Creek Road Biking

Several trails - short and long - are present close to Newark, DE. This is the first among the few I intend to scribble about.

The trail starts at the junction of E. Main St. and N. College Ave. If you do not have a University of Delaware Parking Pass, you can park your vehicle in the Trabant Parking Garage on the Main St. North College Ave. becomes Creek Rd. White Clay Creek falls on to your right and you would come across cement blocks on the road, which you can cross and go further. At the intersection of Creek Rd. and Wedgewood Rd. you will find a parking lot. Creek Rd. becomes Tweeds Mill Rd. from here. You can continue on the trail along the creek. On the right of the parking lot there is a bridge that goes over the creek. If you cross the bridge, you can continue on a trail that again goes along the creek (this time the creek is on to your left). This trail will end in Hopkins Bridge Rd.

At the intersection of Tweeds Mill Rd. and Hopkins Bridge Rd., there is a White Clay Creek Nature Center. Restrooms are available the Nature Center Parking lot. If the nature center office is open, you can get a park map there. Tweeds Mill Rd. ends at the Nature Center. However, you can continue biking on the trail that starts at the nature center. Trails are marked by a blue line on the trees. On the map, this trail is marked as MD for Mason-Dixon Trail. Although the map shows a pink/blue trail loop, the trail on the right side of the loop is only for hikers. Continuing on the MD trail would lead you to the Pennsylvania White Clay Creek State Park Office at the London tract meeting house. A parking lot is present here and you can get a map of White Clay Creek State Park that falls in Pennsylvania at the park office.

All the way, the trail is flat and wide - no difficult hills to worry about. You can take your comfort/city bikes apart from mountain bikes on it. Other than the nature center at the Hopkins Bridge Rd., there is no place to get water or anything. So, you might want to carry water. Patch kit is not really necessary; but it is a good idea to carry one. With the creek adjacent to the trail almost all along, bugs can be an issue.


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