Detroit Metro Mountain Bike Trail Conditions
Metro Detroit's riding is a ring of state recreation areas and Metroparks rather than one system — Highland and Milford, Pontiac Lake, Island Lake, Stony Creek to the northeast and the Pinckney–Potawatomi country west toward Chelsea. The tread is glacial: sandy ridges that drain in hours next to clay flats that stay greasy for days, so conditions vary more between parks here than in most regions. Expect punchy climbs, rocks left by the ice, and trails that ride best a day or two after rain.
610 featured mountain bike trailselevation 574–1,138 ft
Is it muddy in Detroit Metro right now?
Right now about 342 of 584 featured Detroit Metro trails are riding well. Conditions change daily with rain and snowmelt, so the list below shows the live read for each trail, and the chart shows which day ahead is your best bet.
Detroit Metro conditions at a glancesnapshot · Oct 15
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342 of 584 trails riding well
9 306 16 11 141 101
Air quality
AQI 32 · Good
EPA AirNow (observed) + CAMS forecast. Informational.
Next 10 days
Trails riding well each day · blue dot = rain
331 Today 41 Fri 34 Sat 82 Sun 135 Mon 204 Tue 280 Wed 318 Thu 341 Fri 353 Sat Trails are riding well today. Rain Friday (about 16 mm) is likely to soften things, so aim to ride before then.
Temperature this week
Lower trails 581–778 ft
38° typical 43°–62°F 69°
High country 827–1,056 ft
35° typical 42°–62°F 68°
30° 50° 70°
5-day forecast
Today 🌧️ 65°
Fri 🌧️ 69°
Sat ☀️ 52°
Sun ☀️ 62°
Mon ☀️ 65°
Daytime high across Detroit Metro, rain marked. Real forecast, refreshed every morning (elevation detail above).
Trail soil & drainage
49% 36% 5% 9%
Mostly sandy, which drains fast and firms up quickly after rain.
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Best Detroit Metro mountain bike trails to ride right now
Every featured singletrack trail, sorted by today's real conditions, best first. Refreshed every morning.
Barton Nature Area Trails · 1.6 mi Tacky / good Bennett Bend Trail · 0.6 mi Tacky / good Black Pond Loops · 0.6 mi · 866–909 ft Tacky / good Blue Trail · 0.2 mi · 869–906 ft Tacky / good Blue Trail Tacky / good By Rock By Pass Tacky / good Catwalk · 0.1 mi Tacky / good Central Loop · 1.7 mi · 899–945 ft Tacky / good Codyville Pines Trail · 0.2 mi · 997–1,099 ft Tacky / good Covington Cross Trail Connector Tacky / good deer Tacky / good Downstream Route · 0.2 mi Tacky / good Dunes/MALT Connector Trail · 0.1 mi Tacky / good East Loop · 2.4 mi · 951–1,020 ft Tacky / good Entrance Trail · 0.1 mi Tacky / good exercise track · 0.2 mi Tacky / good Flood Plain Loop · 0.4 mi Tacky / good Former Mountain Bike Trail · 2 mi · 873–925 ft Tacky / good Horse Track · 0.6 mi Tacky / good Hye-Way Loop · 0.7 mi Tacky / good JCPenney Connector · 0.5 mi Tacky / good Lakes Community Trail · 0.1 mi Tacky / good Laplaya Nature Trail · 0.4 mi · 945–988 ft Tacky / good Litterbox · 0.1 mi Tacky / good Long Grass Loop · 0.4 mi Tacky / good Longacre Path · 0.1 mi Tacky / good Meadow Loop Trail · 0.5 mi Tacky / good Milford Mountain Bike Trail · 6.5 mi · 899–974 ft Tacky / good Miller Trail · 0.6 mi Tacky / good Minnow Lake Path · 0.6 mi · 879–912 ft Tacky / good Mission Creek Foot Trail · 0.4 mi Tacky / good Mount Kanzer Trail · 0.6 mi · 1,056–1,138 ft Tacky / good MTB Trail (Disney) · 0.4 mi Tacky / good MTB Trail (East Loop) · 0.7 mi Tacky / good MTB Trail (Pete's Field) · 0.1 mi Tacky / good