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.
Vintondale's New Sign
Vintondale was established in 1892 as a coal mining and coke producing town.
Blacklick Creek at Heshbon
A Shirt Free Day
Ebensburg is located at the highest elevation on the Ghost Town Trail. At slightly more than 2,000 feet elevation, the town is known for colder temperatures and higher snowfall totals than other nearby areas. But on a near 80 degree in May the shirts come off.
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.
Mine #6 Miner's Mural - Vintondale, PA
Making the Trek
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
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.
Azealas
Dilltown Station
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
Vinton Colliery Miner's Memorial
Vinton Colliery Mine #6 Marker
State Gamelands 76
Vintondale, PA
North Branch of Blacklick Creek at Red Mill Bridge
Veteran's Memorial Near Ebensburg
Dutchman's Breeches
The interesting Dutchman's Breeches can be found growing along the edges of the Ghost Town Trail in shady locations.
The Ghost Town Trail Emporium - Nanty Glo, PA
An antique, collectibles shop in Nanty Glo, PA that has adopted the name after the Ghost Town Trail.
Green Lagoon
Skunk cabbage and duckweed make this forest pool along the trail a colorful green canvas.
