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    The Allegheny Front Trail is a 41.9-mile (67.4 km) hiking trail in central Pennsylvania, forming a loop through Moshannon State Forest and roughly encircling...
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    "Allegheny Trail Info". West Virginia Scenic Trails Association. 2021-01-24. Retrieved 2021-01-24The Allegheny Trail is a 288-mile north-south trail with...
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    calls for the creation of a longer backpacking loop trail now known as the Allegheny Front Trail, which was completed in the late 1990s and which makes...
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  • Virginia Allegheny Trail, a hiking trail in West Virginia Great Allegheny Passage including parts in Maryland and Pennsylvania Allegheny Highlands Trail of...
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    high, steep escarpment known as the Allegheny Front. In the west, they slope down into the closely associated Allegheny Plateau, which extends into Ohio...
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    Allegheny Passage. Panhandle Trail: The Montour Trail crosses over the Panhandle Trail on the McDonald Trestle. The Montour-Panhandle connector trail...
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    The gaps of the Allegheny, meaning gaps in the Allegheny Ridge (now given the technical name Allegheny Front) in west-central Pennsylvania, is a series...
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    The Kittanning Path was a major east-west Native American trail that crossed the Allegheny Mountains barrier ridge connecting the Susquehanna River valleys...
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    Nemacolin's Trail, or less often Nemacolin's Path, was an ancient Native American trail that crossed the great barrier of the Allegheny Mountains via...
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    rejoins the Allegheny Front. A significant portion of the Divide forms part of the border between West Virginia and Virginia along Allegheny Mountain and...
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  • Mountain, Kittatinny Mountain, Tuscarora Mountain, Sideling Hill, Rays Hill, Allegheny Mountain, and Laurel Hill. There was one tunnel through each mountain...
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    is the second highest peak in the state. The trail also features a significant climb up the Allegheny Front. These rugged geographic features, combined...
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    alongside Loyalhanna Creek, the trail becomes noticeably more level. Using a three-tiered evaluation system, Trans Allegheny Trails rates this section of the...
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    Black Moshannon State Park (category Allegheny Plateau)
    the park's fourteen trails are described above, the remaining six follow. Allegheny Front Trail is a 41.8-mile (67.3 km) hiking trail that passes through...
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    National Forest includes some major landform features such as the Allegheny Front and the western portion of the Ridge-and-valley Appalachians. Within...
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    Greater Pittsburgh (category Allegheny County, Pennsylvania)
    Deckers Creek Trail Great Allegheny Passage Mon River Trail Montour Trail Ohio River Trail Ohio River Water Trail Panhandle Trail Stavich Bike Trail Three Rivers...
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    123 ft (1,257 m) at the top of the eastern edge mountain ridge on the Allegheny Front. Much of the high plateau section lies at nearly 4,000 ft (1,200 m)...
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    Appalachian Trail and the thru-hikers who walk it. Connected U.S. long-distance trails Allegheny Trail American Discovery Trail Benton MacKaye Trail Horse Shoe...
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  • four-state Allegheny Highlands or High Alleghenies region which includes the relatively high and rugged mountains along and near the Allegheny Front from extreme...
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    Spruce Mountain (West Virginia) (category Allegheny Mountains)
    Mountain, located in eastern West Virginia, is the highest ridge of the Allegheny Mountains. The whale-backed ridge extends for only 16 miles (26 km) from...
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    The central region comprises the Valley Ridges between the Allegheny Front of the Allegheny Plateau and the Great Appalachian Valley, the New York–New...
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    of six driving wheels and six trailing wheels. Only two classes of the 2-6-6-6 type were built. One was the "Allegheny" class, built by the Lima Locomotive...
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    Ricketts Glen State Park (category Allegheny Plateau)
    waterfalls along Kitchen Creek, which flows down the Allegheny Front escarpment from the Allegheny Plateau to the Ridge-and-Valley Appalachians. The park...
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    sold their entire claim east of the Alleghenies to the Virginia Colony at the Treaty of Lancaster in 1744. Front Royal, originally settled in 1754, had...
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    with the Dolly Sods portion of the Allegheny Front visible beyond the gap. The 23.8-mile-long North Fork Mountain Trail (NFMT) follows much of the crest...
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    Pittsburgh (/ˈpɪtsbɜːrɡ/ PITS-burg) is a city in and the county seat of Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, United States. It is the second-most populous city...
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    rails crossing the Allegheny Front onto the Allegheny Plateau which encompasses the towns' terrains. Topping the gaps of the Allegheny, the area is one...
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    River and Alleghany subdivisions, the class received the nickname of "Allegheny". Once on property, the H-8s were put to use on the railroad's heavy coal...
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    Catskill Mountains (category Allegheny Plateau)
    relief by watercourses. The Catskills form the northeastern end of the Allegheny Plateau (also known as the Appalachian Plateau). The Catskills were named...
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    is Butler. Butler County was created on March 12, 1800, from part of Allegheny County and named in honor of General Richard Butler, a hero of the American...
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