The Standing Stone Trail briefly heads to the south through the state park, but then turns north and climbs to the top of Cove Mountain.

Along the top of the ridge formed by Cove Mountain, there are some small parcels of private land where hiking is prohibited during Pennsylvania's deer hunting season.

[6] At 10.0 miles the trail walks briefly along US Route 522 near the village of Burnt Cabins, then continues north through some farm fields.

After a crossing of Little Aughwick Creek, the trail enters State Game Lands 81 and begins a lengthy climb to the top of Blacklog Mountain.

[3] The trail then turns back to the north and enters State Game Lands 99, climbing to the top of Jacks Mountain for another lengthy ridgetop walk.

At 48.3 miles it reaches the bottom of the Thousand Steps, a stairway built by hand from nearby rocks by railroad workers in 1936.

[3] After a walk across the top of this mountain and an encounter with a defunct fire tower, the trail descends and enters Alan Seeger Natural Area at 82.2 miles.