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Malabar Scrub Sanctuary Mountain Bike Trail
Malabar, Florida
MTB TRAIL STATS
Avg Rating:   |
9 trail reviews |
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Status: updated 11/12/11 by Bonsai-CP |
Difficulty:  Intermediate |
| Length: 10 miles | Global Rank: #997 |
| Tread: Singletrack | Configuration: Network |
| Ridden: 14 | Wishlist: 7 |
| Elevation Gain/Loss: +170/-248 ft |
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Description: The MTB trails are on the NW end of the Sanctuary, right across from the Turkey Creek "Ho Chi Minh" MTB trail. There are lots of bridges, switchbacks, tight turns, a few jumps (nothing spectacular), and some great scenery. If you get on the horse trails, you will find a lot of sugar sand. A great wrorkout that you can get some speed on. -- Future home of the South Region Management and Education Center, the variety of habitats found on the 395-acre Malabar Scrub Sanctuary make it an ideal place for visitors to learn how wetland and upland communities interact. The protected habitats include xeric (dry) hammock, scrub, scrubby flatwoods, pine flatwoods, sand pine scrub, ponds, sloughs, and depression marshes. Trails weave through many of these natural communities, including several areas recently treated with prescribed fires. Fire is a natural factor in many of Florida’s ecosystems, and hikers will be amazed at the lush, green regrowth in areas that were burned only a short time ago. The sanctuary is a refuge for the Florida scrub-jay, gopher tortoise, and Eastern indigo snake. All these species benefit from controlled burns. Restrooms are available at the adjacent Malabar Community Park. Size: 395 acres
added on August 23, 2008 by guest
Description: The MTB trails are on the NW end of the Sanctuary, right across from the Turkey Creek "Ho Chi Minh" MTB trail. There are lots of bridges, switchbacks, tight turns, a few jumps (nothing spectacular), and some great scenery. If you get on the horse trails, you will find a lot of sugar sand. A great wrorkout that you can get some speed on. -- Future home of the South Region Management and Education Center, the variety of habitats found on the 395-acre Malabar Scrub Sanctuary make it an ideal place for visitors to learn how wetland and upland communities interact. The protected habitats include xeric (dry) hammock, scrub, scrubby flatwoods, pine flatwoods, sand pine scrub, ponds, sloughs, and depression marshes. Trails weave through many of these natural communities, including several areas recently treated with prescribed fires. Fire is a natural factor in many of Florida’s ecosystems, and hikers will be amazed at the lush, green regrowth in areas that were burned only a short time ago. The sanctuary is a refuge for the Florida scrub-jay, gopher tortoise, and Eastern indigo snake. All these species benefit from controlled burns. Restrooms are available at the adjacent Malabar Community Park. Size: 395 acres
added on August 23, 2008 by guest 
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TRAIL REVIEWS review this trail
reviewed by ktmillerfla on January 31, 2011
Rode here and Turkey Creek on Saturday. Good, fun ride and good exercise but check this out: got to the very end of the blue trail and only THEN did I get a flat. Had to walk the bike the 2+ miles back out. Took the bike to Infinity Bike Shop in Melbourne (GREAT shop!), got a new, thorn resistant tube and headed back to the trails to finish what I started. Great ride, great day, great weekend (ran the Warrior Dash on Sunday in Lake Wales too!).
reviewed by guest on August 5, 2010
Rode here the other day with family and a friend. Had fun, flowed descent as always, but as always, lots of sugar sand and tight singletrack. As always, its hot ou there, so bring plenty of water in the summer months. If you grow tired of the off-road trails, then just jump on the paved trail.
reviewed by dustinfleming on July 12, 2009
My girlfriend and I wanted to go on a bike ride and i decided we should go through some trails. We found this by googling bike trails and are really happy. We got a great workout in and saw some pretty sights and animals including: tortoises, rabbits, foxes, alligators, and of course squirrels. I highly reccomend these trails to anyone who wants to just go out and have some fun while getting a great workout.
reviewed by guest on November 5, 2008
Rode the full loop this morning while GPS mapping the full MTB trail loop. All the trees that were down on various sections of the MTB trail loop have been cleared/ A little tight with the brush, but all in all still a great workout on the MTB trails and on the paved traila s well running from Port Malabar Rd. to Malabar Rd..
reviewed by guest on October 15, 2008
UPDATE: It has been re-opened to ride. All the trails have been cleared except for a few trees to go under or climb over, but in general it is mainly cleared and ready to ride once more. Rode it this morning and the trails are dry with a few further back are still a little wet and obly a handful of the non-MTB trails (horse & hiking trails) are still submerged under water.
reviewed by guest on October 2, 2008
The MTB trails are temporary CLOSED due to trail development. Half the trails have downed tree's still, so it will be CLOSED until they are cleared and all safety concerns are removed/fixed. I will update when progress is made.
reviewed by guest on September 18, 2008
Rode here yesterday and today and one of the NW trails is closed due to downed trees (EEL is working on it). Main MTB trail is clear and still fun, and the SW trail is has a couple downed trees, but easily passable, and lots of log bridges. The SW trail needs to be opened/cleared a little more, kinda tight with the shrub/bushes. The main NW to NE trail has almost been cleared of downed trees, only a couple remain, but needs to be cleared of the shrub/bushes, as it is very tight.
reviewed by guest on August 24, 2008
Rode here today, dry but a whole lot of downed tree's from TS Fay. Thanks TS Fay! Anyone want to do some trail work?
reviewed by guest on August 23, 2008
I go riding here and at the "Ho Chi Minh" MTB trail just about every weekend and sometimes on the weekdays. There are some nice bridges, switchbacks, tight turns, and a few jumps (nothing spectacular).
Similar Trail: Turkey Creek "Ho Chi Minh" trail
