DuPont State Forest

The east side of DSF has a great mix of MTB trails, from beginner to advanced. Look for the Guion Farm Access Area on Sky Valley Road. Good beginner trails and roads there include Buck Forest Road, Thomas Cemetery Road, White Pine Trail, White Pine Loop, Rifle Trail, Hickory Mountain Road and Shoal Creek Trail. Technical riders would probably like Rocky Ridge Trail (run south to north) and Hickory Mountain Loop, Ridgeline Trail (run north to south), and Jim Branch Trail. Please keep in mind that all these trails are open to all users--watch for equestrian and hiker traffic!

A suggested route to hit these and other fun stuff on the east side would be to first obtain a map. Ask any ranger or get one at Hooker Falls or Buck Forest shelters on weekends in the summer. Park at the Guion Farm Access Area, go north-west out of the lot to pick up Hickory Mountain Road, a jeep road, which you'll follow for one mile. At the junction at the old rifle range, follow Hickory Mountain Loop that starts as a logging road climbing to the top of Hickory Mountain, then is single-track dropping to the old rifle range. Turn right onto Ridgeline Trail (Formally Range Trail) for a steep and technical drop. Go left onto Lake Imaging Trail for a couple hundred yards, then left onto Jim Branch Trail, then left onto Buck Forest Road. After about a mile, turn left onto White Pine Trail, then left onto Hooker Creek Trail, then right onto Ridgeline Trail (whoa, deja vu!), right onto Hickory Mountain Road for 0.2 miles, left onto Boundary Trail for 0.2 miles, right onto Guion Trail for 0.1 miles, left onto Rifle Trail to Sky Valley Road. Cross the gravel road diagonally to your right to pick up Shoal Creek Trail, which you'll gradually climb 1.19 miles to Sky Valley Road. Here you can turn right to hit the Guion Farm Access Area, or left to climb Sky Valley Road about 1.4 miles to turn left onto Rocky Ridge Trail for a fun descent to Old CCC Road. Go left onto Old CCC Road, then straight onto Sky Valley Road and back to your cars. Guaranteed fun time and you will NOT be part of the crowd spreading the rumor that there is no single-track on DSF's east side!

Updated by Lynn Harton per 2005 maps.

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