![[Conestoga Trail System Logo]](images/ctslogo.gif)
(View from House Rock, looking south towards the Pinnacle,with Duncan Island
in the middle of the Susquehanna River)
Online Guide to the Conestoga Trail
System
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The Conestoga Trail needs more volunteers to keep
it open. People willing to do trail care or to scout a section please
email with
subject TRAIL CARE. We need scouts for each part of the trail and muscle
power for clearing trees and brush from the trail
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You have reached the official online guide to the Conestoga
Trail System, a hiking only trail that stretches 61 miles through
Lancaster County in south-central Pennsylvania. About 16 miles north of Lancaster
City the trail begins in the Furnace Hills, where it intersects the Horse-shoe
Trail. Then it wends its way south along various creeks through central
Lancaster and County Central Park. From there it turns to the southwest to
pass through the scenic and rather challenging river hills before crossing
the Susquehanna River to reach the Mason-Dixon
Trail.
The Conestoga Trail System exists only through the generosity
of the landowners who allow the trail to cross their property. Please
respect their Property!!
Volunteers from the Lancaster Hiking Club maintain the trail
and welcome reports of your hiking experience on the trail at
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the trail receives no public funding, the hiking club also gladly
accepts donations for upkeep of the trail: Lancaster Hiking Club, PO Box 7922,
LANCASTER PA 17603.
The hiking club also invites you to join them on their hikes.
You can view their calendar at LancasterHikingClub
We hope your hiking experiences on the CTS and other trails
in Lancaster County will be very satisfying, and we of the Lancaster Hiking
Club look forward to hearing from you.
Online
Trail Guide (updated Dec./2004)
Printable Guide (pdf) (updated April 2005)
Map Sections: A, B,
C, D (Updated Dec.2004)
Photo
Gallery
Speedwell
Forge Lake---Sec A. Mile 3.9
Profile map of Section A from the Trailhead to Erb's Bridge
Road. (11 miles)
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Topo maps & Base Profile map courtesy of
Dimitri Tundra, the Metropolitan Washington Regional
Outings Program of the Sierra Club
Profile Map of Southern Sections of the Conestoga Trail. From
(right to left on Map) Section C, mile13.85 to
Section D, mile 7.61.
Note the 500 ft. elevation change from Tucquan Glen to the Pinnacle.This
is a Strenuous section of trail!
Also Note! There is vitrually NO Cell Phone Service in
This Area!
Base Profile map courtesy of the
Metropolitan Washington Regional Outings Program of the Sierra Club
Links to Conestoga Trail Photos by other Hiking Clubs
Contour
profile of CTS section D with full data sets.
