Old Bulldozer Road Trail

Ricketts Glen State Park

Length: 2.9  miles
Rating: Strenuous

With its unique name (once used by a bulldozer to get to the top of the mountain to build the park), comes quite an elevation change. Accessed from the parking lot on PA 118, this trail is used by hikers and snowmobiles to access Mountain Springs Trail. Although most of the trail is easy to moderate hiking, a short section just up from the bottom is very steep.

This area is actually in Luzerne County, but since some of Ricketts Glen State Park is in Columbia County, this area will be included here.

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.