Old Loggers Path
Rock Run
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Old Loggers Path is a 27.8 mile loop that follows former railroad grades, logging roads, bark trails, and other remnants of old industrial transportation, hence the name. The trail is a circuit through remote areas in northeastern Lycoming County. Highlights of the trail are the many revealing cuts on the railroad grades; Rock Run, one of the prettiest streams in Pennsylvania; and vistas over McIntyre Wild Area, Pleasant Stream, and the Loyalsock Trail region.
This area and many others like it have been described in a series of historical books on logging railroads. This region, including Masten, is included in Ghost Lumber Towns of Central Pennsylvania (1970), by Thomas Taber. Old Loggers Path is located entirely on state forest land that formerly belonged to the Central Pennsylvania Lumber Company.
This area and many others like it have been described in a series of historical books on logging railroads. This region, including Masten, is included in Ghost Lumber Towns of Central Pennsylvania (1970), by Thomas Taber. Old Loggers Path is located entirely on state forest land that formerly belonged to the Central Pennsylvania Lumber Company.
The trail takes advantage of the engineering expertise of the early logging railroaders by following the moderate grades up and down the rugged landscape. For a detailed description of a backpacking trip on the entire Old Loggers Path, see 50 Hikes in Central Pennsylvania (2001), by Tom Thwaites.
A patch for hikers who have completed the Old Loggers Path trail, are available at the KTA's Bookstore
Other resources:
►DCNR Old Loggers Path Information
►Maps of Loyalsock State Forest, DCNR
A patch for hikers who have completed the Old Loggers Path trail, are available at the KTA's Bookstore
Other resources:
►DCNR Old Loggers Path Information
►Maps of Loyalsock State Forest, DCNR
