the longest named trail in the state excepting the Appalachian Trail , 4 miles (6.4 km) of which traverses the state at Harpers Ferry .
The area became popular with hikers, leading to calls for an organized backpacking loop. [4] The Allegheny Front Trail made use of a portion of the ski trail network, plus various existing trails in the state park and other areas of Moshannon State Forest, as well as sections of the Great Shamokin Path and Bald Eagle's Path that had been used ...
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 Great Allegheny Passage (GAP) is a 150-mile (240 km) rail trail between Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania and Cumberland, Maryland. Together with the C&O Canal towpath, the GAP is part of a 335 mi (539 km) route between Pittsburgh and Washington, D.C. , that is popular with through hikers and cyclists.
The unnamed trails are denoted by numbered junctions on maps published by the National Forest. [6] An "outer loop" of 10.3 miles, consisting of the Tracy Ridge Trail, Johnnycake Trail, and the connecting segment of the North Country Trail, is often promoted as an introduction to the Allegheny National Recreation Area's hiking options. [7]
A 1775 map of the Allegheny Plateau and Mountain Range. Trans-Allegheny travel had been facilitated when a military trail—Braddock Road—was blazed and opened by the Ohio Company in 1751. (It followed an earlier Indian and pioneer trail known as Nemacolin's Path.)
The Great Allegheny Passage (GAP) is 135 mile biking and hiking trail that connects Duquesne, Pennsylvania (near Pittsburgh) to Cumberland, MD. [3] The Allegheny Highlands Trail is the section of the trail that runs between Cumberland and the Mason-Dixon line (Smith, 2006).
The Hickory Creek Trail is an 11.6-mile (18.7 km) hiking trail in Allegheny National Forest in northwestern Pennsylvania. [1] The trail traverses remote areas of the Hickory Creek Wilderness; [2] its route includes a large loop and a short entrance trail that must be completed in both directions.