MTB Trail (Trenches) · 0.4 mi Tacky / good North Loop · 2.1 mi · 997–1,050 ft Tacky / good North Trail · 2.4 mi · 892–988 ft Tacky / good North Trail Alternate Route · 0.4 mi · 902–978 ft Tacky / good North Wise Crossing · 0.8 mi Tacky / good Oak Grove Trail · 1.2 mi Tacky / good OCC Nature Trail · 0.2 mi Tacky / good Old Loop · 0.1 mi Tacky / good open field perimeter · 0.7 mi Tacky / good Orchard Loop · 3.2 mi · 961–997 ft Tacky / good Owl Mesa Trail Loop · 0.3 mi Tacky / good Park Ridge Connector Trail · 0.2 mi Tacky / good Phase 1: Green · 1.6 mi · 797–853 ft Tacky / good Powell Pass (Have a Healthy Day) · 0.1 mi Tacky / good Red Trail · 0.7 mi · 883–919 ft Tacky / good Red Trail · 1.1 mi · 840–909 ft Tacky / good Reynold's Wrap · 0.9 mi · 896–928 ft Tacky / good Riverview Trail (eastbound only) Tacky / good Salvador Path Tacky / good Smith Trail · 0.4 mi Tacky / good Tech Loop · 0.7 mi · 925–958 ft Tacky / good The Reserve Connector Trail · 0.6 mi Tacky / good Trail Connector · 0.1 mi Tacky / good Tree Climb Feature Tacky / good Upstream Route · 0.2 mi Tacky / good Wall Bypass · 0.1 mi Tacky / good West Trail · 1.4 mi · 883–922 ft Tacky / good Western Loop · 2.1 mi · 899–974 ft Tacky / good Wong's Trail · 0.1 mi Tacky / good B Cutoff Tacky / good B-C Connector Tacky / good Big Oaks Loop Trail · 0.4 mi Tacky / good Blue Trail · 8.7 mi · 866–922 ft Tacky / good Bluff Trail · 0.3 mi · 902–935 ft Tacky / good connector · 0.5 mi Tacky / good connector trail Tacky / good Connector Trail (Fall 2022) · 0.1 mi Tacky / good Deer X'ing Tacky / good Donnies Park Path · 0.2 mi Tacky / good Emergency Out-Trail · 0.2 mi · 1,040–1,083 ft Tacky / good Emoji · 0.1 mi Tacky / good Fairway Park Trail · 0.1 mi Tacky / good Horse Track · 0.4 mi Tacky / good Lakeview Trail · 3.2 mi Tacky / good Loop A · 3.4 mi · 988–1,050 ft Tacky / good Loop C · 2.5 mi · 991–1,066 ft Tacky / good Milford Connector · 1.9 mi · 968–1,060 ft Tacky / good Milford Trail Tacky / good MTB Jump Tacky / good MTB Trail (2005 Trailschool) · 0.2 mi Tacky / good MTB Trail (Cell Tower) · 0.1 mi Tacky / good MTB Trail (K2 Ledge) · 0.2 mi Tacky / good MTB Trail (Kevin's Twisties) · 0.2 mi Tacky / good MTB Trail (Log Cabin) · 0.1 mi Tacky / good MTB Trail (Par 3) · 0.2 mi Tacky / good MTB Trail (Stolen Bridge) · 0.3 mi Tacky / good MTB Trail (The Original Mile) · 0.6 mi Tacky / good Opossum Commute Trail · 0.1 mi Tacky / good Perimeter Trail · 0.4 mi Tacky / good pump track · 0.1 mi Tacky / good shortcut · 0.1 mi Tacky / good Whispering Woods Trail · 0.1 mi Tacky / good Cross Country Race Course · 0.7 mi · 781–823 ft Tacky / good Drop Line · 0.1 mi Hero dirt Horse Track · 0.6 mi Tacky / good Kraft Trail · 0.2 mi Tacky / good Logpile Bypass Tacky / good Mountain Bike Trail · 9.3 mi · 974–1,109 ft Tacky / good old track · 1 mi · 919–965 ft Tacky / good Orange Trail · 0.1 mi Tacky / good Plateau Trail · 0.7 mi Tacky / good Robbins Ridge · 0.7 mi · 653–696 ft Hero dirt Sensory Trail · 0.2 mi Tacky / good Steep Grades, Loose Gravel · 0.1 mi Hero dirt The Helix Tacky / good The Loop · 0.6 mi Tacky / good Utley Path · 0.2 mi Tacky / good Wellness Path · 0.9 mi Tacky / good Willis Park Path · 0.9 mi · 958–1,010 ft Tacky / good Entrance Trail · 0.4 mi Hero dirt Lake Loop · 0.9 mi · 938–981 ft Hero dirt Loop 1 · 2.4 mi · 906–997 ft Tacky / good Meadow Loop Trail · 1 mi Tacky / good MTB Trail (Hairpin Alley) · 0.4 mi Tacky / good Pines Loop Trail · 0.9 mi Hero dirt Tech Loop