The Poconos is the place to be during the fall season.

The Pocono Mountains  is home to 127 indigenous species of trees, plants and shrubs that illuminate the region come autumn. One of the most popular times to visit the region, autumn inspires wonderful festivals, activities and special offers that celebrate fall foliage and the season’s many splendors.

Enjoy a spectacular day as you pedal your way through history. The Rail Trail runs through the Lehigh Gorge State Park in the Pocono Mountains offering breathtaking scenery and an easy riding surface.  You can choose a 10, 15, 25 or 35 mile self guided tour of amazing mountain scenery that winds its way along the Lehigh River in the Poconos.

Pick your own pace on one of our scenic, self-guided downhill bike rides. Follow the route of the old settlers and miners. Ride along the “converted-for-biking” former railroad bed that parallels the Lehigh River through the Lehigh River Gorge State Park.  An unforgettably unique downhill “Rails-to-Trails” pedaling adventure. Beginner to expert riders are welcome. You can bring your bike or rent one of ours. Round-trip shuttle service is available.

Bike through the best of the beautiful western Poconos with local guides and enjoy unique historical and cultural stories along the way. With trails for every ability, the Jim Thorpe to White Haven, PA Poconos area is a great place to ride. We can show you the best of each trail and tell you unique history and stories about the places you’re riding. If a guided ride on the Lehigh Gorge, just isn’t enough try our Intermediate/Expert ride to the Top of Stony Cabin Ridge.

Jim Thorpe and the surrounding areas of Carbon County, Pennsylvania are well-known as a Mecca for mountain biking and fall foliage.  Lots of public land, flat trails, hilly trails, downhill trails – you name it and you can ride your bike on it right from town. Whether you’re a beginner, intermediate, advanced, or expert you’ll find your trail here and see the wonderful spectacle of the fall season.

Cross the 25-mile scenic bike trail through the Lehigh Gorge State Park off your bucket list during Fall! Follow the Lehigh River through patches of covered pathways and stretches of breathtaking scenery. The spectacular gorge that lends its name to this State Park slices through the Pocono Plateau for nearly 21 miles, creating a dramatic landscape of steep, hemlock and rhododendron covered slopes, rocky escarpments, and side streams that surge into waterfalls.  The Lehigh Gorge Trail is open for biking. Wide tires are recommended. Bicycle rentals and shuttle service are available throughout the area from Pocono Bike Rental.

For more information check out our Shuttle Schedule and Bike Rental Inventory…

The Black Diamond Trail is almost 2 years old and the trail is still in new condition.

The great maintenance by the DCNR and it’s affiliated agencies are doing a magnificent job with the upkeep of this new rail trail. This segment of the D & L Trail extends from White Haven to Mountain Top and is locally known as the Black Diamond Trail. The crushed stone trail offers terrific scenery, showcasing Pennsylvania’s forested hills, secluded natural areas, wildlife and pleasant communities.

Maintenance is the key to keeping this beautiful corridor enjoyable for years to come. We owe it to ourselves as our tax dollars payed for it. The project construction cost of $1,150,000 was funded by Pennsylvania Department of Transportation Enhancement and additionally, $250,000 in funding for design and engineering costs was provided by the PA Department of Conservation and Natural Resources through a Community Conservation Partnership Program grant.

The Black Diamond trailhead is about 8 miles north of the Route 940 intersection in White Haven. A maroon D&L entrance sign points the way to the parking lot. The parking lot and trailhead are ADA accessible.

This new section of trail extends a large section of trail ten miles closer towards it ultimate destination at the River Commons in Wilkes-Barre. There is a still an incomplete section between Glen Summit and Penobscot Mountain.

Under the current conditions, here’s how you would visit the new section by traveling northward from White Haven, PA:

Start at the White Haven North Access Trailhead at the northern end of Main Street in White Haven. Park in the new parking lot and begin biking on the rails-to-trails roadbed. After a mile and a half, the trail ends at Middleburg Road, where a future pedestrian crossing is planned.

Turn left (west) and carefully walk or ride several hundred feet along Middleburg Road to an entrance gate to the Black Diamond section of the D&L Trail on right.

The trail passes over the “Recycled Bridge,” which was installed during the first Phase of the project in 2008, over the active Reading and Northern rail lines and crosses a farm land access road along this early stretch. Users will pass secluded ponds and bogs, wildlife, and towering trees.

