Pocahontas Mountain Biking Trails
Pocahontas State Park's mountain biking singletrack trails are maintained by volunteers and supported by funds raised through our wood-splitting program and other fundraising activities. Every year, our volunteers spend many hours maintaining the trails during trail-work days. You can help by volunteering your time, donating money to the Friends of Pocahontas' Trail Fund and by staying off the trails during wet conditions (please let the trails rest for 24 hours for each inch of rain received in a single day).
Learn Trail BuildingTrails are not natural features - they're designed, built and maintained by skilled volunteers and trail staff. You can learn how to build great sustainable trails by volunteering for our trail work days and signing up for trail classes when offered. Please check our Meetup page for current volunteer opportunities!
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Important Safety TipsThe best things about Pocahontas Trails is the outdoors experience they offer. To enjoy these trails safely, always let someone know when you'll be riding, only ride trails within your ability level, wear a good fitting helmet and carry a snack, plenty of water, and a cell phone. And also important, always practice good trail etiquette by following the "Rules of the Trail".
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The IMBA Ride CenterIn 2015, Pocahontas State Park trails and James River Park System trails were designated as an IMBA Bronze level ride center, which we call the Richmond Regional Ride Center.
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The Morgan Trail SystemOld-school rooty and twisty singletrack! These trails are the original and officially sanctioned singletrack trails in Pocahontas finished in 1998, lovingly known by many locals as the Green, Blue, and Red trails. Ranging from beginner/intermediate level to "expert" these trails feature natural hand-built singletrack, log-overs, natural rock features and multiple creek crossings. The trailhead can be accessed off Crosstic FT.
Another option, Fireroad trailsWe love our singletrack trails but there's far more to ride here than just the 23 or so miles in those systems. Pocahontas has more than 50 additional miles of fire roads and doubletrack, mixed use trails. With so much variety, you can ride all day, all weekend or even all week. The best places to ride are the long loop trails on the north and south sides of the park.
In recent years, the popularity of the Monster Cross race series has drawn more riders to the south side. This is great but it does add the possibility of riders encountering equestrians because most of the horse trails are on the south side of the park (south of beach). Horses are often afraid of bicycles and, if spooked, can hurt themselves, their riders or cyclists. Wherever riders encounter horses, we ask that they:
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The Lakeview TrailsDown-country/backcountry singletrack. Lakeview 1, 2, 3 is a stacked loop system which features flowy hand-built intermediate rated contour singletrack. Each loop contains short interconnecting segments of more difficult trail sections to challenge riders with rock and natural technical features. Lakeview trails are slightly more remote and give great views of Swift Creek Lake. The trail head for Lakeview begins off the multiuse Powhatan FT.
Swift Creek Trail System"Flow town". The Swift Creek trail system is the newest trail system at Pocahontas and contains multiple flow-style and progressive trails. Trails range from beginner level to expert and several also accommodate aMTB riders. The Gateway trails are perfect entry level trails for beginners and young riders and are easily accessible from the newly expanded Loop Forest parking lot off Courthouse Road. The trail "Hub" is located off Courthouse Rd, Loop FT.
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