Mid-State Hiking Trail

This remote Mid State Trail walk includes, according to the MST Guidebook, "the hardest part of the entire trail to locate and build", knife edge ridge tops, "tough but extraordinarily scenic views", "Hewitt Covered Bridge (1879), oldest structure on MST", and "Martin Hill itself, the highest point on the entire Mid State Trail." This south part of Pennsylvania's longest and wildest hiking trail is 28% of the total distance from Maryland starting through Bedford County, PA to New York. Of the south region, total 143 km (88.5 miles), about 2% is on roads through the refresh/re-supply towns of Everett and Williamsburg. Another 20% is on rural paved roads and there are attractive connective possibilities with other trails.
Mid State Trail is Pennsylvania's best example of the kind of wild unique hiking trail which attracts backpackers and hikers from Pennsylvania and out-of-state knowing ATV's, Equestrians and bikers respect the design; and use other fine trails designed and approved for their activities. Every trail section has an active overseer and the trail is becoming well known to dayhikers, backpackers, deer, bears, snakes and hunters. The friendly attitude of people and businesses along the trail make the hiking experience enjoyable and the Pennsylvania Forestry and Game Lands managers have been most cooperative.

Mid State Trail South is one of the four regions of the entire 510 km Mid State Hiking Trail System and extends from the Maryland-Pennsylvania State Line (Green Ridge Hiking Trail-Mason Dixon Line) to Rt. 22 near Waterstreet, PA.
The MSTA can be reached at PO Box 167, Boalsburg, PA 16827 or e-mail: kelliher@bluebird.goucher.edu.