USFS National Forest System Trails · Land Between the Lakes National Recreation Area · Kentucky · Updated June 2026
Piney Hike Bike Main (USFS trail PC-HBMAIN) is a 1.1 mi trail in Land Between the Lakes National Recreation Area, Kentucky. Mountain bikes are designated as allowed year-round, with no Class 1 e-bike designation on record.
Can I bike Piney Hike Bike Main?
| Use | Status | Season on record |
|---|---|---|
| Mountain bike | Allowed | year-round |
| Class 1 e-bike (pedal-assist, 20 mph) | Restricted | — |
| Class 2 e-bike (throttle, 20 mph) | Restricted | — |
| Class 3 e-bike (pedal-assist, 28 mph) | Restricted | — |
Zooming out: across Land Between the Lakes National Recreation Area, 31% of rideable trail miles are open to mountain bikes — a Bike Access Grade of C.
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About this trail
In Land Between the Lakes National Recreation Area, Kentucky, Piney Hike Bike Main (USFS trail PC-HBMAIN) covers 1.1 mi of National Forest System trail. Everything below comes straight from the US Forest Service National Forest System Trails dataset — length, surface, slope-derived difficulty, and the specific bike and e-bike designations on record — so you can check legality before you load up. The tread is mapped as asphalt. Based on slope, this is a Easy trail (grade band +0-5%); that reflects gentle gradient and is not the same as a technical MTB difficulty rating. Bike use is designated as allowed year-round. No e-bike class (1, 2 or 3) is designated on this trail in the USFS data, so treat it as a non-motorized route unless a posted order says otherwise. The route is mapped as USFS Trail Class 4 on the agency's 1-to-5 development scale, where 1 is the most primitive, minimally maintained tread and 5 is the most developed. For day-of certainty on closures or seasonal orders, check directly with the ranger district, since this reflects the USFS data as of the latest refresh.
Frequently asked questions
- Can you mountain bike on Piney Hike Bike Main?
- Yes. Mountain bikes are designated as allowed on Piney Hike Bike Main in Land Between the Lakes National Recreation Area, year-round, per USFS data.
- Are e-bikes allowed on Piney Hike Bike Main?
- No e-bike class (1, 2 or 3) is designated on Piney Hike Bike Main in the USFS data.
- How long is Piney Hike Bike Main?
- Piney Hike Bike Main measures about 1.1 mi in total, summed across its mapped National Forest System segments.
- What is the surface of Piney Hike Bike Main?
- USFS data records the tread surface of Piney Hike Bike Main as asphalt.
- How difficult is Piney Hike Bike Main?
- Its grade-based difficulty is Easy (grade band +0-5%), derived from USFS slope data. This reflects steepness, not technical mountain-bike difficulty.
How we read this data
Grade-based difficulty above is the USFS grade (route steepness), not a technical mountain-bike rating — a gentle-grade trail can still be rocky or technical, and vice versa. Bike and e-bike status come verbatim from the USFS managed-use fields for this trail; we never infer access we can't cite. See our methodology for how the dataset is built and what each field means.
Where it is
Approximate location of Land Between the Lakes National Recreation Area (USFS trail geometry isn't mapped).
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