Great views, few amenities.
Colton Point State Park的点评
点评:Free admission, open dawn to dusk 365 days. Use caution coming in winter because the access road gets minimal maintanance. Access via Colton road about 12 miles west of the town of Wellsboro, PA. Colton road is paved all the way to the park but is a bit narrow.
This park was built by the CCC in the 1930s and is very rustic. There is no visitor center, park office or modern bathrooms. Cell signal intermittent at best. There are several parking areas and picnic pavilions and a pit toilet.
There are several view points that offer stunning views of the Pine Creek gorge which is known as the grand canyon of Pennsylvania. The gorge is over 800 feet deep and over half a mile wide. From most view points you can see a considerable distance up and down the canyon. Directly across the canyon on the east rim is Leonard Harrison state park of which you can see some of the buildings.
The views can be seen either by car tour from the park road or by hiking the rim trail. We hiked the easy rim trail which is about a .75 mile loop and takes you to all the viewing areas. The rim trail intersects with the Turkey path which goes all the way to the bottom of the canyon. This trail is extremely difficult and leads to a dead end at Pine creek. Leonard Harrison state park is directly across the creek but you can not get to it because there is no bridge. The Pine Creek rail trail also lies on the other side so if you want to hike to the bottom of the gorge do it at Leonard Harrison so at least you can access the rail trail. The West Rim trail also runs across the north end of Colton point. This is a 30 mile long back country trail that goes far beyond this park and does not access any of the view points so don't confuse the two.
If you are ambitious you can visit both Colton and Leonard Harrison in one day. It is about a half hour drive between the 2 parks. Best to visit Leonard Harrison first to go to visitor center for maps and info. Visitor center at Leonard Harrison open seasonally from May until end of October.
翻译:免费开放,全年无休,从清晨至黄昏均可进入。冬季前往时请务必小心,因为道路维护工作极少。可从宾夕法尼亚州韦尔斯伯勒镇以西约12英里处的科尔顿路进入。科尔顿路全程铺有路面,但有些狭窄。
这座公园由民间资源保护队于20世纪30年代修建,风格十分古朴。园内没有游客中心、管理办公室或现代化的卫生间。手机信号也时断时续。公园设有多个停车场与野餐亭,另有一个简易的坑式厕所。有几个观景台可以欣赏到派恩溪大峡谷的壮丽景色,该峡谷被誉为“宾夕法尼亚州的大峡谷”。峡谷深度超过800英尺,宽度则超过半英里。从大多数观景台上都能远远望见峡谷上下游的景色。在峡谷东侧的边缘处就是莱昂纳德·哈里森州立公园,从观景台上可以看到公园里的一些建筑。游客既可以驾车沿着公园道路观赏景致,也可以沿着峡谷边缘的步道徒步游览。我们走了那条较为平缓的边缘小径,这是一条长约0.75英里的环形路线,能带你到达所有的观景点。这条小径与“火鸡小径”相交,后者一直延伸到峡谷底部。不过“火鸡小径”极其难走,最终在松溪处变成了死路。伦纳德·哈里森州立公园就在小溪对面,但由于没有桥梁,无法抵达。松溪铁路步道也位于另一侧,因此如果您想徒步前往峡谷底部,建议在伦纳德·哈里森地区出发,这样至少还能走上铁路步道。西缘步道则横贯科尔顿角的北端。这是一条长达30英里的野外步道,其路线远超出公园范围,且无法通往任何观景点,所以切勿将两者混淆。如果您精力充沛,一天之内也可以同时游览科尔顿角和伦纳德·哈里森地区。从这两个公园之间驾车大约需要半小时。建议先前往伦纳德·哈里森公园,在游客中心获取地图和相关信息。伦纳德·哈里森公园的游客中心仅在5月至10月底期间开放。