Gowango
Pennsylvania
Free — you'll pick up right here.
3.1 mi
Distance
1,259 ft
Gain
1h 34m
Time
No verdict for this trail
We won't guess. Here is exactly what we do and don't know.
What we do know
Inside Allegheny National Forest
2 managing-area boundaries mapped — agency alerts for them feed this page automatically.
Boundary data
What's missing
No access route mapped
We don't yet know which road reaches this trailhead, so we can't tell you if it's gated.
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Why you'll love it
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Gowango
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Elevation & route
- Distance
- 3.1 mi
- Elevation gain
- 1,259 ft
- Elevation loss
- 1,259 ft
- Highest point
- 2,016 ft
- Lowest point
- 1,725 ft
Photos
Directions & GPX
Permits & access
- Managing agency
- Forest Service
About this trail
Gowango is a 3.15-mile out-and-back trail in Pennsylvania managed by the Forest Service. The trail gains 1,048 feet of elevation over its round-trip distance.
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