The trail continues up to Moosehead Lake, a stretch that passes through State Game Lands and Bureau of Forestry property. There is a partnership between both State Game Commission and Bureau of Forestry for maintenance and patrolling of the trail. Moosehead Lake, now a ghost town was once home to Pennsylvania politician and United States Attorney General A. Mitchell Palmer.

After passing Moosehead Lake, the trail continues another four miles to the Black Diamond Trailhead and Connector Trail along Route 437, just south of Glen Summit. The D&L Trail follows the abandoned Lehigh Valley right-of-way for a total of 10 miles to the new Black Diamond Trailhead and Connector Trail along Route 437.

“The Black Diamond Trailhead and Connector Trail is our first trail project in Luzerne County,” said Scott Everett, Stewardship and Trails Manager for the Delaware & Lehigh National Heritage Corridor. ”

Future plans call for continuing the D & L Trail north from Mountain Top to the Seven Tubs Nature Area east of Wilkes-Barre and eventually get the D&L Trail to the Susquehanna River in Wilkes-Barre.”

This section of the Delaware and Lehigh (D & L) National Heritage Corridor is completely open, but there is a short gap in the trail at Glen Summit pending private property access. Trail users are advised to use the Black Diamond Trailhead to access the trail south of Glen Summit and the Mountaintop Trailhead to access the trail north of Glen Summit.

For shuttle schedule and more information click here…

Article credits include:

http://www.traillink.com/trail/d--l-trail---black-diamond-trail-(mountain-top-white-haven).aspx

http://www.delawareandlehigh.org/index.php/trail/section/mountaintop-white-haven/

http://www.apps.dcnr.state.pa.us/news/resource/res2013/13-0710-dandltrail.aspx

http://tournepa.com/news/details.asp?tid=43&nid=458

http://www.tnonline.com/2013/jul/11/black-diamond-section-dl-trail-opens

http://citizensvoice.com/news/piecing-together-an-ambitious-trail-1.1364039

Rails to Trails Mountain Biking Tours in Northeastern PA and the Poconos is exciting and fun. All four seasons here in the NEPA Pocono region offer a great experience for anyone wanting to see nature and stay fit at the same time. If you are looking for what to do in the Poconos this is it!

We offer mountain biking tours in the Northeastern PA Poconos Region at various state parks, Rails to Trails areas like the new Black Diamond/Glen Summit Trail, state game lands and public access points. We can take you on a moderate bike ride on the Rail Trail located in the world famous Lehigh Gorge near White Haven, PA or an extreme adventure ride to nearby Stony Cabin Ridge the second highest peak in the Poconos! Many of the areas and state parks that we guide in offer camping so spend the night and we can guide you through the day rides in a safe, educational and enjoyable manner.

Mountain Bike in PA and the Lehigh River Rails to Trails to see spectacular wonders of nature and mankind! For 25 miles along the beautiful and world famous Lehigh River you can try a leisurely downhill mountain bike ride on a basically flat 2% decline (a former railway). It is a well maintained trail along this spectacular natural wonder, the Lehigh River, that has breathtaking views 1000 feet deep inside what’s know as the Lehigh River Gorge. The Bear Creek pool offers a fantastic swim point as do various safe pooling points and or eddies along the Lehigh River. There are picnic benches and areas all along the 25 mile trail so pack a lunch and a snack with a bottle of water or two and lets go mountain biking in the Poconos!

Join us on a trip that is easy and fun with people of every fitness level.  The Lehigh Gorge Rail Trail is a downhill, scenic, state-park maintained path that follows the Lehigh River and is clear of any objects that would impede your enjoyable path.

Although we rent bicycles and run shuttles, our mountain bike tours focus on ensuring you and your family and/or friends enjoy a picturesque, safe, fun day on the trail.  Signs along the trail educate you about the local sites and experiences available.  Take a ride down or up, on the Lehigh Gorge Rail Trail today for a healthy day of outdoor fun in a Pocono Family Vacation Destination that is unmatched!

Our user friendly mountain bike rental fleet includes bikes for everyone.  We have comfortable bikes with wide forgiving seats, multiple speeds and upright easy to steer handlebars.  We also have extras like waist packs, day packs, first aid kits and GoPro Camera Rentals!

We offer mountain bike tours starting/finishing at the trail-heads in Jim Thorpe and White Haven, PA.  We are a full service rental, shuttle and repair shop so all you have to do is get out on the trail and ride!

You will see famous ruins of the 2nd largest tannery in the US during the 1800’s . Take photos of our national history at Lock #25 and dozens of others of the system used to transport lumber and coal down the river to Bethlehem and Allentown to build the cities of Philadelphia and others along the eastern seaboard. Remnants of this historical beginning to our nations history and infrastructure still remain. Beautiful natural wonders such as Buttermilk Falls and Glen Onoko Falls and creeks and small streams that feed the Lehigh River that offer great photo opportunities exist throughout the trail.

