Hike: Mason Dixon Trail: Oakland Run / Peavine Island, PA
Sat, Jun 22
|Peavine Island
If you’ve missed any the well-received hikes on this portion of Pennsylvania’s 193-mile Mason-Dixon Trail we’ve periodically offered for several years, here’s another chance.
Time & Location
Jun 22, 2019, 8:00 AM – 6:30 PM
Peavine Island, Peavine Island, Lower Chanceford Township, PA 17302, USA
About the Event
$26. Long hike: 11 mi., 1600 ft. ascent, 1600 ft. descent. Moderate hike: 7 mi., 1400 ft. ascent, 400 ft. descent.
Starting at Peavine Island on the Susquehanna River, we’ll take the trail northbound on the west side of the river past Lock 12 and Holtwood Dam and through scenic Oakland Run Gorge, with blooming rhododendron accompanying us. Moderate hikers end at Posey Rd; long hikers continue to Newcut Rd., then follow the trail along Furnace and Sawmill Runs to where Otter Creek flows into the Susquehanna.