点评:Beautiful state park on the rim of the Pennsylvania grand canyon.
Free admission, open dawn to dusk 365 days but most services and anenities are closed seasonally in late October until May. In season there is an ADA compliant visitor center with an information kiosk that has trail maps and modern rest rooms. There is also a picnic area and a campground. Be cautious going during winter as the road to the park has limited maintanance. The best time for viewing autumn color is usually around Columbus day.
Adjacent to the visitor center is the main viewing area in which the first area is ADA accessible. Here are great views of the deep Pine Creek gorge 800 feet below. There are several viewing areas a short walk and a few stairs away. Directly across the gorge is Colton Point state park a half mile away. To get to that park is about a 30 minute drive around the north end of the gorge.
There are 2 trails in this park. The Overlook trail us about 3/4 mile loop that leads to another vista further down the canyon. This trail is rocky and has one steep section. Signs suggest doing the loop clickwise and we agree.
The other trail is the Turkey path which is a steep 1 mile one way to the canyon bottom. The first half is fairly easy switchbacks to the first waterfall but the second half is a grind with over 300 stairs. The waterfall ws just a trickle due to a dry spell.
At the bottom you intersect with the Pine Creek rail trail which is an easy walk along the creek. You can walk as far as you like before returning up the trail to the park. It is a difficult climb.
There is no way to hike to Colton Point which is directly across the creek because there is no bridge.
The 2 parks can be done in one ambitious day, if you do go to both visit Leonard Harrison first to get maps at visitor center, there is no visitor center, maps or modern bathrooms at Colton point.
翻译:位于宾夕法尼亚大峡谷边缘的一处美丽州立公园。
免费入园,全年无休、从黎明至黄昏均对公众开放;不过大多数服务设施和便利设施在每年10月下旬至5月期间会暂停使用。旺季时,公园设有符合ADA标准的游客中心,内有提供步道地图的信息亭以及现代化的洗手间。此外还有野餐区和露营地。冬季前往时请务必谨慎,因为通往公园的道路维护工作较为有限。观赏秋色的最佳时机通常是哥伦布日前后。
游客中心旁边就是主要的观景区,其中第一块观景区域符合美国残疾人法案(ADA)的无障碍标准。从这里可以俯瞰下方800英尺深的派恩溪峡谷,景色绝佳。不远处还有几个只需步行片刻或爬几级楼梯即可到达的观景点。峡谷对面半英里处便是科尔顿角州立公园。要前往该公园,需要沿着峡谷北端驱车约30分钟。
这座公园内共有两条徒步路线。overlook小径是一条约3/4英里长的环形步道,可带领游客抵达峡谷深处另一处观景台。这条小径上多岩石,有一段较为陡峭的路段。路标建议按顺时针方向游览,我们对此表示认同。
另一条小径名为“火鸡小径”,是一条单程1英里、通往峡谷底部的陡峭路径。前半段有蜿蜒的弯道,能轻松走到第一处瀑布处;但后半段则需攀爬300多级台阶,颇为辛苦。由于近期干旱,那处瀑布只是细流而已。在山脚处,你会遇到派恩溪步道,沿着溪流行走十分轻松。你可以随心所欲地走远一些,然后再沿原路返回公园。不过回程的爬坡过程则相当费力。
由于没有桥梁,无法徒步前往位于溪流对岸的科尔顿角。
如果决心一天内游览这两个公园,建议先去伦纳德·哈里森公园,在游客中心领取地图;因为科尔顿角那里既没有游客中心,也没有地图或现代化的洗手间。