Everett, the MST descends and crosses the Raystown Branch of the Juniata River on a rural road bridge, then walks through Everett and uses a street under the US Route 30 expressway. The MST then climbs up the next segment of Tussey Mountain and passes through multiple tracts of State Game Lands 73. Another abrupt break in the ridge must be tackled at Loysburg Gap, along Beaver Creek and PA Route 36. The MST continues to the northeast through more of State Game Lands 73 and then State Game Lands 118. Above Williamsburg, the MST descends, follows rural roads and city streets through the town, then joins the Lower Trail (a rail-trail) and walks easily for about 18 kilometers, alongside the Frankstown Branch of the Juniata River. The MST crosses US Route 22 at a parking lot for the bike trail, west of Alexandria. State College Region North of US Route 22, the MST climbs up the next segment of Tussey Mountain and enters Rothrock State Forest. It crosses PA Route 26 above Pine Grove Mills in an area that features several vistas of State College and Penn State University. The trail walks along the ridgeline around three sides of Bear Meadows Natural Area, then finally reaches the end of Tussey Mountain and rises to the top of Thickhead Mountain. The trail next reaches a junction with the Standing Stone Trail at Detweiler Run Natural Area. The trail then walks through Penn-Roosevelt State Park, and later uses a culvert to pass under the US Route 322 expressway near Potters Mills. Next, the trail walks through Poe Valley State Park and then Poe Paddy State Park; at the latter it uses a former railroad bridge over Penns Creek and then a defunct railroad tunnel through a ridgeline. Poe Paddy State Park also includes a junction with the Reeds Gap Spur Trail, which leads southwest 13.9 miles to Reeds Gap State Park. Now in Bald Eagle State Forest, the MST trends to the north and climbs up and down several ridgelines, crossing PA Route 45 and then PA Route 192 at R.B. Winter State Park. Woolrich Region North of R.B. Winter State Park, the MST continues to climb up and down several different ridgelines and uses a rural road overpass to cross Interstate 80 to the east of its interchange with PA Route 880. Now trending primarily to the north, the MST