It joins PA 487 for one mile (1.6 km) in Red Rock, where it passes through the southern part of Ricketts Glen State Park.

[3] Heading through now Moreland Township, the woodlands soon give way in favor of open fields, where the route intersects with Neuhard and Stan Warn Roads.

There, PA 118 turns even further to the southeast and makes a large bend to the northeast later on, where the highway enters the hamlet of Frenchtown.

A short distance after the old alignment stops paralleling, PA 118 breaks free of the woodlands in favor of the village of Lairdsville.

At Dark Hollow Road, PA 118 leaves Lairdsville and enters the rural segments of Franklin Township.

[3] Heading to the northeast through Franklin Township, PA 118 retains the name of Lairdsville Road, re-enters the nearby woods and makes a gradual curve back to the southeast.

This soon returns to the northeast progression and the highway follows a sporadic stretch of eastern directions, entering Jordan Township.

Richarts Grove has several residents far off the main highway, but has an intersection with North Woods Road, which connects to nearby PA 239.

PA 118, continuing eastward soon comes to another clearing, where it intersects with the northern terminus of Camp Lavigne Road (SR 4049).

[3] After intersecting with Schoolhouse Road, the highway re-enters the woodlands, crossing over several bodies of water and turns northeast into Sugarloaf Township.

Right after leaving the park, PA 118 enters a large clearing, where Bethel Hill Road forks to the southeast.

[3]Kyttle is a small hamlet of few residences and large fields, and PA 118 intersects with Mooretown Road as it enters Ross Township.

Through Ross Township, residences become more common in the mix of fields and forests, along with the nearby alignment of Old State Road.

[3] PA 118 heads further to the northeast, paralleling Cornell Road into a long stretch of farmhouses and silos and into the community of Meeker.