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Avg Rating:	52 trail reviews
Status: Open updated 10/10/09 by psychopilot27 Closed Open Wet / Sketchy	Difficulty: Intermediate
Length: 9 miles	Global Rank: 19
Tread: Singletrack	Configuration: Loop
Ridden: 295	Wishlist: 81
Avg. Speed: 7.53 mph	Avg. Time: 0hr 59min

 

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reviewed by fastcat on October 22, 2009

Whoever is responsible for the creation behind Blankets should be applauded, because it truely has something for everyone. This seems to be the best maintained trail system near Atlanta. I have ridden it since its beginning and it continues to grow and expand as Atlanta's premier place to Mtn Bike. I usually judge trails by when you FIRST ride them. Are there too many climbs. Are there too many decents. Can I get lost easy. How is the general flow of the trail. All rate excellent in my mind. This is a great trail system if you are new to Mtn Biking, because it will allow you to grow and challenge yourself due to the many levels of trails.

  
reviewed by anewell1146 on September 14, 2009

best trail around, no doubt about it.. van michael trail was a blast

  
reviewed by a2t on September 5, 2009

great local ride, would venture to say nothing as good this close to ATL. The south loop is very challanging, if you can ride this fast you're doing well. van micheals is great too. I seem to compare every ride to this place, nothing matches it yet - chicopee, horse park, yargo, dawsetts, not even Tsali. I for 1 am thankful for a great ride nearby.

Similar Trail: horse park, yargo, chicopee, dawsetts

  
reviewed by sntruitt on August 16, 2009

Hey "left-wing" llove naps!! Get the $@#$ off our trails and stay out!!! this is by far the best trails around. The US Army Corps of Engineers did a fantastic job!! I enjoyed it and cannot wait to get back!

Similar Trail: Fort Yargo, Yellow River, Harbins Park, Tribble Mill

  
reviewed by eagle09ga on July 27, 2009

Really enjoyed this trail, very well kept and had many different difficulty choices. Lots of rock on the mid difficulty range, but not too many steep inclines. Views are also great along the lake section.

  
reviewed by garbageingarbageout on July 15, 2009

To Ilovenaps and strendley - It's difficult to converse with brain dead people but here goes: ilovenaps is obviously a girly man who cannot ride anything but asphalt and knows nothing about mtb riding - whines about one of the best mtb trails anywhere - unbelievable. strendly whines about riding the wrong way - he is probably one of the weenie brats seen on the trails going the wrong way without a helmet. I am 68 and have ridden those trails almost daily for 11 years - including the new advanced van michaels trail which ilovenaps evidently couldn't navigate. strendley - we are anal about safety and when people are seen going the wrong way or without a helmet we call it to their attention - but if you prefer to go the wrong way that's fine - just helps clear out the gene pool. It's people like these, who NEVER contribute in any way to trail systems, volunteer wise or financially, that do the most whining - you boys need a good spanking.

  
reviewed by Narcosis on July 12, 2009

This location with it's multiple trails offers a multitude of adversity for all rider levels. It's easily accessible and very well maintained by the Woodstock SORBA group. The nap lover who commented previously on these trails is a troll and idiot. I'm sure Decatur, GA has much better offerings so stay down there in the shallow end of the gene pool and stick to the streets if you can't handle roots. The sport is mountain biking, not quilting, so QQ.

Similar Trail: Green Ridge State Forest, Jones Mill Run, Roaring Run

  
reviewed by JSurratt on July 6, 2009

This trail has been kept up very good. Lots of fun with downhill with some technical parts on the trails. I will definitely hit this trail again when in N. Georgia area. On the trail we saw a couple of doe's with 2 fawns crossing our path.....we don't see much wildlife on our home trails here in Central Florida.....exciting to see.

