Dirt rail trails offer a relaxing experience for cyclists who love connecting with nature. The soft ground often provides a quieter ride compared to a paved bike path, letting you soak in the sounds of the forest and farmland. Dirt paths challenge your skills with varied terrain, making every ride a unique journey.
The Corry Greenway Trail is a dirt trail that starts on Route 426 north of route 6 in Corry, Pa, and goes to Clymer, New York. It is an interesting trail that allows you to ride in two states. It is only about 7 miles to Clymer, New York, on the trail.
My brother and I started at the parking lot next to Route 6 in Corry, Pa, next to the Subway shop. There is also a parking lot on Route 426 next to the trail head. The first part of the trail is a gravel-dirt mix, which is easy to ride on with any city bike, gravel bike, or mountain bike. There are some short pave sections next to some of the road Crossing. There also a dirt parking lot on Hereford Road on the Pennsylvania side
The trail starts out as a hard-packed gravel dirt trail, then changes to a softer gravel dirt trail. Last year, they extended the gravel dirt mix to Simmonds Road. There is no longer large or small gravel on most of the trail. The trail offers a mixture of farmland and wooded areas to ride through. After Simmonds Road, the trail changes to a mix of dirt and grass.
Near Clymer, there is a bridge over a tributary to Brokenstraw Creek, which I helped build in the early 2000s. with the North West Pennsylvania Trail Association
We met a trail volunteer along the way. He takes care of the birdhouses along the trail. He told us about the history of the trail. The trail is part of the Erie Pittsburgh Trail. He also told us about a new trail they are working on--the Erie to Corry Trail--with a trail head in Union City. He was very interesting to listen to as he shared stories about the trail