Bypass · 0.1 mi Hero dirt The Wall (New) · 0.1 mi Tacky / good Van Curler Trail (VCT) · 1.2 mi · 869–932 ft Tacky / good Woods Trail · 0.4 mi Tacky / good East Loop · 1.7 mi · 951–1,020 ft Tacky / good Esler Loop Trail · 1.9 mi Tacky / good Guernsey Path · 0.4 mi Tacky / good Lake Loop Bypass · 0.1 mi Tacky / good Levan Knoll MTB Trail · 0.4 mi Tacky / good Meadows Loop · 2.2 mi · 951–1,017 ft Tacky / good Monique Path · 0.2 mi · 833–876 ft Tacky / good MTB Loop #2 · 3 mi Tacky / good MTB Loop #2 Shortcut Tacky / good Old Turner Road Trail · 0.5 mi · 863–899 ft Tacky / good Original Trail · 0.7 mi Hero dirt Ski Trail · 0.6 mi Tacky / good Spring Lake Trail · 0.4 mi · 1,007–1,040 ft Tacky / good The Horseshoe · 0.1 mi Tacky / good Thorn Dog Exit · 0.2 mi Tacky / good West Loop · 3.6 mi · 925–994 ft Tacky / good Big Kame-Winn Connector Tacky / good Bluffs Nature Area connector · 0.1 mi Tacky / good Cassidy Road Lot Connector · 0.1 mi Tacky / good Cedar Bend Nature Path · 0.3 mi · 771–879 ft Tacky / good Chase Trail · 0.9 mi · 823–866 ft Tacky / good Green Trail · 0.2 mi · 843–909 ft Tacky / good Nature Trail Loop · 0.1 mi Tacky / good Riverview Trail · 1.7 mi Tacky / good Stone Armored Downhill Tacky / good Sugar South E-Route · 0.1 mi Tacky / good The Wall (Old) Tacky / good Winn North E-Route · 0.4 mi Tacky / good Woods Trail · 1.3 mi Tacky / good Yellow Trail · 0.7 mi · 853–909 ft Tacky / good Yellow Trail · 0.4 mi Tacky / good Big Kame Loop · 4.7 mi · 961–1,070 ft Tacky / good Campus Loop · 1.6 mi Tacky / good Cross Country Race · 0.1 mi Tacky / good Dickinson Trail · 0.3 mi Tacky / good horse track · 0.9 mi Tacky / good Kingswood Lake Trail · 0.9 mi · 791–827 ft Tacky / good Loop 2 · 2.4 mi · 909–942 ft Tacky / good Loop 3 · 2.4 mi · 932–1,037 ft Tacky / good Loop 4 · 3.8 mi · 978–1,115 ft Tacky / good Loop D · 3.8 mi · 1,004–1,115 ft Tacky / good MTB Trail (Spincycle) · 0.9 mi Tacky / good MTB Trail (Todd's Way) · 0.5 mi Tacky / good North Loop · 1.9 mi · 925–965 ft Tacky / good Proud Lake Trail · 0.1 mi Tacky / good Proud Lake-Hickory Glen Connector · 2 mi · 945–1,007 ft Tacky / good Red Trail · 1.3 mi · 879–942 ft Tacky / good Red-tail Run · 0.9 mi Tacky / good Ridge Trail · 1.6 mi · 991–1,129 ft Tacky / good Session Trail Tacky / good Spring Hill · 0.7 mi · 653–699 ft Hero dirt Turkey Loop · 0.6 mi Tacky / good Winn-Sugar Connector Tacky / good (Closed MTB Trail) · 0.1 mi Tacky / good Allen Creek Urban Trail · 0.1 mi Tacky / good Dragon Trail · 0.2 mi Tacky / good Extra Credit · 0.1 mi Tacky / good Kuebler-Langford Trail · 0.4 mi · 830–906 ft Tacky / good Old Maceday Roadbed · 0.4 mi Tacky / good Pond Trail · 0.5 mi Tacky / good Purple Trail · 3.2 mi · 876–928 ft Tacky / good Whitetail Ridge Trail Loop · 0.3 mi Tacky / good #16-#27 · 0.2 mi Tacky / good Connector Trail · 1.1 mi · 938–1,076 ft Tacky / good Dragstrip · 0.2 mi Tacky / good Trail Link · 0.3 mi Tacky / good Big Kame West E-Route · 1.1 mi Tacky / good Blame Tom Tacky / good Blue Trail · 0.3 mi · 988–1,040 ft Tacky / good Crater Bypass · 0.1 mi Tacky / good Green Lake-Big Kame Connector Tacky / good Habitat Trail · 0.6 mi Tacky / good Log Bridge Tacky / good Parker Trail · 0.2 mi Tacky / good St. Matthews Fitness & Serenity Trail · 0.7 mi Tacky / good #14-#39 (Woohoo Hill) · 0.4 mi Tacky / good #27-#39 · 0.1 mi Tacky / good #35-#36 · 0.1 mi Tacky / good Around the Cricket Field · 0.6 mi Tacky / good Chelsea Community Wellness Path · 0.2 mi Tacky / good