Tuscarora - Hawk Trail (Forest Trail #1013.4)

This trail follows a road and foot path along the ridge of the Great North Mountain. The then descends past Hawk Recreation Area. The Potomac Appalachian Trail Club (PATC) maintains and manages the approximate 250 mile Tuscarora Trail that is located in Pennsylvania, Maryland, West Virginia, and Virginia. The trail follows an extensive route that bypasses the Appalachian Trail by following mountain ridges to the west. It connects to the Appalachian Trail at both its northern and southern ends. This complete trail was originally built as separate trails—the Tuscarora Trail in the north and the Big Blue Trail in the south. The Tuscarora Trail departs to the west from the Appalachian Trail at the top of Blue Mountain about ten miles west of the Susquehanna River near Harrisburg, PA., and rejoins the Appalachian Trail in the North District of Shenandoah National Park in Virginia.

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