Lycoming & Sullivan Counties, PA
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
- $29.95
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 build this trail
Become a LT steward.
Trail Sherpa has a basemap for the Loyalsock Trail, but no waypoints, condition reports, or shelter notes yet. If you know this trail — favorite water source, the spring that ran dry last August, the campsite that always has mice — we'd love your help dialing in the LT pack so the next hiker walks in prepared.
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
Shop the Loyalsock
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Shirts, hats, embroidered patches, stickers — designed by Amoeba Media. Every order at LoyalsockTrail.com offsets the cost of building the LT pack inside Trail Sherpa.
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Ready to plan your trip?
Build your own day-by-day, get real-time condition reports from other hikers, and take the whole trail offline.