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7 Clarion-Little Toby Trail

Counties

Elk, Jefferson

Endpoints

Water St. and Center St. (Ridgway) to Seventh Ave. just south of McCullough Ave. at Taylor Memorial Park (Brockway)

Mileage

18.0

Type

Rail-Trail/Rail-with-Trail

Roughness Index

1

Surface

Crushed Stone

The Clarion-Little Toby Trail lets you venture on the wild side for 18 miles as it traverses remote state hunting grounds adjoining the Allegheny National Forest. You’ll likely see deer and other wildlife as you follow the Clarion River and Little Toby Creek. There are ghost towns to explore and an off-trail swinging bridge you can cross.

The trail consists of fine, well-packed gravel and is flat with the exception of a short hill near Ridgway. Although motorized use is prohibited, motorized wheelchairs are allowed.

The crushed-stone trail connects Ridgway and Brockway, two towns with historic districts that grew out of the early-19th-century logging industry. Both towns offer restaurants and grocery stores to stock up for your travels. The trail follows the former Ridgway and Clearfield Railroad, built in 1883 between Ridgway and Falls Creek to develop coal deposits in the area; the Pennsylvania Railroad acquired the line in 1911. The route fell into disuse between 1968 and 1972, and the Tricounty Rails to Trails Association completed the trail in 2003.