Friendship Hill National Historic Site - National Park Service
DIRECTIONS:
GPS Coordinates 39.77466, -79.92705
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| Trailhead Parking |
TRAIL MAP:
Friendship Hill National Historic Site Trail Map - National Park Service
HIKE DISTANCE: 7.3 miles
THE HIKE:
Hike two on day two of the drive back to New Jersey from Missouri.
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| From the trailhead parking lot, taking the green Main Loop. |
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| Right on the red Hidden Meadow Loop. |
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| Continuing on the green Main Loop behind a park vehicle. |
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| This information sign on the left and ... |
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| ... the cemetery on the right. |
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| Continuing on the green Main Loop. |
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| The trail starts to run parallel to train tracks ... |
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| ... where a trail loaded with coal (from West Virginia coal mines?) passed by. |
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| A hard left on the yellow North Cutoff trail to the red Inner and North Meadow Loops before returning to this spot. |
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| A bench at the end of the loop up ahead for a break. |
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| Continuing on the green Main Loop, the trail comes up on the Monongahela River. |
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| Step to the left that go up ... |
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| .... and up ... |
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| ... and up. |
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| The red South Meadow Loop was the only trail we did not hike as I thought we might be running short on time. |
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| I knew this was Sophia's grave based on the map but did not know who Sophia was until the informational sign a distance ahead. |
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| Gallatin House |
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| Monongahela River overlook ... |
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| ... from the gazebo. |
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| Gallatin Sculpture |
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| Taking the red Ice Pond Run Loop ... |
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| ... to the Trailhead Loop back to the car. |
