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This is a paved levee-top path along the West Branch of the Susquehanna River at Williamsport. From Paws Park in South Williamsport it runs the south levee west, crosses the Maynard Street Bridge, and returns east along the north levee past downtown to Commerce Park. The loop between the Market Street and Maynard Street bridges is the Timber Trail, lined with interpretive panels and the bronze Wood Hick sculpture that tell the story of Williamsport as the lumber capital of the world. Beyond Commerce Park the Loyalsock Bikeway continues past Canfield Island, crosses Loyalsock Creek, and ends at Indian Park in Montoursville. The whole route is flat and open, with the river in view much of the way.
Susquehanna River Walk & Timber Trail
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-Cory
In a typical year the Susquehanna River Walk & Timber Trail has about 115 to 156 days of excellent weather for popular activities such as hiking, dog walking, e-biking, birding, running, biking, and walking, with May, September, and October the best months.
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Enjoy the Susquehanna River Walk & Timber Trail!
In half of past years, color along the Susquehanna River Walk & Timber Trail peaks October 17 to 29, typically around October 22. The trail has 39% deciduous coverage, with the majority being chestnut oak, red maple, northern red oak, and sweet birch.
Seven miles of log boom once floated above Williamsport on the Susquehanna this path overlooks. James H. Perkins built the Susquehanna Boom in 1851, and its 352 cribs caught the logs that came down the West Branch from the mountain camps. The mills along the riverbank cut 5.5 billion board feet of lumber between 1861 and 1891. Williamsport called itself the lumber capital of the world, and its lumber barons became millionaires. A flood in 1894 broke the boom and washed close to two million board feet of timber downstream. The boom closed in 1908, and the mills faded with it. In March 1936 the West Branch crested at 33.9 feet and flooded about 70 percent of the city. That flood drove the Flood Control Act of 1936, and the Army Corps of Engineers began building levees along both banks in the 1940s. Hurricane Agnes in 1972 tested the levees, and Williamsport stayed mostly dry while towns downstream went under. For decades the levee tops were mowed grass. Lycoming County broke ground on the Susquehanna River Walk on May 29, 2009, and opened the paved loop that fall. The Lumber Heritage Region funded the Timber Trail panels and the bronze Wood Hick sculpture on the loop between the two bridges. The Loyalsock Bikeway carries the route east across the railroad tracks, past Canfield Island, and over Loyalsock Creek into Montoursville.
Loyalsock BikewayJames P. Bressler Heritage Trail
