Rail trail · Buffington Township, Indiana County
Ghost Town Trail
Vanished coal towns once lined this crushed-limestone rail trail along Blacklick Creek, where the stone stack of the 1846 Eliza Furnace still stands beside the path.
What you will find
- Biking
- Hiking trails
Make a day of it
Nearby
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Yellow Creek State Park
A broad lake known among birders for migrating ducks, loons and shorebirds, with a swimming beach, boating and trails near the route of the old Kittanning Path.
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Johnstown Flood Museum
The story of the 1889 flood that killed more than 2,200 people, told in a former Carnegie library with an Oscar-winning documentary and an animated relief map.
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Johnstown Inclined Plane
Built in 1891, after the great flood, as an escape route to high ground, a steep funicular big enough to carry cars, topped by an overlook of the city.
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Johnstown Flood National Memorial
The remains of the South Fork Dam, whose collapse on May 31, 1889 unleashed the flood that killed more than 2,200 people downstream, with a visitor center telling the story.
