Mid State Trail itinerary
Every mile marker on the Mid State 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 Mid State Trail Thru-Hike permit page.
Which permit covers this route
The Mid State Trail. One reservation is one date, one entry or one named site, issued by walk-up.
- Stops mapped
- 10
- Across the markers
- 294.6 mi
- Published route length
- 324.22 mi
- Ascent, at least
- 2,160 ft
How long it takes: typically 3-4 weeks for a full thru-hike. 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 Mid State Trail route, stop by stop
Mile 0.0
878 ft
Mason-Dixon Line trailhead near Flintstone, MD (south terminus)
32.1 miles · 134 ft up to Everett, PA region
Mile 32.1
1,012 ft
Everett, PA region
46.7 miles · 198 ft down to Carlim
Mile 78.8
814 ft
Carlim
29.0 miles · 484 ft up to Beaver Pond
Mile 107.8
1,298 ft
Beaver Pond
18.6 miles · 317 ft up to Stone Gap
Mile 126.4
1,615 ft
Stone Gap
45.4 miles · 276 ft up to Bake Oven Mountain
Mile 171.8
1,891 ft
Bake Oven Mountain
35.6 miles · 1,167 ft down to Woolrich, PA region
Mile 207.4
724 ft
Woolrich, PA region
21.3 miles · 20 ft down to English Mills
Mile 228.7
704 ft
English Mills
43.3 miles · 949 ft up to Antrim
Mile 272.0
1,653 ft
Antrim
22.6 miles · 167 ft down to Hills Creek Lake
Mile 294.6
1,486 ft
Hills Creek Lake
Getting a Mid State Trail for the dates you want
Planning the route is the easy half. Mid State 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 Mid State Trail around the clock and alerts you the moment a date opens.