Friday, November 19, 2021

Friendship Hill National Historic Site, PA

ABOUT THE PARK: 

DIRECTIONS: 
GPS Coordinates 39.77466, -79.92705
Trailhead Parking

TRAIL MAP: 


HIKE DISTANCE:  7.3 miles

THE HIKE: 
Hike two on day two of the drive back to New Jersey from Missouri.
From the trailhead parking lot, taking the green Main Loop.
Right on the red Hidden Meadow Loop.
Continuing on the green Main Loop behind a park vehicle.
This information sign on the left and ...
... the cemetery on the right.
Continuing on the green Main Loop.
The trail starts to run parallel to train tracks ...
... where a trail loaded with coal (from West Virginia coal mines?) passed by.
A hard left on the yellow North Cutoff trail to the red Inner and North Meadow Loops before returning to this spot.
A bench at the end of the loop up ahead for a break.
Continuing on the green Main Loop, the trail comes up on the Monongahela River.
Step to the left that go up ...
.... and up ...
... and up.
The red South Meadow Loop was the only trail we did not hike as I thought we might be running short on time.
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.
Gallatin House
Monongahela River overlook ...
... from the gazebo.
Gallatin Sculpture
Taking the red Ice Pond Run Loop ...
... to the Trailhead Loop back to the car.