The way points of this bicycle route:
starting going south on route 32
Right - W Mechanic St
fork Left - Stoney Hill Rd
Left - South Sugan Rd (two steep climbs), to its end
Left - Aquetong Rd
Striaght across rt 232 / Windy Bush Rd, continue on Aquetong Rd
(next turn comes unexpectedly on a downhill, just before church on left)
Left - Covered Bridge Rd
(Van Sant covered bridge -- over Pidcock Creek)
Turn around, go back north a short way on Covered Bridge Rd
first Left - Pidcock Creek Rd
Left + quick Rigth - across rt 232 / Windy Bush Rd - continue on Pidcock Creek Rd, to its end
(bear Right to pass by Atkinson Rd)
Right - Street Rd
Left - Upper Mountain Rd, to its end
Right - Hollicong Rd
Straight across high-traffic high-speed route 202, continue on Hollicong Rd to next Right turn
Right - Ash Rd
Left - Ash Mill Rd, to its end
Right - Mechanicsville Rd, to next Left turn
Left - Indian Spring Rd, to its end
Right - Long Lane
Left - Street Rd, to its end
Right - Carversville Rd
Left - McNeil Rd, to its end
(for food as of 2002, instead continue Straight to Carversville General Store on left side. Then turn around at intersection of Aquetong Rd + Fleecydale Rd, soon Right on Pipersville-Wismer Rd (up steep hill) to rejoin main route at crossing of Groveland Rd)
Left - Ferry Rd (unsigned as of 2003), to its end
sharp Right - Point Pleasant Pike, to next left turn
Left - Moyer Rd, to second right turn
Right - Groveland Rd
Left - Wismer Rd, to its end
(covered bridge over Cabin Run)
Left - Dark Hollow Rd, to next right turn
Right - Old Easton Rd, to its end - (careful at end of this road: as of 2003 it ended with a downhill into a metal drain-grate which must be crossed at an angle to turn onto route 611 -- this metal grate could be dangerously slippery, especially when wet)
Right - route 611 North
Right (opposite rt 113) - Hollow Horn Rd, to its end
(pass by Oak Grove Rd - dirt)
bear Right - bear Left - (pass by Red Hill Rd) - continue on Hollow Horn Rd, to its end
(Frankenfield covered bridge -- over Tinicum Creek)
bear Right - (pass by Cafferty Rd) - continue on Hollow Horn Rd, to its end
Right - Headquarters Rd
quick Left - Headquarters Rd - (pass by Tinicum Creek Rd)
Right - Headquarters Rd - (Geigel Hill Rd goes left)
quick Left - dirt/gravel towpath of Delaware Canal
(Variation: to avoid dirt, but deal with some high-speed motor traffic: instead continue Staight to its end, Left on route 32 North for 1.3 mile, Left on Uhlerstown Rd to covered bridge, then turn around go east to rejoin main route)
Right to exit towpath trail
back Left to ride through Uhlerstown covered bridge
Turn around, back through covered bridge, east to route 32
Left - route 32 North (high-speed motor traffic)
quick Right - bridge across Delaware River
(food options)
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Loop route over five covered bridges in Bucks county, Pennsylvania and Hunterdon county, New Jersey -- total 62 miles / 100 km, hilly -- in two sections. For the other half, search on Bikely for "Covered Bridges in Two States B - NJ". We've ridden this route several times. For more info + connections to other routes, see www.roberts-1.com/b/x/pa.
Route tries to avoid steep hills and high-traffic roads, but in some sections that's not possible.
Labels on map points form a detailed cue sheet - (click on Show, select Cue Sheet).
Map points have been tweaked and mostly tested for GPS navigation in the direction given. Most of the route was last checked by us in 2009, but the first part thru New Hope has not been checked since 2005.
Tagged with: Recreational, Onroad, Scenic
