09/14/25

Today I drove to the County Line Trail head, on the left side of Waites Run Road, just after the bridge crossing. I backed into the trail head/fire road to turn around, then crossed back over the bridge and parked on my right. There is room for 2 or three rigs right here and another side pullover just ahead also on the right. This is directly across from the Pond Run Trail which is on the right as you drive in, or left after you turn around to park.

I rode back over the bridge to where I turned around. Then I started up the fire road/County Line Trail. There was a closed gate almost immediately.

I started up the trail which is nice and lush, excellent footing. Slightly uphill and good for moving out. This trail appears to be green boxed, like a double wide blaze.

It crosses through a clearing that was recently bush hogged.

At about the 2.5mile point there was a large tree down across the trail. I did not see an obvious way around it. If I took Simon’s saddle off, he would have just fit under the higher end of the tree. But it was so buggy and other directions I could explore so I decided to turn around.

Riding back down there is an unmarked trail on the left, it’s slanted forward on the ride down and is not as obvious when riding up the trail. This is part of the Tuscarora trail. It rides forward and branches sharply up to the left.

It does seem to continue forward as well but does not appear to be maintained in that direction. I did not explore that way.

I took the left, and rode up maybe a 1/2 mile. It was a pretty cool trail, switching back and forth, with some rock scrambling. It is marked with light blue blazes.

After about a mile, maybe, I turned around. The bugs were really bothering me and I wanted to be in a place I could move out to create some anti-bug-wind.

Back to Waites Run Road, I took a left and continued down the road. I explored some camping spots on the right along the creek. I also noted a possibly unmaintained trail on the left, angled back so it was slightly easier to see on the ride back in the other direction. It was loosely marked with an old post, no sign attached.

Shortly after this trail I came to the end of Waites Run Road that appears to continue on the map becomes, what appears to be private property. But to the left there is a fire road going up. This makes a spot to turn the trailer around. And there is a small pullover on the right to park. The gate is open on this fire road but does not appear to be a smooth drive in a vehicle. At least at a glance from the bottom.

Waites Run was nice to ride along.

I rode back to the trailer, and glanced at the Pond Trail across from where I parked, on the left and just after crossing the bridge as you leave the area.

This last sign is if you were coming back down the trail to Waites Run Road.

There appear to be other trails along this section that I did not see, or at least have not explored.