Vintondale's Mining History

This coal shuttle car or buggy is on display along the trail at Vintondale.

Eliza Station

A good rest stop along the trail is the Eliza Station where you will find a restroom, pavilion and trail information.

Eliza Sation in Vintondale, PA

TRail of the Year Marker

Vintondale's Historical Marker

South Branch of BLacklick Creek

The South Branch of Blacklick Creek has come a long way in the past decade. The stream is now clean enough to provide fishing opportunities.

Dreaming of a Better Future

This photo shows the design of the planned location of the Wehrum mine water treatment plant. When operational by 2022 the plant will treat and clean 23 miles of Blacklick Creek.

Wehrum Reclamation Project 2020

This interpretive sign along the trail shows some before and after scenes of the Wehrum bony pile removal project.

Duman's Lake

Cambria County is establishing a trail from the Ghost Town Trail to Dumans Lake. Work on the 2 mile trail connector started in August 2020.

Vintondale's New Sign

Vintondale was established in 1892 as a coal mining and coke producing town.

Blacklick Creek at Heshbon

Making the Trek

C&I Extension (Rexis Branch)

The C&I Extension of the Ghost Town Trail is also known as the Rexis Branch. The C&I was the Cambria & Indiana Railroad, a short line railroad that hauled coal on this line that is now the Ghost Town Trail.

Vic Miller Road

At Vic Miller Road the Ghost Town Trail follows the road for a short distance to connect to the C&I Extension. The road is located off of Route 422 just west of Belsano, PA.

Power Poles on Rexis Branch

Hidden in the woods along the Rexis Branch of the GTT are several of these angle iron pole. The pole were used to provide electric power to a larg ventilation fan that serviced the Vintondale #6 Mine.

Mine #6 Miner's Mural - Vintondale, PA

Mine #6 Miner's Mural - Vintondale, PA

Mine #6 Miner's Mural - Vintondale, PA

Trail of the Year - 2020

The Ghost Town Trail was selected as Pennsylvania's Trail of the Year for 2020 by the PA Department of Conservation & Natural Resources.

Wehrum Company Store

The ghost town of Wehrum once had all the services that any community would need. Besides a company store the town had a bank, jail, hotel, community water system and a train station.

Hemlock Branches on a Sunny Winter Day

Wehrum Bony Pile Removal - 1..6.2020

One of the goals of the Ghost Town Trail project was to improve environmental conditions in the Blacklick Creek valley. This bony pile at the former town of Wehrum has been in place since the late 1920s. It is finally being removed in 2020 under a contract that the PA DEP has with a contractor to remove the pile and reclaim the area.

Red-bellied Snake

Fall Asters

The Great Map

Vintondale's Languages

Dilltown Station

Wild Azaleas in Bloom along the Ghost Town Trail

Jack-in-the-Pulpit Along the GTT

Wood Turtle at Trail

Winter Scene on the Rexis Branch of the GTT

A View from the Route 56 Bridge

Fall Scene on the Ghost Town Trail

Coal Miner's Memorial in Vintondale, PA along the Ghost Town Trail