3 miles
Distance
538 ft
Climb
-535 ft
Descent
00:13:53
Avg time

Gnu Loop Details

  • Activities
    • Mountain Bike
    • Hike
    • Trail Running
  • Riding Area
    Midland City Forest
    Midland, Michigan
  • Difficulty Rating
    Blue rate
  • Voted Difficulty
    Blue (1 vote)
  • Trail Type
    Singletrack
  • Bike Type
    AM, XC
  • Trail Usage
    Biking Primary
  • Direction
    Both Directions
  • Dogs Allowed
    Yes
  • Global Ranking
    #58792 in Mountain Biking
  • Local Popularity
    95 in Mountain Biking [+]
    • 5 in Trail Running
    • 95 in Hiking

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Gnu Loop is a 3 mile popular blue singletrack trail located near Midland Michigan. This mountain bike primary trail can be used both directions. On average it takes 13 minutes to complete this trail.

Access Info

Direction is counter-clockwise according to trail head map.

Local Trail Association
More Stats for Gnu Loop mountain bike trail trail
  • Altitude change
    2 ft
  • Altitude min
    652 ft
  • Altitude max
    717 ft
  • Altitude start
    705 ft
  • Altitude end
    708 ft
  • Grade
    0.014%
  • Grade max
    -52.224%
  • Grade min
    50.607%
  • Distance climb
    1 mile
  • Distance down
    1 mile
  • Distance flat
    3,618 ft
  • Avg time
    00:13:53
  • Avg reverse time
    00:26:03
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on Jun 25, 2018
Dry
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Trail Conditions
  • Unknown
  • Snow Groomed
  • Snow Packed
  • Snow Covered
  • Freeze/thaw Cycle
  • Icy
  • Prevalent Mud
  • Wet
  • Variable
  • Ideal
  • Dry
  • Very Dry
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  • One Direction
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  • White
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  • Double Black Diamond

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  • Clear / Green
  • Minor Issue / Yellow
  • Significant Issue / Amber
  • Closed

  • Land Owner Overlay
  • Wilderness (typically no bikes in USA)
  • BLM (public)
  • USFS (Wildlife sanctuaries darker than usfs)
  • State land
  • Indigenous
  • Military
Trail Conditions
  • Unknown
  • Snow Groomed
  • Snow Packed
  • Snow Covered
  • Freeze/thaw Cycle
  • Icy
  • Prevalent Mud
  • Wet
  • Variable
  • Ideal
  • Dry
  • Very Dry
  • Map Markers
  • trail Trail Head
  • photo Photo
  • place Directory Listing
  • region Riding Area
  • TTF TTF
  • Parking Parking
  • Viewpoint Viewpoint
  • Information Information
  • Warning Warning
  • Directions Directions
  • Sight Sight
  • Restrooms Restrooms
  • eBike Charging Point eBike Charging Point
  • Water Fountain/Source Water Fountain/Source
  • Gate Gate
  • Trail Sign Trail Sign
  • Table or Bench Table or Bench
  • Ladder Ladder
  • Stairs Stairs
  • Bridge Bridge
  • Boardwalk Boardwalk
  • Camping Camping
  • Cabin Cabin
  • Lodge Lodge
  • Bear Cache Bear Cache
  • Dock Dock
  • Ranger Station Ranger Station
  • Summit Summit
  • Other Other
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      Gnu Loop Trail Reports

      statusdatedescription
      Jun 25, 2018 @ 2:51pm
      Jun 25, 2018
      Jun 24, 2018 @ 4:52pm
      Jun 24, 2018
      Jun 8, 2017 @ 8:10pm
      Jun 8, 2017
      May 18, 2017 @ 7:51pm
      May 18, 2017
      Apr 13, 2017 @ 7:18pm
      Apr 13, 2017
      		 Mostly dry, but a few wet areas. Only one bad area that I ran into where I lost the trail in the water for 25-35 yards on the south loop.
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      Recent Ridelog Activity on Trail

      Past Week
      • 2 rides
      • 15 miles avg distance
      6 Months
      • 110 rides
      • 13 miles avg distance
      All
      • 254 rides
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      130 |
      Sep 17, 2017 @ 8:31am
      Sep 17, 2017

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