Ghost Town Trail- - Wehrum, Pennsylvania
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N 40° 28.274 W 078° 56.992
17T E 673795 N 4482080
Ghost Town Trail - Wehrum Access Area, off of Wehrum Road, Indiana County, PA.
Waymark Code: WM15K78
Location: Pennsylvania, United States
Date Posted: 01/16/2022
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The Ghost Town Trail named for the multiple old mining towns that are nothing but remnants of times past. The trail follows the Blacklick Creek for most of the distance. There are several spur lines that offer short out and back trips.
" The Ghost Town Trail totals 46 miles in Indiana and Cambria Counties, Pennsylvania. The trail was originally established in 1991 when the Kovalchick Salvage Company donated 16 miles of the former Ebensburg & Black Lick Railroad to Indiana County.
In 1993 the Cambria & Indiana Railroad donated an additional 4 miles from Rexis to White Mill Station known as the Rexis Branch. In 2005 an additional 20 miles were added to the trail - 12 miles in Indiana County and 8 miles in Cambria County. The trail is designated as a National Recreation Trail by the U.S. Department of the Interior.
Detailed trail maps in PDF format are available for all three connected trail sections, Blacklick to Dilltown, Dilltown to Nanty Glo, and Nanty Glo to Ebensburg. A new map is also available for the C&I Extension. These are large files which may take several moments to download. A regional trail map and a handy Ghost Town Trail Mileage Chart, a combined is also available Ghost Town Trail Combined Map.
The Ghost Town Trail is also part of a large network of trails in western Pennsylvania known as the Trans Allegheny Trails network."Link