5 Miles on Homestead “Express” Trail
I only rode this 5 miles from the TH by the bar “The Rail,” but it was very pleasant. The trail starts being paved but turns to limestone approximately 1 mile. There were turkeys and babies within that one mile, which is partially shaded. The trail outside of Beatrice is well shaded for the first couple of miles. This makes for a cool breeze while hammering the pedals. You’ll cross four wooden bridges in those 5 miles, tracing Indian Creek part of the ways. I even spotted a fawn drinking from the creek.
The only down side was the brush sticks out too far when crossing the roads. The city need to trim it. I highly recommend surfing Homestead “Express” Trail for a reconnection with nature and a blast into Gage County history!!
The only down side was the brush sticks out too far when crossing the roads. The city need to trim it. I highly recommend surfing Homestead “Express” Trail for a reconnection with nature and a blast into Gage County history!!
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Excellent bike trail outstanding View
I have to say who ever worked on this trail they did a great job very nice trail I am so happy that it’s getting open ,For those negative people technically the trail it’s not open to the public for our safety manners we should be happy that Let us use it while they’re working this trail means a lot it’s connecting far away all the way down to the Bronx I am from Mahopac NY and I just ride the trail back-and-forth for 30 miles I can’t wait until it gets done if there is more stars I will give them more thank you so much guys for working so hard to finish our bike trail , this trail has a excellent ride nice and smooth
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One of our Favorites
We have been riding our hybrids on the CVT for several years. It is our “go to trail” on hot days because of long stretches of wooded areas.
Recommend starting at any of the southern access points which begin in Watkins Glen. Then ride north toward Horseheads. Each of the access
areas has adequate parking.
From Montour Falls to Millport it is slightly and consistently inclined. It has beautiful woodland views with wildflowers that change throughout the seasons. On the return northern ride it will be all downhill with a wonderful breeze.
There is very light bike and pedestrian traffic which is appreciated during this summer of Covid.
Recommend starting at any of the southern access points which begin in Watkins Glen. Then ride north toward Horseheads. Each of the access
areas has adequate parking.
From Montour Falls to Millport it is slightly and consistently inclined. It has beautiful woodland views with wildflowers that change throughout the seasons. On the return northern ride it will be all downhill with a wonderful breeze.
There is very light bike and pedestrian traffic which is appreciated during this summer of Covid.
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Disappointed
Full of annoyances and problems. Big icons cover and obscure map, very poor map navigation, oversimplified trail maps, very few (and confusing) display options, repeated annoying pop up, always resets to Washington DC, rife with outdated info, iPad version displays only portrait view, Trails Near Me shows trails hundreds of miles away in other states. Local governments do such a poor job of their own trail web sites that it leaves the door open for poor apps like this. While the app is not a complete waste of time, I’ll be on the lookout for a better app for sure! NEXT DAY RESPONSE FROM THE DEVELOPER states their opinion that my review is “overly critical”! Wow, not only a very poor site, but a very, very testy developer! I certainly don’t expect improvement after such a smug response! (Adjusted rating down to one star.)
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Live the app
Recently upgraded to Full, so glad I did! Was able to print out guides that interested us at home. Then, on the road, we can see where we are on the trail at all times.
This weekend we did the Cape Cod Rail Trail our and back and got stuck in the rain for 2 hours about 10 miles in. There was an awesome nearby coffee shop where we holed up and the map still kept track of us. We resumed the ride. The app had our back!
Cool “completed” button. Keeps track of all the trails we’ve done.
This weekend we did the Cape Cod Rail Trail our and back and got stuck in the rain for 2 hours about 10 miles in. There was an awesome nearby coffee shop where we holed up and the map still kept track of us. We resumed the ride. The app had our back!
Cool “completed” button. Keeps track of all the trails we’ve done.
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Good info. Needs refinement.
App contains good info on trails. Once the UI is learned, navigation is fair. It's a pretty good resource for finding rail trails. I use it to find (gravel) rail trails for bike rides.
However, there are a few areas that could use improvement. First, the area map only shows trail beginnings. If you're looking at a place that's part of a trail that's hundreds of miles long, unless you know where the trail starts, you wouldn't even know there's a trail.
Additionally, some trails (like the entire east to west) are broken down into sections of sub trails, so you not only need to know where the trail starts, you need to know the start of that section according to the app's data. There needs to be a way to show the trail on the big map, not just within the trail details.
Trail info lacks elevation info. Nothing on elevation change and no elevation profile graph. Makes planning difficult. Need to have elevation graph with info, and, better yet, also a way to correspond point on graph with map and vise versa.
Finally, no native iPad app seems opportunity lost. Map exploration could use the extra screen real estate.
Good info. Good start. Good potential. Hope to see more improvement.
However, there are a few areas that could use improvement. First, the area map only shows trail beginnings. If you're looking at a place that's part of a trail that's hundreds of miles long, unless you know where the trail starts, you wouldn't even know there's a trail.
Additionally, some trails (like the entire east to west) are broken down into sections of sub trails, so you not only need to know where the trail starts, you need to know the start of that section according to the app's data. There needs to be a way to show the trail on the big map, not just within the trail details.
Trail info lacks elevation info. Nothing on elevation change and no elevation profile graph. Makes planning difficult. Need to have elevation graph with info, and, better yet, also a way to correspond point on graph with map and vise versa.
Finally, no native iPad app seems opportunity lost. Map exploration could use the extra screen real estate.
Good info. Good start. Good potential. Hope to see more improvement.
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Should have read the reviews
Good looking app but had to delete as there is no Canadian Content (Ontario).
Looks promising if they ever extended into Canada.
Looks promising if they ever extended into Canada.
Probably great if you live in USA.
This is probably a great app if you live in the USA. Doesn’t seem to have any maps for bike trails in Canada 🇨🇦 (Saskatchewan).
Hop river state park trail
Rode today 42 miles from Manchester, Connecticut to Willimantic,Connecticut and back. Really find it disgusting that pet owners of horses especially and dogs do not clean up after their pets. Especially horses!!! Droppings right in the middle of the trail all throughout in various locations!!! Be responsible people!!! And dog owners too! Clean up after your dogs, don’t just bag and leave it for the next person, it isn’t their responsibility it’s yours as a pet owner!! It’s a shame these irresponsible people ruin it for the rest of us. Need more garbage cans at parking locations throughout as well so people can throw out garbage!
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Ssucon Valkey Rail Trail
This trail is excellent and well maintained. My comment is in regard to one specific trail entrance - The Coopersburg Living Memorial Park is not handicapped friendly. My wife is handicapped and requires a tricycle as she lost her ability to balance a bike from Parkinson’s Disease. The entrance is filled with pot holes, road grindings (some the size of baseballs) water and mud. My road bike was fine to maneuver around these obstacles but my wife’s 66 lb tricycle just couldn’t get through without my pushing it to the trail marker. To be fair, perhaps the powers that be may not have gotten to this issue as of yet. We have found most trails to be handicapped friendly. I rarely write a review and complain but, if you’re one of many handicapped people who use these trails, I recommend you avoid this particular entrance.
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