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South Germantown Recreational Park
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Seneca Creek State Park DB-1 Hoyles Mill
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State Park
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Schaeffer Farm Trails PL-2
Seneca Creek State Park
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Greenway
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Mountain Biking Trail Rules Please stay off the trails when muddy / wet
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Mountain Bike Trails Maintained by MORE
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An “ aid station ” during the annual MoCo Epic ride . About 1,000 riders go 10-70 miles , with several aid stations to keep them going .
connections between parks . For instance , MORE was instrumental in advocating for and building the natural surface trail connection in Hoyles Mill Conservation Park between SCSP and Black Hills Park .
There are so many trails in this area that we have assigned location numbers to many trail intersections to help people find their way . We are also active in providing ideas to Montgomery Parks for future trails . This map was designed and installed by MORE at every numbered intersection shown on the map . All trails shown are open to all non-motorized users .
I personally got involved with MORE when I moved to Rockville in 1993 . A new friend introduced me to mountain biking — I had been a road cyclist for many years — and I quickly decided it is something I wanted to keep doing . Then I learned that many mountain bikers believe they have to put in the work to have places to ride off road .
Luckily for me and MORE , the Department of Natural Resources had fairly recently purchased the 2000-acre Schaeffer Farm property and added it to SCSP . At the time there was a bit of a tussle about whether mountain bikes would allowed on the ( then planned ) 13- mile long Seneca Greenway Trail from Riley ’ s Lock to Rt 355 . DNR offered that we could build trails open to all users at Schaeffer Farm if we agreed not to contest that the Greenway Trail would be hikers only . So by 1994 , a group of us were building new trails by hand .
We knew a lot less about trail design at the time , and made a few smallish mistakes but fixed them over the years following . It ’ s a common mistake to put trails on flat ground , but after the trail gets pounded down by feet , tires , hooves , the water just stays on the trail . So we moved the trail off flat areas and onto side slopes . Schaeffer Farm first opened in 1995 with four miles of new trail . Since that time MORE has helped build almost 25 miles of new trail in SCSP .
While it has gotten easier to get approvals and funding for new trails for biking , there still remains a strong ethos of volunteering
among mountain bikers . MORE tries to create positive volunteering experiences for those who want to give back to the trails . We provide tools , on site training , sometimes food and drink , and the satisfaction of seeing real improvements on our trail systems after only a few hours of work with fellow outdoors people on a weekend day . I guess that is why so many volunteers keep coming back . While a typical trailwork day has 5-15 volunteers , when we kick off building a new trail , we get 50-100 volunteers per day . Through lots of planning and organizing , we try to make this a success for everyone . Our trailwork days are open to all , and when we can , we work jointly with hiker and equestrian groups .
When it comes to riding , our biggest club event is the annual
Trails are built for all users . Sometimes bumps and other features are placed along the edge of the trail , allowing users to do small jumps safely .
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