Loyalsock Trail itinerary
Every mile marker on the Loyalsock Trail route, in order, with the distance and elevation change between each one, and which permit each stretch needs. To set alerts for your dates, go to the Loyalsock Trail permit page.
Which permit covers this route
The Loyalsock Trail. One reservation is one date, one entry or one named site, issued by walk-up.
- Stops mapped
- 14
- Across the markers
- 57.0 mi
- Published route length
- 59 mi
How long it takes: typically 5-7 days. That is the figure the permit publishes. This page does not divide the route into days, because no source records which stop you sleep at.
The stops below are the route's published mile markers, in order, with the elevations recorded against each one.
Distance and elevation change on each leg are the difference between the two published figures either side of it, so the legs are arithmetic on the markers and nothing more.
The Loyalsock Trail route, stop by stop
Mile 0.0
661 ft
PA Route 87 trailhead (south terminus)
6.4 miles · 1,257 ft up to Smiths Knob
Mile 6.4
1,918 ft
Smiths Knob
13.6 miles to Historic pre-industrial-era buildings (near mile 20)
Mile 20.0
Historic pre-industrial-era buildings (near mile 20)
3.0 miles to Angel Falls
Mile 23.0
1,416 ft
Angel Falls
An 80-foot waterfall accessible from the road, one of roughly 31 waterfalls the article counts along the trail.
4.7 miles · 282 ft up to Mary's View
Mile 27.7
1,698 ft
Mary's View
2.1 miles · 329 ft up to High Knob
Mile 29.8
2,027 ft
High Knob
3.6 miles · 657 ft down to Lee's Falls
Mile 33.4
1,370 ft
Lee's Falls
2.0 miles · 61 ft up to Lower Alpine View
Mile 35.4
1,431 ft
Lower Alpine View
7.2 miles · 351 ft up to Cold Run Road Falls
Mile 42.6
1,782 ft
Cold Run Road Falls
3.1 miles · 562 ft down to High Rock Falls
Mile 45.7
1,220 ft
High Rock Falls
0.3 miles to Loyalsock Canyon Vista
Mile 46.0
Loyalsock Canyon Vista
Overlook showing the ravine system of nearby World's End State Park.
4.0 miles to Alpine Falls
Mile 50.0
1,549 ft
Alpine Falls
3.2 miles · 256 ft up to Sones Pond
Mile 53.2
1,805 ft
Sones Pond
3.8 miles · 448 ft down to The Haystacks
Mile 57.0
1,357 ft
The Haystacks
A class IV whitewater rapid on Loyalsock Creek.
Getting a Loyalsock Trail for the dates you want
Planning the route is the easy half. Loyalsock Trail dates go fast, and the ones that come back are cancellations. They return to the booking system without warning and are gone again quickly. PermitSnag checks Loyalsock Trail around the clock and alerts you the moment a date opens.