Originally Posted by
The Human Car
I've been trying to get a straight answer on that as it is a misuse of transportation funds to close a transportation facility at night but then again the park cannot be responsible for things that might happen at night and it seems the legals do not have a way of saying "use at night is at your own risk" so they have to say closed at night.
So far I have never been stopped at night and there seems to be a fair amount of joggers using the trail at night, a few stories I have heard that if the park ranger stops you, it is just a warning but lets you ride the trail anyway.
In the late Spring and during the Summer it's nasty at night, unless you like eating bugs or like getting them in your eyes or up your nose!
Where there's water, there'll be swarms.
If you drive to the trail, make sure that you pick a lot that doesn't have a locking guard rail. I had a flat coming back from PA and got caught in the dark. I didn't get locked in, but I was afraid that I could have been.
Also, in some places on the trail, cell phones won't work... no signal.