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Bicycling in the Finger Lakes: Back-Road & Off-Road

Keuka Outlet Trail in autumn

One could spend a lifetime riding the back roads and out-of-the-way places in New York State. With its rolling hills and long lakes, the Finger Lakes presents unlimited opportunities from, two-lane highways, to unpaved town roads, to trails along the canals, and through the parks.

WORD OF CAUTION

Not all areas allow off-road biking. For example, there is currently no mountain biking allowed in any of the Monroe County Parks nor in the Finger Lakes National Forest (though dirt roads around the forest are certainly open to biking). Some state forests that are listed in brochures as permitting mountain biking actually do not. In general, mountain biking is allowed in state forests only on trails specifically marked for biking.

STATE PARKS

The following state parks permit bicycling.

Harriet Hollister Spencer State Recreation Area

Letchworth State Park

Sampson State Park

Seneca Lake State Park

Watkins Glen State Park

CLUBS

Central New York

Cycle-CNY

Ithaca

Finger Lakes Cycling Club

Rochester

Rochester Bicycling Club

Tuesday Night Urban Assault

Victor Mountain Biking Club

SEE ALSO

Genesee Region Trails Coalition

PLACES TO GO

This is not by any means a definitive list. Please feel free to contact the publisher at publisher@ilovethefingerlakes.com if you'd like to suggest a place.

 

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Cayuga County

Bear Swamp State Forest

Cayuga County Trails

Chemung County

Arnot Forest

Livingston County

Genesee Valley Greenway

Monroe County

Friends of Webster Trails

Genesee Valley Greenway

Lehigh Valley Trail

Town of Perinton Bike Routes

Onondaga County

Creekwalk Trail

Highland Forest Park

Loop the Lake

Ontario County

Auburn Trail

Canadice Lake Trail

Dyer Recreational Park Trails

Ontario Pathways, Inc.

Schuyler County

Catharine Valley Trail

Tompkins County

Cayuga Waterfront Trail

Connecticut Hill Wildlife Management Area

Dryden-Freeville Trail

Hammond Hill State Forest

Jim Schug Trail

Yates County

Keuka Outlet Trail

 

Updated 16 February 2014

 

 

 

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