Bucktail Trail
Bucktail Trail is a State Scenic Byway in Pennsylvania. Within Pennsylvania it covers roughly 100 miles. The map below shows its route. Use “Plan a drive” to open it in the Road Sorties route planner — already routing along Bucktail Trail with scenic roads turned on, ready to add your own stops.
This byway follows PA-120 through a deep forested gorge along Sinnemahoning Creek and the Bennett Branch in the heart of the Pennsylvania Wilds. Named for a Civil War regiment of frontier marksmen, the route runs through some of the wildest country in the state, near the range of Pennsylvania's reintroduced elk herd. Steep wooded ridges wall in the quiet valley road.
- Sinnemahoning gorge
- Pennsylvania Wilds
- elk range
- Civil War Bucktail history
- PA-120
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What is a State Scenic Byway?
State Scenic Byways are roads a state has formally recognized for their scenic, natural, historic or cultural value — each state's own curated collection of drives worth taking slowly.
Where to Stay along Bucktail Trail
No campgrounds are listed close to Bucktail Trail yet, but there are rooms near the route.
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