We biked eight miles down the Sandy Creek valley in northwestern Pennsylvania on this paved bike trail on a former rail bed. The shade, solitude, many bridges across the creek, and 967-foot-long tunnel made it a delightful ride.
Upon reaching the wide Allegheny River, the trail crosses it on a high bridge then follows the right bank downstream for another four miles, where we turned around.
Friendly cyclists and a trail volunteer we stopped to chat with gave us some good tips for future biking destinations in Pennsylvania. Ice cream tasted very good after a good bike ride on a warm summer day.
So wonderful to do this trip!
Love the way they have utilized the old railroad tracks for bike trails. So nice bycycling over the rivers.
Another spot to check out for biking is the rail trail along the Grand Canyon of Pennsylvania. I believe it is 60 miles long. Steve did a study there and led a PA Field Conference there. I was walking along the trail and a bald eagle flew up the trail and over my head . . . I could hear its wings flap!!!!!