ALLEGHENY NATIONAL FOREST ALLEGHENY NATIONAL FOREST REGION KINZUA SKY WALK “One of the Top 10 Most Scenic Skywalks in the World” Nearby but a GUIDE world away Allegheny National Forest Kinzua Sky Walk All Within a Day’s Drive Buffalo, NY: 65 miles. Cleveland, OH: Front Cover 161 miles. Erie, PA: 4 x 10 71 miles. Pittsburgh, PA: 126 miles. Washington, D.C.: 300 miles. Toronto, Canada: 124 miles. Largest City: Bradford is 5 minutes from PA/NY state line. OUTDOOR RESOURCES Allegheny National Forest Ranger Station 29 Forest Service Drive, Bradford, PA 16701 Bradford: 814-362-4613 Marienville: 814-927-5700 Warren: 814-728-6100 fs.usda.gov/allegheny • email: [email protected] State Parks and Forests Fishing/Boating 1-888-PA-Parks 877-707-4085 Forests: 717-783-7941 fishandboat.com dcnr.state.pa.us dcnr.state.pa.us email: [email protected] email: [email protected] PA Game Commission U.S. Army Corps of Engineers 570-398-4744 Kinzua Dam: 814-726-0661 HOW TO GET HERE – FLY OR DRIVE Driving offers the scenery of Route 6, the Kinzua Byway, and the Longhouse National Scenic Byway. Daily Flights Pittsburgh and Washington Dulles Bradford Regional Airport, Lewis Run, PA Southern Airways Express iflysouthern.com Ace Rent A Car acerentacar.com Zook Motors Rental Vehicles zookmotors.net/Rental-Vehicles VisitANF.com VisitANF.com 1.800.473.9370 Info: 800-473-9370 or VisitANF.com McKean County Airport University of Pittsburgh at Bradford Ellicottville Allegheny National Forest Holiday Valley Resort Visitors Bureau Welcome Center ATV Trails ANF Visitors Bureau Welcome Center 80 E. Corydon Street, Bradford, PA Hospital YOUR Visit ANF Ranger Station Open 8:30 to 4:30 Daily – Monday – Friday Seneca-Iroquois Museum To Buffalo/ 800-473-9370 visitANF.com Salamanca Niagara Falls Seneca Allegany Randolph Casino To Erie Cutco Ka-Bar Chautauqua National Visitors Center Lake Comedy You’re on the Trail Exit Center 23 Pfeiffer Nature Portville to SomethingLimestone Big Center Sprague’sSprague’s Rock City Maple FaFarmrm PaParkrk Visit the Allegheny National Forest Visitors Bureau’s Welcome Your journey into the Allegheny National Forest Region, Center at 80 E. Corydon Street, Bradford, PA for maps & information. Willow BayBay home of the amazing Kinzua Sky Walk, will be just what 1101 Open 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Monday – Friday. 800-473-9730 Marilla SHinglehouseShinglehouse your heart and soul desires. ReseReservoirrvoir Enjoy Four Seasons of Fun- From trails to hike, to a relaxing Russell Allegheny Little Mountain Allegheny National ForestReservoir Visitors Bureau ________________________ 2Bradford Brew Station Winery Eldred WWII evening roasting marshmallows over a campfire. From exploring Marilyn Horne Museum Museum Kinzua Sky Walk & Kinzua Bridge State Park ____________________ 4-7 the Kinzua Sky Walk to kayaking on the Allegheny Reservoir. Zippo/Case Penn BradBrsd Oil Museum Or challenge yourself by competing in the Kinzua Marathon, Visit Cities & Towns ________________________________________Museum 8 Where to Eat _____________________________________________ 9 Rew Marilla Trail Race or the North Country Trail Challenge. Ranger Things to Do __________________________________________10-12Station Allegheny National Forest (ANF) Where to Shop _________________________________________12-13 Old Jail Visitors Bureau Where to Stay _________________________________________14-15Rimrock Old Museum As the official Destination Marketing Organization Trail Central™– Detailed Trail OverlookInformation _____________________16-25Powerhouse Museum Lynn for McKean County, Pennsylvania, we work to Allegheny National Forest _________________________________26-27 Hall promote travel and tourism into the region, Mansion Serenity AlleghenyOutdoor Adventures National _____________________________________28-29 Forest Kinzua Bridge District GlassGlassPark Park creating economic vitality for our locally owned State Park Allegheny McKean County Waterways & Map __________________________30-31 River businesses guided by National Geographic’s Kinzua “Sky Walk” Donald J. Comes Chapman Snowmobile Map _______________________________________32-33 Natural Resources principles of Geotourism. We are a non-profitStateStat e LearningLearing Center Center membership-based