Appalachian Mountain Club

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AMC is collaboratively planning a trail network that will protect and connect the ecological, historic and recreational assets of the Pennsylvania Highlands and create «close-​to-​home» outdoor recreational opportunities.

The Pennsylvania Highlands Trail Network will extend the Highlands Trail (130 miles in New York and New Jersey) along the length of the Pennsylvania Highlands, from the Delaware River at Rieglesville, PA south to the Maryland border in south-​central PA. Encompassing roughly 1.9 million acres, the Pennsylvania Highlands includes portions of 13 counties (Bucks, Montgomery, Northampton, Lehigh, Chester, Berks, Lancaster, Lebanon, Dauphin, Cumberland, Franklin, Adams, and York).

The trail network will link existing trails such as the Horse-​Shoe Trail, Mason-​Dixon Trail System, and Appalachian National Scenic Trail with new trail segments including loops and spur trails. The trail network will also aid in implementing the PA Highlands Greenway vision by connecting undistur