Level: Easiest
Length: 10 mi (16.1 km)
Surface: Doubletrack
Configuration: Network
Elevation: -
Total: 17 riders
Mountain Biking Old Ash Dam Trails
#127 of 293 mountain bike trails in Pennsylvania
These trails, although relatively small, offer alot of different terraine. Old woods roads, single track, and 4x4 trails. Plenty of hills in the woods made up of mostly single and double track and a really nice flat course that runs around the bottom of the old reservoir, which has been drained. This trail is mostly hard packed shale but if it rains there can be deep puddles and alot of mud. If you live in Central PA and need a decent place to ride that is close and is not to technical, i.e. you just want to get a nice fast XC ride in, check this place out. It's less than a mile off of 11&15 so you know its not out of your way.
First added by jlpXC on May 16, 2005. Last updated Apr 30, 2020. → add an update
Before you go
- Drinking water: unknown
- Lift service: unknown
- Night riding: unknown
- Pump track: unknown
- Restrooms: unknown
- Fat bike grooming: unknown
- E-bikes allowed: unknown
- Fee required: unknown
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Heading South on U.S. 11&15 from Lewisburg or Northumberland turn right at the Quality Inn or if heading north out of Selinsgrove turn left at Quality Inn onto 8th Ave. Follow 8th Ave to the end by the Shamokin Dam Police Building. You will see the trail head to the right.
Or:
Turn right if heading South or Left if heading north on 11&15 onto 11th Ave at Long John Silver's and Phillips Motel. Take 11th Ave all the way to the stop sign at Park Rd. Turn Right onto Park Rd. Then after around 1/2 mile to a mile turn right onto Sunbury Rd. A litte way back Sunbury Rd you will go down a dip in the road at the bottom to your right you will see a yellow gate. This is another entrance.
They but a pipeline in right through the middle of everything. The trails are ruined.
| ThankNot sure if these are still opened but I've seen no trespassing signs up today and I really have no idea where the trail head is. I was killing time and saw this on the map.
| ThankWe have a lot of fun on these trails & they are close to home, they weave all over the place, some single track & obstacles, even some drops and you can't get lost - really because you can always end up on an adjacent road or cemetery- fine if you know the local roads. I don't know how legal it is to ride there but I've never been stopped.
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