Similar Trail: Tsali Thompson Loop, Tsali Mouse Branch, Tsali Right & Left Loops....(tough workouts)

  
reviewed by ilovenaps on July 2, 2009

Ah expectations can lead to such disappointment. After reading these trail review we hit this trail around 11 AM on a Thursday. Parking lot was fairly packed, everything is well marked, easy to find. We rode both the Dwellers loop as well as the South loop and the beginners loop. Here is where I should remind you where this trail is, Cherokee County GA, the armpit of OTP Atlanta full of misguided pseudo Christians and people who are actually ignorant and uneducated enough to like Sarah Palin. The same wonderful county that brought GA more international embarrassment when the school system wanted warning stickers on science books about evolution. Full of cookie cutter generic subdivisions, the very definition of ugly strip malls and poorly designed urban sprawl (see highway 92 for an example). Should have known just from the location to lower my expectations… What should and could be an epic ride is not. While there are flashes of fun and brilliance, the trail is just not really fun. Rocks are fine, technical are fine, but most parts felt like riding in a washed out riverbed full of rocks that are basically gravel. Most parts where you’d want to go fast it’s either to sandy, rocky or too many roots. It never really followed the punishment/reward ratio…. Roots, jeez, everywhere on this trail something wants to pop your tire. I don’t know if its from wear and tear, poor maintenance or what but there are way too many annoying pointless roots that make what would be a fun fast single track in to a bumpy and just no fun ride. If it weren’t for the Deer I nearly hit on the trail as well as some pleasant lake views and a FEW fun sections (the other reviewer was dead on about the sheer drops, very nice) I’d give this trail a 2. The Freedom Parkway PATH trail is more fun than this.

Similar Trail: Chicopee, Yellow River

  
reviewed by enoeht on June 7, 2009

This trail system has somthign for everyone. South Loop (My personal favorite) is serious fun with obstacles every 15 feet it seems. rock beds, etc. The trail at 2 points run alon a 70 Degree drop off of about 50 to 60 ft down, its pretty fun. Dwelling was jsut extended by about .5 Miles. They are doing a great job out there and working hard on it. Soon it will be part of the http://greenprintsalliance.org/

  
reviewed by GoldenGoose on May 24, 2009

A great set of trails nestled into the city of Holly Springs just outside of Atlanta. A Top 3 ride in the Metro area along with Chicopee and the Olympic trails in Conyers. Trails for all levels plus a skills section. Well maintained and frequently updated. Unfortunately, the cat is WAAAAY out of the bag on this place and it can get busy.

Similar Trail: Chicopee Woods Olympic Horse Park

  
reviewed by amkleimann on December 23, 2008

new trail (area 51) has been open for a few months. rated as advanced. i'm new so i don't know how that goes, but it's alot of fun. good climbs, fast decents.

  
reviewed by Frank_C on September 22, 2008

Fantastic trail system with something for everyone. I rode the new Area51 trail this past weekend. It has some steep climbs, tight turns at cliffs, a few roots and rocks, and some tight singletrack.

  
reviewed by DerekSipe on August 15, 2008

The description needs to be updated for this trail. There are two additional trails added: Mosquitto Bite ~2 miles, which is slightly more difficult than the existing beginner loop Van Micheal Trail ~4 miles, which is another advanced trail. So total miles is about 13 miles. This is a must ride for the Atlanta area.* Review edited 8/15/2008

* Review edited 8/15/2008

Similar Trail: Big Creek

  
reviewed by sbolch46 on August 4, 2008

Great workout trail. No serious hazards, but it's a great place to hone your skills. Has several water washes that offer a cool downhill challenge ending up on the beach of lake Allatoona.

* Review edited 8/4/2008

  
reviewed by flamdrag8 on August 3, 2008

This trail was a 9 1/2 out of 10. It was fast, fun, tech, and beautiful. It would have been perfect if it wasn't for a couple of down trees. A great trail system with something for everyone!

