5.1 miles
Distance
280 ft
Climb
-285 ft
Descent
00:58:19
Avg time

Big Dipper Details

  • Activities
    • Mountain Bike
    • E-Bike
    • Hike
    • Trail Running
  • Riding Area
    Dr. T.K. Lawless Park
    Vandalia, Michigan
  • Difficulty Rating
    Blue rate
  • Voted Difficulty
    Green (1 vote)
  • Trail Type
    Singletrack
  • Bike Type
    AM, XC
  • Direction
    Both Directions
  • Climb Difficulty
    Blue
  • Physical Rating
    Moderate
  • Trail Visibility
    Always easy to follow
  • Dogs Allowed
    Yes
  • eBike Allowed
    Yes up to Class 1
  • Global Ranking
    #72538 in Mountain Biking
  • Local Popularity
    100 in Mountain Biking [+]
    • 85 in Trail Running
    • 5 in Hiking
  • Year Opened
    1993

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Big Dipper is a 5 mile popular blue singletrack trail located near Vandalia Michigan. This multi-use trail can be used both directions and has a moderate overall physical rating with a 280 ft blue climb. On average it takes 58 minutes to complete this trail.

Local Trail Association
Traditionally Indigenous Territory
More Stats for Big Dipper multi-use trail trail
  • Altitude change
    -1 ft
  • Altitude min
    875 ft
  • Altitude max
    927 ft
  • Altitude start
    921 ft
  • Altitude end
    919 ft
  • Grade
    -0%
  • Grade max
    -14.8%
  • Grade min
    14.9%
  • Distance climb
    2 miles
  • Distance down
    1 mile
  • Distance flat
    2 miles
  • Avg time
    00:58:19
  • Avg reverse time
    01:00:22
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on May 31, 2024
Ideal
Avg: 3.9 (5 votes)
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      Big Dipper Trail Reports

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      May 31, 2024 @ 9:47am
      May 31, 2024
      		 Trees down
      Jul 22, 2022 @ 7:06am
      Jul 22, 2022
      Apr 20, 2022 @ 5:11pm
      Apr 20, 2022
      		 Multiple small trees down across trail, can ride over or bunny hop a couple but had to hop off for two. Lots of small branches and sticks...
      Sep 5, 2021 @ 11:08am
      Sep 5, 2021
      		 Few down trees in the path but a great ride.
      Apr 3, 2021 @ 5:07pm
      Apr 3, 2021
      Perfect
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      Recent Ridelog Activity on Trail

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      • 0 rides
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      6 Months
      • 33 rides
      • 22 miles avg distance
      All
      • 340 rides
      • Last: Oct 18, 2024

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      2024 Lawless 6 Mile race6 miles
      2024 Lawless 60 Mile race58 miles
      2024 Lawless 24 Mile race24 miles
      2024 Lawless 10 Mile race9 miles

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