Panhandle Trail
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Length | 29 mi (47 km) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Location | Allegheny County / Washington County, Pennsylvania and Brooke County, West Virginia, USA | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Trailheads | Walkers Mill, Pennsylvania 40°23′45″N 80°07′55″W / 40.39589°N 80.13186°W Weirton, West Virginia 40°24′03″N 80°34′55″W / 40.4009°N 80.5820°W | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Use | Multi-use | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Difficulty | Easy | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Season | Year-round | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hazards | Rough terrain from Burgettstown, Pennsylvania to the Pennsylvania/West Virginia state line | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The Panhandle Trail is a
History
The
Organizations
The Collier Friends of the Panhandle Trail is an organization that manages a 2.4 miles (3.9 km) portion of the trail beginning at Walkers Mill.[2] Another organization is the Montour Trail Council, who is in charge of a 6.8 miles (10.9 km) section in Allegheny County.[5]
Location
The Panhandle Trail runs 29 miles (47 km) beginning at the Walkers Mill station in Walker's Mill, Pennsylvania and ending in an area near Weirton, West Virginia. It passes many towns beginning in Harmon Creek and including Colliers, Hanlin, Dinsmore, Burgetstown, Joffre, Bulger, Midway, McDonald, Sturgeon, Noblestown, Oakdale, Rennerdale, and finally Walkers Mill.[6] At the 8.62 miles (13.87 km) mark near McDonald, a one-mile connector links the Panhandle to the larger Montour trail.[1]
Activities
The relatively flat trail is covered with crushed limestone, while much of the trail in Washington county is paved. This makes the trail suitable for
Stations and amenities
There are stations and special areas that serve as access points and provide parking places and also features like permanent restrooms, portable restrooms, shelter houses, picnic tables, vending machines, water fountains, maps, bike racks, and bulletin boards that provide event notifications and maps. In between these areas, many benches as well as a few portable restrooms and picnic tables have been placed along the trail. Nearly every mile has at least four benches (one at every quarter mile) and some have even more. The access points are located at the following places:[1]
- Walkers Mill Station - Found in Walkers Mill, Pennsylvania this station is the beginning of the trail and provides parking, a picnic shelter, benches, a water fountain, a bulletin board and a portable restroom.
- Rennerdale Station - About .6 miles (0.97 km) into the trail in Rennerdale, Pennsylvania the station has parking, a picnic shelter and a bulletin board.
- Gregg Station - Located at the 2.4 miles (3.9 km) mark in Oakdale, Pennsylvania the station also has parking, a picnic shelter, portables restrooms, and a bulletin board.
- Settler's Cabin Park connector - This partially complete (in 2015) trail connects to the nearby
- Oakdale Station - Also in Oakdale at mile 3.75, the station offers parking, picnic tables, a bike rack and a water fountain.
- Sturgeon - At the 5.75 miles (9.25 km) mark in Sturgeon, Pennsylvania there is an area with available parking, permanent restrooms, vending machines, a shelter house and a bulletin board.
- McDonald Trail Station - This station in McDonald, Pennsylvania at mile 7.25 is special because it is near the intersection of the Montour and Panhandle trails. The station offers parking, restrooms, an information center, trails maps, vending machines, a large map of the trail and McDonald and picnic tables.
- Village of Primrose - Located at mile 8.75 in Primrose, Pennsylvania there is an area with a parking lot, portable restroom, bulletin board and trail map.
- Midway - Around mile ten in Midway, Pennsylvania there is a parking area and bulletin board.
- Bulger - At mile 13.5, a small village with a veterans memorial.[1][9]
- Burgettstown - Trail Station, restrooms, Gift Shop, Walden's Restaurant
- Dinsmore Road - In Burgettstown, Pennsylvania where Dinsmore Road crosses the trail around the 19th mile, parking is available as well as a bulletin board.
- Colliers West Virginia - At mile 22.25 in Colliers, West Virginia parking, benches, a picnic table and a bulletin board are available.
- Harmon Creek - The final access point is at the 28.5-mile (45.9 km) mark in Harmon Creek, West Virginia where there is a parking lot, some benches, a picnic table a bulletin board.
See also
References
- ^ a b c d e Bogdan, Troy; Conover, Keith. "Panhandle Trail Mileage Chart" (PDF). Panhandle Trail. Retrieved 26 February 2020.
- ^ a b "Collier Friends of the Panhandle Trail". Retrieved 17 October 2015.
- ^ "Montour Trail". Mpntourtrail.org. Archived from the original on 3 March 2001. Retrieved 17 October 2015.
- ^ "Montour Trail". Mpntourtrail.org. Archived from the original on 30 June 2001. Retrieved 17 October 2015.
- ^ a b "Montour Trail". Mpntourtrail.org. Archived from the original on 8 April 2001. Retrieved 17 October 2015.
- ^ a b "Panhandle Trail". Traillink.com. Retrieved 17 October 2015.
- ^ "Collier Friends of the Panhandle Trail". Archived from the original on July 17, 2011. Retrieved November 3, 2010.
- ^ "Settlers Cabin Park Connector Trail - Phase 1 (within park)". Allegheny County Parks Foundation. Retrieved 26 February 2020.
- ^ "Panhandle Trail Reviews - Walkers Mill Rd./SR 3028 (Carnegie, PA) - Police Lodge Rd. at US 22 (Weirton, WV)". Traillink.com. Retrieved 17 October 2015.
External links
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