Similar Trail: iron legs

  
reviewed by mountainmaninga on July 31, 2008

Great progressive trail system. Every trail was built different in personality. Mosquito Flats is super flat for beginners. Mosquito Bite introduces hills and creek crossings. Dwelling adds in flowing turns, mild roots and rocks and how to learn gears. Racers love it for fast flowing speed. This opens you up to the advanced loops. South is tight and technical with lots of roots and rocks. VMT (the new loop opened a month ago) is a climbing/descending roller coaster. It is the advanced cardio trail that was machine cut to give it a different feeling based on the extreme contour of the terrain. Something for everyone. Crowded on the weekends, but the trail directional system limits the number of run-ins with other riders.

* Review edited 7/31/2008

Similar Trail: Chicopee Woods

  
reviewed by bmanus on July 28, 2008

Great trails for staying in good riding shape. Great after-work or weekend morning ride. A 4th loop (Advanced rating) is now open.

  
reviewed by fsugator on July 21, 2008

I love living so close to such a good trail. There is something for everyone. The beginner is right up front, so you can warm up on that on your way to the harder ones. The South Loop is most difficult...it's not going to kill you, but you can make it harder depending on how fast you want to do it. I haven't tried the new area that just opened, but it looks to be fun, too. Some people complain about "too crowded", but what do you expect so close to town? The riders of Atlanta should be happy to have such a well-balanced and well-maintained trail system so close to town. Enjoy.

Similar Trail: Any one with lots of options like this one.

  
reviewed by seenvic on June 26, 2008

In this case "they" are SORBA. You should support them with a membership and perhaps help "them" if you have the time. Become part of it - make the MTB community stronger. Once you join, "they did it" becomes "we did it".

* Review edited 6/26/2008

  
reviewed by zsnau734 on June 25, 2008

Love it love it love it. They have something for everyone with really easy beginner trails to advanced technical trails. Moderate length trails allow for variable riding lengths while not being too short to make a boring day of turning circles.

  
reviewed by kkudlac on June 25, 2008

Great XC Trail system with Beginner, Intermediate, and 2 Advanced loops.

  
reviewed by RunandBike0519 on June 23, 2008

Blankets Creek, is a great place to ride, with a little for all, the newest section Area 51/Van Michael, is the best, fast in some sections and that very technical in others.

Similar Trail: Big Creek.

  
reviewed by strendley on May 23, 2008

this trail has def. improved over the last few yrs. its one of the most challenging rides closest to the city but not worth the drive if u like the purity of riding. The people that maintain & often ride the trails are super anal about trail direction. They will yell at you if ur headed the wrong way- and its not a happy n ride place- everytime i make the journey there someone is an a-hole to me. I learned to ride out west where riding is about the love of riding!!!! this place is full of jerks

Similar Trail: anyone in the city a much better pick is yellow river- at least the people out there are cool

  
reviewed by Beau on April 14, 2008

this was my first trail in georgia and it was great! coming from these virginia trails it was a nice change. the rocks brought in a new aspect, compared to miles of roots. overall i had a great ride and it was a blast.

  
reviewed by trent34 on March 22, 2008

this is the best place to go on the north side! the trails are well maintaned and there are curently 3 loops a beginner that is 1 mile an intermedeate that is like 3.7 and a experienced that is 4.2. they are also curently adding about 8 more miles of single track! Although the long loop does have those stupid rock gardens that just c*** all over your ride but other than that there is some great seenery by the river. great elevation chngge too for being so close to town. i love this place and will constantly go back. oh and for the best ride do the beginner first the the intermediate (which is really fast) and then the hard loop gets you about 9 miles plus the new single track (called "area 51" looks like it will be real fast and hard too.

  
reviewed by strendley on November 15, 2007

fun quick trails- good learning spot and place to work on skills. reminds of the fun challenging trails in my favorite trails home Arizona. close enough to the city but a great ride in nature

  
reviewed by specializedfanatic on October 28, 2007

excellent trail sorba woodstock takes good care of the trail. i went out there to help.if your advanced you will go fast. good length.good ride if you dont want any technical sections and just want and excercised ride.great layout

Similar Trail: bearcreek for downhill and climb and central park for begginer ride

  
reviewed by zsnau734 on October 17, 2007

Nice trail system close to Atlanta.

