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Best Mountain Biking in Texas

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#1. The Anthills / Terry Hershey Park

  
I had been dragging around Houston for a couple of days, riding a bunch of stuff that I had seen before, and I fell into this place. Terry Hershey Park has some of the nicest trails in Texas. Not the…
From the guidebook "Mountain Bike! Texas and Oklahoma"
Houston , TX - Mountain Biking - 16 miles    Best Trail in TX - Click to view allBestMountain Biking Trail - Click to view all (About Top Trails)
Published by Menasha Ridge Press

#2. Memorial Park Trails

  
This is all a lot of Houston mountain bikers know. And this is still the quintessential Houston-area mountain bike trail. The older maze of ridiculousness and general foolish riding has become a thing…
From the guidebook "Mountain Bike! Texas and Oklahoma"
Houston , TX - Mountain Biking - 6 miles    Best Trail in TX - Click to view all (About Top Trails)
Published by Menasha Ridge Press

#3. Arbor Hills Nature Preserve Mountain Bike Trail

  
Five minutes from where I live, and then about ten light years to the left of everyday life. This is a delightful place to forget the city grind. You’ll forget you’re still in a tiny corner of the Met…
From the guidebook "Mountain Bike! Texas and Oklahoma"
Plano , TX - Mountain Biking - 2 miles    Best Trail in TX - Click to view all (About Top Trails)
Published by Menasha Ridge Press

#4. Northshore Trail

  
This is Mecca, the trail people think of when they talk about north Texas. Most folks just call it Lake Grapevine, but there are two other nice trails on Grapevine Lake. Still, this is the only trail…
From the guidebook "Mountain Bike! Texas and Oklahoma"
Flower Mound , TX - Mountain Biking - 18 miles    Best Trail in TX - Click to view all (About Top Trails)
Published by Menasha Ridge Press

#5. McAllister Park Trails

  
There is some pretty cool trail in here. Not the hardest in the state, or the prettiest, but worthy woods just the same. There are trails and trails and trails out here—you may wonder if you know wher…
From the guidebook "Mountain Bike! Texas and Oklahoma"
San Antonio , TX - Mountain Biking - 20 miles    Best Trail in TX - Click to view all (About Top Trails)
Published by Menasha Ridge Press

#6. Flat Rock Ranch

  
This is one of the finest rides anywhere. There are long, serious climbs and screaming, blistering downhills, all connected by some expertly designed and maintained single-track. The folks who own thi…
From the guidebook "Mountain Bike! Texas and Oklahoma"
Comfort , TX - Mountain Biking - 18 miles   
Published by Menasha Ridge Press

#7. Boulder Park Trail

  
This is still an excellent trail—I have enjoyed every ride I’ve ever done here. It has more climbs than a lot of local trails, and it’s tougher because of the loose limestone surface that predominates…
From the guidebook "Mountain Bike! Texas and Oklahoma"
Dallas , TX - Mountain Biking - 10 miles   
Published by Menasha Ridge Press

#8. Huntsville State Park

  
A fun, fast course for riders of all levels, Huntsville is an East Texas biker’s playground. This place is loaded with lots of smooth singletrack covered with cushy pine needles, and the low swampy ar…
From the guidebook "Mountain Biking Texas"
Huntsville , TX - Mountain Biking - 9.5 miles   
Published by Falcon Publishing

#9. Jack Brooks Park Trail

  
I don’t need filler, at this point, and if I didn’t like riding here I would have left the Jack Brooks Park out. I dig it, the gumbo reminds me of home, and the short ups and downs are really exciting…
From the guidebook "Mountain Bike! Texas and Oklahoma"
Hitchcock , TX - Mountain Biking - 5 miles   
Published by Menasha Ridge Press

