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I recently moved to Big Spring Texas. It’s a little town about an hour East of Odessa, and 2 hours south of Lubbock. I’m trying to find some trails like we had back home (mostly just word of mouth trails here and there away from civilization. I haven’t found even one MTB trail near Big Spring that isn’t paved. The closest one I can find is in Odessa and it’s mostly man-made with a terrible view of the suburbs at every turn. I plan to make a trip to San Angelo soon, but I’d hate to have to drive an hour and a half when I want to ride. Any suggestions?
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Man, it doesn’t look good. I checked and Singletracks has zero trails within 25 or even 50 miles of Big Spring. Within 75 miles you pick up Odessa and San Angelo but that’s a long way to go every time you want to ride! Within 100 miles you’ve got exactly 7 trails to choose from:
http://www.singletracks.com/Mountain-Bike-Trails-bike-trails_0.html?filterBy=|loc:32.250278~-101.478333~100~Big+Spring%2C+TX
I’ve only visited Texas a few times but what strikes me about the state is that it seems like every square inch of land is privately owned, making public MTB trails few and far between. I wonder if there are some ranchers you can befriend who might have trails (or at the very least, land) you can ride?
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Yeah it’s looking pretty rough. Looking around big spring, it looks like it would be prime riding material. I’ll probably take a trip out to San Angelo to hold me over. Luckily, I’ll be out of here by March, and I’ll have a few more options back home. Thanks though!
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Maybe the West Texas Cycling Association people can help you.
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I was going to suggest Palo Duro Canyon State Park but DANG! It’s nearly as far for you as it is me!
I guess if you have another reason to go up there (maybe visit Amarillo?) it would be worth it to take the bike. I’ve watched a few youtube vids of Palo Duro rides and it seems like it would be worth taking the bike along on an already planned trip to the area.
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Good luck. Dallas has some nice trails, Austin, San Antonio, I have never ventured out there where you are for riding, now I can see why. If you have a pickup truck with a lift kit and a gun to shoot on the open range, that’s about as good as it gets out there.
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