Mid State Trail (Pennsylvania)
327 mi long · across 2 states
Pennsylvania's Mid State Trail runs 327 miles from the Maryland state line to the New York state line, traversing the central Appalachian ridges through Rothrock, Tiadaghton, and Sproul state forests. Maintained by the Mid State Trail Association.
- States
- Maryland, Pennsylvania
- Length
- 327 mi
- Trail type
- Long-distance trail
- Network
- Regional (rwn)
- Centroid nearest city
- Pittsburgh, PA · 116 mi · ~3.4 hr drive
- Centroid coords
- 40.8611°, -77.8514°
- Official site
- www.hike-mst.org
- OSM relations
- 1 sub-relations on OpenStreetMap
Termini
Southern terminus: Maryland state line.
Northern terminus: New York state line, Pennsylvania.
Plan your hike
Maps + permits: long-distance trails like this often require permits for through-hiking, backcountry camping, or specific sections (especially in National Parks). Check with the maintaining organisation listed above and the relevant land manager before booking travel.
Water + supplies: water sources vary seasonally on most U.S. trails. Carry a filter and consult current trail-condition reports — through-hiker journals (PCT-L, AT Reddit, etc.) and the maintaining organisation publish regular updates.
When to go: hiking seasons vary widely with elevation, latitude, and snowpack. Through-hikers traditionally start the AT in March-April (Springer northbound) and the PCT in late April (Campo northbound). High-elevation western trails (CDT, JMT, Wonderland) generally aren't passable until July.
If you've hiked Mid State Trail (Pennsylvania) and have current notes (water sources, trail closures, permit changes), tell us at /contact — we update pages as we learn.
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Sources
Trail data on this page is compiled from OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL), the maintaining organisation's public-facing materials, and Wikipedia (CC BY-SA where excerpts are quoted). Distance, terminus, and descriptive text for nationally-designated trails are hand-curated from federal land-manager websites and trail-association sources. We do not modify the underlying data; this page presents what is already publicly recorded. To suggest corrections, see our methodology page.