Milesburn Cabin Loop Hike - 3.9 miles

PENNSYLVANIA, CUMBERLAND COUNTY, MICHAUX FOREST

This Loop goes on the Appalachian Trail, down a snowmobile trail, and onto Milesburn Road. It passes the Milesburn Cabin which you can rent from the Potomac Appalachian Trail Club. Milesburn Road doesn’t get plowed when it snows so it gets slippery. I fell on my butt at least once the first time I took this Loop in January. My favorite part of this loop is the snowmobile trail; however there are numerous unmarked roads off this trail. Sometimes it is difficult to figure out which one you should take. A dirt road at [N39 59.207 W77 26.236] heads left, southwest, to a Wild Turkey Habitat [N39 58.969 W77 26.513] maintained by the Pennsylvania Bureau of Forestry.

PARKING
-From Shippensburg, take Queen Street, which turns into Baltimore Road, which turns into Shippensburg Road when you get to the Big Flat Area.
-Take Ridge Road (dirt road) southwest
-In approximately 2 miles you will see a parking area on the right and a gated access trail to the Appalachian Trail and the Rocky Knob Trail on the left.
-GPS Coordinates for Parking [N39 58.678 W77 26.486]

TRAIL
-Cross the road, southeast from the parking area, to the gated trail. Follow orange blazes up hill.
-Take a left, northeast, [N39 58.630 W77 26.332] onto the Appalachian Trail, which has white blazes.
-Follow the AT till you come to the power line dirt road [N39 58.977 W77 25.772]. Take the power line road up hill, northwest, to Ridge Road.
-Cross Ridge Road, through the gates and go down the hill, northwest. This dirt road is also a marked snowmobile Trail. This road has been moved several times, and has numerous dirt off shoots, so it is occasionally difficult to follow.
-At [N39 59.254 W77 26.258] the dirt road splits. Go to the left, west.
-You will eventually come to the bottom of the hill, at a gate to Milesburn Road [N39 59.133 W77 26.733].
-Go left, southwest, on Milesburn Road to Milesburn Cabin [N39 58.655 W77 27.160]. The Milesburn Cabin is about .7 mile from the gate.
-Take the AT [white blazes] up the hill, southeast. At the top of the hill the AT will cross Ridge Road. Stay on the Appalachian Trail. The AT goes through a pine forest. You will eventually cross the Rocky Knob Trail.
-At the Rocky Knob Trail [N39 58.630 W77 26.332] turn left, northwest, down the hill to parking.

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