Ghost Town Trail - Dilltown Access Area - Dilltown, Pennsylvania
N 40° 28.155 W 079° 00.015
17T E 669529 N 4481762
The Dilltown Access Area of the Ghost Town Trail is located on State Route 403 (7500 Cramer Pike) in East Wheatfield Township, Indiana County, Pennsylvania
Waymark Code: WMF7FQ
Location: Pennsylvania, United States
Date Posted: 09/05/2012
Views: 3
The Ghost Town Trail totals 36 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.
The Ghost Town Trail derives its name from numerous mining towns that once existed along the railroad corridor. Wehrum, the largest of the former towns, once had 230 houses, a hotel, company store, jail, and bank. Warren Delano, uncle of President Franklin Roosevelt, developed the town. Other ghost towns include Bracken, Armerford, Lackawanna #3, Scott Glenn, Webster, Beulah, and Claghorn.
At the Dilltown Access Area you will find a pavilion, that is first-com, first serve, sanitary toilets, drinking water and parking. This was one of three trailheads on the original section that opened in 1994.
Country: United States
State/Province/etc.: Pennsylvania
Trail Start (town): Black Lick, Pennsylvania
Trail Finish (town): Ebensburg, Pennsylvania
Trail Length: 32
Trail Surface: Gravel/Stone
Pack Animals Allowed: yes
Fees: no
Rail-to-Trail Sign:
Ghost Town Trail
Dilltown Access Area
Indiana County Parks & Trails
Internet Link(s):
http://www.indianacountyparks.org/trails/gtt/gtt.html
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