A desert landscape featuring distinctive red rock formations, with greenery in the foreground and blue sky overhead. Papago Park Area mountain bike trail.
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Level: Beginner
Length: 5 mi (8 km)
Surface: Singletrack
Configuration: Network
Elevation: +95/ -53 ft
Total: 192 riders
 

Mountain Biking Papago Park Area

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#45 of 417 mountain bike trails in Arizona
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This is an easy network and immpossible to get completely lost. A few of the stretches you can take at high speeds, but the semi-large chunky rocks will slow you down. This is a ride I do in the middle of summer, mid day. It usually isn't too bad, unless it's really humid, which is rare. Even then we rode for over an hour. It's not for the beginners because of some of the climb, and it gets you winded if you're going fast enough.

First added by alvin.santoy on Jan 1, 2003. Last updated May 10, 2020. → add an update
Before you go
  • Drinking water: yes
  • Lift service: unknown
  • Night riding: yes
  • Pump track: unknown
  • Restrooms: yes
  • Fat bike grooming: yes
  • E-bikes allowed: unknown
  • Fee required: unknown
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Getting there
To get to the trail head starting from Mill Ave & University:Take Mill North, over the lake. Keep on it until Priest Drive/Galvin Parkway. Take a right. Go on Galvin until McDowell. Take a right. Go until the corner of a Jaguar/Porche dealer and take it right onto College. (Dealership on right). Take that just over a mile. You'll see a stone sign for Canal Park. Take that. It's called Marigold. Park in the lot. Ride in the direction you were driving until you see trails on left. You could also go to the right and head for the big slick looking rocks. Those trails are much more tame, but still fun.


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Q: where is the best place to start this trail?
A: Q: The best place to start in my opinion is the parking lot off of galvin, however you can park down by marquee theater near the lake and the trails over next to the 202 are pretty fun