As you're probely aware, the Penns Creek Trail goes through an old RR Tunnel.

Last year me, my Grandfather, and my uncle camped at nearby Poe Valley State Park. We found this trail and thought it would be cool to walk on this trail for a while. We did, 2 times.

First time:
nice, flat, and smooth. Great for biking and walking. No big rocks wich means cross country skiing on this trail would be possible. The tunnel had a few drops of water falling from the rocks above. No problem, what's a few drops of water, right? We had our fishing gear with us so we stayed for a bit to go fishing. This trail has great access to Penns creak.

Seccond time:
we decided to go on the trail again, Mainly because we had really good luck fishing along the creek. We get to the RR tunnel to find that it had water in it as high as our boots (1FT deep)


It's not a good idea to ride your bike through water that high. If the water reaches your rear derailur, you'll run in to some shifting problems.


So I do reccomend this trail to anyone, and I do rate this 5 stars. But be careful! Check the tunnel conditions if you want to bike on this

We actually started at the Coburn side of this trail. We parked at one of the PA Fish Commission parking lot areas and rode the township road to the Coburn tunnel. We crossed Penns Creek over a very narrow railroad bridge. We were unable to ride across because the guide rails were so tight it rubbed the end of our handle bars. The trail itself for being privately owned in this section was in pretty nice shape although not as nice as other trails I have been on. We rode on to the village of Engleby where the trail gets a little more narrow but it still is rideable. We rode on to the next bridge which is no longer in existance and we had to cross Penns Creek. We crossed on some rocks in the stream but I would recommend bringing sandals or some kind of footwear you don't mind getting wet. Some parts of the stream were mid calf high at this point. We then rode on to the beginning of the actual trail near Poe Paddy State Park. The Actual trail itself is very nice and well constructed. Watch your head if you ride through the tunnel on the other side. It was pretty close for me. We rode on to the Cherry Run parking lot where the trail ends. We did ride on out to the township road and further out to the town of Weikert. The township road follows the old railroad bed but this part of the privately owned section is not open to the public. Over all the main trail is very nice but if you want to extend the ride the rest of what I have described is very neat too. I actually enjoyed the stream crossing since it was 98 degrees out the day we went. Overall the grade is nice and it provides a great workout.

Fun little trail that parallels a creek. The best part of the trip is defiantly the tunnel. The trickiest part of this trail is getting to the trail head. I traveled from the west and most of the gravel roads are still snow covered.