Pennsylvania trails · Tuscarora Trail
Tuscarora Trail
A 89.0-mile point-to-point in Pennsylvania, with 1,987 ft of climbing. Reaches Sherman Mountain and other pass/summit destinations. Managed by Pennsylvania DCNR.
Elevation profile
The climbing is spread fairly evenly along the route. It gives back about 13,032 ft along the way, so it rolls rather than climbing steadily.
3-D terrain
USGS 3DEP ELEVATION × ESRI WORLD IMAGERY · VERTICAL ×1.5
Reaches
- Sherman Mountain (summit)
- Knob Mountain (summit)
- Cranes Gap (pass)
- Rising Mountain (summit)
- Deans Gap (pass)
- Flat Rock (summit)
- Waggoners Gap (pass)
- Sterretts Gap (pass)
- Longs Gap (pass)
- Big Mountain (summit)
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Getting there
Tuscarora Trail access. About 58 min drive (32 mi) from Chambersburg. 39.72660, -78.02571 · directions
Daylight at the trailhead
On October 14, 2026 — the day this page was generated — first light reaches this trailhead at 6:53 a.m., the sun rises at 7:21 a.m. and sets at 6:34 p.m., and the last usable light fades about 7:01 p.m. (EDT) — 11 h 14 min of daylight. At about 2.7 mph plus 30 minutes per 1,000 feet of climbing, the 89.0-mile route works out to roughly 33 h 58 min of walking — more than a single day of daylight here, so plan it as an overnight or hike it in sections.
Loop options
- Tuscarora Trail — 6.7 mi loop, 1,488 ft gain
- Tuscarora Trail — 10.7 mi loop, 1,497 ft gain
- Unnamed trail + Tuscarora Trail — 6.8 mi loop, 347 ft gain
Nearby trails
- Standing Stone Trail — 19.1 mi