1.5 miles
Distance
18 ft
Climb
-20 ft
Descent
00:07:49
Avg time
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Purple Trail Details

  • Activities
    • Mountain Bike
    • Hike
    • Trail Running
  • Riding Area
    Memorial Park
    Houston, Texas
  • Difficulty Rating
    White rate
  • Trail Type
    Doubletrack
  • Bike Type
    AM, XC, Fat, Adaptive MTB, Gravel
  • Direction
    Both Directions
  • Dogs Allowed
    Yes
  • Global Ranking
    #73758 in Mountain Biking [+]
    • #57912 in Trail Running
    • #76090 in Hiking
  • Local Popularity
    15 in Mountain Biking [+]
    • 55 in Trail Running
    • 5 in Hiking

This is the “dirt road” that forms a loop through the mountain bike trail area. Mostly flat except for its crossing of a drainage near Buffalo Bayou known as “Call Out” where riders will rapidly descend thirty feet and then immediately climb out of the drainage.

Local Trail Association
Traditionally Indigenous Territory
More Stats for Purple Trail mountain bike trail trail
  • Altitude change
    0 ft
  • Altitude min
    36 ft
  • Altitude max
    57 ft
  • Altitude start
    56 ft
  • Altitude end
    56 ft
  • Grade
    -0%
  • Grade max
    -13.1%
  • Grade min
    8.4%
  • Distance climb
    1,457 ft
  • Distance down
    1,378 ft
  • Distance flat
    5,000 ft
  • Avg time
    00:07:49
  • Avg reverse time
    00:13:49
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on Dec 19, 2023
Ideal
Avg: 3.89 (4 votes)
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      Purple Trail Trail Reports

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      Dec 19, 2023 @ 3:50pm
      Dec 19, 2023
      Dec 1, 2022 @ 7:50am
      Dec 1, 2022
      Dec 1, 2022 @ 7:50am
      Dec 1, 2022
      Jul 31, 2022 @ 6:31am
      Jul 31, 2022
      Jul 25, 2021 @ 9:06pm
      Jul 25, 2021
      		 Part of the trail in the southeast side is closed for ecological restoration. There is a bypass but it’s not a wide or easy as the regular...
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      Recent Ridelog Activity on Trail

      Past Week
      • 2 rides
      • 20.8 km avg distance
      6 Months
      • 18 rides
      • 21.5 km avg distance
      All
      • 539 rides
      • Last: Nov 30, 2024

      Technical Trail Features (TTF)

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      Dec 25, 2019 @ 12:48pm
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      Dec 25, 2019 @ 12:48pm
      Dec 25, 2019

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