This trail is a 7 mile long loop starting from Middle Run area parking lot. Unlike several other parking areas in White Clay Creek State Park (WCCSP), this one does not require any parking fee. For the most part of the trip, we were on one of three trails: Tri Valley trail, Whitley Farms Trail and Bryan's Field Trail.
At the trailhead, we took a right turn (towards East) to enter Lenape Cutoff Trail. Lenape Cutoff trail intersects Tri Valley Trail. All these trails are marked very well. After biking for a little while, Tri Valley trail passes through Fox Den rd. Get off the bikes and cross the road carefully to continue on Tri Valley trail. After biking some more, you will see some houses and trail enters that community. Continue on Smithmill rd and go past Papermill rd to reach WCCSP Possum Hill area parking lot. At this point, follow directions for Bryan's Field trail connector to enter Whitley Farms trail. We biked on Whitley farms trail earlier; this time we bike in the opposite direction. Continue on Whitley Farms trail and bike past WCCSP parking area near Thompson Station rd to enter Bryan's Field trail using Whitely Farms trail connector. Continue on Bryan's Field trail and look for Papermilll rd connector. Cross Papermill rd to enter Middle Run area and follow Lenape trail to return to the Middle Run area parking lot. As you can see from the elevation profile picture, there are a couple of uphill climbs - not something very difficult but it is good to keep that in mind. At the parking lot on Smithmill rd, you can take Bryan's Field trail instead of Whitley Farms trail to shorten the loop by about 3 miles. This would skip one of those uphill climbs too.
As I mentioned before, grab a copy of WCCSP map from Ken's website. It is a lot easier to visualize the trail on that map. You can also download a .kml file from the google map shown below that can be used with a GPS device.
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