Fort Robinson State Park Mountain Biking Trails

Both Fort Robinson State Park, with130 miles of trails, and Chadron State Park, with another 33½,offer trails for a variety of users.Mountain bike rentals and guided horseback rides are available at each location.Among the many small canyons at Fort Robinson State Park, Mexican Canyon is one of the most scenic. The sculpted walls on the east side of Mexican Canyon are magnificentrepresentations of the rugged beauty of the whole system ofbuttes, ridges and canyons found at Fort Robinson. There is an abundance of wild life at Fort Robinson. Deer are commonly seen along the trail and bighorn sheep tend to be found on all the buttes, either roaming or congregating at certain areas depending on the time of year.Wild turkeys are also abundant in the area and eagles are sometimes seen soaring above the high cliffs and most remote locations.

Lovers Leap is one of Fort Robinson's best climbing destinations. The route to the summit of Lovers Leap is a rugged adventure, requiring some careful scrambling to reach the top. The summit area of Lovers Leap is somewhat flat in parts, rewarding the climber that has made the route to the top. At the summit,the climber will find incredible views in all directions, because the butte stands higher than all other summits nearby. The White River Trail runs westward for 3 miles from the intersection of 1st Street and Main Street in Crawford to Fort Robinson State Park. The crushed rock trail,traverses a couple of trestles where the railroad corridor originally crossed the White River and offers stunning views of the surroundingbuttes.