Double Run came to me as a totally delightful and unexpected surprise. I was looking for a short hike in World End State Park after hiking the Canyon Vista & Cold Run Loop, so I took off on the “nature…
Great Allegheny Passage: Salisbury Viaduct to the Mason-Dixon Line
The Great Allegheny Passage is most famous as a rails-to-trails – and it deserves its fame. By connecting seamlessly into the C&O Canal Path, bikers can travel all of the way from Pittsburg, PA to Washington, D.C. pretty much without…
Adams Falls & the Evergreen Trail
The Evergreen Trail is often overshadowed by the Falls Trail (Ganoga Glen and Glen Leigh) in Ricketts Glen State Park, and rightly so. But by missing out on the Evergreen Trail, you also miss out on the lovely Adams Falls…
Canyon Vista Trail & Cold Run Trail – Waterfalls, Views, and More!
If you’re looking for a nice, long hike in northern Pennsylvania, I highly recommend the Canyon Run Trail in World’s End State Park (with the added loop of the Cold Run Trail). It’s mostly a forested hike with a few…
Coyote Rocks Loop
Searching for hikes to take near Ricketts Glen State Park last fall, I ran across a trail report for Coyote Rocks. But instead of just doing the out and back up to the views over the valleys and hills of…
The Falls Trail through Glen Leigh in Ricketts Glen State Park
You might recall that a couple of weeks ago, I posted about hiking the Falls Trail through Ganoga Glen in Ricketts Glen State Park. Well, here’s the final installment of that post – the Falls Trail through Glen Leigh! The…
The Falls Trail through Ganoga Glen in Ricketts Glen State Park
Explore Genoga Glen, the first half of the Falls Trail Loop in Ricketts Glen State Park, and its multiple waterfalls
Lewis Falls via Grassy Hollow Road
How would you like to visit four large waterfalls in the wilds of Pennsylvania – and likely have them all to yourself? Sure, the side trails to the falls are typically not marked, and it’s on State Game Land (so…
Biking Around Lovely Presque Isle
Today I’d like to share with you a truly delightful bike trail in northwestern Pennsylvania: The Trail around Presque Isle just north of the city of Erie. You can customize your route a bit, but by going around most of…
Trip Report: Ricketts Glen, World’s End, and More!
This past weekend, I did another “short and sweet” semi-local trip! We saw so many waterfalls thanks to the recent three days of rain, some mountain views, lots of cool boulders and rocks, and peaceful old-growth forests. On top of…