NPS Units That Allow Mountain Biking on Some Dirt Trails
These National Park Service units allow bicycles on some dirt trails. Not all are highly publicized and, as always, make sure to check with park officials before riding.
To find more information on each NPS unit, visit www.nps.gov/parks.html
For a list of NPS units that allow mountain bikes on some dirt roads and paths, please see NPS Dirt Roads.
This draft list was last updated on May 9, 2006. If you have additions or changes to this list, please contact .
- Big Cypress National Preserve, Florida
- Bicycles are allowed on the 25-30 miles of trail in the Bear Island Unit and some trails elsewhere
- Big South Fork National River and Recreation Area, Tennessee
- More than 30 miles of trail
- Big Thicket National Preserve, Texas
- The 18-mile Big Sandy horse and bike trail
- Chaco Culture National Historic Park, New Mexico
- The Wijiji, Casa Chiquita, Kin Klizhin trails total 27 miles
- Chattahoochee River National Recreation Area, Georgia
- Check out the Sope Creek unit and get your ride permit first
- Chickasaw National Recreation Area, Oklahoma
- Twenty-two miles of trails
- City of Rocks National Reserve, Idaho
- Two trails cover 5 miles
- Everglades National Park, Florida
- Three trails totaling more than 11 miles are open to bikes
- Fort Dupont National Park, District of Columbia
- About eight miles of singletrack open to bikes
- Golden Gate National Recreation Area, California
- The Marin Headlands has a few trails open to bikes
- Grand Canyon National Park, Arizona
- Nearly four miles of the North Rim's Arizona Trail are singletrack
- Hagerman Fossil Beds National Monument, Idaho
- Head out on the 8-mile Rim-to-River Trail
- Hawai'i Volcanoes National Park, Hawaii
- Cinder trails on the island
- Lake Mead National Recreation Area, Nevada
- Seven miles of trail on two routes
- Mammoth Caves National Park, Kentucky
- Approximately 17 miles of singletrack
- New River National River, West Virginia
- Two trails totaling approximately 15 miles
- Olympic National Park, Washington
- The 4-mile Spruce Railroad Trail is open to bikes
- Petroglyph National Monument, New Mexico
- Ride on trails around three old cinder cones
- Point Reyes National Seashore, California
- Many trails allow bikes
- Redwoods National Park, California
- Fifty-one miles of singletrack split between the national and state park
- Santa Monica Mountains National Recreation Area, California
- Multiple trails, ranging from beginner to expert
- Saguaro National Park, Arizona
- The Cactus Forest Trail is 2.5 miles
- Whiskeytown National Recreation Area, California
- Approximately 64 miles of singletrack
- Wrangell-St. Elias National Park and Preserve, Alaska
- Several longer routes totaling more than 50 miles are open to bikes
- Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming
- A few lesser-known, beautiful trails are open to bicycles


