01-03-2021, 09:08 AM
Northern VA rider here. Rides to WV, west on 250 from Stauton, VA, or anywhere along the length of Hwy 220, with Elkins as a basecamp, tops my list. A round trip is a full day but if you ride Smokehole Road (Hwy 28, west of Petersburg to "Cabins," across a small bridge and head south), it's worth it!
When we can safely do hotels again Pittsburgh, at one time not thought of as a destination, is a favorite place to ride and stay overnight. There are lots of ways to get there that I've not tried, but highway 50 is fun. Also, the city is walkable, has (had?) great restaurants, and $30 Broadway shows to top it off. I would really like to get some suggestions for PA roads--for example I can get to Scranton by noon...and then?
Locally-ish, between I-66 and highway 211 to the south are two amazing roads that actually cross each other: Crest Hill Road (647) and Leeds Manor Road (688) which is a good way to get to Mount Weather with it's scary looking government facility on top and always perfectly paved roads.
Squids use 211 to go over the ridge-line between Sperryville and Luray--lots of motorcycle-crash warning signs. No tree of shame yet...
When we can safely do hotels again Pittsburgh, at one time not thought of as a destination, is a favorite place to ride and stay overnight. There are lots of ways to get there that I've not tried, but highway 50 is fun. Also, the city is walkable, has (had?) great restaurants, and $30 Broadway shows to top it off. I would really like to get some suggestions for PA roads--for example I can get to Scranton by noon...and then?
Locally-ish, between I-66 and highway 211 to the south are two amazing roads that actually cross each other: Crest Hill Road (647) and Leeds Manor Road (688) which is a good way to get to Mount Weather with it's scary looking government facility on top and always perfectly paved roads.
Squids use 211 to go over the ridge-line between Sperryville and Luray--lots of motorcycle-crash warning signs. No tree of shame yet...