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In June 2025, while camping at Worlds End State Park in Pennsyvania's Endless Mountains, we took some side trips to other places of interest in the nearby area. This blog entry describes those adventures.
June 13, 2025
Mt. Pisgah State Park is located between Troy and Towanda in Bradford County. The 1,302-acre park sits along Mill Creek at the base of Mount Pisgah. A dam on the creek forms the 75-acre Stephen Foster Lake, named after the famous composer and former area resident. The park has a swimming pool, playground and plenty of picnic areas with pavilions, as well as a boat launch and kayak and canoe rentals.
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Rain threatened during our visit, but we were able to hike one of the park's many short trails. We chose the 2.75 mile Oh! Susanna Trail, which took us around the lake's perimeter, winding through the forest along the lake's edge. Along the way we watched two young eagles flying above the water. We also spotted some turtle nests alongside the trail that had unfortunately been destroyed by predators.
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The park also has a pollinator garden, but it started to storm before we could visit it. A park ranger had told us about a nice overlook at the neighboring Mt. Pisgah County Park that we would have liked to visit as well. Instead, we headed back toward Worlds End.
To view a short (1.5 minute) YouTube video of our visit to the park, click here.
The rain had stopped before returning to Worlds End, so we decided to revisit the nearby Dutchman Falls. The falls are located at the northern terminus for the 59-mile-long Loyalsock Trail along Route 220 near Laporte. When we visited the falls two years ago we also hiked the trail out to the Haystacks, but we opted to just view the waterfall this time. However, this time we noticed a tunnel above the falls heading underneath the trail, and found a path leading down to it, so we explored that a bit before returning to our truck and driving back to the campground.
June 14, 2025
Our last day at Worlds End State Park proved to be a rainy one, so we decided to check out the nearby Eagles Mere Auto, Motorcycle & Air Museum, located along Route 42 outside of the quaint, historic village of Eagles Mere. The museum houses a world class collection of over seventy-five 1950s and 1960s cars and trucks along with many unique pieces of vintage automobile-related memorabilia in a large two-story building.
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Next door are several air hangars in which are displayed vintage motorcycles and an expansive collection of rare aircraft and engines. The vintage aircraft ranging from 1917 to 1944 and engines from 1908. The museum also includes a display of historic airplane-related memorabilia.
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The museum is open seasonally, and is well worth the admission price. We had a great time wandering through all the buildings to look at all the cars, trucks, motorcycles and airplanes. We even found a couple of boats scattered among the exhibits. It was a great way to spend a rainy afternoon!
If you want see more of the museum, click here for the link to our YouTube Video (16 minutes long).
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