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Trail Description:
Grafton Lakes State Park offers several trails to choose from.You'll truly find something for everyone. The park offers rides from easy dirt roads to very technical singletrack. Explore and you're bound to find a section you can't get enough of.
How to get there:
Approximately 20 miles east of Troy, NY on route 2. The park entrance is a couple of miles east of the town of Grafton. The park is well signed so you can't miss it.
Additional Notes:
Try the Spruce Bog Trail for a technical rock and root garden!
| Posted by: MrVyper on 7/13/2007 |
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Sprcue bog is a good technical trail. The people b*tching about the trails in Grafton dont know them. Graftons trails connect to other trails that will take for miles and miles.
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| Posted by: Sam on 7/1/2006 |
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not technical, no fun hills trails poorly marked at times. Rode here once got bored and lost.
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| Posted by: Andrew on 8/4/2004 |
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grafton has some awesome
trails...and at the same time so not
so great ones. spruce bog is a really
good trail, but it can puddle up easily.
grafton also has the grafton lakes
off-road triathlon, a nissan xterra
event. here is the course; start with a
1.5 k open water swim in long pond.
then on your bike take mill pond trail
to spruce bog. right on to chet bell
and then on to the RPI trail. at the
first gate of the RPI trail on the left is
newly added little johnny's trail; take
it. two loops around shaver pond
and your done with your app 12 mile
bike. from the beach begin your run.
start on the side that does not have
water tower trail becasue this is not
part of the race. when you come
across fire tower trail go up it until
you reach chet bell. at this time loop
back down fire tower and resume
around long pond. grafton has
awesome trails and its an awesome
park. these trails are much better
than the ones at skidmore and the
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| Posted by: Drew on 9/4/2003 |
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I went to Grafton for the first time this summer. I really like it. Now, I should also say that I come from MOnroe county where riding on dirt is f'n outlawed and that I am basically a newbie. There were many places where water was pooled up, or that were rutted from Atv or simple over use. I have a hardtail, hydro's, and Kenda Kinetics on my piece. My brother also has a hardtail, and hydros, but his wheels are thinner and his tires have less tred. And ya know what? All he did was bitch the entire time. So to all who have crap-ass tires-- shut the hell up and go ride the canal. Your welcome, Drew.
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| Posted by: GhostRider on 4/9/2001 |
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Grafton is excellent training trails. certainly not gut checking single track but the terrain is rolling double track with a nice mix of short steep climbs followed by quick curving downhills. Look for air off little rock drops. The drop into Pittstown, if ridden correctly is fast and fun. These trails due loop together and thier is access to much, much more riding. Ghostrider rips Grafton on weekday evenings starting from the Shaver Pond nature parking lot.6pm-dark and sometimes after dark
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| Posted by: SMAN on 7/24/2000 |
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I have biked here quire a few times. First, it is not long enough. The trails only go for a couple of miles. Second, the are not technical enough. The bottom line, if you want to warm your legs up and get a little fresh air, then go here.
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| Posted by: IT’S CALLED MTN. BI on 7/3/2000 |
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The trails here are by no means technical!!! Come on!! Go up to somewhere like Skidmore if ya want sweet singletrack and technical trails. Spruce Bog is a cool trail. It is pretty tore up and the singletrack is for the most part a 2 lane highway now. The H2O Tower trail is very cool but only .5 miles long. WAY too short. The trails into Pitts S.F. are ok if you like riding fire roads. They are rocky at times but mostly boring. Don't take a day off just to ride here. You'll be sorry. If you want "worthy" trail riding go the xtra distance someplace else. If you like fire roads, have your lunch hour to kill and and just learning how to ride ... go to Grafton. You can catch up with Dr. D_ck and he'll show you around.
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| Posted by: Doctor Dave on 6/22/2000 |
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I'm not sue what some of these guys are thing. ATV trails or not it all adds a little challenge to it all if you can't handle it go wait in the truck Meow.Dr. Dave
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| Posted by: Doctor Dave on 6/22/2000 |
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The spruce bog is one of the most difficult trails to ride in Grafton.Its even better after a good rain fall try it you'll like. If you can't trust the Doctor who can you trust. Dr. D
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| Posted by: tyu285@aol.com on 6/13/2000 |
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I biked here this past weekend. This place is over run with ATV's even though they aren't allowed in the park. The trails s_ck and no one seems to care about the problem at hand. The park had some decent trails but they're mostly short and don't loop together. Besides their ATV trails now.Ride some place else.
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