Single Track Parks

Located just east of State College, Rothrock State Forest is a wilderness area with over 100 miles of gravel roads, double track trails, technical single track, and hiking trails. There are several overlooks on trails throughout the forest providing views of the surrounding countryside.

Encompassing about 5200 acres, the Round Valley Recreation Area is a park near Clinton, New Jersey featuring a picturesque reservoir surrounded by hiking and biking trails, a primitive campground, and several large picnic areas. The park is extremely popular and can get quite busy on summer weekends with visitors coming to enjoy the many water activities, including fishing, boating, and swimming. The small beach located near the picnic area is especially popular during this time. The trail network consists of a variety of difficulty levels, including wide double track to more challenging single track trails.

The Seneca Creek Greenway is a 26 mile trail that follows the beautiful Great Seneca Creek. The 16 mile southern section of the trail is limited to hiking only, and is primarily located within Seneca Creek State Park. The 9 mile northern section (beginning at Rt. 355) is open to biking, equestrian and hiking. This section is easy single track with some intermediate sections. It continues on into Magruder Branch and Damascus Parks as a paved trail.

Located in Seneca Creek State Park, the Clopper Lake area offers a variety of activities including fishing, hiking, biking, and picnicking. Several natural surface trails are located in this section of the park, including a 3 1/2 mile single track trail that winds its way around Clopper Lake. In addition, the 26 mile Seneca Creek Greenway trail can be accessed from the Clopper Lake area. (Note that the Greenway is hiking-only within Seneca Creek State Park.)

Part of Seneca Creek State Park, the Schaeffer Farm trail system was built with mountain bikers in mind. The smooth, hard packed trail surface through gorgeous open forests and farmland are a true pleasure to ride. The gently rolling terrain makes for a variety of climbs, fun descents, and many trails etched into hillsides with wonderful views of the surrounding forest. MORE does an outstanding job of maintaining the trails at Schaeffer Farms.

In the 1800's, this trail was a railroad used for transporting anthracite coal from the mines near Summit Hill down to the coal chutes on the Lehigh River. Known as a gravity railroad, it transported the train cars filled with coal down the mountain powered by gravity alone.

The Third Battle of Winchester is a self-guided tour along a wide paved/gravel trail that explains the story of the Civil War battle that occurred here in September 1864. There are several places along this path where you can access the network of hiking trails.  We were advised by the land manager that bicycles are not allowed within the park.

The mountain bike trail at Upper County Park is short but sweet. The Eastern Virginia Mountain Bike Association always does a superb job of creating new trails, and Upper County is no exception. Look for plenty of short, steep climbs and banked turns. Upper County Park also has a pool, playground, ballfields and picnic shelters.

Wahrani Nature Trails are a network of bi-directional single track loops forming a trail system that is about 5 miles long.  For being on the peninsula, there is quite a bit of elevation change within the park.

Wakefield Park, located in the heart of the Capital region, is host to numerous mountain biking events throughout the year. It is a convenient and scenic spot for the MTB crowd in the DC area. The singletrack trails are geared towards mostly beginner to intermediate level riders.