Geography Lesson

I goofed! Coraopolis, at the head of the Montour Trail, is on the Ohio, not the Monongahela, River. Clairton, the very end of the trail, is on the Monongahela. Clairton is just up the river from McKeesport, where the Youghiogheny River flows into the Monongahela. The Youghiogheny River Trail is another trail I use quite frequently. I walk there but will also be using it to train for marathons and half-marathons. Once the Yough flows into the Monongahela, it gets much wider. The Monongahela meets the Allegheny at Pittsburgh to form the Ohio. Peters Creek starts at Coraopolis and flows all around Pittsburgh to finally flow into the Monongahela at Clairton. The Montour Trail follows Peters Creek.