Highland Trail
Ricketts Glen
State Park
Length: 1.2 miles
Rating: Moderate
The trail cuts across the top of the Falls Trail and crosses through
Midway Crevasse, a narrow passageway between large blocks of Pocono
sandstone conglomerates that were deposited throughout this area by glacial
movements. At least three times in the last one million years, continental
glaciers buried this land under hundreds of feet of ice. This trail makes an
excellent area for geological study groups.
Directions:
The park is 30 miles north of Bloomsburg on PA 487. The section of PA 487
from the town of Red Rock to the Lake Jean area of the park is a very steep
road. Heavy trailer units should avoid this hill and enter the park by
taking PA 487 south from Dushore.
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