BEAR TRAP CREEK BIKEWAY:
SYRACUSE, NEW YORK
-BIKE IT OR HIKE IT-
Last Updated: August 01, 2025
Length: Bear
Trap Creek Bikeway; 1.7 miles.
Difficulty:
Easy. Flat paved trail.
Directions:
To start from Ley Creek parking lot
[Southern End];
From I-81 Westbound take exit 25 to 7th
N St (Route 45) and head left (east). Quickly come to Ley Creek Drive on your
left. Enter where you’ll find a parking lot is on your left.
Bear Trap Creek Bikeway travels
North-South, between I-81 and Bear Trap Creek.
Starting from the Ley Creek Drive parking
lot [Southern End];
I
have not checked out this trail. The paved Bear
Trap Creek Bikeway follows the on-ramp North,
up to and alongside I-81.
A pedestrian bridge takes you over I-80.
You pass by an access path for Richford Blvd at 0.7 miles. The trail then brings
you into the back of the Mattydale
Shopping Plaza after 1.7 miles.
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WAIVER OF RESPONSIBILITY AND DISCLAIMER
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