Gnarly Trails to Shred
Best Trails near Rolla:
Forest City Trail (11 miles beginner+/intermediate+) (video link here)
Lions Club (3 miles beginner)
Magruderville (8 miles intermediate)(Private trails, open seasonally Wednesday and/or Sunday)
Tanager Trails (2-3 miles beginner/intermediate)(NOT mountain bike specific trails but OK to ride)
GORCtrails.com (a GREAT source of info for STL/Ozarks mountain biking)
Middle Fork Section -Ozark Trail (24+ miles Premier backcountry singletrack intermediate+)
Katy Trail State Park (240 miles beginner rail-to-trail)
Honey Run - FLW/Lake of the Ozarks (12.75 miles beginner/intermediate)(description Here)
Council Bluffssss (12 mile lake loop intermediate/intermediate+)
North Trace Creek Section - Ozark Trail (13 mile out-and-back intermediate)
Our Favorite Rural Assaultâ„¢ Rides:
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The Famous Joe Dirt Ride (22.5 miles, 100% gravel, very scenic, lots of climbing) GPX File HERE
Little Prairie Grinder (25 miles 1200ft climbing, Great night ride, start/finish at Little Prairie Lake) GPX File HERE
Gravel Pie (48 miles, 1800ft climbing, great long ride only 3 big hills, Pie stop in Edgar Springs) GPX File HERE
Rolla to Salem (~33 miles one way, not much climbing) GPX File HERE
Death by Gravel (Huge Ride. 102+ miles 7000ft climbing, food stops at 22, 50, and 75 miles) GPX File HERE
Serious Injury by Gravel (50 miles with some hard climbs, food stop around mile 30) GPX File HERE
The Waterfall Ride (Easy and close to town) GPX File HERE
Firecracker Five-O GPX File HERE
Big Paddy 50 GPX File HERE
Mill Creek Masher (easy 25 miles clockwise from Mill Creek Picnic Area) GPX File HERE
Mill Creek Masher plus ten (cool clockwise loop added at south end of the Masher) GPX File HERE
Boiling Spring Bonanza (Rolla to Boiling Spring Access) GPX File HERE
Lake Nutt-Coma (easy 25 miles from Lake Spring MO Post Office) GPX File HERE
MCNBCC Grinder (Mill Creek Natural Bridge Corn Creek, 23 miles, lots of hills)
CIRREM (Central Iowa Rocky Road Endurance Metric)
Dirty Kanza (200 miles of bad roads in Kansas)