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Potter County Pennsylvania Hiking Trails
Susquehannock Trail
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This rolling, long-distance (85.0 miles) hiking trail swings an
impressive oval through Susquehannock State Forest, visiting Ole Bull and
Patterson state parks, Hammersly Wild Area, and Cherry Springs Fire Tower.
On this Allegheny Mountain tour, explore a terrain of moderate relief, with
long, even-height ridges cut by sparkling runs that host native brook trout.
Maple and beech dominate the second-growth hardwood forests, joined by
impressive black cherry and stands of hemlock, planted pine or Norway
spruce.
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This long-distance loop and its associated spurs offer comfortable
travel, incorporating existing foot trails, old and new logging roads and
abandoned logging railroad grades. Allot at least a week to tour the entire
loop and travel is mostly on public land.
The route is marked by 2" x 6" rectangular orange blazes. At intervals
the STS emblem is painted on trees. There are no shelters along the Trail,
but backpackers may build fires using the proper precautions.
In cooperation with DCNR, sections of this trail are maintained, in part,
by volunteers from the Susquehannock Trail Club.
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