Green (Two Track) Tacky / good Half Loop · 0.4 mi · 853–892 ft Tacky / good Oakwoods Nature Trail · 0.7 mi Tacky / good Osprey Trail · 1.9 mi · 810–850 ft Tacky / good Prairie Pathway · 1.5 mi Tacky / good Riverview Trail · 0.2 mi Tacky / good Stony Creek Metropark Trolly Trails · 0.2 mi Tacky / good Sugar Loop · 3.5 mi · 978–1,093 ft Tacky / good Sugar Middle E-Route · 0.2 mi Tacky / good Winn Loop · 7.3 mi · 961–1,063 ft Tacky / good #23-#34 · 0.1 mi Tacky / good Nature Trail · 0.4 mi · 899–948 ft Tacky / good Singletrack Mountain Bike · 5.7 mi · 974–1,086 ft Tacky / good The Chute · 0.3 mi · 1,043–1,079 ft Tacky / good The Laker Nature Trail · 0.4 mi Tacky / good Trail Loop H & Connector Trail · 0.4 mi Tacky / good Yellow Shortcut · 0.1 mi Tacky / good (shortcut) Tacky / good #16-#17 · 0.4 mi Tacky / good #28-#41 · 0.4 mi Tacky / good #35-#42 · 0.1 mi Tacky / good #36-#37 · 0.1 mi Tacky / good Acorn Nature Trail Shortcut · 0.1 mi Tacky / good Back Nine (Drops) · 0.1 mi Tacky / good Booth Trail · 0.4 mi Tacky / good Expert Loop Tacky / good Fawn Loop · 0.8 mi Tacky / good Grom · 0.2 mi Tacky / good Lake Loop · 1.4 mi · 951–984 ft Tacky / good MTB Loop #1 · 2 mi Tacky / good Paint Creek Trail · 1.7 mi · 925–988 ft Tacky / good Pines · 1.6 mi · 823–856 ft Tacky / good Pump Track · 0.1 mi Tacky / good Ridgeline · 0.6 mi · 853–892 ft Tacky / good Skinny Tacky / good Snake · 0.2 mi · 889–935 ft Tacky / good Start Line Tacky / good Swamp Loop Tacky / good Test Track · 0.5 mi Tacky / good The Crater Tacky / good Trail Loop C & MTB · 0.2 mi Tacky / good XC Race Course · 0.4 mi Tacky / good #23-#42 · 0.1 mi Tacky / good Big Kame East E-Route · 0.4 mi · 981–1,014 ft Tacky / good Bloomer Beginning · 0.4 mi · 748–781 ft Tacky / good Green Lake E-Route · 0.6 mi Tacky / good …and 334 more. Search or explore the live map. Detroit Metro mountain biking FAQ What are the best mountain bike trails to ride near Detroit Metro right now? Today the trails riding best near Detroit Metro are Barton Nature Area Trails, Bennett Bend Trail and Black Pond Loops. The full list below is sorted by today's real conditions, best first, and refreshes every morning, so the top of the list is always your best bet right now. See live conditions →
When will the mountain bike trails in Detroit Metro dry out? It depends on recent rain and each trail's soil. The 10-day outlook on this page shows how many Detroit Metro trails are expected to be riding well each day, with rain markers, so you can pick the right day instead of guessing. See the 10-day outlook →
Is it too muddy to ride in Detroit Metro after rain? Right now 242 of 584 featured Detroit Metro trails are reading soft or too muddy to ride. Detroit Metro is mostly sandy soil, which drains fast and firms up quickly after rain, so after a storm some trails firm up within a day while others stay greasy. Riding wet, soft dirt damages trails and leaves ruts, so check the live mud reading on each trail before you head out. Check the live mud reading →
How many mountain bike trails are in Detroit Metro? Detroit Metro has 610 featured mountain bike trails tracked here for conditions, with more searchable on the live map.
How high are the Detroit Metro trails? Detroit Metro trails run from about 574–1,138 ft. Higher trails hold snow later into spring and dry out later than the lower ones, so conditions can vary a lot across the same area on the same day.
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