
Hoodlebug Trail
101 photos
Last Run of hte Hoodlebug, 1940

Shadows at the Quarter Mile Bridge

Summer Ride

Fall Scene on the Hoodlebug

Trail users are advised that they share the trail with others. Slow down when approaching pedestrians, pass on left with an announcement to those you are passing.

By following the IUP bikeway and a signed bike route on various streets you can reach downtown Indiana.


James Nix


Two Lick Creek on the HT Extension

Hoodlebug Trail at Route 422 Underpass

There is parking for several cars at this access area located near the Sheetz Store near Homer City.

Cliffside Park

Parking Lot at South 13th Street - White Township

A solitary jogger enjoys a run on the Hoodlebug Trail.

The Hoodlebug Trail Connector

New bluebird boxes have been installed along this section of the Hoodlebug Trail. The boxes were provided to us by students who attended a 4H Camp at Blue SPruce Park in the summer of 2021.


Myr-Walt Sign at the Hoodlebug Trail

Crossing at Rose Street

Stony Run on the Hoodlebug Trail

Stoney Run

From this point the trail heads north to the IUP campus and downtown Indiana following bike route signs.

Falling Leaves at Hoodlebug Trail

Milepost 3 at the Quarter Mile Bridge

Trail Connection to IUP Campus

Quaker Sales Corporation is performing a double seal coat to the trail surface.

The Hoodlebug Trail is receiving a new surface which will provide a smoother ride for trail users. Seven miles of the trail are being resurfaced as part of the project.

The Snowy Hoodlebug


This bridge on the campus of IUP crosses over Stoney Run, then the trail crosses the railroad tracks and continues up a steep hill as part of the IUP campus trail.

The Hoodlebug Trail extension crosses Rose Street near Hoss's Restaurant and then follows the IUP bikeway and a series of shared streets to eventually end at South 8th Street in Indiana Borough.

Found along the Hoodlebug Trail the Eastern Redback is the most abundant salamander found along the trail.

Stoney Run

A large Black Bear at the HT

Two Lick Bridge


Levity Brewing, located directly adjacent to the Hoodlebug Trail at the Indian Springs Road intersection, offers a brown ale that is named in honor of the trail. A portion of the proceeds from the sale the Hoodlebug Brown Ale benefits the trail maintenance fund.

Green Canopy at Hoodlebug Trail

At this access area on Lucerne ROad Extension, you will find several paved parking spots to use to access the Hoodlebug Trail in the Homer City area.


Two Lick Creek


Hoss's Restaurant Bike Rack

In June of 2017, a portion of the Hoodlebug Trail between Rose Street and Indian Springs Road will receive some asphalt leveling and a double seal coat to smooth out the trail surface. The project is one-mile in length and costs $27,000. Sharp Paving of Shelocta, PA is the contractor.

The Ghost Town Trail and the Hoodlebug Trail converge at Saylor Park in Black Lick PA. From this point it is 10.5 miles on the Hoodlebug Trail to Indiana, PA or 32 miles on the Ghost TOwn Trail to Ebensburg.

This sculpture is located at the northern entrance of the Hoodlebug Trail, just off of Rose Street. As far as we know ti does not have a name. In May 2017 the sculpture received a fresh coat of paint.

A small portion of the northern end of the Hoodlebug Trail shares the corridor with the Buffalo & Pittsburgh Railroad. This is an active railroad that hauls coal to the Homer City Generating Station. The rail line was built here in c. 1903 to haul coal and coke from our area to Lackawanna and Buffalo New York - today the coal is imported to the generating station from mines outside the area.




Prairie State Incubator Interpretive Panel

The railroad tracks in the photo depicts where the Hoodlebug Trail is located at today in the area near the intersection of Wayne Avenue and Indian Springs Road. The road in the photo is now Wayne Avenue.

Disobedient Spirits in Homer City is one of three stops made on the Spirits of the Hoodlebug Trail Tour.

Noble Stein on Wayne Avenue served as one of three hosts for the Spirits Along the Hoodlebug Trail Tour.

Fall on the Hoodlebug Trail


Although the Hoodlebug Trail passes through developed areas you will find salamanders living in the stream edges and nearby ditches. This is a Long-tailed Salamander found along Stoney Run.

Hoodlebug Trail Scene north of Homer City

When warm temperatures arrive many trail users hit the trail early before the heat and humidity reach high levels.






