Baker Trail

Baker Trail
The Baker Trail alongside Redbank Creek in Jefferson County
Length134 mi (216 km)
LocationAllegheny County, Armstrong County, Indiana County, Jefferson County, Clarion County, and Forest County, Pennsylvania, US
Established1950
TrailheadsSouth: near Freeport, Armstorng County
North: State Game Lands No. 24
UseHiking
Elevation changeModerate
DifficultyModerate
SeasonYear-round
HazardsUneven and rocky terrain, rattlesnakes, mosquitoes, ticks, black bears

The Baker Trail is a 134-mile (216 km) hiking trail in western Pennsylvania in the United States.[1] The trail's southern terminus is across the Allegheny River from the borough of Freeport in Armstrong County. Its northern terminus is in State Game Lands No. 24, in Forest County near a border with Allegheny National Forest.[2] The Baker Trail is maintained by the Rachel Carson Trails Conservancy.[3]

  1. ^ "Hiking at Cook Forest State Park". Pennsylvania Department of Conservation & Natural Resources. Retrieved August 11, 2022.
  2. ^ "Baker Trail". Rachel Carson Trails Conservancy. Retrieved August 11, 2022.
  3. ^ Cramer, Ben, ed. (2008). Pennsylvania Hiking Trails (13th ed.). Mechanicsburg, Pennsylvania: Stackpole Books. p. 8. ISBN 9780811734776.