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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 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 trail then rises back to high ground, first alongside Benner Run, [15] and reaches a junction with the Rock Run Trails System at 37.1 miles. The two trails are concurrent, southbound, until they reach PA 504. The Allegheny Front Trail reaches the trailhead on that highway again at 41.9 miles, ending the loop. [16]
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 Allegheny Ridge is prominently shown in the map center-left, the gaps of the Allegheny Front are located in the border area between Cambria County (uplands) and Huntingdon County (lowlands). USGS - Appalachians Mountain chain showing the lines of the barrier ridges in central, western, and northwestern Pennsylvania.
The Minister Creek Trail is a hiking trail in Allegheny National Forest in northwestern Pennsylvania, consisting of a main loop with entrance trail for a total distance of 6.3 miles (10.1 km). [1] An optional spur trail leads away from the loop to a scenic spot and campground on Minister Creek. [2]
Harrisburg, PA: Pennsylvania Department of Transportation; Traffic and State Route Map, Allegheny County (PDF) (Map) (2016 ed.). Cartography by PennDOT Bureau of Planning and Research, Geographic Information Division, in cooperation with the Federal Highway Administration.
This is a route-map template for the Great Allegheny Passage, a rail trail in Maryland and Pennsylvania, the United States.. For a key to symbols, see {{trails legend}}.; For information on using this template, see Template:Routemap.