Gillespie Point is a 1,800-foot-high mountain above the town of Blackwell in the Tioga State Forest, offering fantastic views of Pine Creek Gorge. Because of its strange, almost pyramidal shape unusual in the state, locals call Gillespie Point the "Matterhorn of Pennsylvania." The hike to the Gillespie Point summit is 3.6 miles long, well defined and known as the northern end of the Pennsylvania Mid State Trail. The trail starts as moderately steep but goes up in a steady climb, crossing the face of the mountain without switchbacks. Once you reach the ridgeline, the hike gets easier and the views open up on both sides of the trail, especially in the fall and winter, when most of the leaves are gone. You can see far down into Pine Creek Gorge as well as the Pennsylvania Grand Canyon.

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