Enola Low Grade Trail - Western Trail Head

I went jogging on the Enola Low Grade Trail today.  It's a 30 mile long trail that have never explored.  I was on the western most end under the Turkey Hill Windmills.  I started at the Orange arrow and went out about two and a half miles, then back.  I kept thinking I would run to the end and than back - I had no idea the trail is 30 miles long!

I recommend this out and back run with 5 stars out of 5.

There's a nice row of parking at the trail head, but I'm sure it gets full on nice warm days.  Best of all, there are porta potties.

The surface is very smooth and level cinders.

There are historical marker and stuff like that along the way.  Including everyone's favorite: a caboose!

Little creeks come down through the cliffs, go under the trail, and then over top the real railroad tracks below, in big metal sluices.

There were old and new mile markers, but I didn't run far enough to get my bearings about which way the numbers were going, and so forth.

I saw a "2", but didn't see a "1" or "3".

Yay!  Even more porta johns!

This part of the trail I ran today gave me the feeling of being in some sort of rough and tumble Industrial wasteland, despite the wonderful vistas of the rivers, and turkey vultures and hawks circling overhead.

I liked the parts where I was wondering what might be up around the next bend.

Some of the overhanging cliffs are quite spectacular.

The bridges over the Susquehanna for Rt 30 and Rt 462 are visible from near the trail head, but my phone battery died before I was able to take those shots.

I'm interested to run the rest of the trail, now.  Evidently it gets rather full of bikers and families with little kids and strollers.  Need to watch that.