| Route: | Park Hills Bike Path Loop | ||||||||
| Mileage: | 5.3 - 5.5 | ||||||||
| Hillage: | Rolling hills, but none that are too steep.
Elevation change: 171 ft.
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| Description: | Start on the bike path on North Atherton
across from Rec Hall. Head north to Park St. and make a left. At the end
of Park St, pick up the cinder trail. At the bottom of the hill, bear right
onto the paved bike path. From here, the bike path follows an old railroad
bed as it goes by the College Heights neighborhood on the right and the
Teaberry Ridge development on the left . The path leaves the railroad bed
as it bends around the back of the Radio Park Elementary School and turns
to parallel Circleville Rd. Be watchful of cars as the path crosses Corl
Rd. at the intersection of Circleville Rd! The bike path continues along
the back of the homes along Circleville, up a steep hill, and then down
to the intersection of Circleville and Park Hills Ave.
Make a left at Park Hills Avenue, being careful as you cross Circleville Rd. Continue on Park Hills as it climbs a hill and makes a wide arc to the right. Make a left on Park Lane, and then a right a block later at W. Aaron Drive. About 100 yds later, there is a bus stop shelter on the right. Make a right at the driveway of the apartment complex that is just past this shelter. At the end of the driveway, behind the complex, is the start of the Tudek Park spur of the bike path. Take the bike path down the hill through Tudek Park and continue as it winds through another apartment complex. At the corner of Circleville and Corl Roads, carefully cross Circleville Rd. and make a left on the main bike path. Continue back to Rec Hall the way you came. Variation:
Tudek Park has a macadam-paved bike path running down the center of the
park. It also has a cinder-paved path that skirts the perimeter of the
park. Either leg of the perimeter path is just a longer way through Tudek
Park. If you make a left on the cinder path at the beginning of the
Tudek Park spur (just behind the apartments on W. Aaron Drive), it
adds about 0.2 miles to the run. Making a right instead also adds about
0.2 miles.
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| Remarks: | The Park Hills Bike Path Loop is a nice tour of a good portion of Ferguson and College Township's bike path system. About 4.5 miles of this 5.3 mile loop is on the bike path. The Loop intersects large parts of the Bike Path Loop (which also takes in portions of Circleville Farm and the Penn State Golf Course) and the Wal-Mart Loop (which is largely on residential streets). For those who like running on the bike path, but don't like the uneven ground of the golf course and Circleville Farm, this route is for you. | ||||||||
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