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Ricketts Glen State Park

Pennsylvania · PA

13K

Acres

8

Trails

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Ricketts Glen features 21 named waterfalls, including 94-foot Ganoga Falls. The Falls Trail System passes through Glens Natural Area, a registered National Natural Landmark.

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From Wikipedia

Ricketts Glen State Park is a Pennsylvania state park on 13,193 acres (5,280 ha) in Columbia, Luzerne, and Sullivan counties in Pennsylvania in the United States. Ricketts Glen is a National Natural Landmark known for its old-growth forest and 24 named waterfalls along Kitchen Creek, which flows down the Allegheny Front escarpment from the Allegheny Plateau to the Ridge-and-Valley Appalachians. The park is near the borough of Benton on Pennsylvania Route 118 and Pennsylvania Route 487, and is in five townships: Sugarloaf in Columbia County, Fairmount and Ross in Luzerne County, and Colley and Davidson in Sullivan County.

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Trails

All trails in Ricketts Glen State Park

Cherry Run Trail

Sweet Valley10.7 mi1,142 ftgain
TrailDifficultOut & Back

Cherry Springs Loop

Sweet Valley6.3 mi886 ftgain
TrailModerateLoop

Falls Trail Loop

Benton2.9 mi69 ftgain
TrailModerateLoop

Falls Trail to Highland Trail via Cherry Run Trail Loop

Sweet Valley4.7 mi1,027 ftgain
TrailModerateLoop

Ganoga View Trail

Benton1.9 mi443 ftgain
TrailModerateOut & Back

Mountain Springs Trail via Highland Trail

Sweet Valley9.7 mi1,404 ftgain
TrailDifficultOut & Back

Old Beaver Dam and Grand View Trail Loop

Benton6.4 mi722 ftgain
TrailModerateLoop

Ricketts Glen Falls

Benton3.3 mi715 ftgain
TrailModerateLoop

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