Pinchot Trail System

Pinchot Trail System
Length	23 mi (37 km)
Location	Thornhurst Township, Lackawanna County, Pennsylvania, USA
Trailheads	Loop trail near Thornhurst, Pennsylvania
Use	Hiking
Elevation
Highest point	Big Pine Hill, 2,259 ft (689 m)
Hiking details
Trail difficulty	Strenuous
Season	Year-round
Surface	Natural

The Pinchot Trail is a 23-mile (37 km) hiking trail in Lackawanna County, Pennsylvania.^[1]

Located in the Pinchot State Forest, it traverses the Pocono Plateau and is considered a challenging, yet scenic, hike.

The trail is marked by orange blazes. The entire trail could be hiked in a single day by an experienced hiker in good physical condition, although multi-day hikers may camp overnight along the trail. There are several connector trails for short one-day side trips.

External links

• PA DCNR page on the Pinchot Trail System

References

Hiking trails in Pennsylvania
Allegheny Front Appalachian Baker Black Forest Brandywine Bucktail Path Chester Valley Chuck Keiper Conestoga Cresheim Cross County Darlington Donut Hole Evansburg Forbes Road GAP GET Glacier Ridge Golden Eagle Horse-Shoe John P. Saylor Laurel Highlands Liberty Bell Lost Turkey Lower Loyalsock Mason-Dixon Mid State Mill Creek Montour North Country Old Loggers Path Panhandle Pennypack Perkiomen Pinchot Pine Creek Potomac Heritage Power Line Quebec Run Quehanna Rachel Carson Rock Run Schuylkill East Schuylkill River Standing Stone Struble Susquehannock Tanbark Terrace Mountain Thunder Swamp Tuscarora US 202 Parkway Valley Forge Warrior West Rim Wissahickon Youghiogheny River

Coordinates: 41°14′48″N 75°37′21″W / 41.2466°N 75.6224°W / 41.2466; -75.6224