Name: Monolith Gardens Loop
Address: Kingman, AZ
Rating: 3.9

7.1 miles

Distance

476 ft

Climb

-468 ft

Descent

01:11:06

Avg time

Supporters, Builders, Maintainers & Land Managers of Monolith Gardens Loop Trail

BLM
Land Manager

Details

Activities
- Mountain Bike
- Hike
- Trail Running
Riding Area

Monolith Gardens
Kingman, Arizona
Difficulty Rating

Green rate
Voted Difficulty

Blue (3 votes)
Trail Type

Singletrack
Bike Type

XC
Direction

Both Directions
Climb Difficulty

Green
Physical Rating

Moderate
Dogs Allowed

Yes
Global Ranking
#55383 in Mountain Biking [+]
- #90590 in Trail Running
- #93451 in Hiking
Local Popularity
90 in Mountain Biking [+]
- 65 in Trail Running
- 5 in Hiking
Land Manager

Kingman BLM

Monolith Gardens trail is an easy to intermediate loop system with some technical climbs and downhills. June 2011 Foothills Rim trail (a technical intermediate) was connected at 3 location to the Monolith trail adding an additional 10.35 miles to the trail system.

The most popular direction to ride the trail is counter-clockwise but is also fun and more challenging riding clockwise. The trail is fast and flowing with plenty of climbing and fast downhills, elevations are approx 3500 - 3900 ft.

Access Info

Coyote Pass Trailhead - Located 2 miles north of downtown Kingman, AZ on U.S. Highway 93. The trailhead can only be accessed from the southbound lane of the highway. Look for a large parking area near the top of Coyote Pass, where a restroom facility can be seen. This trailhead is recommended for horse trailers and/or large numbers of vehicles.

Local Trail Association

Colorado River Area Trail Alliance
Arizona Trail Association
Mountain Bike Association of Arizona
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More Stats for Monolith Gardens Loop mountain bike trail trail

Altitude change

9 ft
Altitude min

3,422 ft
Altitude max

3,682 ft
Altitude start

3,664 ft
Altitude end

3,671 ft
Grade max

-25.9%
Grade min

14.8%
Distance climb

3 miles
Distance down

3 miles
Distance flat

1 mile
Avg time

01:11:06
Avg reverse time

01:48:50
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Status:

on Mar 24, 2021

Ideal

Avg: 3.9 (10 votes)

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Monolith Gardens... Trail Reports

status	date	description
	Mar 24, 2021 @ 2:57pm Mar 24, 2021	Good riding. Some sections a little unsure of where the trail was buy majority was fine.
	Feb 5, 2021 @ 9:04pm Feb 5, 2021
	Jan 14, 2021 @ 11:05am Jan 14, 2021	Rain ruts full of rocks. Flags indicate reroutes forthcoming
	Apr 18, 2020 @ 9:14am Apr 18, 2020
	Apr 18, 2020 @ 9:14am Apr 18, 2020

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Recent Ridelog Activity on Trail

Past Week

4 rides
12 miles avg distance

6 Months

14 rides
11 miles avg distance

All

126 rides

Photos

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Routes with this trail

title	rating	distance
Monolith Gardens Loop		8 miles
TWMC Kingman		13 miles

9 Reviews & Comments

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CBuck65 (Jan 13, 2019 at 10:07)

This is not a beginner trail, took the wife, a beginner, now she wants to stick to road biking. The half of the trail behind the mountain is very rocky/bumpy and is not enjoyable to ride.

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Jibofo

(Feb 25, 2019 at 22:43)

Lol

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DataLaForge

(Jul 3, 2019 at 15:35)

I love this trail. It's got so many beautiful sights. Rock formations galore. I'm new to mountain biking so I don't know how difficult this is, but it takes a lot of focus for me to do the whole thing on my single speed without getting off of the bike to push. 5 stars.

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twowheeledwanderer (Feb 7, 2020 at 10:56)

This is such a great and underrated trail! It could be considered more of a blue, but there's not really any tech other than a few rock lunges. The views and landscape make it worth it, though! twowheeledwanderer.com/posts/kingman-arizona-monolith-gardens

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robertellisw

(Jan 20, 2021 at 18:26)

This trail is so much fun! But be careful with that green rating. I say it's more of a blue. One of the best flow trails I've ridden in a while.

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Dugthug

(Feb 5, 2021 at 20:57)

Road this trail today for the first time. More of an intermediate trail with awesome views. Worth the sweat.

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Dnssnchz

(Mar 24, 2021 at 14:58)

Very nice trail with interesting landscape. Flowed nicely, if your passing by its definitely worth stopping by.

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Tylergrogg

(Oct 8, 2021 at 13:16)

I actually recommend riding it clockwise instead of counter-clockwisr like it suggests. I personally found the trail much more fun and had a lot of really fun flow, there's a little bit of a climb added in this way but it's easy and I found my speed maintained and could rip through the flow(y) sections with ease. Felt like there was better flow throughout this way!

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