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Coal and Coke Trail
Ride or walk through history as you travel the Coal & Coke Trail. Set on scenic old railroad corridors, the Coal & Coke Trail provides outdoor recreational opportunities for walkers, joggers, bikers, hikers, and cross-country skiers. The trail provides a non-motorized, handicapped accessible transportation source for area residents as well as tourists, linking Mount Pleasant and Scottdale.
Along the way, enjoy beautiful natural areas and occasional wildlife while following Jacob’s Creek past old coke ovens and friendly communities. You’ll actually be following in history’s footsteps as you travel along the same paths as General Braddock, H.C. Frick, Andrew Carnegie, A.C. Cochran, and others. There are future plans to also provide a link to the West Overton Museum.
Beginning in Willows Park, Mount Pleasant, the Coal and Coke Trail heads southwest on the old corridor of the Scottdale Branch of the PA RR toward Scottdale. The trail runs alongside the active Southwest PA Railroad, to the town of Bridgeport, where it crosses both Shupe Run and Buckeye Road, and continues southwest to Ironbridge. At the East Huntington Sewage Plant in Ironbridge the trail leaves the railroad corridor for a short distance and shares Sewage Treatment Lane to the intersection of Mount Pleasant Road (Old 119). After crossing Mount Pleasant Road, the trail is once again on the old corridor of the PA Railroad. The trail then
continues under the Route 119 highway and across Sherrick Run into North Scottdale.
Once again the trail exits the old rail corridor to share Mildred Street as it heads toward Scottdale. The trail continues down Mildred Street to the four way stop signs at the intersection of Overholt Drive, crosses Overholt Drive, where Mildred Street turns into Mount Pleasant Road and continues down Mt. Pleasant Road to Kendi Park, which is on the left. Immediately after passing the playground in Kendi Park the trail turns left into the Park, continues past the basketball court, and then connects to the Jacob’s Creek Multi-Use Trail. The Jacobs Creek Multi-Use Trail continues in a westerly direction toward downtown Scottdale.
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{A View of the Trail Corridor} |
The Coal and Coke Trail Chapter is a volunteer organization and is associated with the Regional Trail Corporation, a non-profit entity which promotes the conversion of right of ways into trails within Westmoreland, Allegheny and Fayette Counties. By joining the Coal and Coke Trail Chapter as a member, you can help keep our trail beautiful! Please download the membership brochure here.
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Content Last Modified on 10/1/2007 1:50:16 PM
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