USFS National Forest System Trails · Wayne National Forest · Ohio · Updated June 2026
Bear-Corn Plunge (USFS trail 1048) is a 0.6 mi trail in Wayne National Forest, Ohio. Mountain bikes are designated as allowed, January, Apr–Dec, with no Class 1 e-bike designation on record.
Can I bike Bear-Corn Plunge?
| Use | Status | Season on record |
|---|---|---|
| Mountain bike | Allowed | January, Apr–Dec |
| 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 Wayne National Forest, 100% of rideable trail miles are open to mountain bikes — a Bike Access Grade of A.
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About this trail
Bear-Corn Plunge (USFS trail 1048) runs 0.6 mi through Wayne National Forest in Ohio. The figures here are pulled from the official US Forest Service trail data for Wayne National Forest, covering the trail's mileage, tread, grade band, and the bike and e-bike uses the agency lists as designated. The tread is mapped as native material. USFS slope data puts it in the Intermediate band (grade band +8-10%), meaning a moderate climb — keep in mind this measures steepness, not trail technicality. Mountain bikes are allowed, with a January, Apr–Dec season in the data. The agency lists no Class 1, 2 or 3 e-bike designation here; absent a local order to the contrary, that means e-bikes are not an allowed use on this trail. The route is mapped as USFS Trail Class 3 on the agency's 1-to-5 development scale, where 1 is the most primitive, minimally maintained tread and 5 is the most developed. Treat this as a planning reference rather than a live conditions report, and verify any time-sensitive closure or order with the ranger district that manages Wayne National Forest.
Frequently asked questions
- Can you mountain bike on Bear-Corn Plunge?
- Yes. Mountain bikes are designated as allowed on Bear-Corn Plunge in Wayne National Forest, typically January, Apr–Dec, per USFS data.
- Are e-bikes allowed on Bear-Corn Plunge?
- No e-bike class (1, 2 or 3) is designated on Bear-Corn Plunge in the USFS data.
- How long is Bear-Corn Plunge?
- Bear-Corn Plunge measures about 0.6 mi in total, summed across its mapped National Forest System segments.
- What is the surface of Bear-Corn Plunge?
- USFS data records the tread surface of Bear-Corn Plunge as native material.
- How difficult is Bear-Corn Plunge?
- Its grade-based difficulty is Intermediate (grade band +8-10%), 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 Wayne National Forest (USFS trail geometry isn't mapped).
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