Details

Riding Area

Blue Marsh
Reading, Pennsylvania
Difficulty Rating

Blue rate
Trail Type

Singletrack
Bike Type

AM, XC, Fat
Trail Usage

Multi-use
Direction

Both Directions
Climb Difficulty

Blue
Physical Rating

Moderate
Dogs Allowed

Yes
Global Ranking

#4995 in Mountain Biking
Local Popularity
30 in Mountain Biking [+]
- 5 in Trail Running
- 5 in Hiking

Up and down and up and down (and repeat) is the name of the game for this trail. Mixed surface types - broken road to stone/gravel, to sand, to packed dirt, to root hell, and even some mud thrown in for good measure. Several relatively short but killer climbs followed by glorious descents rooted (hint hint) in the natural topography of this area of the lake. Combine this trail with the Highland Hill loop (continue onto Highland Hill trail at the end of this trail, then take a left on the Highland Hill fire road at the end of the HH trail to return to the end of this trail and ride it back to your origination point) for a nice medium-length loop.

Access Info

Park in the recreation lot at the State Hill Boat Launch (you can use the launch lot in between Labor Day and Memorial day but you have to use the rec lot in the summer) and the trail head is on the left side of the launch lot right after the entrance (at the bottom of the hill).

Local Trail Association

Berks Area Mountain Biking Association (www.berksmountainbiking.org)
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More Stats for State Hill to Highland Hill bike trail

Altitude change

130 ft
Altitude min

288 ft
Altitude max

478 ft
Altitude start

306 ft
Altitude end

436 ft
Grade

1.102%
Grade max

-32.161%
Grade min

21.92%
Distance climb

1 miles
Distance down

5,038 ft
Distance flat

584 ft
Avg time

00:20:57
Avg reverse time

00:21:07
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Status:

on Jun 9, 2017

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