Cumberland To Oberlin

May 2011 Trip for Hannah’s Graduation

Note: this is currently a planning document. We will annotate with route notes when we are done.

Trip Logs

Girls’ Trip Log (May 19- May 27)

Boys’ Trip Log (May 23 – May 27)

Route

(about 320 miles)

Cumberland to Mckeesport

134 Miles

McKeesport to near Steubenville

Montour Trail

GAP Trail Map 5

Detail

Some words from here about connecting Panhandle to Montour

At mile 8.62 a trail connector leads off from the Panhandle Trail to connect walkers, runners and cyclists with the nearby Montour Trail. Follow the connector trail into the parking lot for the Montour Trail, then acros 980 and up to the trail. Left on the Montour Trail will take you across the McDonald Trestle towards Cecil (Washington County), while righ takes you north on the Montour Trail towards Quicksilver, Imperial, Robinson Township and Coraopolis.

Panhandle Trail

63 miles (Sketchy route so far!)

Steubenville to Jewitt

24 miles

Jewitt to Bowerston Rail Trail

12 miles

Bowerton to Zoar

21 miles

Camping near Bowerton

Leesville Lake

Diversion Around Stuebenville

May 2011. LBS suggests that there is NO safe way across Ohio River in Steubenville. Both old Fort Steuben Bridge and Market Street Bridge are closed, leaving only Route 22.

Here is a different way:

From Dravo Cemetery on Great Allegheny Passage, follow this route to Raccoon Creek State Park (PA):

MapMyRide

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Lodging: Pitt Hotel in McDonald. Camping at Raccoon Creek

Then Head up to East Liverpool to Cross Ohio River: (Warning: research suggest that some of this route is on gravel roads. We will update. after we ride it.)

Map My Ride about 17 miles

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From East Liverpool to Atwood Lake

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Map My Ride about 50 miles

Tami’s Route

Atwood Lake to Zoar

Map My Ride about 10 miles

Attarctions: Zoar Village

Zoar to Norton, OH, 39 miles

Map My Ride

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