#1. American River Bike Path     
Arguably one of the most successful and beautifully paved bike paths in northern California, this 32-mile gem of a trail stretches from downtown Sacramento eastward to Folsom Dam (64 miles round-trip)... 
From the guidebook "Mountain Bike! Northern California"   
 
Sacramento, CA - Mountain Biking - 64 miles     (About Top Trails) 

#2. Ringwood State Park Trails     
At 5,000 plus acres, Ringwood State Park is one of the larger tracts of public land in northeastern New Jersey. The fact that it can be described as “mountain-bike friendly” makes it even more attrac... 
From the guidebook "Mountain Biking in New Jersey"   
 
Ringwood, NJ - Mountain Biking - 11.5 miles     (About Top Trails) 

#3. Nassau-Suffolk Greenbelt Trail     
In real estate and retailing, location is practically everything. It’s what brings up the value and popularity. In some ways the same can be said about this moderately challenging, 16-mile (8 miles on... 
From the guidebook "Mountain Biking Eastern New York"   
 
Woodbury, NY - Mountain Biking - 16 miles     (About Top Trails) 

#4. Aliso / Wood Canyons Regional Park: Rock-It / Cholla Loop     
One of Orange County's most popular riding spots, Aliso/ Wood Canyons Regional Park-part of Laguna Niguel Regional Park lies hidden between Laguna Beach and Laguna Hills. It is a unique combination of... 
From the guidebook "Mountain Biking Southern California's Best 100 Trails"   
 
Laguna Beach, CA - Mountain Biking - 10.2 miles     (About Top Trails) 

#5. Difficult Run - Reston to Great Falls National Park     
This 12-mile point-to-point route from Reston, Virginia, to Great Falls National Park may define what could someday become a new form of non-paved trail systems through the ever-growing and increasing... 
From the guidebook "Mountain Biking the Washington, D.C. / Baltimore Area"   
 
Reston, VA - Mountain Biking - 24 miles     (About Top Trails) 

#6. The Anthills / Terry Hershey Park     
I had been dragging around Houston for a couple of days, riding a bunch of stuff that I had seen before, and I fell into this place. Terry Hershey Park has some of the nicest trails in Texas. Not the ... 
From the guidebook "Mountain Bike! Texas and Oklahoma"   
 
Houston, TX - Mountain Biking - 16 miles     (About Top Trails) 

#7. Blue Mountain Nirvana     
A magnificent network of designated mountain bike trails winds through some spectacular scenery in the Hudson Highlands. Blue Mountain Reservation in Peekskill, New York, is one of the rare Westcheste... 
From the guidebook "Mountain Biking Eastern New York"   
 
Tarrytown, NY - Mountain Biking - 7 miles     (About Top Trails) 

#8. Black Diamond Coal Mine     
Located on the edge of the historical town of Black Diamond, the Coal Mine trails weave and bob around the south end of Lake Sawyer, Frog Lake, and Ravensdale Creek. Mountain bikers will find a circui... 
From the guidebook "Mountain Biking the Puget Sound Area"   
 
Black Diamond, WA - Mountain Biking - 20 miles     (About Top Trails) 

#9. Allamuchy Mountain State Park     
Allamuchy State Park, with its 12 miles of forest roads and singletrack, is a place worth seeking out. Riding is a mixed bag, including everything from easy cruising on well-graded forest roads to cha... 
From the guidebook "Mountain Biking Eastern New York"   
 
Hackettstown, NJ - Mountain Biking - 12 miles     (About Top Trails) 

#10. Wicked Wissahickon Valley     
This is a stellar ride that offers some nice singletrack in the heart of the city. Proximity to the city has both advantages and disadvantages. Food, fuel, lodging, and nightlife are in abundance. Sec... 
From the guidebook "Mountain Biking Pennsylvania"   
 
Conshohocken, PA - Mountain Biking - 13.4 miles     (About Top Trails) 

#11. Brandywine Creek State Park     
The lovely Brandywine Creek weaves its way through Chester County, Pennsylvania, and Delaware to join the Delaware River. Along the way the creek has created a valley of stunning natural beauty. Rolli... 
From the guidebook "Mountain Biking the Greater Philadelphia Area"   
 
Wilmington, DE - Mountain Biking - 14 miles     (About Top Trails) 

#12. South Mountain Trails (Desert Classic Trail)     
At 16,500 acres, Phoenix’s South Mountain Park is the largest municipal park in the world. South Mountain itself stretches several miles along the southernmost reaches of the city, and separates new h... 
From the guidebook "Mountain Bike America: Arizona"   
 
Phoenix, AZ - Mountain Biking - 18.6 miles     (About Top Trails) 

#13. Backbone Trail / Castor Crest     
This is a lollipop-shaped route where the sucker is a lot bigger than the stick, but every part is worth devouring. Much of this ride takes place on the Backbone Trail, a path that snakes across the ... 
From the guidebook "Mountain Bike! Southern California"   
 
Malibu, CA - Mountain Biking - 12.6 miles     (About Top Trails) 

#14. The Holy Land     
The operative word on this huge parcel of land is diversity. Seven thousand acres on the Stewart Airport property in Newburgh have been packaged as a cooperative area, available for hunters and other ... 
From the guidebook "Mountain Biking Eastern New York"   
 
Newburgh, NY - Mountain Biking - 12 miles     (About Top Trails) 

#15. Clarence Fahnestock Memorial State Park     
There are a variety of trails in this 6,500-acre state park, located in the northern half of the Highlands, only 50 miles north of Manhattan. The rolling terrain is crisscrossed by forest roads, bridl... 
From the guidebook "Mountain Biking Eastern New York"   
 
Cold Spring, NY - Mountain Biking - 16 miles     (About Top Trails) 

#16. Lehigh Gorge State Park     
The Lehigh Valley railroad parallels the Lehigh River through the stunning and scenic Lehigh River Gorge. The Lehigh Gorge State Park is a narrow area consisting of 4,548 acres along the Lehigh River... 
From the guidebook "Mountain Biking the Greater Philadelphia Area"   
 
Jim Thorpe, PA - Mountain Biking - 21.3 miles     (About Top Trails) 

#17. Wharton State Forest     
Wharton State Forest's 110,000 acres form the largest single tract of land in the New Jersey State Park System, but Wharton is part of a much larger system, one that stretches over one million acres i... 
From the guidebook "Mountain Biking the Greater Philadelphia Area"   
 
Hammonton, NJ - Mountain Biking - 11.9 miles     (About Top Trails) 

#18. Lehigh Gorge     
There aren’t many finer things in life than a picnic lunch ride down the Lehigh Gorge on a sunny day in the middle of the fall. The sky is clear, the river is flowing, the leaves are changing color, a... 
From the guidebook "Mountain Biking Pennsylvania"   
 
White Haven, PA - Mountain Biking - 21.5 miles     (About Top Trails) 

#19. Bullards Bar Loop     
Try this ride for miles and miles of sweet, rolling singletrack on a very well-marked trail system with inspiring lake (OK, it's a reservoir) views, old-growth forests and great swimming possibilities... 
From the guidebook "Mountain Biking Northern California's Best 100 Trails"   
 
Nevada City, CA - Mountain Biking - 22 miles    

#20. The Flume - TRT Ride     
Arguably the best mountain bike route in the west, the Flume Trail has been featured on postcards and in a gazillion bicycle publications. But, this ride’s popularity almost contradicts the claim. Dur... 
From the guidebook "Mountain Bike! Northern California"   
 
Incline Village, NV - Mountain Biking - 22 miles