Something for all skill levels, from easy open flowing log roads, more difficult double-track to very difficult singletrack. The state maintains approximately 5 miles of logging road and double-track while locals maintain the 5 miles of tight and technical singletrack.



Directions: Map to Ben Hawes State Park
Trail Map 1: Map of Biking / Hiking Trails
Trail Map 2: Map of Biking / Hiking Trails
Surface: Dirt, Grass, Roots

See Also:

Ben Hawes Loop Trail

Ben Hawes Web Site

Area Info

Update:
An ambitious plan to add a coal mine museum, plus make other improvements at Ben Hawes State Park, is still alive as part of a state six-year parks plan. More..

Trail info: This multi-use, stacked loop network is open to hiking and cycling only. ATV and Horseback riding is prohibited. The singletrack is marked with ribbon and way markers. An out-and-back singletrack will direct you to the base of Barry''s Shortcut and Sara Gray''s Loop. From there head back into the woods up Sara Gray''s Loop where the single-track loop begins. This densely wooded loop crosses the main trail in several locations allowing you to explore many different variations.


Birds you will see here: Blue-gray Gnatcatcher    Eastern Bluebird    Scarlet Tanager    Eastern Wood-Pewee   Red-winged Blackbird    Indigo Bunting    Brown-headed Cowbird    Gray Catbird    American Robin    Northern Mockingbird    Palm Warbler    Mourning Dove    Killdeer    Eastern Kingbird    Horned Lark    Barn Swallow    Blue Jay    Song Sparrow    Yellow-breasted Chat    American Goldfinch    Field Sparrow    Red-bellied Woodpecker    Red-eyed Vireo    Red-tailed Hawk    Veery    Carolina Chickadee    Common Yellowthroat    Great Crested Flycatcher    European Starling    Carolina Wren    Yellow-rumped Warbler    Tennessee Warbler    Acadian Flycatcher    Northern Flicker    Yellow-billed Cuckoo    Northern Parula    White-breasted Nuthatch    Wood Thrush    Chestnut-sided Warbler Nashville Warbler Rose-breasted Grosbeak Kentucky Warbler Summer Tanager American Redstart Bay-breasted Warbler Eastern Towhee Blue Grosbeak Blackpoll Warbler Barred Owl Cedar Waxwing Cape May Warbler Brown Thrasher Eastern Meadowlark Chipping Sparrow




Photos

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Ben Hawes State Park/George H. Rudy Mine Photos