Town · Wellsboro, Tioga County
Wellsboro
A Tioga County seat with gas streetlights along a tree-shaded Main Street, a village green, and the Pennsylvania Grand Canyon a short drive away.
Wellsboro is the kind of small town that seems to belong to another time. Gas lamps line its broad main street of brick storefronts, and on the Green a fountain holds a statue of Wynken, Blynken and Nod from Eugene Field's children's poem. It is the county seat of Tioga County and the eastern gateway to the Pennsylvania Wilds, and in June it celebrates the mountain laurel with its long-running Laurel Festival.
About ten miles west, Pine Creek Gorge, the Grand Canyon of Pennsylvania, opens up below the overlooks of Leonard Harrison and Colton Point state parks. The Pine Creek Rail Trail starts just outside town and follows the creek through the bottom of the gorge, and Hills Creek State Park, to the northeast, has a lake for swimming and paddling.
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State park · Shippen Township, Tioga County
Leonard Harrison State Park
From the east rim of Pine Creek Gorge, overlooks frame the canyon's classic views, and the steep Turkey Path zigzags down past waterfalls to the creek, with a visitor center on top.
Photo: Ruhrfisch, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
State park · Shippen Township, Tioga County
Colton Point State Park
On the quieter west rim of Pine Creek Gorge, rustic pavilions built by the CCC sit beside rocky canyon overlooks, and the Turkey Path drops steeply to the creek far below.
Photo: Ruhrfisch, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Rail trail · Brown Township, Lycoming County
Pine Creek Rail Trail
A 62-mile crushed-stone rail trail along Pine Creek, running through the Pennsylvania Grand Canyon and past small villages, with eagles overhead and the creek for company.
Photo: Jakec, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
State park · Charleston Township, Tioga County
Hills Creek State Park
A tranquil lake in rolling farm-and-forest country where loons and ospreys stop over, with a sandy beach, cabins and a campground a short drive from Pine Creek Gorge.
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Hills Creek State Park
A tranquil lake in rolling farm-and-forest country where loons and ospreys stop over, with a sandy beach, cabins and a campground a short drive from Pine Creek Gorge.
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West Rim Trail
For 30 miles this footpath follows the western rim of the Pennsylvania Grand Canyon, with frequent vistas down into Pine Creek Gorge and campsites along the way.
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Leonard Harrison State Park
From the east rim of Pine Creek Gorge, overlooks frame the canyon's classic views, and the steep Turkey Path zigzags down past waterfalls to the creek, with a visitor center on top.
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Colton Point State Park
On the quieter west rim of Pine Creek Gorge, rustic pavilions built by the CCC sit beside rocky canyon overlooks, and the Turkey Path drops steeply to the creek far below.
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Tioga State Forest
Much of the Pennsylvania Grand Canyon lies within this forest, where the 30-mile West Rim Trail follows the gorge's edge and the Pine Creek Rail Trail runs along the creek far below.