Best Mountain Biking in Nebraska

This list represents the most popular mountain biking in Nebraska (learn more about Top Trails). Use this list to plan your next Nebraska mountain biking trip. Select a state and/or activity below to find even more top trails.

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#1. Eugene T. Mahoney State Park

Located just north of Interstate 80, between Omaha and Lincoln. Mahoney State Park, open year-round, is Nebraska's most modern state park, offering three to four miles of single-track hiking trails si…

From the guidebook "Mountain Bike! The Great Plains States"
Ashland , NE - Mountain Biking - 4 miles

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#2. Platte River State Park

Located about 20 miles southwest of Omaha and 3 miles west of Louisville in Cass County. Platte River State Park consists largely of a series of forested bluffs facing out over the broad expanse of th…

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Louisville , NE - Mountain Biking - 8 miles

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#3. Fort Robinson State Park

Fort Robinson is 3 miles west of Crawford in Sioux and Dawes Counties. An 18-mile trail network has been designated for mountain bike use in the Smiley Canyon-Soldier Creek area of Fort Robinson Park.…

From the guidebook "Mountain Bike! The Great Plains States"
Crawford , NE - Mountain Biking - 12 miles

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#4. MoPac East Recreation Trail

The trail corridor runs form the eastern outskirts of Lincoln in Lancaster County to a point east of Wabash in Cass County. Running easy from Lincoln into the rural countryside is Nebraska's major rai…

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Lincoln , NE - Mountain Biking - 18 miles

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#5. Indian Cave State Park

Located on the bluffs of the Missouri River, 15 miles southeast of Brownville between Nemaha and Richardson Counties. This is perhaps the premier mountain biking destination in eastern Nebraska, featu…

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Brownville , NE - Mountain Biking - 15 miles

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#6. Wilderness Park

Located adjacent to the city of Lincoln. This wooded corridor along Salt Creek contains at least ten miles of single-track trails on either side of some old stream channels that wind through thick woo…

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Lincoln , NE - Mountain Biking - 10 miles

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#7. Chadron State Park

The park is 8 miles south of the town of Chadron in Dawes County. Situated near the center of the most extensively forested area on the Pine Ridge escarpment, Chadron State park is a great base of ope…

From the guidebook "Mountain Bike! The Great Plains States"
Chadron , NE - Mountain Biking - 4 miles

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#8. Schramm Park State Recreation Area

Located between Lincoln and Omaha, 6 miles south of Interstate 80, in Sarpy County. This trail system consists of mostly moderate single-track trails that meander through some forested hills overlooki…

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Gretna , NE - Mountain Biking - 3 miles

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#9. Ponca State Park

Located on the Missouri River, north of the town of Ponca in Dixon County, about 20 miles northwest of Sioux City, Iowa. Ponca State Park is located in a hilly, oak hardwood forest area overlooking on…

From the guidebook "Mountain Bike! The Great Plains States"
Ponca , NE - Mountain Biking - 10 miles

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#10. Pine Ridge National Recreation Area

The recreation area is approximately 20 miles southwest of Chadron, accessible on county and forest service roads from US 20.The Pine Ridge National Recreation Area is a non-motorized use area, a good…

From the guidebook "Mountain Bike! The Great Plains States"
Chadron , NE - Mountain Biking - 20 miles

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#11. Niobrara State Park

Niobrara State Park is located on the confluence of the Missouri and Niobrara rivers just west of the town of Niobrara in Knox County. The open ridges of the state park provide a dramatic panorama lik…

From the guidebook "Mountain Bike! The Great Plains States"
Niobrara , NE - Mountain Biking - 8 miles

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#12. Nebraska National Forest / Bessey Division

Located two miles west of Halsey in Thomas County. A network of trails, gravel roads, and four-wheel-drive tracks contains over 40 miles of possible riding in this unique environment of North America'…

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Halsey , NE - Mountain Biking - 20 miles

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#13. Fort Kearny Hike-Bike Trail

Located in Fort Kearny State Recreation area, 9 miles southeast of the city of Kearney, in Kearney and Buffalo Counties. This is an easy two-mile linear trail on an old railroad grade that crosses the…

From the guidebook "Mountain Bike! The Great Plains States"
Kearney , NE - Mountain Biking - 4 miles

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#14. Cottonmill Park and Recreation Area

Located adjacent to the city of Kearney in Buffalo County. Cottonmill Park is a pleasant facility in an otherwise flat, agricultural area of central Nebraska. About four miles of mostly single-track t…

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Kearney , NE - Mountain Biking - 4 miles

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#15. Pine Ridge Trail / Eastern Trail Group

Located about 6 miles south of Chadron in Dawes County. This section of the Nebraska National Forest, east of US 385 and Chadron State Park, offers some of the greatest variety of Pine Ridge mountain…

From the guidebook "Mountain Bike! The Great Plains States"
Chadron , NE - Mountain Biking - 10 miles

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