Cooks forest

[Konaunit]

Has anybody on here bikepacked in Cooks forest state park i am planning a trip there, I have been there many times but for family camping trips

Also Could anybody tell me if Ohio Pyle state park In PA has good mtn biking me and some buddies are planning a trip there for a post high school graduation trip can't wait

                                    Both of these state parks are in PA

[ruthslp]

i see no one replied so i will try to give you a little info.
i just did a trip from kennerdale, to cooks, to anf, back to cooks.
i did it that way because although i hadn't been to cooks in quite some time i felt it probably didn't have enough trails to do a bigger loop(we did 3 days/2 nights) & actually put a lot of road in some places.
and actually we ended up outskirted cooks and staying on jeep trails west of the forest because we didn't want to decend into the pit near the river just to spend the night climbing back out.
ANF has a lot more to offer if you go just a few miles more north.
i got from kennerdale to rt322/66 using the sandy creek path, nice but the north country trail folks are taking it over as a 'hiking path' so not sure in future they will let bikes on or what....which is silly because it's an old rail trail???the state gameland section is a bit tricky marking to follow yet but you just need to look around.

[Konaunit]

thanks for the info, I am not sure what anf is tho is that a national forrest. also do you know if camping is allowed outside of campgrounds i know the state likes to make so much shit hard to do haha, restrictions here restrictions there but i have only been to jamestown campground up there and have gone to the fire tower and all that stuff and i know there is alot more area up there

[jhl99]

Kona:

ANF = Allegheny National Forest

http://www.fs.usda.gov/wps/portal/fsinternet/!ut/p/c5/04_SB8K8xLLM9MSSzPy8xBz9CP0os3gjAwhwtDDw9_AI8zPwhQoY6IeDdGCqCPOBqwDLG-AAjgb6fh75uan6BdnZaY6OiooA1tkqlQ!!/dl3/d3/L2dJQSEvUUt3QS9ZQnZ3LzZfMjAwMDAwMDBBODBPSEhWTjBNMDAwMDAwMDA!/?ss=110919&navtype=forestBean&navid=091000000000000&pnavid=null&cid=null&ttype=main&pname=Allegheny%20National%20Forest%20-%20Home

State managed lands: 

PA State parks,  camping ONLY in the official campgrounds. 
PA State Forests:  primitive, single night camping is permitted with certain restrictions and without a permit.  Generally, PA forest roads have a signpost with the summary of regulations listed on them where the forest land ends.  You can also find the info on the DCNR website.
PA State Gamelands:  No camping permitted.

[Konaunit]

thanks for the info i have a week long trip already planned for cooks forest

thanks again