USFS National Forest System Trails · Allegheny National Forest · Pennsylvania · Updated June 2026
Penoke Bike (USFS trail 85134) is a 22.2 mi trail in Allegheny National Forest, Pennsylvania. Mountain-bike use here is accepted but discouraged in USFS data, with Class 1 e-bikes also designated.
Can I bike Penoke Bike?
| Use | Status | Season on record |
|---|---|---|
| Mountain bike | Accepted but discouraged | — |
| Class 1 e-bike (pedal-assist, 20 mph) | Allowed | May–Sep |
| Class 2 e-bike (throttle, 20 mph) | Allowed | May–Sep |
| Class 3 e-bike (pedal-assist, 28 mph) | Allowed | May–Sep |
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
Penoke Bike (USFS trail 85134) is a 22.2 mi trail in Allegheny National Forest, Pennsylvania. 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 imported compacted material. No grade band is recorded, so a steepness-based difficulty isn't available for this trail. Note that mountain-bike use here is discouraged in USFS records — confirm with the ranger district before riding. On the electric side, Class 1, Class 2, Class 3 e-bikes are also designated (May–Sep) — Class 1 being pedal-assist only, Classes 2 and 3 adding a throttle and higher assisted speed. The route is mapped as USFS Trail Class 2 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 Allegheny National Forest.
Frequently asked questions
- Can you mountain bike on Penoke Bike?
- Mountain-bike use on Penoke Bike is discouraged in USFS records, though Class 1 e-bike use is designated. Confirm current rules with the managing ranger district.
- Are e-bikes allowed on Penoke Bike?
- Class 1, Class 2, Class 3 e-bikes are designated on Penoke Bike in the USFS data.
- How long is Penoke Bike?
- Penoke Bike measures about 22.2 mi in total, summed across its mapped National Forest System segments.
- What is the surface of Penoke Bike?
- USFS data records the tread surface of Penoke Bike 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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