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FreeWheeling Easy in Western Pennsylvania

4th edition, north and east

Roy Weil and Mary Shaw

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Trails for the Rest of Us

If you like to bicycle but you don't like to ride in automobile traffic or on rough, steep, undeveloped tracks, these trails are for you. They are: easy to ride or walk, off-limits to automobile traffic, reasonably level

Depending on their history, these routes are variously called rail-trails, bike paths, greenways, towpaths, and linear parks. Some are paved, some dirt or crushed stone; a few have short excursions onto roads with very little (and very slow) traffic. All are suitable for touring bikes with medium to wide tires and for hybrid or mountain bikes. They provide opportunities for short family outings and for multi-day touring. If you like to walk on wide smooth gentle paths, you will also enjoy them.

Book Status

After a long hiatus, a portion of FreeWheeling Easy returns to print with fresh information on the enormous trail progress over the past several years. The trail system has grown substantially, and the challenge of describing the progress is correspondingly more daunting. Because of the growth, we are issuing the book in several parts. This first part, at 240 pages, is almost two and a half times the size of the original edition (1995) which covered the entire region!.

The Oct 2018 volume NE covers the collection of trails that are Northeast of Pittsburgh. Primarily the trails that are in the Allegheny and Kisi River basin, including the Erie to Pittsburgh Trail.

We saw the book on the presses 27 Sep 2018, so it should be available first week of October..You can order it at our order page, or  from amazon.com. 

As always with a print edition about trails, which are constatnly being developed, there maybe some information that is out of date or incorrect. Trail builders just keep building trails. This web site will have the latest draft of the Guide. It is draft so the image resolution is not great. If you see some errors, or know of additional information, feel free to use the feedback form.

FreeWheeling Easy, the book, has been out of print for some time. Some of the information in the book is out of date. Trail builders just keep building trails. This web site will have the latest draft of the Guide. It is draft so the image resolution is not great. If you see some errors, or know of additional information, feel free to use the feedback form.


