Redbank Valley
Trails Association

419 Arch Street
New Bethlehem, PA 16242 

814-275-1718 or 717-649-1771*

* During business hours

[email protected] 

After hours/emergency call:

814-275-1718 or 724-664-4754

PA Great Outdoors

Parking

Parking is available at many locations along the trail. We are working to make the parking areas more well-defined and signed as funding permits.

Please do not park on the trail itself or block access to neighboring property owners.

Parking is available at the following locations and at other places:

MAIN TRAIL:

MP 0 Mouth of Redbank Creek at Allegheny River, Redbank Rd., SR 1002, Lat. 40.9813/Long. -79.5486. This is on the Armstrong Trail.  Redbank Valley Trail can be reached by going right from the parking area, cross over the bridge over Red Bank Creek where the Creek meets the Allegheny River. After the bridge, the Redbank Valley Trail will be on your right before the Coaling Tower and will follow upstream along Red Bank Creek.

MP 5.8  Lawsonham Road. At junction with Sligo Spur.  It is located on the curve just below or South of the Avalon Guest House at 3266 Lawsonham Road, Rimersburg, PA 16248.  It is a 10-12 car lot with a port-o-john.

MP 12.4  Leatherwood Station Rd., T-468, 41.003/-79.4107. *NOT maintained in Winter and difficult any time. 3-4 cars at most.

MP 17.05  West side of Climax Tunnel, Climax Rd., SR 1009,  40.9859/-79.3751.   Very limited parking available.  Use 4365 Climax Road, Climax for GPS which is the privately owned and nearest house across creek from tunnel.

MP 20.3  New Bethlehem—Municipal lot and trailside off SR 66 (Wood) and SR28 (Broad St.)  41.0024/-79.3322.  Large lot. Use 227 Wood St., New Bethlehem for GPS which is RMS Furniture.  Trailhead is next to store’s parking area and Zack’s Restaurant at 301 Wood Street. Overnight parking is only permitted along the trail but please leave a note on your dash as to when you will return or leave a message at 814-275-1718 so we don’t send someone out to look for you.  New Bethlehem offers many places to eat and services.  Additional parking is at the 2nd block to the west off Liberty Street, at 221 Lafayette Street and along the 400 block of Arch Street next to the trail and in front of New Bethlehem Town Center at 419 Arch St. where the trail office is located.

MP 24  Hawthorn by United Valley Soccer’s Pottery Field off SR 28 at Walker Flat Rd. 41.0192/-79.2730. Use 4019 Brookville St., Hawthorn for GPS.

MP 25.5 Mayport – at Mayport Road.  41.033564/-79.251198. Limited parking. Follow road just to right of trail and sign to parking about 500 feet in from Mayport Rd. past neighbor’s parking at end of cleared area.

MP 31.4 Heathville Road, SR 3007, 41.0895/-79.1808. Limited parking for 5-6 cars.

MP 34 By Summerville Post Office at 170 State St. and Station St., 41.1153/-79.1850.  Large lot with port-o-john.

MP 35.7  Moore Road off SR 28, right at bottom of hill, 41.1242/-79.1629.  Use 332 Moore Road, Corsica, PA for GPS which is a home beyond the trail head. A kayak launch is located and there is parking for several cars. This is a beautiful location between 2 bridges.

MP 36.52 Mt. Pleasant Road, parking for 3-4 cars.

MP 41  Depot St. Spur, Brookville, SR 36 across from Giant Eagle. Use 40 S. White St. for GPS.
41.1596/-79.0841

SLIGO SPUR

Use Lawsonham parking area to begin at the start of the Spur on the main trail.  See above.

MP S4 – Rimersburg Trail Head at SR861 trail crossing, across from Mill Alley Road which leads into Rimersburg, 41.0408/-79.4905, parking for about 8 cars.  Please do not block access to the Rimersburg yard waste dump site to the right of the parking area. This is the high point of the Spur with a 3% grade down to the Lawsonham trail head.

MP S5 – Rimersburg on SR68, across from Doc’s Tavern at 9006 SR68, 41.0517, -79.4946.

MP S9 – Parking for about 10 cars is available at the end of the Spur off of Walker Farm Road. Please do not park on Walker Farm Road or in front of gates.