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North Port Mountain Bike Trails Mountain Bike Trail
North Port, Florida
MTB TRAIL STATS
Avg Rating:   |
14 trail reviews |
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Status: updated 12/5/11 by carlitosway |
Difficulty:  Intermediate |
| Length: 9 miles | Global Rank: #843 |
| Tread: Singletrack | Configuration: Loop |
| Ridden: 27 | Wishlist: 41 |
| Avg. Speed: 4.5 mph | Avg. Time: 0hr 40min |
| Elevation Gain/Loss: +58/-317 ft (based on partial GPS data) |
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Description: Approximately 9 miles of a combination of singletrack, fire trails, technical switchbacks, rocks, and some sand and roots. Most of the trail is intermediate. Some parts of the trail are really advanced. Great Trail for SW Florida.
Description: Approximately 9 miles of a combination of singletrack, fire trails, technical switchbacks, rocks, and some sand and roots. Most of the trail is intermediate. Some parts of the trail are really advanced. Great Trail for SW Florida.
added on March 29, 2006 by 
SIMILAR TRAILS
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TRAIL REVIEWS review this trail
reviewed by Specialized_Rider on January 21, 2012
Trash Everywhere, Trails are in poor condition, Wood jumps and bridges are all torn down. Wont make the trip back thre.
Similar Trail: Go to Alafia or even CRP. Dont go here though
reviewed by bravecycles on January 11, 2012
After reading the most recent comments it appears that most riders don't realize that this trail system has been blazed and maintained by locals for years. It is NOT a state, city or county maintained trail. The MAMBA group was started by locals in an attempt to have these trails recognized and adopted by the city. The group had many meetings with department heads, managers and commissioners and made some progress but interest by members soon wayned and now the group is defunct. So the lack of signage, maps etc. is to be expected. As far as the confusion when riding the trails are concerned.....many attempts were made to stop all new trail building (in the MAMBA days) and concentrate on maintaining and improving the current trail system but that was looked down upon so the unregulated building continues and so does the confusion. These trails are a great place to practice you tech. skills and the few locals who continue to maintain the system work hard and should be commended since there would be no trail at all without them.
Similar Trail: na
reviewed by theUfan on December 28, 2011
I parked at the ball park and found a couple of loops under the bridge. For the most part the trail was pretty cool. It was a little confusing in places but not to bad. The trail can be quite a challenge. Lots of roots and some nice quick elevation changes. Ride if your in town but don't travel for it.
reviewed by aetheridge on December 8, 2011
This was the first trail I rode after moving to FL from TN. I live not too far so it is defiantly convenient for me to ride there. Lots of sand! I haven't ridden in much sand and that posed it own challenges for me. There is a main double track that ATVs frequent that runs the entire trail. The single track intertwines through the double track on both sides. It is defiantly confusing to navigate. I am going to bring my GPS with me and map what I can just for the sake of doing so. Most of the wooden stuff I found was destroyed or not safe to be ridden on. I found a few dirt jumps with the help of some local kids I ran into that were hitting them on their BMX bikes. Poor guys had to push them through all the sand to get there. Not a bad place to ride if you live local but I for sure wouldn't travel or make a special trip to come ride it.
* Review edited 12/8/2011
reviewed by Descend-Demon on December 2, 2011
Singletracks are pretty decent if you can find your way around them. No signs anywhere except for a few blue marks on trees and some bridges. There is garbage all over the place including beer cans and bottles. There is a couple of high bridges to go up and down but they are pretty shut, when I got on one of them it made a cracking sound. I wouldn't recommend this trails unless you live close by and have the time to get to know them and work on them. Never found the crazy jumps on the pics and I rode for 6 hours.
reviewed by carlitosway on December 2, 2011
This is like gost town all trail are destroyed, beer botles everywere!!! Is great for 4 wheelers thats about it...rode for 6 hours never found does misterious jump!! This trail suck... Go to alafia, balm bouyette, markham park great parks around south florida
reviewed by stucco1 on December 29, 2010
There are many trails to ride there that are hard to find,Best to go with someone who knows the trails to get the full experience.
