Editing Smithton, Pennsylvania (section)

==Geography==
Smithton is located at {{coord|40|9|14|N|79|44|26|W|type:city}} (40.153985, -79.740531).<ref name="GR1">{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov/geographies/reference-files/time-series/geo/gazetteer-files.html|publisher=[[United States Census Bureau]]|access-date=2011-04-23|date=2011-02-12|title=US Gazetteer files: 2010, 2000, and 1990}}</ref> The [[Youghiogheny River]] runs along Smithton's western limits. According to the [[United States Census Bureau]], the borough has a total area of {{convert|0.1|sqmi|km2}}, all  land.

Smithton lies within the [[Laurel Highlands]]<ref name="Laurel Highlands">{{cite web |title=Laurel Ridge State Park |url=https://www.dcnr.pa.gov/StateParks/FindAPark/LaurelRidgeStatePark/Pages/default.aspx |website=Pennsylvania Department of Conservation & Natural Resources |publisher=Commonwealth of Pennsylvania |access-date=10 January 2023 |language=English |date=2023}}</ref> of the [[Allegheny Mountains]]<ref name="Allegheny Mountain Range">{{cite web |title=Allegheny Mountains |url=https://www.britannica.com/place/Allegheny-Mountains |website=Britannica |publisher=Encyclopedia Britannica |date=19 May 2008 |access-date=10 January 2023 |language=English}}</ref> ("the Alleghenies," colloquially). The Highlands are recognized today for their popularity among tourists, who travel from across Pennsylvania and beyond to visit the mountains, waterfalls, and recreational sites. The [[Great Allegheny Passage]]<ref name="The Great Allegheny Passage">{{cite web |title=GAP History |url=https://gaptrail.org/about/gap-history/ |website=Great Allegheny Passage |publisher=Great Allegheny Passage Conservancy |access-date=10 January 2023}}</ref> (the GAP), a 150-mile bike trail that connects [[Cumberland, Maryland]] and [[Pittsburgh]] via the Alleghenies, was built in the late 1900s and runs through the town of Smithton. The GAP is considered a "Rails to Trails" bike path, as it follows the area's historically prominent railroad passages. Smithton continues to be heralded as a Western Pennsylvania "trail town" because of its geographic proximity to commercial transit (Amtrak), industrial (CSX),<ref name="commercial transit [[(Amtrak)]]), industrial [[(CSX)]]">{{cite web |title=Pennsylvania Railroad Map |url=https://gis.penndot.gov/BPR_PDF_FILES/MAPS/Statewide/parail.pdf |website=Pennsylvania Department of Transportation |publisher=The Commonwealth of Pennsylvania |access-date=10 January 2023 |format=PDF |date=August 2022}}</ref> and now, recreational, use of these railroad passages. A bridge along [[Pennsylvania Route 981]], referred to as the [[Smithton Low-Level Bridge]], offers passage from the railway and bike path, on the western side of the [[Youghiogheny River]] over to Smithton, on the east side of the river.