I need a place to park at the abanded railroad tracks

[96bmw328ic]

Please give me directions to a place I can park so I can ride the abanded rail road tracks.

Thank you so much

 

[sick 96 250]

which tracks? where are you located

 

[YZ165]

:think:

 

[dklink2000]

The world is a big place.....besides, it doesn't sound to legal. :|

 

[Treejumper]

I park at the corner of 4th and 54th streets. Then sneek my bike around the corner and take off from there. Just watch for the bums who like to sleep on the tracks. They leave nasty stains on the under sides of the fenders. ;)

A little more info is needed to answer this one. :nod:

 

[dklink2000]

I park at the corner of 4th and 54th streets.

I'll be damned! That's where I park too! :)

 

[96bmw328ic]

I am talking about the trails that are by blairstown. The Paulinskill Valley Trail. Goes to the water gap.

 

[Papakeith]

OK,

Here's the deal sparky,

What State are we talking about?
What county?
What town?
section of said town?
Is it legal riding?

We'd love to help, but you aren't being too forthcoming with the details.

Since you said, "Water Gap", I'm going to assume that we are talking about either New Jersey, or Pennsylvania. If you are talking about an area that is within the National Park then this is the legal answer,"

SNOWMOBILES, ORV/ATV "off-road" vehicles, and PERSONAL WATER CRAFT ("jet-skis") are not permitted in the park.

If not, please, please give us more detail. We'll be glad to assist.
If it's not a legal riding area, please, please don't waste our time.

 

[Papakeith]

From what I've been able to gleen about the Paulinskill Valley Trail. It is a hiking/mountain bike trail system. I haven't seen a single word about it's use as an atv/offroad trail.

 

[96bmw328ic]

I rode their before. Its in NJ

 

[Green Horn]

hi.

 

[XRpredator]

I don't like parking by the railroad tracks. too many hobos. and they smell like cabbage

 

[Green Horn]

What's wrong with cabbage? You little horsey!

 

[scooter1130]

Theres no where to legally park there any more. We used to park at Wolfs corner in Green Twp untill some guy decided to let his 6 year old son ride his bike across the rode there and he got hit by a car. (yes he was ok after a short hospital stay) The state police patrol the rail bed on quads, and if you head in the other direction both Stanhope and Hopatcong police patrol it. In other words, its no longer a safe and legal place to ride. The only people I know who still ride there either live close enough to ride to the tracks, or know somebody who lives close.

heres some pictures from the area in question, but this section is fenced off now so you cant park there....
http://community.webshots.com/photo/78999854/78999854sVoAYQ
http://community.webshots.com/photo/78999962/78999962WNXVdv
and of course the road where the kid got hit...
http://community.webshots.com/photo/78999892/78999892sqRdio

 

[96bmw328ic]

Theres no where to legally park there any more. We used to park at Wolfs corner in Green Twp untill some guy decided to let his 6 year old son ride his bike across the rode there and he got hit by a car. (yes he was ok after a short hospital stay) The state police patrol the rail bed on quads, and if you head in the other direction both Stanhope and Hopatcong police patrol it. In other words, its no longer a safe and legal place to ride. The only people I know who still ride there either live close enough to ride to the tracks, or know somebody who lives close.

heres some pictures from the area in question, but this section is fenced off now so you cant park there....
http://community.webshots.com/photo/78999854/78999854sVoAYQ
http://community.webshots.com/photo/78999962/78999962WNXVdv
and of course the road where the kid got hit...
http://community.webshots.com/photo/78999892/78999892sqRdio

:bang:

 

[kitchener]

You'll find everything you're after in a thread on thumpertalk.com in the "Where, When, and Who To Ride With" section, subsection "Northeast," in the thead, THE PAULINSKILL VIADUCT, ever hear of it" -- from June 24th.

http://www.weirdnj.com/_abandoned/paulinskill.html

http://maps.google.com/maps?q=portland,+pa&ll=40.937290,-75.101423&spn=0.013169,0.019773&t=k&hl=en