No One Knows

No one knows who painted this mural at the trail.

Restoring the Miner's Memorial

The unique miner's memorial along the trail in Vintondale was restored in 2022. The image of miners coming out of portal 6 was cleaned and is now visible once again.

The Magic of Fall

Fall on the Ghost Town Trail is about as good as it gets. Fall colors and vibrant sunshine make this a prime time to be out on the trail.

Buena Vista Furnace in Snow

Improving Blacklick Creek Water Quality

The Blacklick Creek Mine Water Treatment plant is now under construction near Vintondale. When operational by 2025 the plant will clean mine water from three mines and restore 23 miles of the creek. Photo taken November 4, 2022.

Blacklick Creek at Heshbon

The yellow bridge on Route 259 appears in this winter scene taken just downstream of Heshbon on the Ghost Town Trail.

Fall Scene on the Ghost Town Trail

Vintondale's Historical Marker

Scott Glen Cut

C&I Extension at Vic Miller Road

Mine #6 Miner's Mural - Vintondale, PA

Dutchman's Breeches

Found along the trail, look for the white 'pantaloons' from which the Dutchman's Breeches derives its name.

Warren Delano III - Founder of Vintondale

In 1892 Warren Delano III established the Blacklick Land improvement Company which was created to purchase the coal lands in Vintondlae and the surrounding area. When he visited Vintondale he often came in his own private rail car on the PA Railroad line. He was the uncle of President Theodore Roosevelt.

Interpreting the Ghost Towns

You will find these interpretive signs near the former town of Wehrum on the Ghost TOwn Trail.

Ebensburg Underpass

South Branch - Blacklick Creek

Stopping at the Eliza Furnace

View from the Bony Pile in Vintondale

This large bony pile in Vintondale where this photo was taken from is being removed as of March 2022. The coal that remains in the pile will be processed and used at a local cogeneration power plant.

Twin Rocks Cut on the Ghost Town Trail

North Branch of Blacklick Creek along the GTT

Nanty Glo Halloween Decorations