  
reviewed by aabiking on October 15, 2007

Man, this trail has to be the most used trail that I have every ridden. The parking lot was packed. Mosquito flats and the dwelling trails were congested but when I hit the South loop I seemed to be all by myself. The trails are not very technical but they are fun and fast. Oh yeah, if you are single and looking for a female riding friend or what ever. This place was crawling with female ridders. I will be trying out the night riding tomorrow night for a different feel of the course. I believe this will be an awsome night course.

  
reviewed by Nickelsonx1 on July 29, 2007

great trail for a quick after work ride.

  
reviewed by hophead on July 23, 2007

Three great singletrack loops at three different levels from beginner to intermediate to advanced. All three are great fun.

  
reviewed by Hyper on May 15, 2007

Very fun trail. There are three loops with various difficulties. Very fun as you can warm up, get down and dirty, and repeat until your bum gives out. Probably the best place to ride around Atlanta.

  
reviewed by harohomeboy on February 8, 2007

These trails are awesome. This is one of my favorite places to ride. The South Loop has some pretty tough climbs, but it makes up for it with downhills. The Dwelling loop is a perfect combination of up and down. If you go here you really need to make sure you have a chance to ride both directions because it is like a completely new trail when ridden the other way. There is a sign that tells which direction on which day. Check it out!!

  
reviewed by sandm96 on November 23, 2006

Rode it last night with a few friends. Great trail for night riding. Do the whole thing! It's fun. Trail is in good shape. Leaves have been raked off.

Similar Trail: Tsali (N.C.), Swayback Bridge (Alabama), Long Hunter (Nashville)

  
reviewed by madlion on October 20, 2006

One of the best trail systems around Atlanta. Something for everyone and growing.

  
reviewed by mscaldas on October 2, 2006

The Dwelling is an excellent trail for not so advanced people. this is the second trail I tried out (the other one is Big Creek, Roswell) and loved it. The pace is fast with some technicals to make it interesting... Up and down hills well balanced, so you can catch your breath and keep going. Even though, if it's too much, there's a rest area about half way. Honestly, I forgot to donate the $1 they ask for, but hey.. I promise to tip it double next time I'm there and hopefully will not take long :-)

Similar Trail: Big Creek, but the intemediate trails are much more technicall!

  
reviewed by sandm96 on September 21, 2006

Just rode it yesterday for the first time in a couple weeks. Rode Mosquito flats to south loop, then explored some new (to me) trails that split off of mosquito flats a couple hundred yards from the access trail. These trails appear well ridden in most parts, though they are not mapped anywhere. They are numerous, mostly advanced on the skill level, not as rocky as south loop, and not as smooth or flowing as the intermediate loop. It follows the creek for a ways, then turns right up into some hills with many options. We ended up against a neighborhood where there was a little loop/figure 8 type trail with Named sections like "Tims Route" and others. There were little burmed turns to knee high kickers going downhill and a couple of well buit skinnies across some streams. It was a neat little area. There was even a diclamer sign about riding at your own risk. From that section, we traversed towards the lakes, landed on some more well established trails, hit a few killer climbs, on of which we had to push up mostly. At the top there was what appeared some kind of access trail, looked like atv's had been on it, but not chewed up or thrashed. We rode around that for a while, then back down hill to the creek, followed that trail back to Mosquito flats. About 5 miles worth of exploring these trails. The area has a lot of potential. There are a lot of f**ed of areas as if someone is planning on building some more trails. This would be a great addition to the Blankets Creek Trails. It was a fresh change, don't get me wrong, I love Blankets, but I love finding new trails to ride too.

Similar Trail: Swayback Bridge (in Wetumpka, Alabama)

  
reviewed by ATLChris on August 25, 2006

Enough Uphills to keep you pedaling hard, but enough downhills a technical parts to keep you wanting to ride. One of my favorite rides in the Atlanta area.

