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2 | Trail Name | Distance/Direction from Rooted | Location | Diifficulty level and Description (E- Easy, M- Moderate, H-Hard) | Links |
3 | Long Point State Park | 1 Mile South in NY | 4459 NY-430 Bemus Point, NY 14712 | E/M: Single track and doubletrack trails. Trails that will be used during the Rooted Festival. Awesome lake views at the point. A quick bike ride from the bike shop to avoide paying for parking on site. Elevation is present. Keep the trail map handy. | https://parks.ny.gov/documents/parks/LongPointLCTrailMap.pdf |
4 | Chautauqua Rails to Trials | 5-10 miles West in NY | See link to find your segment | E: Preserved abandoned rail road coridors converted into safe off-road mulipurpous trails. Double track (no singletrack) trails in the woods with no features or obsticals. Multiple trai segments avaliable to create the perfect ride for you. Check out the map to find your segment. | https://chaurtt.org/trails/ |
5 | Fred Cusimono West Overland Trail | 15 miles South in NY | 42°07'05.1"N 79°31'33.1"W - Sherman, NY (parking off Bailey Hill road just past Stebbins road, look for trail marker sign) | M/H: "Tech Loops", some loops are more technical than others. Moderate amount of climbing depending on the loops that you do. You could encounter, skinnies, log overs, roots, rock gardens, and narrow trails. Trail maintenance and expansion is actively happening in this area. | https://www.mtbproject.com/trail/7028618/fred-j-cusimano-westside-overland-trail - This link only describes the out and back trail system. The "tech loops" are not visible. You can ride various parts of the out and back trail. I recommend going with someone that knows the trails if you want to do a larger portion. You will be crossing electric farm fences and traveling through cow pastures. |
6 | Harris Hill | 15 Miles East in NY | 4765 Harris Hill Road, Falconer, NY 14733 | ______???_______ | https://www.mtbproject.com/directory/8022433/harris-hill-state-forest |
7 | Bulls Dam "Howard Eaton Reservoir" | 28 miles West in PA | Eaton Reservoir Western Boat Ramp Black Rd, North East, PA 16428 | E/M: You can take the flat gravel/dirt loop around the reservoir or you can take any of the trails that you see on the side. The trails are generally slower with more turns. Can be muddy early in the season. * Bring the Kayak along! Their is a no motorized boats rule so it's always calm and relaxing. A multipurpose trail. | https://www.mtbproject.com/trail/4371226/bulls-dam |
8 | Six Mile Creek | 34 miles towards OH | 7725 Clark Rd, Erie, PA 16510 | E/M: An evolving project with over 7 miles of singletrack. Some elevation, banked turns, and roots. Kickers and small jumps which you can ride around or walk over. | |
9 | Penn State Behrend *Under Construction for logging | 37 miles towards OH | 3399 Cooper Rd, Erie, PA 16510 | M/H: The trails here have been pretty well wrecked by the logging. | https://www.mtbproject.com/trail/4181447/penn-state-behrend-main-trail - There are more trails than listed. |
10 | Jakes Rocks | 50 miles South East in PA | Forest Rd 610 Warren, PA 16365 (limited cell reception area) | E/M/H: Well.... you don't want to miss this! This is the Bentonville of Pennsylvania. A little bit of everything and extremely well maintained. 30+ mile stacked loop mountain biking trail. **Trail Maps available in the Loud bike shop | https://www.mtbproject.com/trail/7018160/jakes-rocks-true-green-loop |
11 | McCarty Hill State Forest and Rock City State Forest trail | 50 miles East in NY | See trail Map to pick parking location (mulitple) Ellicottville, NY 14731 | M/H: True Western NY cross-country singletrack.Trails are very well maintained and marked by the WNYMBA IMBA chapter. Get a trail map inside the bike shop at Loud! | https://wnymba.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/WNYMBA_EvillMap_2019_Web.pdf?8751d8&8751d8. https://www.trailforks.com/region/rock-city-and-mccarty-hill-state-forest/?activitytype=1&z=12.3&lat=42.24978&lon=-78.68971 |
12 | Holimont Bike Park | 50 miles East in NY | 42°16'22.7"N 78°41'56.7"W Canfield Hill Road, Ellicottville, NY 14731 | M/H: Chair lift access flow trail - you can also link up to the McCarty Hill State Forest trials from this area. You can spend a whole day exploring this area both trails and the downtown restaurants / shopping. Check website for when the chair lift is running and buy an all day pass (you can ride here with out the lift pass as well). | https://holimont.com/programs/bike-park/ |
13 | Asbury Woods | 53 miles towards OH | 4106 Asbury Rd, Erie, PA 16506 | E/M/H: Nature preserve. 5 miles of trails. Good for a leisure walk or bike ride on mostly double track trails. Singletrack available but ask a local at Rooted for more details. | https://www.asburywoods.org/assets/pdfs/Trail-Map-2021.pdf?vid=3 |
14 | Erie Bluffs State Park | 61 miles towards OH | 11100 W Lake Rd, Lake City, PA 16423 (If you are driving up from the southern states, this would be a good place to hit up on the way there or back home.) | E/M: 7+ miles of singletrack and double wide trails in a loop configuration with minimal elevation gain. Majority of singletrack trails are to the west as you approach the tree line from the trail head. All obstacles are walkable. Great views of Lake Erie from above the bluffs! Multipurpose trail, no onsite facilities. | https://www.trailforks.com/region/erie-bluffs-state-park-32981/ |