organization. PPaarkrk History Trail-Bradford Walking Trail __________________________34-37Olmsted To Tidioute Services _____________________________________________38-40Manor PA Lumber Allegheny Adventure Guide McKeanMcKean Museum Simpler Times McKean CountySheffield Pin Trail ___________________________________ 41 This guide is created andMuseum distributed by the ANF Clermont Map ________________________________________________42-44 CountyCounty Visitors Bureau. Natural attractions, museums and CJ Spirits Flickerwood ANF Visitor Bureau members and partners are listed Aerial photography by Tom Huntoon.Logyard BrewingBrewing Wine Cellars in this guidebook. 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No part of this publication may be reproduced by any Elk County process except by prior authorization of the publisher. Linda Devlin, ExecutiveTo Director, 800-473-9370. Visitor’s Driftwood I-80 Benezette Center 2 ALLEGHENY NATIONAL FOREST REGION MCKEAN COUNTY, PENNSYLVANIA 3 State Park Walk the Tracks Across the Sky Kinzua Sky Walk Standing 301 feet tall (24 feet higher than the Brooklyn Bridge), the Viaduct quickly became a tourism destination. Walking out on the bridge was the “One of the top 10 most next best thing to flying. Sightseers from around the globe visited the Beautiful Skywalks in the majestic bridge-to experience the thrill of “Walking the Tracks Across the World” Sky.” In 1900, the viaduct was rebuilt of steel to handle the heavier freight trains carrying coal, lumber, and oil. For generations, visitors and freight This engineering masterpiece, crossed the Kinzua Gorge on this National Civil Engineering Landmark. is the re-invention of the original Kinzua Viaduct following the tornado of 2003. The Kinzua Viaduct, first constructed in 1882, soared 301 feet high and 2,053 feet across, and was the highest and longest railroad bridge in the world. History of the Bridge In 1882, General Thomas Kane, decorated American Civil War Veteran, and President of the New York, Lake Erie and Western Railroad and Company, had rich coal deposits south of the Kinzua Gorge. But since his customers were to the north, Kane needed to cross the valley. Kane needed a bridge. Chief Engineer Octave Chanute accepted the challenge. He contracted the Pennsylvania firm of Clarke, Reeves & Company to design and fabricate the bridge. Adolphus Bonzano designed a wrought iron bridge using his “Phoenix Column,” an engineering breakthrough that enabled tall structures to resist vibration and buckling. Kinzua The bridge was pre-fabricated in is the Seneca Phoenixville, near Philadelphia, and On July 21, 2003, an F1 tornado tore through the forest heading for the word for transported to the site for erection. Once bridge. Hundreds of trees were ripped from their roots, only nine of the “fish on a spear.” the sandstone foundation piers were in place, original towers remained standing following the tornado. Following a 125 men, working 10-hour days, completed the massive restoration project, six of the towers left standing were reinvented construction in just 94 days. as the Kinzua Sky Walk. Today visitors can walk out 624 feet, at a height Three and one-half million pounds of iron and $275,000 later, the first of 225 feet, and peer down through a partial glass floor for an awesome steam-powered train rolled across delivering General Kane’s coal to market. 360-degree view of the Kinzua Gorge. 4 ALLEGHENY NATIONAL FOREST REGION MCKEAN COUNTY, PENNSYLVANIA 5 Visitor Center Sky Walk Kinzua Sky Walk Towering into the Kinzua Gorge 624 feet, at a height of 225 feet, visitors can walk the length of the skywalk and then peer down below through a partial glass overlook. The Kinzua Sky Walk is open from Discover the 8 am to dusk, 7 days a week. Power of Nature and Admission is free to both the the Power of Man park and the skywalk. Located at the edge of the Kinzua 296 Viaduct Road Gorge, the new 11,000 sq. ft. Mt. Jewett, PA building has two exhibit halls which highlight the innovative, can-do spirit of the region and of General Thomas L. Kane and engineer Octave Chanute who built the original Kinzua Viaduct in 1882. The power of energy, engineering, and the environment collide in spectacular ways! Family-friendly, the Center welcomes school field trips and motorcoach groups with