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Summary: The trail is located entirely on State Forest Lands, land that had formerly belonged to the Central Pennsylvania Lumber Co. The trail layout has taken advantage of the engineering expertise of the early logging railroaders as it follows the grades. The highlights of the trail are the many cuts & fills on the grades, Rock Run (one of the prettiest streams in Pennsylvania), the vistas that look into the McIntyre Wild Area, Pleasant Stream and the LoyalsockTrail region. The trail is blazed in orange. The trail area as well as many of the trail areas of Pennsylvania have been written up in a historical series of logging railroad books of Pennsylvania. The book that covers this region is called "Ghost Lumber Towns of Central Pennsylvania." It includes Masten which is the starting point of the Old Loggers Path Trailhead: The starting point is located approximately 2.7 miles Southwest of Ellenton on Legislative Route 41110. The trail is located entirely on State Forest Lands. (Lat:41.49326 Lon:-76.87874) Trail Guides for Old Loggers Path: Best Seasons: Fall, Spring, Summer, User Groups: Hikers, Dogs, Ranger Contact: PA Wyoming State Forest (570) 387-4255 Localhikes Reporter: This hike was submitted by Paul Saneholtz, who has posted 33 other hikes on this site Trail Reviews Page 2 of 3 Submit your own review 
Reviewed by joe on 9/11/2006 This was a gorgeous path. I walked it in Aug. It was very beatiful. The first day we walked north from Maston, 6 miles. VERY pretty camp spot. I found this trail well maintained. It is certainly a well marked trail. The biggest problem I had was stupidity. I would get walking along one of these loggers roads and not pay attention to the fact that the trail took a left while I was day dreaming. Several very nice vistas. One bear foot print (no bear to accompany it.)
Reviewed by Joel on 8/29/2006 This was a great hike. Water everywhere, a few beautiful vistas, but not much animal life that I saw. Some salimanders, but overall relatively quite. I will do this again sometime. 
Reviewed by Matt J on 8/23/2006 August 18-19 counterclockwise. The trail was beautiful, however we got rained out on the second day so we had to hike down a road to get to our car. There is plenty of water everywhere and the sights are amazing. We saw deer, snakes, and salamanders, and heard owls hooting throughout the night. We also saw some relatively fresh bear paw prints. The campsite at Rock Run at mile 6.37? was amazing, as was the island campsite around mile 15. I wish we could have finished the trail, but I will definately come back up. We had some difficulty picking (I guess we missed the turn) up the trail in the 3rd mile or so and had to hike on the road. Overall, I highly recommend it.
Reviewed by Tom, Nancy, Dog on 5/10/2006 May 5,6,7 2006 Clockwise from Masten. Gentle climb to start with nice stream for water before short steep climb to Sharp Point Vista. Beautiful panoramic view. No camping allowed, so found a comfortable clearing in forest. Back out to Sharp Point on AM second day for another view before descent to NO BRIDGE. Good spot to resupply water. A more challenging but enjoyable second day to 10.05 obvious camp sites. Got water for night and moved up .3 mile to nice open camp on right with view of sky. On 3rd day, easy walk down to Rock Run for pleasant rest. Steady climb before steep descent back to Masten. Overall very nice 2 1/2 day hike for average fitness hikers. Plenty of water in dry conditions. Lots of song birds, woodpeckers and wildflowers
Reviewed by Jason & Chris on 2/21/2006 Good hike. Walked counterclockwise, but didn't hit rail until 2P first day, so had to camp at Rock Run (poor us). Rock Run was absolutely gorgeous. Plenty of water all along trail, just bring at least a stage 2 filter. Only part that I found really difficult was after Sullivan Mountain down into Long Run. Trail was very rocky and difficult on my worn out ankles. All in all, great hike. Only other difficulty was our MSR stove malfunctioned and caught fire first night! To make matter worse, we were at the trail 3 days after fall fire season began, so no campfires allowed...oops. Actually, we only made tiny litte cooking fires that we drowned after each meal, so not a real big deal. Lots of wildlife, not very many other hikers.
Reviewed by JB & Amy on 11/26/2004 So... apparently it was bear season! This is hunting land so if you are planning on hiking OLP, bring some blaze orange with you, we each had to MacGuiver something bright after warnings from two or three hunters near the trailhead. The path is clearly (and brightly!) marked with orange blazes, but if you're not paying attention it takes a wild turn or two (it gets worse if your doing it in the dark, obviously) and you can get diverted onto semi-maintained unmarked paths. Overall a great hike, and because we didn't get through the whole thing the first time due to late starts, early dark, and rain, I certainly plan to do it again next spring or early fall.
Reviewed by John on 9/5/2004 Just finished the hike today (9/5/04). The three of us in my party started at 8:00am on Saturday morning and headed counter clockwise. Our first night we ended up camping on "Long Island" a little campsite in the middle of creek at end of long run at about mile 15 and reached this point at 4:45pm. The next day we finished the trail at 2:00pm and we started walking at 7:30am. We wished we had taken 3 days as this trail is rocky and hard on your feet. We saw only 5 other groups of people, virtually no wildlife and weather was perfect. This is a perfect 3 day trail. We had a great time but footing on most of the trail is rocky and 3 days would have been better.
Reviewed by mwf on 8/24/2004 This trail is one of my favorites,I can hike 8-10 or 17 miles with a friends car at the other end or backpack 27 around the loop back to where I started. The views are very nice at any one of the sections you choose to do.Today we seen two large rattle snakes a bobcat and a quill pig mother and baby.The small runs are full this year due to all the rain,providing a cool splash to face, bring a purifier if you want to drink it.The path is sloppy in places but you can get around it.Hang food high at night be carfull not to be sloppy around campsight many bears in the area,my group killed five bears near the loggers path two years ago,keep small dogs close at night good coyote bait,I killed a 45 pd. mountain dog last year near the path.Havefun Notice: Traveling in the backcountry can be hazardous. You are responsible for informing yourself about these hazards and taking necessary precautions. Information on this web site comes from volunteer reporters and may contain errors or omissions. A current guidebook and proper equipment are essential for safe enjoyment of the hikes posted on this site. Keys: Pennsylvania Hiking, Pennsylvania Trails, Pennsylvania Hikes, Lycoming County Hiking, Lycoming County Trails, Lycoming County Hikes | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||