National Park Service Units with Great Riding

The Subaru/IMBA Trail Care Crew visited the NPS-managed Big South Fork National River and Recreation Area in Northeast Tennessee in 2005. Read about their visit and a NPS plan to open more trails to mountain biking in the park in the future.

Submit your favorite National Park Service unit for mountain biking here.

Canyonlands National Park, Utah

This park has outstanding riding in all three districts: Island in the Sky, Needles and The Maze. The world famous 100-mile White Rim Trail is located in this park, but there is no singletrack open to mountain biking.

Mammoth Cave National Park, Kentucky

Mammoth Cave includes some of the best singletrack riding in all the National Parks. The Turnhole Bend and Sow Hollow trails offer mountain bikers approxmately 17 miles of singletrack. The local Bowling Green League of Bicyclists have a successful mountain biking partnership with Mammoth Cave. Read a 1999 IMBA story: Mammoth Cave National Park Opens Trails to Mountain Bikers.

Redwood National Park, California

Redwood has converted miles of old logging roads into great mountain biking routes, including the Holter Ridge Trail and the Coastal Trail - a six-mile drop from ridge to ocean. There are a total of 51 miles of routes open to biking.

Saguaro National Park, Arizona

Saguaro is home to the first National Park singletrack opened to mountain bikes - the 2.5-mile Cactus Forest Trail. The trail was reopened in 2003 following a legal threat.

Wrangell/St. Elias National Park, Alaska

Mountain bikers in this remote park can access overnight cabins - if they're willing to ride old mining roads and ford icy streams.

Submit your favorite National Park Service unit for mountain biking here.

Also, if you know about a mountain biking success story in a National Park Service unit, let us know!

We'll post a list of recommended NPS rides and success stories on the IMBA website soon.