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Table of Contents

 
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  [ Write-up ] Allegheny Highlands Trail 2002
[ Map ]  [ Write-up ] Allegheny River Trail Jul 2017
[ Map ]  [ Write-up ] Armstrong Trail Jul 2016
[ Map ]  [ Write-up ] Bayfront Bikeway Oct 2015
[ Map ]  [ Write-up ] Beaver River Rails to to Trails Oct 2011
[ Map ]  [ Write-up ] Blairsville RIver Trail 01 Jul 2018
[ Map ]  [ Write-up ] Brooke Pioneer, Yankee Trail Dec 2014
[ Map ]  [ Write-up ] Butler-Freeport Community Trail Sep 2017
[ Map ]  [ Write-up ] Buzzard Swamp Jul 1998
[ Map ]  [ Write-up ] C & O Canal 16 Mar 2018
  [ Write-up ] Cheat Haven Trail 2002
  [ Write-up ] Chesapeake and Ohio Canal Towpath 2002
[ Map ]  [ Write-up ] Clairton Connector 17 Sep 2018
[ Map ]  [ Write-up ] Clarion-Little Toby Bike and Hike Trail Oct 2014
[ Map ]  [ Write-up ] Clearfield to Grampian Trail 2002
[ Map ]  [ Write-up ] Coal and Coke Trail May 2017
[ Map ]  [ Write-up ] Corry Junction Greenway Trail 01 Jul 2018
[ Map ]  [ Write-up ] Deckers Creek Apr 2009
[ Map ]  [ Write-up ] Duck Hollow Trail 2002
[ Map ]  [ Write-up ] East Branch Trail 01 Apr 2018
[ Map ]  [ Write-up ] Emerald Necklace 2002
[ Map ]  [ Write-up ] Erie to Pittsburgh 2002
[ Map ]  [ Write-up ] Ernst Bicycle Trail Apr 2016
[ Map ]  [ Write-up ] Five Star Trail Mar 2012
  [ Write-up ] Forbes State Forest, Mountain Streams II Trail System 2002
[ Map ]  [ Write-up ] FreeWheelingEast Region 2002
[ Map ]  [ Write-up ] Friends of the Riverfront Trail, Blawnox section 2002
  [ Write-up ] Friends of the Riverfront Trail, Point to Millvale section 01 May 2018
[ Map ]  [ Write-up ] Ghost Town Trail Apr 2017
[ Map ]  [ Write-up ] Great Shamokin Path Nov 2010
[ Map ]  [ Write-up ] Greene River Trail 24 Sep 2018
  [ Write-up ] Greene River Trail 01 Apr 2018
[ Map ]  [ Write-up ] Greenville - Jamestown Trail Jan 1999
  [ Write-up ] Harmony Trail Jan 1980
[ Map ]  [ Write-up ] Hoodlebug Trail Nov 2015
  [ Write-up ] Houtzdale Line Trail 2002
  [ Write-up ] Indian Creek Valley Hiking and Biking Trail 2002
  [ Write-up ] James Mayer Riverwalk Trail Jun 2010
  [ Write-up ] Kellettville to Nebraska Trace Oct 1998
[ Map ]  [ Write-up ] Lake Wilhelm Trail Dec 2011
[ Map ]  [ Write-up ] Little Beaver Creek Greenway Nov 2016
  [ Write-up ] Lower Trail (Juniata River Corridor) 2002
[ Map ]  [ Write-up ] Mahoning Shadow Trail 01 Jul 2018
[ Map ]  [ Write-up ] McClintock Trail Mar 2017
[ Map ]  [ Write-up ] McKeesport the Loop 2002
  [ Write-up ] McPark Trail 2002
  [ Write-up ] Metro Parks Bike and Hike Trail (to Kent and Stow OH) 2002
[ Map ]  [ Write-up ] Mill Creek Farm Spur 2002
  [ Write-up ] Mon River and Gasper Caperton Trails Dec 2011
[ Map ]  [ Write-up ] Montour Trail 2002
[ Map ]  [ Write-up ] Moraine State Park (Lake Arthur) Bike Trail Sep 2015
  [ Write-up ] Mountain Maryland Trails 2002
[ Map ]  [ Write-up ] Mt Jewlett to Kinzua Bridge 01 May 2018
[ Map ]  [ Write-up ] Neville - Boundry St Nov 2015
  [ Write-up ] North Bend Rail-Trail 2002
[ Map ]  [ Write-up ] Ohio River Trail 2002
  [ Write-up ] Ohio and Erie Canal Towpath Trail 2002
[ Map ]  [ Write-up ] Oil City Trail Mar 2017
[ Map ]  [ Write-up ] Oil Creek State Park Trail Mar 2017
  [ Write-up ] PW&S Railroad Bike Trail 2002
[ Map ]  [ Write-up ] Panhandle Jun 2012
[ Map ]  [ Write-up ] Path of Flood Trail Apr 2017
[ Map ]  [ Write-up ] Presque Isle State Park Bikepath Oct 2015
[ Map ]  [ Write-up ] Pymatuning State Park Trail 2002
[ Map ]  [ Write-up ] Queen City Trail Aug 2017
[ Map ]  [ Write-up ] Rail 66 Trail 01 Apr 2018
[ Map ]  [ Write-up ] Redbank Valley Trail Sep 2015
[ Map ]  [ Write-up ] Roaring Run Trail Aug 2017
[ Map ]  [ Write-up ] Samuel Justus Recreational Trail Mar 2017
[ Map ]  [ Write-up ] Sandy Creek Trail Oct 2017
[ Map ]  [ Write-up ] Sheepskin Rail-Trail Aug 2011
  [ Write-up ] Shenango River Trail 2002
  [ Write-up ] Shorter Trails and Bike Lanes near Pittsburgh 2002
[ Map ]  [ Write-up ] Stavich Bicycle Trail Feb 2016
[ Map ]  [ Write-up ] Steel Valley Trail Apr 2016
[ Map ]  [ Write-up ] Three Rivers Heritage Trail 01 May 2018
[ Map ]  [ Write-up ] Three Rivers Heritage Trail - Erie to Pittsburgh 01 May 2018
  [ Write-up ] Tidioute Riverside Rec Trek Trail 2002
[ Map ]  [ Write-up ] Trout Island Trail 2002
[ Map ]  [ Write-up ] Warren/North Warren Trail Sep 2015
  [ Write-up ] West Fork River Trail 2002
[ Map ]  [ Write-up ] West Penn Trail Sep 2017
  [ Write-up ] Western Maryland Rail Trail 2002
[ Map ]  [ Write-up ] Western Reserve Greenway 2002
[ Map ]  [ Write-up ] Westland Branch (Montour Trail) Sep 201
[ Map ]  [ Write-up ] Wheeling Heritage Trails Dec 2014
[ Map ]  [ Write-up ] Wynn and Clara Tredway Riverfront Park Aug 2010
  [ Write-up ] Youghiogheny River Trail, Northern Section 2002
  [ Write-up ] Youghiogheny River Trail, Southern Section 2002

FreeWheeling Easy, the book, has been out of print for some time. The information in the book is out of date. Trail builders just keep building trails. We are in the process of updating the information. This web site will have the latest draft of the Guide.

Try the used books on Amazon.com, or fill in the order page and we will notify you when the next edition is available.

 
 
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You are visiting FreeWheeling Easy in Western Pennsylvania, copyright © 1998,1999,2000,2001,2010,2015, 2018 by Mary Shaw and Roy Weil. We encourage you to link to these pages or print copies for personal use. However, if you want to copy the material for any other use, you must ask us first.

As always we have made a serious effort to present accurate descriptions.  However we are human, trails change with time, and we occasionally receive incorrect information.  Therefore we can not be responsible for discrepancies between these descriptions and actual trail conditions.   Use common sense, judgment and be careful out there.

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