I am trying to put together a ride for some friends. I have never visited Pennsylvania and I'm attempting to plat a route across the state from Harrisburg to Pittsburgh. We have alot of Mountains here in north Alabama so I was looking for a change. I have heard its nice to ride through the valleys and farmlands there but I don't know what the best route west would be. We'll be coming in from the south on I 81 from Roanoke Va. I have that part of trip loosely planned. Just stuck in PA. Any help would be appreciated!

 

Run Rt 30 ( Lincoln Hwy ) all the way to Pittsburgh . Lots to see on the way . Between Chambersburg and Breezewood stop at Mountain View Bar ( Biker Bar ) great food , eat out on there deck and over look the mountains. Bedford Pa is where I live , lots to see such as Covered Bridges . Old Bedford Village. Rt 30 runs right through town. Lots of other sites between Bedford and Pittsburgh

 

Dont take 81 all the way, very boring and the highway is horrible in spots!

 

The biker bar he's talking about is The Mountain House.

 

30 WOULD be a very nice route....

make sure you have some time to detour to gettysburg and pay your respects there

 

Thanks for the suggestions looks like 30 it is. I think it will workout better since I was planning of a stop at Gettysburg already.

 

I agree 30 from Getttysburg to Pittsburg is a real nice ride.

Another ride I like a lot is 322 to 15 north of the hershey area to Penn State. I then jump on 80 heading west. There is not much traffic on this route and at places on 80 west of peen state, I fell like i am overlooking so much country, I really like that ride. I would then continue on 220, or 99 South to bedford to pick up 30. Or another option at that point would be to jump on 22 west to pittsburg.

 

Rt 6 has very nice scenery but it is at the northern part of the state. You could take 15 north out of Harrisburg and get on 6 then go west. http://www.paroute6.com/

 

If you have time to go further north before heading west, and then south again, a couple of the nicest rides in the whole state are 6, or 120. Never been across 30, so I won't give you an opinion. If a few guys here say 30's a good one, I'd do it. Just depends on how much extra time you wanna take, to go a little further north.

 

route 305 in huntingdon and state college is a real nice drive, also try going through alexandria the hills and tirns of the roads mixed with the scenery, makes a perfect motorcyle ride