Mid-Atlantic Off-Road Enthusiasts (MORE)

Schaeffer Farm biker

Mid-Atlantic Off-Road Enthusiasts (MORE) represents the interests of mountain bikers in an area extending north past Baltimore, west to George Washington National Forest, and south towards Richmond. Among the twenty-plus MORE "offices" (i.e. mountain bike trails) in the Washington DC area, perhaps the busiest is Schaeffer Farm. MORE was founded in 1992 - just two years later, the Maryland Department of Natural Resources (DNR) reached out to the young organization with a proposal to develop a reclaimed stretch of farmland into a mountain biking destination. Two years and ten miles of trail later, the Schaeffer Farm Trail System was born.

The Schaeffer Farm Trail System's undeniable popularity keeps MORE busy with maintenance and upkeep. Dave Magill, MORE Schaeffer Farm trail liaison, organizes several trail work days per year. Coming up next on the Schaeffer Farm work calendar is National Trails Day on Saturday, June 6th. Co-hosted by REI Rockville, MORE hopes to put 75-100 people to work chopping back overgrown vines, reinforcing stream crossings, and "de-berming" eroded trail sections.

Perhaps the most exciting aspect of MORE's work with Schaeffer Farm is what the future may hold. Currently, energetic mountain bikers can ride north from the farm, via the Hoyles Mill Trail, into Black Hill Regional Park for thirty-plus miles of bliss. MORE's newest proposal is a five mile off-road trail connecting Schaeffer Farm to Clopper Lake Day Use Area and its ten miles of trail. Sounds good to us here at Trail Voice - we want "MORE" trails!

Organization Type: 501(c)(3) non-profit
Membership: http://www.more-mtb.org/members/signup.php
Donate: Network for Good
Twitter: @more_mtb

Share/Save/Bookmark

Tags: Metro Maryland Trail Work Bicycle Advocacy

Add your comment

Your name:
Subject:
Comment:

Word verification:

yvComment v.1.21.1

Trail Voice - Delivered to your Inbox

Sign-up for your weekly dose of DC Outdoors

We will never sell or share your email address

Subscribe in a reader