PA Hiking/Biking Trails

The author and daughter along the Turkey Path at Leonard Harrison State Park.

Exploring the Turkey Path at Leonard Harrison State Park

The Turkey Path is a popular mile-long hiking trail in the Pennsylvania Grand Canyon that combines stunning views with several outstanding waterfalls. The trail descends 750 feet from the vistas up top to the banks...
Exploring the Meadow Run Trail at Ohiopyle State Park in Fayette County Pennsylvania.

Hiking the Meadow Run Trail at Ohiopyle State Park

The Meadow Run Trail at Ohiopyle State Park is a 1.85 mile loop hike featuring waterfalls, enormous rock formations, fossils, and all-around gorgeous Laurel Highlands scenery. Getting There How to Find the Meadow Run Trail...
Selfie at Sugar Run Falls, Ohiopyle State Park.

Hiking the Mitchell Trail at Ohiopyle State Park

The Mitchell Trail at Ohiopyle State Park is a scenic and lesser-traveled trail at the park, and an alternate route to the waterfalls on Jonathan Run, Sugar Run, and Fechter Run. What follows is an...
The author at Flat Rock Vista.

Hiking the Flat Rock Trail at Colonel Denning State Park

Flat Rock Trail - don't let the name fool you! I recently had a chance to hike this roughly 2.5 mile (one way) trail to the top of Blue Mountain in Cumberland County, and I...
The well-lit and refurbished Big Savage Tunnel along the Great Allegheny Passage in Somerset County PA.

Exploring the Big Savage Tunnel along the Great Allegheny Passage

The Big Savage Tunnel is one of the structural marvels of Pennsylvania, located near mile marker 23 along what is now the Great Allegheny Passage hiking/biking trail in Somerset County. History of the Big Savage...