Lycoming & Sullivan Counties, PA · Sponsored by Shop Loyalsock Trail
Loyalsock Trail
One of Pennsylvania's most dramatic long-distance trails, crossing rugged ridgelines, gorges, and old-growth hemlocks.
- Distance
- 59mi
- Format
- Point-to-Point
- Pack
- Free · 2026
About this trail
The Loyalsock Trail is blazed with yellow disks bearing red "LT" letters at the center. Most of the route is located within the Loyalsock State Forest, with the remainder on private land. The LT follows mountain ridges and streams through the Loyalsock Creek watershed, traveling through the woods on footpaths, old logging roads, and abandoned railroad grades. It passes through parts of the Loyalsock State Forest for most of its 59.21 miles. Elevation ranges from 665 feet at its lowest to 2,140 feet at its highest.
Source: PA DCNR Explore PA Trails dataset.
Help keep this trail current
Become a LT steward.
Trail Sherpa stewards adopt a segment of the Loyalsock Trail and get an email whenever a hiker reports conditions there. A fallen tree, a spring that's run dry, a washed-out crossing. In return, you help every hiker who comes through your section walk in prepared. It's a light lift and a real difference; hikers seeing your work think of you as a friend they haven't met yet.
Suggested itinerary
A classic 8-day breakdown of the Loyalsock Trail. Customize day-by-day in the planner.
Day 1
PA Route 87 → Little Bear Parking Lot
4.8 mi
Day 2
Little Bear Road → Long Ridge Trail
8.3 mi
Day 3
Long Ridge Trail → Brunnerdale Road
9.0 mi
Day 4
Brunnerdale Road → High Knob Road
7.9 mi
Day 5
High Knob Road → Worlds End Road
9.6 mi
Day 6
Worlds End Road → Worlds End State Park
7.0 mi
Day 7
Worlds End State Park → Sones Pond
7.4 mi
Day 8
Sones Pond → Mead Road Parking Lot
5.7 mi
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