Hartwood Acres Trail Guide

Photo J. Matta

Hartwood Acres is a fantastic mountain bike destination with miles of fun and challenging mountain bike trails making it a favorite among many western Pennsylvania mountain bikers . It certainly deserves to be ranked among some of the best mountain bike trail systems in the Pittsburgh area. One of the reasons for it's popularity is the mountain biking trails at Hartwood Acres hold a ton of technical features including: rock gardens, log crossings, switchbacks, skinnies, drops and steep plunges. The trails also  make particularly good use of the elevation and if ridden properly climbs are rewarded with fast continuous flowing downhills. This gives Hartwood Acres some of the most popular single track in the Pittsburgh region.

Hartwood

Maps Suggested Routes

Hartwood holds a dizzying array of intersection trails so if you are not familiar with them it would be worth bringing a map and doing a little planning beforehand. The blazed routes don't stick to one trail and require quite a few turns as you merge from one trail to another but do resist the urge to wonder. The blazed route is well marked and is well thought out. You'll have a much better ride if you follow them.  Even though the trails are blazed generously and marked frequently, if you are not paying attention you can easily loose the route. Keep in mind that a double blaze indicates a turn and sometimes it's just best to stop to find the next blaze at these intersects. Like most any riding area learning a trail system takes a little patience and learning the trail system at Hartwood will be very rewarding.

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