1.2 miles
Distance
110 ft
Climb
-250 ft
Descent
00:11:35
Avg time

Dirt Church Details

  • Activities
    • Mountain Bike
    • Hike
    • Trail Running
  • Riding Area
    Rockland Preserve
    Madison, Connecticut
  • Difficulty Rating
    Blue rate
  • Trail Type
    Singletrack
  • Direction
    Downhill Primary
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  • Dogs Allowed
    Yes
  • eBike Allowed
    No
  • Global Ranking
    #51556 in Mountain Biking [+]
    • #44617 in Trail Running
    • #46117 in Hiking
  • Local Popularity
    90 in Mountain Biking [+]
    • 45 in Trail Running
    • 70 in Hiking

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Dirt Church is a 1 mile popular blue singletrack trail located near Madison Connecticut. This mountain bike primary trail can be used downhill primary. On average it takes 11 minutes to complete this trail.

Local Trail Association
Traditionally Indigenous Territory
More Stats for Dirt Church mountain bike trail trail
  • Altitude change
    -139 ft
  • Altitude min
    458 ft
  • Altitude max
    605 ft
  • Altitude start
    605 ft
  • Altitude end
    465 ft
  • Grade
    -2.171%
  • Grade max
    -17.097%
  • Grade min
    20.406%
  • Distance climb
    1,663 ft
  • Distance down
    3,983 ft
  • Distance flat
    772 ft
  • Avg time
    00:11:35
  • Avg reverse time
    00:14:02
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on Apr 27, 2024
Ideal
Avg: 3 (6 votes)
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      Dirt Church Trail Reports

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      Apr 27, 2024 @ 9:42am
      Apr 27, 2024
      Mar 24, 2024 @ 10:00am
      Mar 24, 2024
      		 Down tree near end
      Sep 15, 2023 @ 12:48pm
      Sep 15, 2023
      Jun 30, 2023 @ 6:04am
      Jun 30, 2023
      		 Tree down just after third section entrance and another about 1/4 from exit
      Apr 20, 2023 @ 5:51pm
      Apr 20, 2023
      		 Hornets nest hanging from tree in middle of trail - about midway through
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      Recent Ridelog Activity on Trail

      Past Week
      • 6 rides
      • 6 miles avg distance
      6 Months
      • 260 rides
      • 10 miles avg distance
      All
      • 3,009 rides
      • Last: Oct 1, 2024

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      Mar 24, 2024 @ 10:00am
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      Dec 31, 2022 @ 7:16am
      Dec 31, 2022
      52 |
      Aug 16, 2020 @ 7:50am
      Aug 16, 2020
      46 |
      Aug 9, 2020 @ 7:38am
      Aug 9, 2020

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