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To reach the trailhead in Brockway from I-80, take Exit 97 for US 219/Pittsburgh-Buffalo Hwy. Head north on US 219, and go 7.6 miles. Turn left onto PA 28/Main St. Go 0.4 mile, and turn right onto Seventh Ave. Go 0.3 mile, and turn left into the parking lot, which sits adjacent to the Frank Varischetti Football Field and across the street from Taylor Memorial Park.

8 Coal & Coke Trail

County

Westmoreland

Mileage

6.1

Endpoints

W. Main St./PA 31 between Center Ave. and S. Depot St. (Mount Pleasant) to Garfield Park at Church St. and Garfield Ave. (Scottdale)

Type

Rail-with-Trail

Roughness Index

1–2

Surface

Asphalt, Crushed Stone

The scenic Coal & Coke Trail connects the communities of Mount Pleasant and Scottdale in Westmoreland County, offering samples of the picturesque nature and friendly suburban feel of the area. The 6.1-mile trail lies on the old Pennsylvania Railroad corridor, and sections of it parallel an active Southwest Pennsylvania Railroad line.

In the early 1900s, the old railroad corridor was used to transport coal and coke from the many coal-mining companies in the county. Opened in 2007 after eight years of planning and development—and maintained by the Coal & Coke Trail Chapter—the trail allows you to walk along the same paths once taken by the country’s most renowned industrialists, including Henry Clay Frick and Andrew Carnegie, among others.