Similar Trail: Dauset Trails Nature Center

  
reviewed by skoot13 on August 13, 2006

just started rinding fun ride but kicked my *ss will be back again and again

  
reviewed by rmurph4 on July 7, 2006

A TON OF FUN! Something for everyone here. Good trails, great climbs and fast stretches, and tons of fun obstacles to keep things interesting. A must ride for anyone in the atlanta area.

Similar Trail: Yellow river

  
reviewed by dano on May 29, 2006

fun trail well maintained with trails for every skill level advanced trail gives big adrenaline rush in some areas with great down hills

Similar Trail: It's not one of SORBA's trails but a good begginers trail it's call Iron Hill and it in red top mtn. state park with neat bridges and great scenery.

  
reviewed by retaxsys on May 22, 2006

Blankets Creek is probably the best option for in town riders. This trail sees a good volume of riders, but the trail is long a winding enough that you never get the feeling of crowding. Extensively maintained and frequently modified to create new sections and add (and sometimes remove) technical features. No one would ever call BC an "epic" ride, but it offers plenty of rolling sections with tight, hairpin turns to give your brakes a workout. The climb to the top of Breazy Hill is guranteed to riase your heart rate. Watch out for kids on Mosquito Flats...

Similar Trail: Big Creek

  
reviewed by rwattsii on April 16, 2006

Good trail. Combine all three loops for a decent ride. Very well maintained, lots of people on the weekend, so be prepared to pull over or wait for someone to pull over.

  
reviewed by Rebus on August 28, 2005

This is a fun trail to blast around. Combine all the loops and it makes for a pretty darn good workout. It has enough uphill to keep you breathing hard, and enough quick downhill to keep you interested. I loved the shaded, tight, twsity stuff that ran alongside the lake. This was a fun trail and I can fully understand why it is so popular. One note: If you do feel the need to stop, don't pause for too long or the mosquitos will eat you alive.

  
reviewed by kberryman on June 30, 2005

Great for riders of all levels. Very organized and easy to follow, even if you've never been there. the expert and intermediate loops will give you about 9 miles of singletrack. Couldn't ask for anything better. A must ride!!

Similar Trail: Yellow River

  
reviewed by Grummer21 on February 19, 2005

These trails are awesome. The beginner trail is very easy but can get you breathing hard if done very fast. There is also a nice jump which you can get pretty good air on in this trail. The other two trails are relatively hard but can be done without dismounting. They also offer many good views througout the trails. This place is a must to check out if you live in the area.

Similar Trail: Yellow River

  
reviewed by jbersch on October 18, 2004

Three main trails in total, including a very easy beginner trail. Advanced trail is only slightly more difficult than the intermediate. These are crusiers--few technical sections but lots of turns. It is very popular. If you're looking for a fun aerobic workout and don't want to worry about getting lost, this place if for you. Few roots, rocks, etc.. smooth trails, nothing too steep.

Similar Trail: Chicopee Woods

  
reviewed by hardtailer on June 15, 2004

Nice selection of well maintained trails, but I've found nothing to technical. If you're alone and looking for someone to ride with, chances are you'll find someone here for a nice lakefront stroll.

Similar Trail: Chicopee Woods

  
reviewed by GArider2004 on May 17, 2004

Headbolt, what kind of comment is that? You can stay in the saddle on anything. Get better traction too seated too. This trail is a great after work ride. Go faster and longer if you are Headbolt strong and need more of a work out.

Similar Trail: Yellow River

  
reviewed by adhart on April 15, 2004

The best riding in the area! Can't say enough good stuff about this trail system. They've got a 1.2 mile beginner, 3.7 mile inter, 4.5 mile advanced, and an abstacle course. Go there...now.

  
reviewed by mudhunny on pre 2003

Blankets Creek is a relatively new SORBA addition to the Atlanta trail system. From the parking lot there is about 0.5 miles of singletrack that takes you to the creek. Cross the creek and check the sign to see which direction to ride the loop (alternates daily). There is a good variety of climbs and descents either way you go. The trail can be ridden very fast and there are few really rocky or technical sections. A fun ride when you can't head up to the mountains.

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