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template: byway.jade
id: "2289"
name: "Great Lakes Seaway Trail - Pennsylvania"
distance: "64"
duration: Allow two hours to drive the byway without stopping or 14 hours to visit places along the way.
description: "Follow America's \"North Coast\" on the Pennsylvania Great Lakes Seaway Trail. Recreation and history abound along the shores of Lake Erie, which offers both a rural landscape of lush farming and the hustle and bustle of historic downtowns. Historic sites tell stories of the War of 1812 and provide year-round activities."
contact: "**[VisitErie](http://www.visiterie.com/)**  \r\n 1-800-524-ERIE (1-800-524-3743)  \r\n\r\n"
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websites: 
  - url: "http://www.eriecountyhistory.org/"
    name: Erie County Historical Society
  - url: "http://www.fws.gov/refuges/profiles/index.cfm?id=52520"
    name: Erie National Wildlife Refuge
  - url: "http://www.visitpa.com/seaway-trail/"
    name: "Pennsylvania's Seaway Trail"
  - url: "http://www.visiterie.com/"
    name: VisitErie
designations: 
  - National Scenic Byway
states: 
  - PA
part of: 
  - "2488"
ll: 
  - -80.51930199978744
  - 41.94392000010788
bounds: 
  - - -80.51930199978744
    - 41.94392000010788
  - - -79.76188700018491
    - 42.26757000015539

---

Follow America's "North Coast" on the Pennsylvania Great Lakes Seaway Trail. Recreation and history abound along the shores of Lake Erie, which offers both a rural landscape of lush farming and the hustle and bustle of historic downtowns. Historic sites tell stories of the War of 1812 and provide year-round activities.