1.6 miles
Distance
181 ft
Climb
-98 ft
Descent
00:12:05
Avg time

Penacook Details

  • Activities
    • Mountain Bike
    • Hike
    • Trail Running
  • Riding Area
    Landlocked Forest
    Burlington, Massachusetts
  • AKA
    Yellow Loop
  • Difficulty Rating
    Blue rate
  • Voted Difficulty
    Blue (1 vote)
  • Trail Type
    Singletrack
  • Bike Type
    AM, XC, Fat
  • Direction
    Both Directions
    Popular in reverse
  • Trail Visibility
    Always easy to follow
  • Dogs Allowed
    Yes
  • eBike Allowed
    No
  • Global Ranking
    #5277 in Mountain Biking [+]
    • #9881 in Trail Running
    • #50280 in Hiking
  • Local Popularity
    80 in Mountain Biking [+]
    • 95 in Trail Running
    • 80 in Hiking

Marked on the map as a yellow line, this is sometimes called the Yellow Loop, but it is the Landlocked Forest Loop. It is a complete loop of the forest, but includes sections of other loops. Not all singletrack, with some wide trail as well. Great way to access all the other sections of the park.

Local Trail Association
Traditionally Indigenous Territory
More Stats for Penacook multi-use trail trail
  • Altitude change
    83 ft
  • Altitude min
    146 ft
  • Altitude max
    242 ft
  • Altitude start
    159 ft
  • Altitude end
    243 ft
  • Grade
    1%
  • Grade max
    -16.4%
  • Grade min
    15.5%
  • Distance climb
    4,669 ft
  • Distance down
    2,267 ft
  • Distance flat
    1,270 ft
  • Avg time
    00:12:05
  • Avg reverse time
    00:18:48
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on May 8, 2025
Ideal
Avg: 3.89 (4 votes)
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      Penacook Trail Reports

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      May 8, 2025 @ 5:30pm
      May 8, 2025
      Jan 5, 2025 @ 11:52am
      Jan 5, 2025
      		 Tree down at intersection
      Oct 16, 2024 @ 5:24pm
      Oct 16, 2024
      Aug 9, 2024 @ 11:01am
      Aug 9, 2024
      Nov 23, 2022 @ 11:52am
      Nov 23, 2022
      		 Tree down blocking trail, needs saw
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      Recent Ridelog Activity on Trail

      Past Week
      • 12 rides
      • 8.6 km avg distance
      6 Months
      • 120 rides
      • 11.7 km avg distance
      All
      • 1,146 rides
      • Last: Jul 6, 2025

      Technical Trail Features (TTF)

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      Nov 19, 2020 @ 2:36pm
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      May 22, 2020 @ 1:39pm
      May 22, 2020
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      May 14, 2020 @ 12:24pm
      May 14, 2020
      326 |
      Jun 14, 2019 @ 9:16am
      Jun 14, 2019

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