The Harrisburg Bicycle Club’s Three Creek Century cycling event will take place on Sunday, September 21, 2025.
Registration will open April 2025.
The Three Creek Century is the Harrisburg Bicycle Club’s largest fund-raiser. Revenues from this event fund HBC operating expenses plus HBC’s Grant Program, which provides financial support to local non-profit organizations focused on cycling and wellness.
Our event is well known for our friendly volunteers, beautiful routes, and great food, including homemade soup and hundreds of freshly baked cookies!
Please support the club and Central Pennsylvania cycling community by registering for the event, volunteering, or both!
Location: The Three Creek Century is held at the Penn Township Volunteer Fire Company (VFC) complex located at 1750 Pine Road, Newville PA 17241. Please note this location is not the Penn Township Supervisors Office on Centerville Rd. Our event takes place at the Volunteer Fire Company site on Pine Rd.
We ride rain or shine. All routes start and finish at the Penn Township VFC site, except the Cumberland Valley Rail Trail, which starts at the Newville Trailhead located at 23 McFarland St. in Newville, PA.
Routes: For 2025, we will have new routes! The scenic 29.8 mile Opossum Lake Route is back by popular demand, and a new 21.3 mile loop to the historic Borough of Newville will offer gentle terrain with more beautiful creek side riding. Routes will be finalized by August and will include:
- 11 mile King Gap Climb
- 18 mile Cumberland Valley Rail Trail route (crushed stone surface)
- 21 mile Newville 21 route
- 30 mile Opossum Lake route
- 47 mile Big Spring Reverse with South Mountain Challenge
- 51 mile Big Spring Reverse route
- 62 mile Metric Century (Big Spring Reverse + Kings Gap Climb)
- 102 mile Full Century (Big Spring R.+ Opossum Lake + Newville)
All road routes (but not the unpaved Cumberland Valley Rail Trial, see address above) start and end at the Penn Township VFC, so you can easily combine the routes for other combinations. This event is a ride, not a race, and there’s a route for every type of rider!
We will provide links to cue sheets and Ride with GPS files for all routes.
Three Creek Century T-shirts
When registration opens, check out the Registration page for pictures of this year’s Three Creek Century T-shirts and how to order!
Trifecta certified!
The Central Pennsylvania Cycling Trifecta option is back again this year! The Trifecta consists of Central PA’s three premier cycling events:
- Tiffany’s Pink Pedal RideSaturday, August 9, 2025
- Lancaster Covered Bridge Classic in Lancaster, PASunday, August 17, 2025
- Three Creek Century in Newville, PASunday, September 21, 2025
If you register for the Trifecta, you will get all three premier cycling events for $125, a $15 dollar savings over the cost of registering for each event individually. In addition, all who register for the Trifecta will get a special commemorative gift (soon to be announced). Gifts for Trifecta registrants can be picked up at the Three Creek Century registration desk on the day of the event.
To register for all three Trifecta events at once, just click on the link below.
(Trifecta registration link coming soon)
2024 Three Creek Century Photos