#10. Barton Creek Greenbelt

  
This is the Big Dawg, the Granddaddy, the Numero Uno and A-Number One, of all Texas mountain bike rides. As far as I know—and I think history will bear me out on this—this is the original. An escape f…
From the guidebook "Mountain Bike! Texas and Oklahoma"
Austin , TX - Mountain Biking - 16 miles   
Published by Menasha Ridge Press

#11. DORBA Trail

  
We started building this trail in 1993. Steve Mayo was the man who laid most of it out, and countless other people helped flag and cut and still help groom it to this day. This place gets a couple of…
From the guidebook "Mountain Bike! Texas and Oklahoma"
Dallas , TX - Mountain Biking - 11 miles   
Published by Menasha Ridge Press

#12. "The Breaks" at Bar-H Ranch

  
Well, just go ahead and dig me a hole up on the ‘bone, you can bury me right there when I go on to mountain bike heaven. This place is almost too good to be true. Many miles of superior trails, friend…
From the guidebook "Mountain Bike! Texas and Oklahoma"
Saint Jo , TX - Mountain Biking - 20 miles   
Published by Menasha Ridge Press

#13. Memorial Park

  
Smack-dab in the middle of the third biggest city in the nation is this beautiful park full of really fun singletrack. A jogging path and soccer and baseball fields make this park a prime athlete’s de…
From the guidebook "Mountain Biking Texas"
Houston , TX - Mountain Biking - 6 miles   
Published by Falcon Publishing

#14. Double Lake Park Mountain Bike Trail

  
This is a fine trail, a fun place to ooze along or to ride hard. Your choice. You can bring your kids or your beginner-level significant other and they won’t hate you. This is a trail that anyone shou…
From the guidebook "Mountain Bike! Texas and Oklahoma"
Cleveland , TX - Mountain Biking - 8 miles   
Published by Menasha Ridge Press

#15. Franklin Mountains State Park Trail

  
There’s some serious elevation out here in El Paso, and these are some serious trails. Beautiful views of the Franklin Mountains and a seemingly endless spread of open land make this a trail worthy of…
From the guidebook "Mountain Biking Texas"
El Paso , TX - Mountain Biking - 15 miles   
Published by Falcon Publishing

#16. Barton Creek Greenbelt

  
A long, forested ride along the banks of Barton Creek through the middle of Austin, the Greenbelt Trail has something for everyone. The main trail is an enjoyable trek for beginners and experts alike,…
From the guidebook "Mountain Biking Texas"
Austin , TX - Mountain Biking - 15 miles   
Published by Falcon Publishing

#17. L.B. Houston Nature Trail

  
This is still my favorite trail. It is an excellent place for a beginner to start finding their dirt-legs. In fact, I probably learned to ride a mountain bike here. I mean really learned about tossing…
From the guidebook "Mountain Bike! Texas and Oklahoma"
Dallas , TX - Mountain Biking - 5 miles   
Published by Menasha Ridge Press

#18. Brazos Bend State Park

  
A good trip for the whole family, with practically no elevation change and all smooth surfaces. Gator sightings are likely here as well, so if you do bring the kids, keep an eye on them. Two words: pa…
From the guidebook "Mountain Biking Texas"
Richmond , TX - Mountain Biking - 8 miles   
Published by Falcon Publishing

#19. Rowlett Creek Nature Preserve Trails

  
Oh man, this place is sweet. It’s a series of single-track loops right in the middle of a major Metromess suburb. It has something to offer riders of all skill and endurance levels. There’s enough eas…
From the guidebook "Mountain Bike! Texas and Oklahoma"
Garland , TX - Mountain Biking - 10 miles   
Published by Menasha Ridge Press

#20. Walnut Creek Trails

  
This place is marvelous. Fine, tight single-track, with creek crossings and jumps, that swoops up and down and around and through Walnut Creek. You have to either know your way around or be led by som…
From the guidebook "Mountain Bike! Texas and Oklahoma"
Austin , TX - Mountain Biking - 10 miles   
Published by Menasha Ridge Press

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