Cycling the Montour and Panhandle Trails

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Cycling the Montour and Panhandle Trails

The connector trail between the GAP and the Montour is not yet completed. We picked up the Montour Trail at its southeastern terminus in Clairton Park, Clairton, Pennsylvania, just southeast of Pittsburgh. Honored as the Pennsylvania Trail of the Year in 2017, the Montour is the ‘nations’s longest suburban rail-trail’ and the main line stretches about 47 miles. In 2019 and 2020, readers of Pittsburgh Magazine named the Montour Trail Best in the Burgh in the hiking/biking category. It’s an awesome trail, extremely well maintained by volunteer members of the Montour Trail Council. We cycled about 31 miles of it until it intersected with the Panhandle Trail.

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The Kinzua Skywalk & Punxsutawney Phil

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The Kinzua Skywalk & Punxsutawney Phil

Sometimes our stops are not planned, they just happen because we pick up a brochure somewhere or see a random sign. I happened to pick up an Allegheny National Forest Visitor Bureau’s brochure at the Zippo Museum. “Selected as One of the World’s Top 10 Most Beautiful Skywalks and Viewpoints in the World by the Culture Trip, U.K., the Kinzua Sky Walk is an engineering marvel with breathtaking views of the Kinzua Gorge.” It looked interesting and it was kinda sorta on the way, so we decided to check it out. What a wonderful diversion!

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Carousels, A Famous Grave and the Zippo Museum

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Carousels, A Famous Grave and the Zippo Museum

David was all geared up to head directly back to Pittsburgh and hit the trail. Not so fast! After checking Atlas Obscura and Roadside America, I found there was plenty to see and explore en route and the trail would still be there even after a couple of days delay. Using my feminine wiles, he was easily persuaded.

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