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Northbank Trail Mountain Bike Trail
Richmond, Virginia
MTB TRAIL STATS
Avg Rating:   |
9 trail reviews |
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Status: updated 5/4/08 by westjw2 |
Difficulty:  Intermediate |
| Length: 2 miles | Global Rank: #600 |
| Tread: Singletrack | Configuration: Out & Back |
| Ridden: 75 | Wishlist: 20 |
| Avg. Speed: 5.67 mph | Avg. Time: 0hr 46min |
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Description: New Trail as oF Spring of 2005. Used in Xterra Eat Championship race. Nice singeltrack, some difficult climbs and technical turns, a few roots and rocks, generally very fast. Lots of great views of the river, interesting artifacts found in woods along trail. Trail ends (or begins) in the parking lot for the North Bank section of the James River Park System. Stay tuned for this trail to be elongated to hook up with the Nickle bridge, creating an effective loop using consisting of Buttermilk, forest Hill, Belle Isle and Northbank.
Description: New Trail as oF Spring of 2005. Used in Xterra Eat Championship race. Nice singeltrack, some difficult climbs and technical turns, a few roots and rocks, generally very fast. Lots of great views of the river, interesting artifacts found in woods along trail. Trail ends (or begins) in the parking lot for the North Bank section of the James River Park System. Stay tuned for this trail to be elongated to hook up with the Nickle bridge, creating an effective loop using consisting of Buttermilk, forest Hill, Belle Isle and Northbank.
added on November 21, 2005 by 
SIMILAR TRAILS
Riders who liked this mountain bike trail also liked:Buttermilk in Richmond
Forest Hill Park in Richmond
Lake Maury in Newport News
Pocahantos State Park in Richmond
TRAIL REVIEWS review this trail
reviewed by jtorlando25 on March 14, 2011
Great trail. Easy, smooth, flowing, but there are no real hills. It is a little short but that is remedied by combining it with Buttermilk and Belle Isle which makes for a great ride.
reviewed by AboveTheRidge on March 13, 2011
Great trail. Start off on the suspended bridge, hit Belle Isle, then Buttermilk, cross back over the JR and pick up Northbank. Even throw Forest Hill in there for a good time. Highly recommend. Then grab some local brews off Cary St. post ride!
Similar Trail: Buttermilk
reviewed by CharlieH81 on October 8, 2010
Awesome trail. It stretches from Tredegar Ironworks to the other side of Maymont and gives a great mix of technical single track and views of the city and Hollywood Rapids. It has a significant grade in parts and is a good challenge. There is an awesome ramp at the Southeast corner of Maymont that is fun to ride down/up.
Similar Trail: Buttermilk, Forest Hill Park
reviewed by tommyr73 on May 11, 2010
Nice singletrack trail, well maintained. This can be a nice ride if you ride this and buttermilk.
Similar Trail: Buttermilk Forest Hill
reviewed by vculee2002 on March 9, 2009
I ride this trail in conjuction with Buttermilk trail on the other side of the river. As mentioned before, be careful due to the steep hills & somewhat tight trail sections. I have seen buddies ride too low on the trail & slide down the hill into the briars & this is not fun. They have made some improvements near the train tracks where there was a lot of ruts & washout. Now they have put up some "bridges" & it is very nice & a much better climb(or descent) depending on which way you ride it. Overall, a great trail & a good workout.
Similar Trail: Buttermilk
reviewed by GrantHeppes on September 22, 2008
Originally didn't like it, went out with two guys who have ridden it a good amount before, caused me to be left in the dust. About a 5 min ride from my house, so I went out by myself and got comfortable with the trail. Definitely a technical trail. Steep narrow hills that lye on a hill so don't go off trail (Hill/steep wall to one side & hill/steep fall to the other).
reviewed by FinsFan on August 30, 2008
Awesome ride with great veiws. This is my favorite section of the James River park loop. It has also been lengthened and is now 3.2 miles
* Review edited 8/30/2008
Similar Trail: Buttermilk, Forest Hill park
reviewed by watsonag2 on April 20, 2007
awesome trail, i think riding nickle bridge to belle isle is the better way to go. fast sections not bad. they are working on the trail right now, the improvements look like they are going to be pretty sweet
* Review edited 4/20/2007
Similar Trail: belle isle, butter milk
reviewed by haunsa on March 13, 2006
i just found this trail the other day and have riden it twice... they are working on the trail and checnged between the 2 days that i rode... makes and excellent loop when you hook back up to buttermilk via some roads and the nicle bridge
Similar Trail: buttermilk
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