Onion Mountain Details

Activities
- Mountain Bike
- Hike
- Trail Running
Riding Area

Arcadia
, Virginia
Difficulty Rating

Blue rate
Trail Type

Singletrack
Bike Type

AM, XC
Trail Usage

Multi-use
Direction

Downhill Primary
Popular direction shown
Climb Difficulty

Green
Physical Rating

Moderate
Dogs Allowed

Yes
Ride in Rain

Yes
Local Popularity
45 in Mountain Biking [+]
- 80 in Trail Running
- 5 in Hiking

Across the street from Sunset Fields Overlook there is a small doubletrack that will take you to a fork. If you go left you're in for a huge ride (Terrapin MT) but if you go right you'll do the Onion Mountain DH which is fun and rocky. Once you get to the bottom there is a waterfall and a gravel road climb back up to the Blue Ridge Parkway.

Local Trail Association

Blue Ridge Off-Road Cyclists
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More Stats for Onion Mountain mountain bike trail

Altitude change

-799 ft
Altitude min

2,678 ft
Altitude max

3,552 ft
Altitude start

3,477 ft
Altitude end

2,678 ft
Grade

-6.893%
Grade max

-90.427%
Grade min

31.106%
Distance climb

2,231 ft
Distance down

2 miles
Distance flat

995 ft
Avg time

00:22:06
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