Place: Allegrippis Trails, Raystown Lake, PA
Ridden: October 2013
This week we traveled to Central PA to ride and camp at Raystown Lake Recreation Area. Riding there is unlike many other places; it's a unique destination.
Allegrippis trail system is 30+ miles of machine-built single track. A bulldozer was used to build all the trails. It's like riding a roller coaster; smooth, flowing, twisty, and those occasional times where you feel you defy gravity and are airborne. There are a few rocks scattered here and there, but nothing like most of the riding here in Pennsylvania.
If you feel like a picnic, you can bring your basket and stop along the way. Picnic benches are scattered along the trails at some of the nicer viewpoints overlooking the lake.
Raystown Lake is Army Corps of Engineers managed. There are many campgrounds within the recreation area, all within riding distance of the trails. The campgrounds range from primitive to RV compatible sites. Hot showers and flush toilets are the norm.
If you have never ridden at Allegrippis, it is definitely somewhere worth visiting.
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