Pine Creek Rail Trail

Pine Creek Rail Trail
Pine Creek Rail Trail
	Rail trail passing through Blackwell
Pine Creek Rail Trail
Length	65 miles
Location	Lycoming and Tioga Counties, Pennsylvania, U.S.
Established	1996, 2007 to Wellsboro, 2012 in Jersey Shore
Designation	BicyclePA Route G
Trailheads	Route 287, Wellsboro, PA 41°47′18″N 77°18′29″W / 41.788221°N 77.308019°W Railroad Street, Jersey Shore, PA 41°12′00″N 77°17′13″W / 41.199888°N 77.287065°W
Use	Hiking and Cycling
Grade	Gentle (former railroad)
Difficulty	Easy
Season	Hiking and cycling in spring, summer, and fall; cross-country skiing in winter
Sights	Pine Creek Gorge, hawks, Canada geese, and occasionally bald eagles, American black bears and white-tailed deer
Hazards	Severe Weather, Poison ivy, Bears
Surface	Crushed limestone

The Pine Creek Rail Trail is the only rail trail in the Appalachian Mountains of north-central Pennsylvania.

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.^[1]^[2]

^ Bly, Laura (July 27, 2001). "10 great places to take a bike tour". USA Today. p. 3D.
^ "The Wellsboro Area Chamber of Commerce: Pennsylvania Grand Canyon". Wellsboro Area Chamber of Commerce. Archived from the original on September 13, 2008. Retrieved February 12, 2008.

[usatoday-1] Bly, Laura (July 27, 2001). "10 great places to take a bike tour". USA Today. p. 3D.

[wellsboro_chamber-2] "The Wellsboro Area Chamber of Commerce: Pennsylvania Grand Canyon". Wellsboro Area Chamber of Commerce. Archived from the original on September 13, 2008. Retrieved February 12, 2008.

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