Mountain bike destinations
Every destination guide is free to read — trail systems, difficulty, parking and beginner guidance. Minnesota is our starting region.
Twin Cities North
Battle Creek
Maplewood
Something for riders of all technical abilities with 10 miles of 2-way trail. Hilly at times with relatively short climbs; mainly fast hard-pack with a few sandy sections and some rocks and roots.
Carver Lake Park
Woodbury
Elm Creek
Champlin / Maple Grove
Maple Grove's crowd-pleaser — flowy machine-built loops for every level.
Hillside Park
Elk River
Lake Rebecca
Rockford
Rockford's rolling prairie-and-woods singletrack — forever fun XC.
Lone Lake Park
Minnetonka
Rice Creek Chain of Lakes
Lino Lakes / Blaine
Sunfish Lake Park
Lake Elmo
Theodore Wirth
Minneapolis / Golden Valley
Minneapolis's in-town adventure hub, home of the Loppet.
Twin Cities (exurban)
Bertram Chain of Lakes
Monticello
MORC-maintained singletrack at Bertram Chain of Lakes Regional Park, outside the core Twin Cities metro. Mileage figures below are from third-party trail listings, not MORC's own page, and need verification.
Ki-Chi-Saga
Lindstrom
MORC-maintained trail outside the core Twin Cities metro, near Lake Ki-Chi-Saga.
Twin Cities South
Braemar
Edina
Cottage Grove Bike Park
Cottage Grove
Primarily a jump/skills bike park rather than cross-country singletrack, per MORC volunteer accounts.
Lebanon Hills
Eagan
Eagan's twisty, technical classic — every skill test packed into one loop.
Minnesota River Bottoms
Bloomington's wild river-flat singletrack — flat, fast, and gloriously weird.
Minnesota River Trail
Bloomington / Burnsville / Savage
Monarch Singletrack
Victoria
MORC-built and maintained singletrack at Three Rivers Park District's Carver Park Reserve. Five loops from easy to advanced plus an advanced skills area ("Paradise Playground"), including a trail built with adapted cycles in mind.
Murphy-Hanrehan
Prior Lake / Savage
Savage's punchy climbs and rocky descents in a hidden regional park.
Salem Hills
Inver Grove Heights
Terrace Oaks
Burnsville
North Shore
Britton Peak
Tofte's North Shore gem — rocky, rooted, and drenched in boreal beauty.
Duluth Traverse
100+ mile cross-town singletrack ribbon connecting all of Duluth's neighborhoods.
Pincushion Mountain
Grand Marais overlook trails with sweeping ridge-top vistas.
Spirit Mountain
Lift-served gravity park overlooking Lake Superior — jumps, berms, and big-mountain views.
Split Rock Wilds
Beaver Bay backcountry singletrack with rugged Superior views.
Iron Range
Cuyuna Country
Crosby / Ironton
Reclaimed former iron-ore mine with red dirt, turquoise mine lakes, and roughly 70 miles of singletrack across five areas.
Giants Ridge
Biwabik
Four-season resort on Minnesota's Iron Range. Lift-served gravity mountain bike park plus cross-country singletrack through Superior National Forest.
Hidden Valley Recreation Area
Ely, Minnesota
Purpose-built singletrack in Ely, operated and groomed by the Ely Nordic Ski and Bike Club. Actively under multi-phase construction — total mileage not yet reconciled across sources.
Joyce Estates
Grand Rapids (Trout Lake area), Minnesota
A mowed, easygoing historic-estate trail on Trout Lake in the Chippewa National Forest, about 30 minutes north of Grand Rapids.
Legion Trail System
Grand Rapids, Minnesota
The first designated singletrack in Itasca County — tight, twisty, technical woods trail wrapping around Hale Lake in Grand Rapids.
Redhead Mountain Bike Park
Chisholm
Public multi-use trail system built into a reclaimed, water-filled iron mine pit. Free to ride, open 7 days a week except heavy rain/seasonal changeover. Opened 2020.
Tioga Recreation Area
Cohasset
Reclaimed former iron mine (Tioga No. 2 Mine) turned mountain bike destination on 500 wooded acres between two lakes. Opened 2020.