1.5 miles
Distance
94 ft
Climb
-173 ft
Descent
00:13:01
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5 Bridges Details

  • Activities
    • Mountain Bike
    • Hike
    • Trail Running
  • Riding Area
    Fair Hill
    Elkton, Maryland
  • Difficulty Rating
    Blue rate
  • Trail Type
    Singletrack
  • Bike Type
    AM, XC
  • Direction
    Both Directions
  • Dogs Allowed
    Yes
  • TTFs on Trail
    Bridge
  • Global Ranking
    #6358 in Mountain Biking [+]
    • #41168 in Hiking
  • Local Popularity
    95 in Mountain Biking [+]
    • 75 in Trail Running
    • 5 in Hiking

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5 Bridges is a 2 mile popular blue singletrack trail located near Elkton Maryland. This mountain bike primary trail can be used both directions. On average it takes 13 minutes to complete this trail.

Local Trail Association
Traditionally Indigenous Territory
More Stats for 5 Bridges mountain bike trail trail
  • Altitude change
    -80 ft
  • Altitude min
    125 ft
  • Altitude max
    243 ft
  • Altitude start
    206 ft
  • Altitude end
    125 ft
  • Grade
    -1%
  • Grade max
    -13.7%
  • Grade min
    13.4%
  • Distance climb
    2,572 ft
  • Distance down
    4,026 ft
  • Distance flat
    1,175 ft
  • Avg time
    00:13:01
  • Avg reverse time
    00:16:27
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on Aug 19, 2022
Dry
Avg: 3.5 (2 votes)
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      5 Bridges Trail Reports

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      Aug 19, 2022 @ 4:04pm
      Aug 19, 2022
      Oct 28, 2021 @ 11:30am
      Oct 28, 2021
      		 This trail seems bumpier than normal - which is saying quite a bit for this trail, but the downhills on the far end of the trail from the gravel...
      Sep 7, 2021 @ 6:10am
      Sep 7, 2021
      Aug 20, 2020 @ 1:12pm
      Aug 20, 2020
      		 Drying nicely.
      Mar 13, 2020 @ 8:32am
      Mar 13, 2020
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      Recent Ridelog Activity on Trail

      Past Week
      • 1 rides
      • 11 miles avg distance
      6 Months
      • 151 rides
      • 20 miles avg distance
      All
      • 998 rides
      • Last: Jan 27, 2023

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      Routes with this trail

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      Big Elk Off Road XC 2019 Revised race7 miles

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      5 Bridges Fair Hill, MD **4K Stable Image**
      5:54 | 599 | Jun 6, 2018 , Elkton
      Fair Hill Big Elk Route
      0:52 | 138 | Jul 31, 2020 , Elkton

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