Loyalsock Overnight Hike

Loyalsock Overnight Hike

Endless Mountains Heritage Region’s first overnight hiking event will be Saturday and Sunday, June 6 and 7, at Loyalsock State Forest in Sullivan County. The event will begin at 11 a.m. on Saturday, June 6. Registration will take place at CCC Jakersville Camp, which can be found using coordinates: 41.461592 N, 76.507701 W (off Rock Run Road, near LaPorte). The first day’s hike will be about 9 miles total, combining the Loyalsock Trail and the Haystacks area of the Loyalsock State Forest. We will venture out with about 4 hours of hiking, with a couple of stops to see Dutchmen Falls and the Haystacks along the way.

Dinner will be catered by Big Mike’s in Forksville. We will also hear a presentation about the local history of the railroad grade that follows the Loyalsock Trail section of our route from local historian and EMHR’s board member Gavin Siegfreid and see recent improvements on the CCC Camp stove made by Loyalsock State Forest officials through EMHR’s Masonry Workshop in April!

Sunday’s hike will be the choice of participants, either on the East Branch Trail, an easier route in World’s End State Park, which is about 2.8 miles out and back and will take about an hour or so to complete. The second option is a route near Sone’s Pond created by Program Development Associate Rachel Flad, who mapped out about 3 miles in a loop. The cost for this event will be $15. Registration for this event closes by Tuesday, June 2.