Tag: Youghiogheny River

Jonathan Run Trail and Sugar Run Falls (Ohiopyle State Park, PA)

On By Andrew WojtanikIn Moderate Hikes, Pennsylvania1 Comment

The Youghiogheny River Gorge in southwest Pennsylvania’s Ohiopyle State Park has many echoes of other, arguably grander canyons in the area, such as New River Gorge in southern West Virginia and Cheat River Gorge at Coopers Rock State Forest near Morgantown: sweeping vistas and lush side canyons, flush with rhododendrons and picturesque waterfalls. While most …

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Swallow Falls Canyon Trail (Swallow Falls State Park, MD)

On By Andrew WojtanikIn Easy Hikes, Maryland3 Comments

The roughly one-mile circuit hike in Maryland’s Swallow Falls State Park would be impressive enough if its only attraction was the last remaining stand of virgin hemlock and white pine trees in the state. But in addition to this exquisite forest, the Swallow Falls Canyon Trail also passes four waterfalls, cuts under towering sandstone cliffs, …

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