We offer several types of biking in the Poconos, from beginner, family type biking to biking for the hardcore, adventurous type.  Our safe and comfortable inventory of beginner to sport level and Expert Class mountain bikes can accommodate most anyone. We offer the finest experience and most valued mountain biking in the Poconos.

Lehigh Gorge Trip – Hop on our shuttle and bike 10, 15, 25  or 35 miles down this scenic 2% downhill grade. Great for families and if you want to learn about an important piece of history such as the Lehigh River there are markers to tell you all about it. For you exercise buffs, at a faster pace, this is a great cardio workout. Rails-to-Trails Shuttles run daily-8am-5pm. Pricing info can be found on our Shuttle Schedule page…

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Mountain Bike Adventure Tours:

$20 additional per person per bike rental and or shuttle.

Without bike rental add an additional $10.

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For more information check out our Trail Info Page.

Pocono Bike Rental Shuttle Services are second to none. We use comfortable and safe, late model Dodge Grand Caravans with leather seating, and multi-disc DVD media center.

Our knowledgeable drivers offer personalized care, historical and navigation information. Our bikes are state of the art and so is our transport vehicle as it is equipped with 6 disc DVD/CD, Bluetooth media array and power charging stations for cell phones.

Shuttle Times and Locations:

8AM and 11AM White Haven to Glen Summit, Black Diamond Trailhead 8:20am and 11:20am Drop off $5

($10 without a Bike Rental from us.) This is a shuttle from White Haven 10 miles north to the new Black Diamond Trail in Glen Summit. Book now…

2pm White Haven to Rockport, 2:15 Pickup/Dropoff Spot with a 2:20 Return Shuttle to White Haven. $10

($15 without a Bike Rental from us.) Starting your day from our shop in White Haven sometime before 12pm and biking downhill (2% grade) to Rockport is a fun experience with historical/educational value markers along the way. Book now…

4PM White Haven to Jim Thorpe, 4:45 Pickup/Dropoff Spot at Carbon County Parking lot with 5pm Return shuttle to White Haven. $15

($20 without a bike rental from us.) The ultimate adventure in fun and fitness! Bike 26 miles, a marathon of historical landmarks and remnants from the great coal mining and railroad industry of America’s past. Book now…

All shuttles depart and return to our White Haven location unless otherwise noted.

Book now… Or Call 570-899-5025 for more information and to reserve a shuttle now.

Or email us at: bookashuttle@poconobikerentals.com

Pocono Bike Rental opens for business at 320 Main Street, White Haven, PA in the heart of the Poconos.  

Join us on a trip that is easy and fun with people of every fitness level.  The Lehigh Gorge Rail Trail is a downhill, scenic, state-park maintained path that follows the Lehigh River and is clear of any objects that would impede your enjoyable path.

We rent Expert Class bicycles and run small VIP shuttles, we focus on ensuring you and your family and/or friends enjoy a picturesque, safe, fun day on the trail.  Signs along the trail educate you about the local sites and experiences available.  Take a ride down or up, on the Lehigh Gorge Rail Trail today for a healthy day of outdoor fun in a Pocono Family Vacation Destination that is unmatched!

Our user friendly mountain bike rental fleet includes bikes for everyone.  We have comfortable bikes with wide forgiving seats, multiple speeds and upright easy to steer handlebars.  We also have multi-speed kid bikes, mountain bikes,  (advanced reservation only: child cabooses, and Trail-A-Bikes). Pocono Bike Rental offers mountain bike tours starting/finishing at the trail-heads in between Glen Summit, White Haven and Jim Thorpe, PA.  We are a full service rental, shuttle and adventure tour operation, so all you have to do is get out on the trail and ride!

You will see famous ruins of the 2nd largest tannery in the US during the 1800’s . Take photos of our national history at Lock #25 and dozens of others of the system used to transport lumber and coal down the river to Bethlehem and Allentown to build the cities of Philadelphia and others along the eastern seaboard. Remnants of this historical beginning to our nations history and infrastructure still remain. Beautiful natural wonders such as Buttermilk Falls and Glen Onoko Falls and creeks and small streams that feed the Lehigh River that offer great photo opportunities exist throughout the trail.

Call 570-899-5025 for more information and to reserve a bike now.

Or email us at: rentabike@poconobikerentals.com