Mount Davis, Pennsylvania State High Point

Date	Distance	Time	Elevation Gain	Average Moving Time	Year to Date Miles
4/16/2018	0.3 miles

Map: None needed
Parking: Follow signs to Observation tower
Directions: Take trail on right side of kiosk to summit.

Today, the forecast was for wind plus 2" of rain. It sounded like a miserable day for hiking. We decided to use today to do our side trip to Mount Davis, the Pennsylvania state high point. We woke up early and drove 2 hours to Mount Davis, Pennsylvania. This is our 14th state high point, at 3,213'. It was raining during our drive, but by the time we reached the park, it was snowing (and sticking!). There are hiking trails in the area, but we just followed the signs to the observation tower parking. There is a short trail to the right side of the kiosk at the parking area. It was very cold - 34 degrees and windy. There was no one else there of course - it was just miserable outside. I underdressed - which I've done before at highpoints with just a short walk in miserable weather. We walked to the tower, but neither one of us wanted to bother climbing up it. I was shivering, plus there was fog and snow, so there wouldn't be any views. Past the tower is a large boulder with a geodesic marker on it. There were information signs about the mountain, but I felt too cold to read them, so we headed back to the car. We didn't see a summit register. We did see some Amish in the area - in town we passed some horses w/buggies. We drove 2 hours back to Chambersburg to pick up our rental car - stopping in Hagerstown, Maryland for some lunch. We headed to Mechanicsburg, where our second motel of the trip was.

Sign pointing to the parking area

Trail is just to the right of the kiosk

Even Trek isn't enjoying the weather lol