Trailheads and access areas are listed in order of Trail mileage, grouped by towns along the route. As you plan your trip, be sure to check out the Trail’s rules as well as safety and etiquette recommendations.
The Trail is open from dawn to dusk, and overnight trailhead parking is never permitted.
The Airport Connector is a combination trail/on-road link that runs about 6 relatively flat miles, from Enlow (MP 7.8) to the airport parking lot. It offers touring cyclists an alternate route from Pittsburgh International Airport to the Great Allegheny Passage trail network, since it avoids heavily trafficked Pittsburgh streets. You can find more information about the route near the end of this page, following the mainline trailheads listing.
MM16.940° 22.212′ N, 80° 15.116 W • Elevation 1,045
The Panhandle Trail stretches 29 miles between Carnegie, Pennsylvania, and Weirton, West Virginia. The original train corridor once connected Pittsburgh to Cincinnati, Chicago and St. Louis. Today the trail passes through rolling countryside and small towns where you can stop to explore or get a meal. One of the trail’s main features is the McDonald Train Station, which is close to the junction with the Montour Trail.
Montour–Panhandle Connector
MM 17.3N40° 21.818′ W80° 14.940′ • Elevation 1,045
MM 21.640° 19.262′ N, 80° 14.374′ W • Elevation 1,040
The Westland Branch extends from Venice to Westland, a 4.1-mile stretch that offers rural beauty and solitude. This section runs parallel to an active railroad line. Westland’s access areas are detailed near the end of the page, following the mainline trailheads listing.
Venice
MM 22 40° xxxxx • Elevation 1,037
# of parking spaces
Cecil Park
MM 22.640° 19.040′ N, 80° 13.183′ W • Elevation 1,045
50+ parking spaces, moderate use, asphalt surface, picnic shelter, water fountain, full restrooms in park
Ridgewood
MM 23.540° 19.007′ N, 80° 12.415′ W • Elevation 1,051
10 parking spaces, light use
Muse Bishop
MM 24.1xxx • Elevation 1,051
McConnell Road
MM 24.9 40° 18.936′ N, 80° 11.292′ W • Elevation 1,121