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Mountain Biking at Valley Forge National Historic Park

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Trails: The park has about 20 miles of good singletrack mountain biking trails. Several trails are closed to mountain biking.
Access fee: No charge (2005)
Nearest town: Valley Forge, PA
Trail map: Available at the park and on their website
Web site: Valley Forge National Historic Park
Points of interest: Historic site of the Civil War encampment
Other activities: Hiking, horseback riding
Lodging: Philadelphia and Valley Forge have many hotels and other accommodations
Camping:
Weather forecast: Valley Forge
Tourism info: Valley Forge CVB | Greater Philadelphia Tourism
Getting to the trail:
Map of local region: Valley Forge

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Number of ratings: 5
Average rating: 3.38  

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Area name: Valley Forge National Historic Park
Number of times riding the trail: Several times
Date last ridden: , 1998
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Rating: na
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Comments: The non-paved Park trails, with the exception of the Schuykill River trail, are closed to mountain biking.
Submitted by: sb
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Date submitted: Aug 16, 2002

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Area name: Valley Forge National Historic Park
Number of times riding the trail: A few times
Date last ridden: May, 2002
Trails ridden: Don't know
Favourite trails: Betzwood area
Best time to go: Spring/Fall
Trail marking: None
Trail maintenance: Fair
Rating: 5 stars
What I liked: The trails were kind of short but certainly scenic
What I disliked: Too short
Comments: Hazards are logs for the beginners!
Submitted by: Kenny
from: Bryn Mawr, PA
Date submitted: May 6, 2002

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Area name: Valley Forge National Historic Park
Number of times riding the trail: A few times
Date last ridden: Feb, 2002
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Trail marking: Poor
Trail maintenance: Poor
Rating: 0.5 stars
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Comments: i do not like this system at all. don't ride it, it sucks.
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Date submitted: Feb 19, 2002

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Area name: Valley Forge National Historic Park
Number of times that I have ridden the trails: Weekly
Date of last ride: Sept, 2001
Trails that I rode: all - most aren't named
Favourite trails: small loop on South side of river: good quick ride.
on north side of river immediately north-west of the old barn, good mini-bmx style single track.
Best time to go: spring-fall
Trail marking: None
Trail maintenance: Fair
Rating: 4 stars
What I liked: nice scenery...many trails/obstacles for differnt skill levels
What I disliked: no markers, some obstacles removed by ???
Comments: watch out for the park rangers
Submitted by: n/a
Date submitted: Sept 29, 2001

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Area name: Valley Forge National Historic Park
Date that I last rode there: June, 2001
Trails that I rode: Single tracks don't have names, actually, I don't believe any of the the dirt trails (that allow biking) have names.
Best time to go: spring through fall
Trail marking: Poor
Trail maintenance: Very good
Rating: 4 stars
Likes and dislikes: very relaxing. depending on the time of year, the scenery is very nice. lots of good "exploring", but not very technical. obstacles vary with the seasons (some nice small logs too). not very challenging though.
Favourite trails: 1. Loop beginning on the Park side behind the bathrooms (river side of Park). Approx: 2.5 miles but can be incoporated into the paths across the river.
2. Betzwood Bride area trails: starts off gravel and branches off on right hand side(several places) to many optional trails. Can sqeak in about 10-15 miles depending on your route.
Comments: Cons: the crunchies will remove logs from trails... somehow they skip out on the trail maintenance though. On the no-bike trails: watch out for horses. If caught by park rangers, you can get a fine. Bad to ride after storms, can get flooded in parts. No maps.
The single tracks don't have any maps or markings, but they are very obvious trails. Good for a quick ride or longer. Many trails that aren't obvious at first.
I grew up near this place, so, actually, you could spend a whole day riding there...you just kinda have to find where all the trails are. Majority are near the river, but some are interspersed throughout the park.
enjoyable morning ride.
Submitted by: Brina
from: Wayne, PA
Date submitted: June 2, 2001

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