Photos from Michaux SF Pennsylvania

[JaxObsessed]

Pennsylvania State Forests are GREAT places to ride!!!, I've been doing so since 1975.



Michaux State Forest (pronounced Me- sho) is in south central Pennsylvania. I grew up on roads like this. I get back here as often as I can/

An excellent informational post from towpro:

Originally Posted by towpro

Maps:
Mixhaux SF Public Use Map http://www.dcnr.state.pa.us/ucmprd2/...t/D_000828.pdf
Snowmobile Trail Maps
North http://www.dcnr.state.pa.us/ucmprd2/...cnr_002716.pdf
South http://www.dcnr.state.pa.us/ucmprd2/...cnr_002712.pdf

ATV Trails http://www.dcnr.state.pa.us/forestry/atv/D01_ATV_1.pdf
But remember, the ATV trails are only for ATV's (not motorcycles. Not even Street Legal Motorcycles!)
All-Terrain Vehicles are defined as follows:
1. Class 1 ATV – A motorized off-highway vehicle, which travels on three or more inflatable tires and has a maximum width of 50 inches and a maximum dry weight of 1000 pounds.
2. Class 2 ATV – A motorized off-highway vehicle, which travels on three or more inflatable tires and has a width which exceeds 50 inches or a dry weight which exceeds 1000 pounds.

Recommended Parking (for the ATV trails)
parking lots located at Big Flat along Shippensburg Road about 1-1/4 miles north of its intersection with Route 233 and on Piney Mountain along Bendersville Road south of Pine Grove Furnace State Park.

Towpro's Trans Pa Trail thread:
http://advrider.com/forums/showthread.php?t=594569



First sight of the mountains:



I am one of the luckiest people who has ever been born.
























Yup, I am a lucky human being.
Enjoy the thread. :)





ADV ROCKS Thank you all!

[prometheus rising]

Sweet Ride

[JaxObsessed]

Trust me.... close this miserable, pathetic thread and open this music for the soul. http://www.advrider.com/forums/showthread.php?t=597909

Prometheus Joe tells a great story and takes an AMAZING photo. FEAST YOUR EYES:

[Riff]

Trust me Jax you got the goods here. Nice ride nice pics. Just sent you the answer to your reference on the bottom of you post!

[GB]

Thanks for sharing the ride.. gotta get down to that part of PA next time I'm there.

[ddavidv]

Never knew that park was there. Easy day trip for me, thanks for the heads up.

[JaxObsessed]

Originally Posted by ddavidv

Never knew that park was there. Easy day trip for me, thanks for the heads up.

It is relatively new to me too. It's the closest PA SF to me in Baltimore. I lived next to Rothrock for a long time, and between that and Bald Eagle I got plenty of forest road riding.



to the folks who posted: Thank you for the kind comments!
to the folks who didn't post: Thank y'all for not making fun of my photography skills!
I have a few pictures from last spring that I'll post today. Enjoy.

[beltran]

Great pics. Thanks for sharing

What a nice country!!! Really beautiful places to ride.

Take care,
Beltran

[JaxObsessed]

Thanks Beltran.

As promised a few shots of Michaux from early last spring.







Post production GONE MADDDDD for Halloween.


The bugs on my windshield are from my trip to the Low Country of South Carolina.

[dmwbmw]

Jax, Great photos!!!! Used to live in Mechanicsburg and would spend many weekends in the Michaux S.F. / Pine Grove Forest area, climbing up the back side of Pole Steeple for great views of the Cumberland Valley. Thanks for bringing back memories!!

[JaxObsessed]

Originally Posted by dmwbmw

Jax, Great photos!!!! Used to live in Mechanicsburg and would spend many weekends in the Michaux S.F. / Pine Grove Forest area, climbing up the back side of Pole Steeple for great views of the Cumberland Valley. Thanks for bringing back memories!!

Thanks, My pleasure I assure you.
Yeh man. That is the shit. down there close to where Michaux ends at Mt Holly Springs. Ridge is the good stuff. I go in right off 16 and come out up at MHS, and generally get lost along the way...Or I'm following someone (code) who gets lost wouldn't be the same without it.

Enjoy:

[cyclingtom]

Nice trip Jack. Is this where you got off to after the Lighthouse Tour?
Look'n forward to the "Cold Weather Ride-N-Eat".
Tom

[JaxObsessed]

Originally Posted by cyclingtom

Nice trip Jack. Is this where you got off to after the Lighthouse Tour?
Look'n forward to the "Cold Weather Ride-N-Eat".
Tom

Thanks Tom,
Nah that was a honey do Sunday:) I owed her bigtime. The first set of photos are from last week.

I have to start thinking about the next ride to eat.... Hmmmmmmmmm

[rowla]

wow nice, never knew about that park in PA. do you have any gps tracks or recommended routes?

[Wreckchecker]

Nice shots Jack.

MSF has one other feature that's almost gotten me in trouble a coupla times. Come hauling butt around a corner on a paved road and have it turn to gravel halfway through. On the FJR with PR2 tires, those are a real bun clencher.



Looking forward to the next ride to eat!