Name: Quehanna Wild Trip
Start: 2025-09-19T08:00:00-04:00
End: 2025-09-21T00:00:00-04:00
Location: Parker Dam State Park

Elk country hides in the NE woods of the Quehanna Wild Area. A 27 mile loop, on the Quehanna Trail System in Pennsylvania's Moshannon and Elk State Forests, takes us through steep ravines, past sweeping vistas into deep, dark forests and sprawling, open meadows where elk may wander. There will be numerous creek crossings, a great lunchtime swimming hole, several waterfalls, and some beautiful paper birch groves near the ruins of an old farmstead. This moderately-strenuous loop trail passes through some of the most wild and beautiful country Pennsylvania has to offer. The white paper birch forest is simply spectacular, any time of year.

The Quehanna Wild Area is almost 4 hours drive from Cleveland, so I will be grilling a steak at Parker Dam State Park on Thursday night. I recommend you make similar plans.

**[You can download the maps & trail profiles from Dropbox.](https://www.dropbox.com/scl/fo/e59vmwq7ygcfddzzhisix/AKNBada2sTIOZkPLYdq7-sE?rlkey=hyml215t5ha7npixmy56jlb27&dl=0)** You will also find trail notes, a GPX file for your GPS, and the official DNCR Quehanna Trail maps which show the entire trail, plus all of the connecting and intersecting trails in the area. And some other stuff, too.
**[Here is a link to the map on CalTopo.](https://caltopo.com/m/A188)** Download the app and simplify your wilderness planning and navigation.

I'll make a reservation for a campsite at Parker Dam State Park for Thursday night. Let me know if you plan to meet me there. The dam & lake are beautiful on a clear night.

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As usual, each participant needs to submit a signed [THW Acknowledgement of Risk form](https://docs.google.com/document/d/1DPr1jzgpMXtUkVXH9x_hfVA9nlM-vBGu/edit?usp=share_link&ouid=115078247536429180268&rtpof=true&sd=true), if you do not already have one on file with the group.

And as always, please observe the Leave No Trace (LNT) Principles while in the woods and on the trails. [Refresh yourself here:](https://docs.google.com/document/d/1G3H9jpftCgxSoLSpRih8_TnkpO-g-iBK/edit?usp=share_link&ouid=115078247536429180268&rtpof=true&sd=true)

https://lnt.org/learn/7-principles

If you have any questions, call me.

Pete @ 216-214-2838

Pete

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