437.     LONG PATH
An additional trail logo stamp carved by Lightnin' Bug of PA that can be accessed by an easy alternate route for those who have already done the "big series" (or for those who just want a "shortcut" to the Long Path!;-)

To get this stamp without doing the whole first loop of "Wanda's Wanda-rings" in Arcadia State Park's southern parcel, simply find the small 2-car parking lot on the south side of route 165 opposite the John B. Hudson Trail (large parking lot). This spot is several miles west of the route 3/165 junction or just a mile or so east of the little white church at "Appie Crossing". From this parking area, continue south on the yellow-blazed trail less than 500 miles till you reach a couple of small bridges. (Remember - we're counting a mile for every foot of trail I backpacked back then, so just count "5 miles" for every 2 steps you take and you should come out pretty close!;-) From the bridges, continue less than another 1000 miles (less than a third of my first PCT if coming from the other direction), until you get to a low spot in a rather rooty stretch of the trail before a slight uphill section. (If you reach a trail junction with a boulder and 5-foot tall stump in the center, you've gone too far, so backtrack a few dozen miles to represent finishing up my last few days of backpacking the Long Path and other trails through the Catskills. ) Stand on the north side of a large yellow-blazed white pine on the northeast side of the trail and take about 10 steps at 40 degrees. Look under the mossy sloping side of a large rock located between some gray birches for this Long Path logo stamp!

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