Your Complete Guide to Tennessee Bike Trails
Tennessee is filled with great mountain biking trails for everyone to ride. There are some smooth, fast, flowing trails, and for the more adventurous type, a few trails filled with rocks, roots, and drops. Finding a bike trail to suit your riding style is always easy in the Middle Tennessee area. You can find, and help us keep trail information updated on the Bike Trails section of the TNMB Message Board. You'll find info about trail maintenance days, trail conditions, reroutes, and more.
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Hamilton Creek There are two loops, the "lakeside" loop, which is approximately 3 miles long, with twists, turns, rocks, roots, and a few hills....and a longer, bit more intermediate/advanced 6.5 mile loop. Both trails are quite hilly, with plenty of layered rocks, roots to ride over, and a few trees to cross. Hamilton Creek is considered one of the more "technical" trails in the Nashville area. The longer trail is basically just more of what the shorter is, with a one longer climb, and a long downhill section with large rocks, roots, trees, etc...great for honing technical skills. The trail is closed when wet... Read More...
Hamilton Creek Trail Conditions >> Directions to Hamilton Creek Bike Trail >> Maps & Other Resources >> |
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Long Hunter State Park
The beginner section is newly opened with 2.8 miles of trail. It is mostly flat with no technical areas making for a fast trail. In the future will be an intermediate loop and a trials section, with a more advanced technical loop in the works... Read More...
Long Hunter State Park Trail Conditions >> Directions to Long Hunter State Park Bike Trail >> Maps & Other Resources >> |
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Chickasaw Trace
Chickasaw is suitable for all levels of Mountain Bike riders - from expert racers to 5-year-olds. Several sections of trail have been identified with the signs being constructed and installed through an Eagle Scout project. The trail is a 7.75-mile serpentine loop.
If ridden in a clockwise direction from the trailhead at the MTB parking lot, the initial four miles are relatively flat and follow Knob Creek and the Duck River. Upon entering the "Trail of Tears", the final four miles become very difficult, also known as "technical" among Mountain Bike enthusiasts. The course is designed with several... Read More...
Chickasaw Trace Trail Conditions >> Directions to Chickasaw Trace Bike Trail >> Maps & Other Resources >> |
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Montgomery Bell
The Montgomery Bell mountain bike trails consists of about 21 miles of trail with 2-3 miles more to be built before completion. The trail is located in a dedicated section of the park, on the north side of Highway 70. The trail is open only to mountain bikes.
The trail is divided into basically two sections; the east section with the easier trails (trail colors white, blue and red), and the west section (trail colors green and yellow) for advanced riders. The entire system is singletrack that winds through mature upland hardwood forest interspersed with large pine groves. The area is bisected by... Read More...
Montgomery Bell Trail Conditions >> Directions to Montgomery Bell Bike Trail >> Maps & Other Resources >> |
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LOCK 4 Mountain
This 8.5 mile trail is considered a great scramble trail. Don't let the length scare you away. It's more of a riding trail than a technical trail. The singletrack is twisty and narrow at times with some 4X4 roads for high speed.
Yellow arrows mark the main trail. Since the park is on a peninsula, it's hard to get lost, although you may repeat parts of the trail if you don't pay attention. The trails are well maintained by the Lock 4 Trailblazers. Closed when wet... Read More...
LOCK 4 Mountain Trail Conditions >> Directions to LOCK 4 Mountain Bike Trail >> Maps & Other Resources >> |
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Fairview
Fairview is extremely fun to ride as it can be challenging and fast or easy and slow. You can tell this multi-use trail was created by Mountain bikers as the numerous bridge crossings, log stacks and other fun additions make this fun.
The only thing this trail lacks is a better map and clearly defined loop options. It seems 2 or 3 rides and you'll get it down.
Yellow arrows mark the main trail. Since the park is on a peninsula, it's hard to get lost, although you may repeat parts of the trail if you don't pay attention. The trails are well maintained by the Lock 4 Trailblazers. Closed when wet... Read More...
Fairview Trail Conditions >> Directions to Fairview Bike Trail >> Maps & Other Resources >> |
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