Start – Susquehanna Street at the high school (Boom! A Civil
War re-enactment group fires a canon to get you started.)
0.5 miles – right turn onto Dundaff Street (this is the really
steep two-block downhill you may have heard about)
0.7 miles – right turn onto Main St. (Rt. 171). The residents
of Forest City line several blocks of Main St. and cheer you on! Lots of
downhill once you leave town – beautiful fall foliage too!
6.9 miles - Main St. (Rt. 171) becomes Belmont Street
7.3 miles – right turn onto Canaan St.
7.35 miles – right turn onto N. Main St. (Welcome to Downtown
Carbondale and its large enthusiastic crowd!)
7.7 miles – N. Main St. becomes S. Main St. (aren’t you
thrilled to know that?)
7.8 miles – bear to right onto Pike St (see ya Downtown
Carbondale!)
8.3 miles – Pike Street becomes Gordon Avenue
9.6 miles – right turn onto Erie St.
9.62 miles – left turn onto Lackawanna Ave.
10.85 miles – right turn onto Poplar St.
10.95 miles – left turn onto Main St (welcome to Downtown
Mayfield Borough)
12.1 miles – bear left onto Washington Avenue (welcome to
Jermyn Borough, home of The Windsor Inn, maker of the world’s second
greatest hot wings!)
14.27 miles – turn left from Main St. onto Monroe St. (Propst
Mini-Mart on left)
14.38 miles – turn right onto S. Laurel St (you’re now in a
traditional Archbald Borough neighborhood)
14.79 miles – Laurel St. becomes first segment of Rails to
Trails. Sorry, you can’t drive this part of the course, but you’ll
love running it. An absolutely beautiful, tree lined dirt trail (hard
compacted dirt, perfect for running). Fantastic fall foliage and the
Lackawanna River just a few feet to your right!
15.35 miles – dirt trail becomes River St. (paved road). Road
winds for a few blocks past a few small houses.
15.64 miles – after crossing Lackawanna River over small
bridge, make an immediate left back onto Rails to Trails (hard dirt
surface again – river now on your left).
16.63 miles – cross Bridge St. (paved street, Cousin’s Market
½ block to your left) then get right back onto trail. A nice crowd is
expected to gather here.
16.84 miles – you’re still on the trail here and you’ll see
the back of Santarelli Oil on your right.
17.10 miles – trail ends, turn right on Depot St.
17.13 miles – turn quick left onto River St.
17.35 miles – turn right onto Keystone Ave
17.49 miles – turn left onto Main St.
17.69 miles – turn left onto Riverside Drive
17.95 miles – turn left into Mellow Park at main gate, bear
left inside park on paved pathway, do loop around soccer field, pass
bandstand on left, bear left at fork and continue alongside chain link
fence, curve clockwise around the tennis courts, then head back and
exit park back through main gate (yes, you’ll have a chance to see the
runners that are trailing you here!)
18.51 miles – exit park and turn left over foot bridge –
cross Lackawanna River into Condella Park, Olyphant Borough.
18.59 miles – turn right onto wood chip trail in Condella Park
18.97 miles – bear left on side trail and run towards
Condella Park exit.
19.03 miles – exit park, running a short distance on
Susquehanna Ave.
19.05 miles - turn left onto Dolph St.
19.13 miles – turn right from Dolph St. onto James Ave.
19.25 miles – turn left onto Jackson St, then make an immediate
right onto N. Valley Ave.
19.73 miles – Turn right at "train station" bandstand
onto W. Lackawanna Ave. (Welcome to Downtown Olyphant and its cheering
fans!)
20.08 miles – turn left onto Main Ave. at the ship’s anchor
(yes, there’s really a ship’s anchor at the intersection)
20.83 miles – turn left onto Eagle Lane and enter the Dickson
City Industrial Park
21.06 miles – after crossing railroad tracks, turn right on
industrial park road
21.47 miles – exit industrial park and turn left onto
Boulevard Ave. (road meanders through Dickson City and Throop boroughs)
22.52 miles – stay on Boulevard Ave (that’s Lackawanna
County’s exciting recycling center on your right…oh boy!)
23.07 miles – you’re now crossing Parker St. on Boulevard
Avenue (Yikes! A nasty little uphill starts here, but don’t worry, it’s
only about one block long).
23.29 miles – bear right at the Convenient Store and stay on
Boulevard Ave.
23.77 miles – At the T- intersection at the funeral home (how
appropriate), turn left from Boulevard Ave. onto Electric St.
Note: This is where the eight-block uphill used to begin, but fear
not, we’ve traded it for a hill that’s only three blocks long and
two of the three blocks are just a slight uphill!
23.82 miles – the Electric Street hill begins!
23.90 miles – after just one block, the Electric St. hill
ends! At base of traffic island, bear right then left and run two
blocks on a slight uphill on Sunset St. The crazy neighbors from Green
Ridge love to cheer the runners on here!
24.12 miles – Turn right onto Wyoming Ave. and run one block.
24.21 miles - turn right onto Delaware St., run two blocks, and
make a left onto Capouse Ave.
24.44 miles – cross Green Ridge St. on Capouse Ave. (enjoy the
little downhill!)
24.59 miles – follow Capouse Ave. through the little
"S" curve at the Marion St intersection.
24.94 miles – turn left from Capouse Ave. onto Walnut St
25.09 miles – cross Wyoming Ave. on Walnut St.
25.30 miles – turn right onto N. Washington Ave. (can you see
Downtown Scranton in the distance?)
25.50 miles – Arrgh! Who put that two-block uphill here by
Coopers Restaurant and why is Cooper’s shaped like a boat?
26.20 miles – The finish is at N. Washington Ave.,
about 250 ft past Linden St. It’s a downhill FINISH! Relax with a
snack on Courthouse Square and cheer the other runners home!
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