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SaveRagged Mountain Reservoir Area. City Park on County Property.
Primary Trail Type: Cross-Country
Land Status: City Managed
Land Manager: City of Charlottesville

Disclaimer:
Cycling currently not allowed in the Ragged Mountain Reservoir area. This does not apply to the Heyward Community Forest trails area.
Activities Click to view
- Hike
27 trails
Region Details
27 mountain bike trails
Region Status
Caution as of Mar 27, 2025Stats
- Avg Trail Rating
- Trails (view details)
- 25
- Trails Mountain Bike
- 27
- Trails E-Bike
- 5
- Trails Horse
- 1
- Trails Hike
- 27
- Trails Trail Running
- 26
- Total Distance
- 12 miles
- Total Descent Distance
- 6 miles
- Total Descent
- 1,854 ft
- Total Vertical
- 460 ft
- Highest Trailhead
- 909 ft
- Reports
- 425
- Photos
- 15
- Ridden Counter
- 2,121
Popular Ragged Mountain Natural Area Trails
status | title | difficulty | rating |
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Round Top South | |||
Reservoir Road | |||
Birdwood walking trail | |||
Round Top Trail |
Mountain Bike Routes
title | rating | distance |
---|---|---|
Heyward Forest XC | 3 miles | |
Cavalier XC Race '21 | 2 miles | |
Heyward Forest XC | 4 miles | |
Reservoirs | 11 miles |
Photos of Ragged Mountain Natural Area Mountain Bike
Recent Trail Reports
status | trail | date | condition | info | user |
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Round Top South | Mar 27, 2025 @ 5:21pm Mar 27, 2025 | Dry | brettn13 CAMBC | ||
Round Top Trail | Mar 9, 2025 @ 8:05am Mar 9, 2025 | Unknown | brettn13 CAMBC | ||
Reservoir Road | Nov 9, 2023 @ 1:20am Nov 9, 2023 | Ideal | brettn13 CAMBC |
Activity Feed
username | action | type | title | date |
---|---|---|---|---|
brettn13 | add | report | activity #68562728 | Mar 28, 2025 @ 8:43am Mar 28, 2025 |
brettn13 | add | report | activity #67479325 | Mar 9, 2025 @ 11:18am Mar 9, 2025 |
Toiysruskid | ridden | trail | activity #67468178 | Mar 9, 2025 @ 9:10am Mar 9, 2025 |
brettn13 | add | report | activity #67079755 | Mar 2, 2025 @ 11:12am Mar 2, 2025 |
brettn13 | add | report | activity #66449563 | Feb 19, 2025 @ 9:19am Feb 19, 2025 |
Recent Comments
username | type | title | comment | date |
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trail | Oof. | Apr 18, 2023 @ 10:39am Apr 18, 2023 | ||
trail | I wouldn’t try this without a dropper post... | Oct 10, 2022 @ 2:46pm Oct 10, 2022 | ||
trail | Lots and lots of rocks | Mar 2, 2022 @ 5:04am Mar 2, 2022 |
Nearby Riding Areas
name | distance | ||||
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Heyward Community Forest | 6 | 6 | 1 | 0.9 km | |
Observatory Hill | 12 | 14 | 2 | 3 | 2.5 km |
Biscuit Run County Park | 3.5 km | ||||
Biscuit Run | 12 | 3 | 4.2 km | ||
Albemarle High School | 13 | 7 | 1 | 4.4 km |
Activity Type Stats
activitytype | trails | distance | descent | descent distance | total vertical | rating | global rank | state rank | photos | reports | routes | ridelogs |
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Mountain Bike | 27 | 12 miles | 1,854 ft | 6 miles | 459 ft | #4,508 | #2,075 | 24 | 504 | 4 | 1,956 | |
E-Bike | 5 | 2 miles | 696 ft | 2 miles | 338 ft | 477 | 44 | |||||
Horse | 1 | 2,726 ft | 167 ft | 2,264 ft | 164 ft | 10 | ||||||
Hike | 27 | 11 miles | 1,854 ft | 6 miles | 459 ft | #5,020 | #2,433 | 508 | 79 | |||
Trail Running | 26 | 11 miles | 1,854 ft | 6 miles | 459 ft | #3,678 | #1,903 | 502 | 74 |
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