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Black Forest Trail
The Black Forest Trail is a hiking trail in north-central Pennsylvania, forming a loop through portions of Tiadaghton State Forest and routed through Pine Creek Gorge and areas of the Allegheny Plateau above the gorge. Most of the trail is in Lycoming County, Pennsylvania, Lycoming County, with about five miles in Potter County, Pennsylvania, Potter County and a very brief segment in Clinton County, Pennsylvania, Clinton County. The trail was named after the region's original forest landscape, which reminded immigrant loggers of the Schwartzwald, Schwarzwald ("black forest") region of Germany. The Black Forest Trail has been cited as one of the most scenic and challenging backpacking routes in Pennsylvania, with dozens of expansive Scenic viewpoint, vistas, several rugged descents into and out of Pine Creek Gorge, and remote plateau areas with evidence of railroad and logging operations from the late nineteenth century.Thwaites, p. 178-179 Route The Black Forest Trail is traditio ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lycoming County, Pennsylvania
Lycoming County is a county in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. As of the 2020 census, the population was 114,188. Its county seat is Williamsport. Lycoming County comprises the Williamsport metropolitan statistical area. About northwest of Philadelphia and east-northeast of Pittsburgh, Lycoming is Pennsylvania's largest county by area. History Formation of the county Lycoming County was formed from Northumberland County on April 13, 1795. The county was larger than it is today. It took up most of the land that is now north central Pennsylvania. The following counties have been formed from land that was once part of Lycoming County: Armstrong, Bradford, Centre, Clearfield, Clinton, Indiana, Jefferson, McKean, Potter, Sullivan, Tioga, Venango, Warren, Forest, Elk and Cameron. Lycoming County was originally named Jefferson County in honor of Thomas Jefferson. This name proved to be unsatisfactory. The name change went through several steps. First a change to Lycom ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
