5.5 miles
Distance
188 ft
Climb
-142 ft
Descent
00:35:24
Avg time

Details

  • Activities
    • Mountain Bike
    • Hike
    • Trail Running
  • Riding Area
    Turkey Creek Nature Preserve
    Birmingham, Alabama
  • Difficulty Rating
    White rate
  • Voted Difficulty
    Green (1 vote)
  • Hiking SAC Scale
    T1 Hiking
  • Trail Type
    Rail Trail
  • Bike Type
    AM, XC, Fat, CX, Gravel
  • Trail Usage
    Multi-use
  • Direction
    Both Directions
  • Climb Difficulty
    Green
  • Physical Rating
    Easy
  • Season
    Year around
  • Family Friendly
    Yes
  • Dogs Allowed
    Yes
  • Ride in Rain
    Yes
  • Global Ranking
    #94521 in Mountain Biking
  • Local Popularity
    60 in Mountain Biking [+]
    • 70 in Trail Running
    • 5 in Hiking

Easy, relaxing ride for any season.

Access Info

Park in Black Creek Park's parking lot.

Traditionally Indigenous Territory
More Stats for Black Creek Rails to Trails bike trail trail
  • Altitude change
    47 ft
  • Altitude min
    495 ft
  • Altitude max
    633 ft
  • Altitude start
    511 ft
  • Altitude end
    558 ft
  • Grade
    0.2%
  • Grade max
    -13.4%
  • Grade min
    10%
  • Distance climb
    3 miles
  • Distance down
    2 miles
  • Distance flat
    3,606 ft
  • Avg time
    00:35:24
  • Avg reverse time
    00:36:57
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Status:
on Feb 22, 2021
Ideal
Avg: 4.5 (4 votes)

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  • Trail Style 
    • ?
  • Activity Type  
Trail Conditions
  • Unknown
  • Snow Groomed
  • Snow Packed
  • Snow Covered
  • Freeze/thaw Cycle
  • Icy
  • Prevalent Mud
  • Wet
  • Variable
  • Ideal
  • Dry
  • Very Dry
Trail Ridden Direction
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  • > 90%
  • > 80%
  • > 70%
  • > 50%
  • < 50%
Trail Last Ridden
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  • < 2 days
  • < 1 week
  • < 2 weeks
  • < 1 month
  • < 6 months
  • > 6 months
Trail Ridden Direction
The intended direction a trail should be ridden.
  • Downhill Only
  • Downhill Primary
  • Both Directions
  • Uphill Primary
  • Uphill Only
  • One Direction
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Trail Popularity ?
Trailforks scans ridelogs to determine which trails are ridden the most in the last 9 months. Trails are compared with nearby trails in the same city region with a possible 25 colour shades. Think of this as a heatmap, more rides = more kinetic energy = warmer colors.
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  • popular
  • less popular
  • not popular
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      Black Creek... Trail Reports

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      Feb 22, 2021 @ 2:25pm
      Feb 22, 2021
      Sep 1, 2020 @ 3:54pm
      Sep 1, 2020
      Jul 9, 2019 @ 1:00pm
      Jul 9, 2019
      		 One tree has fallen across the path about 2 miles in. You can easily ride under it though, as it straddles the entire path just above head height.
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      Recent Ridelog Activity on Trail

      Past Week
      • 2 rides
      • 19 miles avg distance
      6 Months
      • 46 rides
      • 18 miles avg distance
      All
      • 201 rides
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      Photos

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      Jan 19, 2020 @ 3:34pm
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      Jan 19, 2020 @ 3:34pm
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      Jan 19, 2020 @ 3:34pm
      Jan 19, 2020

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