Butler-Freeport Community Trail Butler Trailhead — Attraction in Butler

I started from the Butler end. Mostly a gentle climb for 3-4 miles (which meant an easy ride back!)and slight downhill up to the 8.2 mile mark (where I turned back). The trail was much narrower in many places than I expected (I had to move to grass to let oncoming bikes pass), but that wasn't the major portion. Most of trail was safely passable but several places had loose sand and/or wash outs/ruts. Nice mix of shade and sun. Several street crossings. All were well-marked and safe with just a bit of effort on your part. You ride past farms, houses and some small industry sites but nothing too distracting. Much better than riding on a street!

But, I probably won't come back. I'm exploring trails to trails sites and this is the last pleasant so far,...

So far from what I have explored from this it is a very nice trail. I have been up a good portion from Butler maybe a few a few miles out from there. I have stopped at another section in Buffalo and walked that a little bit. I have never done the whole trail, but I would like to one of these days. I don't know exactly how long this trail is but it seems to go a great distance. Maybe once I do the whole trail I will find out how long it really is and can leave the details here in my review. I'm sure someone already figured it out I just need to read but I don't have the time for that. Plus I like to figure stuff out on my own. Very nice trail. Except for the beginning in Butler it is a bit trashy but all the other parts I...

I/We ride our bikes on this biking/walking trail frequently. The parking area on the Butler side seems small but we have always found a spot to park. The trail out of Butler is an ascent and the surface of the trail in some areas needs grooming. The trail makes numerous road crossing so you should take care at these points. There is a paved section closer to Freeport to access a municipal area that horrible for biking. Thankfully it's not too long. It would be nice to see this trail connected with/to the GAP in Pittsburgh at some point. By way of contrast, I think the GAP trail out of Pittsburgh is 4 stars, and the Western Reserve Greenway Trail on Ohio is 5 stars. The C&O is just 3 stars with some areas being...