Similar Trail: Boyette,alafia,carter rd. and santos
reviewed by mytmic on September 5, 2010
This trail is a nice ride but has some fundamental challenges like... I was disappointed that there are no available maps for the trails, it was a guess as to which way to start. There is a nice sign on the lady slipper park stating that it is a mamba recognized park. Once on the trail there are no signs or trail markers so once again it was a guess. This being my first time there we wound up getting lost on the south side of Price Blvd. That being said, it is mountain biking and without challenges and adversity it would be just a ride in the park. I will do this trail again and would like to meet with the wed. night folks and pitch in.
reviewed by superdrew on June 6, 2009
This trail is FUN it is tight technical yet flowing once you learn it,you can avoid some of the tech stuff if you wish, but not all.If you like fast easy singletrack THIS IS NOT FOR YOU this is fast about 30 percent of the time or so.The rest is a variety of tight tech turns and a lot of small elevation changes with exposed roots and a few stunts along the way.The palmetto sections are a little bumpy at times but a fun challenge. For first timers you can park at Ladyslipper trailhead,then i suggest parking at the sports fields by school by the Price blvd bridge until you learn the trail.South of the bridge has some loops once you get out there so pay attention at intersections maybe take a few ribbons to tie on branches,and take water.June/July has some wet spots but there are bridges where needed.If you can go with a guide a couple times it helps. In the dry seasons there are a few sandy spots but not too bad thats a good excuse to rest.Overall its a a versital fun trail especially once you learn it .The Wednesday night ride crew maintains and trims very well, usually we try to get together the last weekend of the month.To rap it up the trail is shady through an oak hammock most of the time,the mornings are cooler it does get muggy in the summer and bug spray if your gonna rest alot wouldnt hurt anyway HAPPY TRAILS
Similar Trail: its unique ,South Florida trails are simaler but ,this is technical,only 5to10 ft elevation changes but its a workout
reviewed by bcallan on March 13, 2009
This trail is great if you go with locals. If you ride it by yourself you will miss most of the trail and will most likely end up in the sandy double track areas. It is a very difficult trail with many challenges. This trail will make you an better stronger rider. I would recommend this trail for experienced technical riders.
reviewed by milosrq on December 22, 2008
Ok, there's been some good and some bad here, so let me set you clear. These are good trails. they are sometimes really tight singletrack with elevation changes along a river network. This is Fla nd there are some sandy bits down low or when we haven't been getting much rain. if you are going to the trails on the West side of price you've got some really tight looks with logs, roots and elevation change. Most of the bridges in this area are OLD and not rideable at the time of this post. Starting at lady slipper you have a really long awesome ride to the spillway. There are some technical areas which are awesome, fresh cut trails. Some of the bridges etc need repair. From talking to locals there are kids in the area that have been known to disturb nice handy work, but despite these trails are nice. To connect the two sets of trails you have to cross a spillway and Now someones back yard. You wil also find yourself running into a golf cart pass where you will have to go a VERY short bit to connect to the other part of the trails. This is recommended. I've put allot of hours and more then one ride on these trails before submitting this.
reviewed by 03zya on August 17, 2008
first time riding a real trail. was great experience. the trail offers u 2 options, the easy route or the more advanced.
reviewed by kenpotf on November 14, 2006
I went to this trail this past weekend, and I had to tell you that I was disappointed. The trail was sandy, and ALL of the stunts were damaged to the point of being unridable. Parts of the trail were overgrown; apparently, they haven't kept the trail up.
Similar Trail: Carter Park, Balm Boyette, Alafia
reviewed by ositoking on April 2, 2006
I ride this trail today. It is a very good trail along a river. It has some fairly advanced challenging sections.
