I sat down last night and, jonesing for rides as I do every year about this time, I wrote up a list of places I’d like to ride this year. All are in either Pennsylvania or New Jersey (with a few MD/DE outliers) , and within two or three hours of home. I’ve biked all of them before, some many times, but somehow very few of them happened in 2017. Anyway, here goes:
New Jersey:
- Allamuchy (also Stevens & Deer Park)
- Ringwood SP
- Wawayonda SP
- Kittatinny SP
- Mahlon Dickerson Reservation
- Chimney Rock
- Round Valley
- Six Mile Run
- Huber & Hartshorne Parks
- Allaire SP
Pennsylvania:
- Jim Thorpe
- Tamaqua/Burma Road
- Raystown Lake
- State College/Rothrock SF
- R.B. Winter SP
- Camelback
- French Creek SP
- Blue Marsh Lake
- Nockamixon SP (I know, I know, but I don’t go as much as I like…)
- Michaux SF
- Merli-Sarnoski Park
- Prompton
- Lackawanna SP
- Wissahickon
Maryland:
- Frederick Watershed
- Gambrill SP
- Patapsco Valley SP
Delaware:
- Iron Hill
- White Clay
This is to say nothing of “destination” places like Kingdom Trails in VT, or Slatyfork WV, or Moab, or Downieville…