North Country Trail Hike

North Country Trail hike - Wampum Area – Sunday March 15, 2009 9:30 AM - Meet at State Gamelands 285 - where PA State Route 251 crosses the PA / Ohio state line. The hike is about 4.1 miles to Watts Mill Road.

DIRECTIONS from Butler: Take the ramp onto US-422 W 30 mi Take the exit onto PA-60 S toward Pittsburgh Partial toll road 16.6 mi Take exit 29 toward Chippewa 0.3 mi Merge onto Constitution Blvd/PA-51 0.6 mi Turn left at Darlington Rd/McMillen Ave/PA-588 Continue to follow Darlington Rd 0.3 mi Turn left at Blackhawk Rd/PA-251 Entering Ohio 8.2 mi at this point the road becomes OH 154)

This will be the first leg of a grander plan to cover all the off-road sections of the NCT in Pennsylvania. I'm calling it the "Tour d'NCT/PA".

It would be a monthly outing.

It would work its way alternately from Ohio and from New York until the last section hiked is in the middle. This provides some variety in distance to the trail head and in type of terrain.

For day hikes, we would do around 7 to 12 miles a day.

There could be a possible back packing or car camping leg on occasion.

We could have a map marked off with sections and a log book, so that those who complete all the sections get a patch or some thing of recognition.