Having been on many trails in the mid-atlantic area, I can say that the Pine Creek Trail is by far the best I have ever been on. The trail itself is small, packed gravel and is very well kept. The 2% grade is not really noticeable. There are several gates on the trail to ride around, but the trail itself is so impressive that the gates did not deter from a great scenic ride. The trail goes along Pine Creek through Pennsylvania mountains and cornfields - a very pleasant, scenic experience. I started from the Jershey Shore entrance and went to Black Walnut Bottom and back, which is roughly 56 miles round trip according to the map; however, it did not seem that long. The only con about starting from the southernmost entrance is there are some roads to crossover, so be very careful when doing so. Most of these roads are driveways and backroads.

About 7 miles North on the right there is a Citgo store if you need to get a snack or drink, and they also have Pine Creek Trail shirts and other miscellaneous stuff there. Roughly 15 miles up and on the right there is a pipe that is connected to a mountain stream and has fresh Pennsylvania mountain water coming out of it. There are plenty of rest rooms and benches along the way to stop when you need to.

The trail is for all levels of bikers. Any type of bike can be used on the trail with no problem; however, if I had to recommend a specific bike it would be a hybrid/trail bike.

One thing I would like to point out: the southernmost trail entrance at Jersey Shore is NOT on route 220. It is on Railroad Street. To get there you need to do the following:
Going North on Route 220, take a right onto Route 44 Main Street into town. Take a right on Alleghany Street and then a right on Bridge Street. Then take a left at the next light onto Railroad Street. The trail entrance is on the left. When you get to the parking lot there is a surprise waiting for you: a New York Central caboose!

No one can over-emphasize how great this trail is, so check it out if you can.

All 63 miles of this wonderful trail are open and were biked in 2 days and an afternoon with wife driving shuttle allowing one way biking downhill. Driving up from Washington, DC took 5 hours and I was able to do the 8 miles from the start at Wellsboro Junction (corner of Rt 287 and Rt 6) to the Darling Run parking lot the first afternoon. There is a store and farmers market at the start. There are motels on Rt 6 just west of there. The next day was 26 miles from Darling Run to Slate Run thru the canyon. It is then another 28 miles to the end parking lot in Jersey Shore. The Trail Link Web site has great maps available for downloading. Saw a Blue Bird, two Baltimore Orioles and 3 great big rattlesnakes. Bob

This magnificant 62+ mile trail is one that should not be missed. Flora & fauna, rock laden river with men and women fly fishing. kyacks & canoes floating down stream, abundent shade, and a trail that hugs the river most of its path makes for perfection. I am an avid rail to trail biker, and have biked on trails from Cape Cod to California. My Travel Nurse Proffesion allows me to ride on trails while on assignment across the U.S. I chose this trail as my Daughter(grown woman with a family of her own) was accompanying me and this would be her first experience on a rail trail bike trip. We rode 25 miles the first day in the rain and loved it. We rode about 30 miles on subseqient days. We averaged 6 to 10 minutes a mile depending on stops. The condition is so perfect at times it felt more like it was paved. The grade is slightly down hill from Ansonia to Jersey Shore so choose your start and finish accordingly. We stayed at The Cedar Run Inn (with second and third floor rooms only) It is just what the web states, and the owner and help were just wonderful, but the dinner was very dissapointing. My daughter and I were not able to eat the dinner. We had trail bars in our room. There is a Lodge just 5 to 7 miles further on the trail that I would reccomend for lunch. Food was great and priced appropiately. There are multiple areas to restock on fluids along the trail after Cedar Run south, but none North so also plan accordingly. As of this date the Pine Creek Trail is tied for first place with The Iron Horse Trail in Washington. L. L. C. Naples, Fl.