On a trip with the inlaws, we are staying in Port Jervis NY for a couple days. Anywhere good to rent a bike and ride? Going to try to get something in if I can.
Blue Mountain in Peekskill, NY (one best mountain bike trail systems accessible from NYC):
Sourlands near Princeton:
Others - Mountain Creek (DH - formerly Diablo), Huber Woods, Hartshorne Woods, and Allaire State Park, Chimney Rock Park, Allamuchy State Park, Round Valley State Park, and Skyline Drive
CT (Trumbull, Case, and others)
If you don't mind the drive to Carbondale/Scranton Area (its worth it):
The Nature Conservancy's Moosic Mountain Preserve:
I agree about Carbondale. But since Tussey Mountain is closer to home and not in Scranton I usually push on and go there... Moosic is cool though... I like that both places have Wegmans....
my parents live about 15 minutes away from Port Jervis near Milford. personally when I am up there i find its easiest to shoot east on i84 to Stewart. Mountain Creek Bike Park is 40 minutes over highpoint down 23. I also go south on 209 to a shuttle spot near stroudsburg. Allamuchy/deerpark/stevens, and kittatiny, have some interesting terrain, but its all back roads getting there, I have never been to moosic, but will try to soon.
any questions or more specifics shoot me a PM. enjoy your trip!
a couple others: mahlon dickerson reservation off 15, just south of sparta. sometimes technical, for every climb there's a solid downhill reward. wawayanda is good too.
if you don't have a bike with you i'd say just go to mountain creek and rent to get some lift-served riding.
I agree, Stewart is going to be the most bang for your time. It's only 35-40min from PJ. Go to Darkhorse Cycles in Montgomery, they'll point ya in the right direction.
I used to live around there. Allamuchy, Wawayanda and Ringwood/Ramapo are good places in NJ fairly nearby. I am familiar with Ramapo the most and it has a lot of good, rocky trails.
Also, you can do some decent hiking in High Point and in the Delaware Water Gap. I have done some backpacking and hiking in those areas (mostly the AT sections, but some other stuff too). The DE water gap is particularly nice.
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