Northwest Lancaster County River Trail

Category: Park in Marietta, Pennsylvania

Address: Decatur St, Marietta, PA 17547, USA

Opening hours

Sunday: 8AM–8PM

Monday: 8AM–8PM

Tuesday: 8AM–8PM

Wednesday: 8AM–8PM

Thursday: 8AM–8PM

Friday: 8AM–8PM

Saturday: 8AM–8PM

Reviews

Yare

Sep 11, 2022

It's a beautiful trail, but apparently some people are racist towards Latinos. There were a lot of white people on electric bikes just like us. We had the bad experience that a cyclist passed us by and yelled at us that we couldn't ride that bike, on another occasion another person stopped us and told us that we couldn't ride electric bikes either and that they could fine us $500 dollars. Near the end of the trail, my husband stopped a white person who was with his family and they were riding scooters and electric bicycles and asked him if it was illegal to use them or if someone had told him something about it and the person replied that he had never had problems and that they always used them. I also confirm another negative comment that I read here, and that is that they run very fast without taking into account that there are more people using the trail, on one occasion my son and I almost had an accident with one of the entrance gates because one person on a bicycle passed us so close and fast that he pushed us towards the gate, and the man did not care and continued on his way. They should not allow that kind of behavior, much less in a public park that many families are going to share with their children.

Autumn Thumma

Aug 24, 2022

Always a great spot so many places to stop and enjoy

Dan Laubach

Aug 16, 2022

One of my favorite rail trails.

Earl Kreider

Jul 16, 2022

Love this trail. We see deer, blue birds. Also see friends.

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Questions & Answers

How long is the trail?

David Byler | Oct 8, 2018
Sandy Smith | Oct 7, 2021

How long is the trail. If I start in Columbia, what is the the town at the other end of the trail?

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What is a "sonic bike trail"?

Chris Denno | Oct 7, 2020
Kris Bearscove | Oct 7, 2020

If you have a Sonic Bike device it plays music specific to the trail. It uses GPS to know where you are and plays the Playlist. "The Sonic Bike is an instrument that plays sound and music that changes depending on where the cyclist goes and how fast they ride.  It is simply a bicycle with speakers on the front and our GPS tracking audio system in a box on the back."

Is the trail mainly asphalt or gravel?

Tracy M | Oct 8, 2019
Patricia Dillon | Oct 8, 2019

The trail is almost completely paved from Columbia to Bainbridge. There is a short section section when you reach Marietta that you can either ride a crushed limestone path or choose a very well patched road. The trail then picks up on little-traveled roads in Marietta before rejoining the paved trail. All riding can be done on road bikes.

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How many miles out and back?

Deb Shank | Oct 8, 2019
Stephanie Hughes | Oct 8, 2019

The whole trail is like 14 miles maybe...Columbia to Bainbridge or vs versa

How is the Northwest river trail for bike riding

A Google User | Oct 8, 2018
Kevin Hutchinson | Oct 8, 2018

It's fantastic for biking! It's roughly 12 miles along the river.

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