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At 19.7 miles, the trail returns to the edge of the main gorge and for about the next eight miles repeats its previous pattern of following the edge of the gorge, with numerous vistas, interrupted by several trips into side hollows with occasional waterfalls. At 26.5 miles, the West Rim Trail passes
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At 9.0 miles, the West Rim Trail returns to the edge of Pine Creek Gorge, with several more vistas across to
Leonard Harrison State Park. Continuing southbound. the trail mostly follows the edge of the gorge for the next seven miles, but with several sojourns into rugged side gorges formed by a
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Bradley Wales Picnic Area at 15.9 miles, then leads inland for another extensive segment away from the gorge, this time to avoid a parcel of private land.
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Tiadaghton: An Environmental History of the Pine Creek Gorge
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353:Backpacking Pennsylvania: 37 Great Hikes
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79:Colton Road, 0.5 mile south of
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478:Guide to the West Rim Trail
243:Leonard Harrison State Park
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406:Pennsylvania Hiking Trails
376:Owlett, Steven E. (1993).
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282:Pine Creek Rail Trail
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689:Lost Turkey
584:Appalachian
845:Categories
809:Twin Lakes
709:Mill Creek
669:Horse-Shoe
639:Fred Woods
619:Donut Hole
614:Darlington
440:088150372X
362:0811731804
288:References
259:Pine Creek
141:Year-round
130:Difficulty
72:Trailheads
62:Counties,
804:Tuscarora
779:T-Squared
704:Mid State
694:Loyalsock
609:Conestoga
461:March 31,
263:Blackwell
201:clear-cut
819:West Rim
754:Rock Run
744:Quehanna
719:Morrison
274:dynamite
170:Lycoming
133:Moderate
109:Moderate
56:Lycoming
52:Location
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784:Tanbark
734:Pinchot
231:Ansonia
214:Outside
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221:Route
174:Tioga
166:trail
60:Tioga
463:2008
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