Road Rides in Bedford County
Come join us for some of the finest road riding in the East.
Bedford County's mix of empty, well maintained roads, friendly drivers, and spectacular scenery make it unique for great road biking.
Our routes have received high praise from numerous biking authorities but mostly from cyclists who have had the pleasure of riding them.
Bedford Co. is also home to the most interesting, different and strange trail in America!
An 8.5 mile bike trail on an abandoned section of the PA Turnpike with 2 tunnels. This ride will take you to a time and place that never existed. Post Apocalyptic America. Is this the past or the future? This ride travels the broken pavement of Americas first Superhighway, and brings you along on the most fun and weirdest ride you will ever have.
List of Bedford Rides.
Please note that these pages are in progress as of Winter/Spring 2006.
Each of these Rides has a downloadable PDF for printing the cue sheet and map.
Name Miles Relative difficulty Altitude gain Ave.grade Features
*4 State Century 102 miles Extremely difficult 3 mountains Berkeley Springs
*Pike 2 Bike Ride 67 Very difficult 5080 76'/mi Pike 2 Bike, Fulton County
*3 State Metric Century 65 Very difficult 7030' 108'/mi 3 mountains Berkeley Springs
*Ring-around-Tussey 62.2 Very difficult 5745 92/mi 1 mountain Sweet Root Picnic area, Everett
*Berkeley Springs Ride 55.4 Very difficult 5700 110/mi 1 mountain Berkeley Springs
*Chaneysville Incident Ride 50.4 Very difficult 5200 101/mi 3 mountains 1 covered bridge, 2 exotic hunting grounds
*View from Clearville 46.0 Quite difficult 5050 110/mi Clearville
*Not so tough Tussey 38.5 Quite difficult 3440 89/mi Sweet Root Picnic Area, exotic game preserve
*Two Bridge Ride 36.2 Quite difficult 3080 86/mi Jackson and Felton Bridges
*Sideling Hill Cut Ride 34.7 Some what difficult 3810 110/mi 1 mountain Fairview 1 room school
*Clearville View II 30.6 Some what difficult 3040 99/mi Clearville
*Jay Ridge Ride 24.0 Fairly easy Stevens Chapel
*Sideling Hill Climb 23.5 Fairly easy 2800 119/mi 1 mountain Fairview 1 room school
*Beegle View 21.6 Fairly easy 2720 126/mi Conifer Ridge Buck Farm
*Stevens Chapel Ride 20.0 Easy 2200 ' 110'/mi Stevens Chapel
*Road Kill Ride 16.5 Easy 1700 103/mi. Road Kill Cafι
Fish Hatchery Ride 25.2 or 15.6 Fairly easy 2720 92/mi. 2 covered bridges, Fish Hatchery, panoramic view.
Manns Choice 18.5 Quite easy Turner Bridge
Dutch Corner 21.3 or 15.7 or10.6 Quite easy 1350 63/mi Keystone Elk farm, Chalybeate and Dutch Corner
Covered Bridge Ride 17.3 or 12.2 Quite or very easy 4 or 5 Bridges
Shellsburg ride 8.5 Easy Colvin Bridge
Flatland Farm Rides 18.9 or 9.7 Flat and very easy 1110 60/mi Views of mountains and farms.
Warrior Park Ride 13.1 or 9.4 Easy Warrior Park
Bedford Springs Ride 12.5 Very easy Bedford Springs Hotel
Bedford, PA is one of the finest places to bike ride in the eastern United States. A county set in the mountains with enough farm land to afford stunning views. Portions of the county are some of the least populated areas in the Mid-Atlantic, and the little traffic we have is very bike friendly. Perhaps due to the Cannondale Factory in Bedford that hand makes all of its world class bikes right here. As the countys largest employer, almost everyone knows someone who works there. And the roads are well maintained!
The rides have all been mapped and cued by the professional tour operators at Grouseland Tours. The routes are designed to showcase as many features and as much stunning scenery as possible. All routes make every effort to stay off the main highways, when ever possible the rides take the empty and scenic back roads.
How difficult are the rides? Bedford County is in the mountains. Even our flattest rides have some hills and climb in them. Our toughest rides glory in the mountains and add extra challenge to the rider. Most of our rides have been ridden with an altimeter which records the total climb. This is the accumulated height of all the hills on that ride. The grade is the height divided by the length of the ride. So some rides are longer but dont have as much climbing. The scale we use is only a relative one. Some may find that the easiest rout is too hard and some may feel the toughest ride too easy, (although we have never met that person, to date only a few people have completed the 4 State Century).
Many of those who have come to ride our routes have commented that these are the best bike rides that they have been on. We agree with them, and were sure that you will too!
* These rides start and end at Grouseland. Click here for a map to get to Grouseland. You are welcome to park there, free maps and cue sheets are available, a trained mechanics can tune your bike, you can pick up supplies, and after your ride you can either take a shower at the shop, or go for a swim in their natural spring fed pond.
If you have any comments or corrections please contact us at www.grouseland.com or 814 784 5000