USFS National Forest System Trails · Allegheny National Forest · Pennsylvania · Updated June 2026
Buzzard Swamp Hiking (USFS trail 85132) is a 4 mi trail in Allegheny National Forest, Pennsylvania. Mountain bikes are designated as allowed year-round, with no Class 1 e-bike designation on record.
Can I bike Buzzard Swamp Hiking?
| Use | Status | Season on record |
|---|---|---|
| Mountain bike | Allowed | year-round |
| Class 1 e-bike (pedal-assist, 20 mph) | — | |
| Class 2 e-bike (throttle, 20 mph) | — | |
| Class 3 e-bike (pedal-assist, 28 mph) | — |
Zooming out: across Allegheny National Forest, 81% of rideable trail miles are open to mountain bikes — a Bike Access Grade of A.
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About this trail
In Allegheny National Forest, Pennsylvania, Buzzard Swamp Hiking (USFS trail 85132) covers 4 mi of National Forest System trail. This profile summarizes what the official US Forest Service trail record says about riding it: how long the trail is, what it's built on, how steep the route grades out, and which forms of bike use the agency has designated. Underfoot, the trail is recorded as imported compacted material. No grade band is recorded, so a steepness-based difficulty isn't available for this trail. Bike use is designated as allowed year-round. 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 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. Because conditions, closures, and local orders change between data refreshes, confirm the current status with the managing ranger district before you ride.
Frequently asked questions
- Can you mountain bike on Buzzard Swamp Hiking?
- Yes. Mountain bikes are designated as allowed on Buzzard Swamp Hiking in Allegheny National Forest, year-round, per USFS data.
- Are e-bikes allowed on Buzzard Swamp Hiking?
- No e-bike class (1, 2 or 3) is designated on Buzzard Swamp Hiking in the USFS data.
- How long is Buzzard Swamp Hiking?
- Buzzard Swamp Hiking measures about 4 mi in total, summed across its mapped National Forest System segments.
- What is the surface of Buzzard Swamp Hiking?
- USFS data records the tread surface of Buzzard Swamp Hiking as imported compacted material.
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 Allegheny National Forest (USFS trail geometry isn't mapped).
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