Allegheny Front Trail

Hike Name: Allegheny Front Trail Location: central PA Length: 40 Submitted by: Jeff Mitchell Date Submitted: 0/0/00 Rating:	more Pennsylvania trail reviews Pennsylvania national parks Pennsylvania state parks
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Description
The AFT is a 40 mile loop and one of PA's newest trails. It encircles Black Moshannon State Park and is entirely in Moshannon State Forest. It is a very scenic trail, moderate in difficulty, and is bound to become a popular trail. This trail offers numerous vistas, scenic mountain streams, bogs and swamps, thickets of rhododendron and mountain laurel. Plenty of water throughout the trail and several good potential camping spots. Wildlife is excellent with deer, turkey and bear. Highlights are: Sixmile Run (beautiful trout stream), Wolf Rocks, vistas from the Allegheny Front, vistas of Moshannon Creek and gorge, and scenic Black Moshannon Creek and Benner Run. I suggest you park in the state park and hike 2 miles along Julian Pike to the trail, or about three miles along blue-blazed Shingle Mill Trail to reach the AFT. Cars have been vandalized along some parking areas. There is an excellent website: www.aft.altoona-pa.com.

Directions to Hike
From State College, take US 322 west to US 220, turn onto US 220 towards I-80, turn left onto PA 504, drive about 10 miles into Black Moshannon State Park.

Contact Information
Black Moshannon State Park
RR 1, Box 183
Philipsburg, PA 16866-9519
phone: (814) 342-5960

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