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Trail Conditions
- Unknown
- Snow Packed
- Snow Covered
- Freeze/thaw Cycle
- Icy
- Prevalent Mud
- Wet
- Variable
- Dry
- Very Dry
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- Double Black Diamond
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- Clear / Green
- Minor Issue / Yellow
- Significant Issue / Amber
- Closed or Major Issue / Red
- Land Owner Overlay
- Wilderness (typically no bikes in USA)
- BLM (public)
- USFS (Wildlife sanctuaries darker than usfs)
- State land
- Indigenous
- Military
Trail Conditions
- Unknown
- Snow Packed
- Snow Covered
- Freeze/thaw Cycle
- Icy
- Prevalent Mud
- Wet
- Variable
- Dry
- Very Dry
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This region is Unsanctioned, Ride at your own Risk!
Main trail follows an old logging road through dense jungle-like rain forest. Part of the World Heritage listed Wet Tropics region.
Testimonial from a local riding tribe, "Always love riding Bluewater to keelbottom, one of the nicest rides in Townsville region. I have done it around 100 times, no exaggeration as I have ride logs to prove. My wife, well she doesn’t log rides but rides up there at least 1-2 times a week, she would have ridden it more??? She loves it! Our kids now shuttle up to the top some Friday afternoons after school and they love it."
Testimonial from a local riding tribe, "Always love riding Bluewater to keelbottom, one of the nicest rides in Townsville region. I have done it around 100 times, no exaggeration as I have ride logs to prove. My wife, well she doesn’t log rides but rides up there at least 1-2 times a week, she would have ridden it more??? She loves it! Our kids now shuttle up to the top some Friday afternoons after school and they love it."
Primary Trail Type: Cross-Country
Shuttleable: YES
google parking directions Access Info:
via Forestry Road, Bluewater. Along the Bruce Highway, north of Townsville.
Region Details
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Caution on Oct 9, 2018
Stats
- Avg Trail Rating
- Global Ranking
- #967
- Trails
- 2
- Total Distance
- 18 miles
- Total Descent Distance
- 7 miles
- Total Descent
- 2,616 ft
- Highest Trailhead
- 3,079 ft
- Total Vertical
- 1,179 ft
- Reports
- 28
- Photos
- 103
- Ridden Counter
- 29
Popular Bluewater World Heritage Wet Tropics Trails
| status | title | difficulty | rating |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bluewater Hut to Keelbottom Creek | |||
| Keelbottom Creek to Caravan |
Recent Trail Reports
| trail | date | user | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bluewater Hut to Keelbottom Creek | Aug 30, 2018 @ 5:30pm Aug 30, 2018 | mymasseur TRMBC | ||
| Keelbottom Creek to Caravan | Jan 3, 2018 @ 2:50am Jan 3, 2018 | havok011101 TRMBC |
Photos of Bluewater World Heritage Wet Tropics Mountain Bike
Recent Comments
| username | type | title | comment | date | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 | trail | Open and rideable trail is rough lots of... | Jul 16, 2018 @ 3:07am Jul 16, 2018 | ||
 | report | Yeh, pretty full of water and probably got... | Dec 11, 2017 @ 4:10am Dec 11, 2017 | ||
| report | Mate I struggled. Not racing or even riding... | Dec 11, 2017 @ 4:03am Dec 11, 2017 | ||
| report | Nice. Well done. I wound have struggled. ... | Dec 10, 2017 @ 12:20am Dec 10, 2017 | ||
| report | Hi mate, good ride then? Did you try for the... | Dec 10, 2017 @ 12:11am Dec 10, 2017 |
Recent Activity
| username | action | type | title | date | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TaranNS | add | ridelog | Nov 18, 2018 ride log | Nov 17, 2018 @ 5:25pm 1 days |
 | markholloway | update | trail | Keelbottom Creek to Caravan | Oct 8, 2018 @ 12:48pm Oct 8, 2018 |
| Thinem | add | ridelog | Oct 6, 2018 ride log | Oct 6, 2018 @ 3:31pm Oct 6, 2018 |
| echidnac | wishlist | trail | Bluewater Hut to Keelbottom Creek | Sep 21, 2018 @ 1:14am Sep 21, 2018 |
| deanothfc | add | photo | in My City and 2 more | Sep 14, 2018 @ 12:38am Sep 14, 2018 |
Nearby Areas
| name | distance | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hervey's Range | 2 | 1 | 1 | 10.4 km | |
| Pinnacles | 19.1 km | ||||
| Cape Pallarenda | 3 | 22.3 km | |||
| Douglas Mountain Bike Reserve | 10 | 21 | 6 | 3 | 23.5 km |
| Paluma Dam | 3 | 24 km |
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