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4449634

The route of the Spillway bike path in Linesville, PA is incorrect and resulted in confusion and extra miles (and hills) on our ride yesterday.

The bike path does NOT start in Linesville at the Senior Center; there is nothing there but an unpaved private drive with "Posted" signs. The path NEVER runs east of South Mercer Street; it begins with a slight right turn from South Mercer Street about 0.7 miles south of the intersection of West Erie Street (Rte 6) and South Mercer Street.

The PA DCNR map shows the correct trail: https://www.trails.dcnr.pa.gov/maptrails/index.html?trailid=132

I have also reported this to Google maps, which has the same error.
4483140 snpaul22

"Prugh Farm Road. Not Prugh Farm Roaf"
OSM snapshot date: 2024-10-01T00:16:33Z
POI name: Prugh Farm Roaf
POI types: highway-residential
#organicmaps android
4368711

Vandalism/fake features osm.org/changeset/154650054#map=17/43.04597/-76.06619
3791911 ID10T_Chris

Not sure where this section actually ends. The path was too water logged to continue any further to find the true end. Will be checking this again when the trail has dried out.
3791910 ID10T_Chris

Working on improving the accuracy of this section. Need to ride it again with different mapping software active to get a better set of gps coordinates.
4522387 ForestFurnace

State College, PA: Some of the paths on Mount Nittany outside of the named Blue and White trails have signs that say "This is not a trail". These should probably be set to private. Need to determine which paths have this signage.
4520216 ForestFurnace

Batavia, NY: Part of Park Road near Veterans Memorial Drive is being renamed "Sgt. Thomas Sanfratello Memorial Parkway" after the county sheriff's sergeant who was killed in the line of duty in March 2024.
Not sure which part of Park Road the announcement refers to.
https://www.whec.com/top-news/road-dedicated-in-honor-of-genesee-county-sheriffs-sergeant-who-died-in-line-of-duty/
https://www.whec.com/local/large-police-presence-at-batavia-downs-saturday-night/
4517565 ForestFurnace

Sproul State Forest, PA: Should the Bloody Skillet ATV trails (and other DCNR operated designated ATV trail systems) be set to foot/bicycle/horse: no?
The ATV Riding page mentions "It is important to practice common courtesies when riding your ATV on a trail: ... Yield the right of way to bikes, horses, and hikers"
https://www.dcnr.pa.gov/Recreation/WhatToDo/ATVRiding/pages/default.aspx
The DCNR ATV policy does not mention anything for/against other users on ATV trail systems: https://elibrary.dcnr.pa.gov/GetDocument?docId=3454622&DocName=DCNR%20Final%20ATV%20Trail%20Policy%20-%20November%202020.pdf
Michaux mentions "Motorcycles and trailbikes are not permitted on all-terrain vehicle trails." but no mentions of hikers/horses, and it is unclear whether "trailbikes" are motorized off-road vehicles or human powered pedal bicycles (which would lead to bicycle: no). On other DCNR maps, non-motorized pedal bikes are referred to as "mountain biking" or "bike" in the map legend.
I asked a state park ranger about this and the ranger was not sure.
4517291 ForestFurnace

Tiadaghton State Forest, PA: OSM discourages the use of abbreviations in road/trail names. What is "Hol." short for in "Fred Hol. Tr."? Is it "Hollow"?
Name comes from DCNR map here: https://elibrary.dcnr.pa.gov/GetDocument?docId=1743167&DocName=Tiadaghton%20Public%20Use%20Map.pdf
4517279 ForestFurnace

Tiadaghton State Forest, PA: Is this the "Conner" or the "Connor" trail? USGS lists it as "Conner" and DCNR lists it as "Conner" and "Connor" on different maps. What does the trailhead sign say?
https://www.dcnr.pa.gov/StateForests/FindAForest/Tiadaghton/Pages/Maps.aspx