5,030 ft
Distance
52 ft
Climb
-113 ft
Descent
00:06:44
Avg time
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Shady Side Details

  • Activities
    • Mountain Bike
    • E-Bike
  • Riding Area
    Bur-Mil Park
    Greensboro, North Carolina
  • Difficulty Rating
    Green rate
  • Trail Type
    Singletrack
  • Bike Type
    DH, AM, XC
  • Direction
    One Direction
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  • Climb Difficulty
    Green
  • Physical Rating
    Easy
  • Season
    All
  • eBike Allowed
    Yes up to Class 1
  • Global Ranking
    #18259 in Mountain Biking [+]
    • #19352 in E-Biking
  • Local Popularity
    95 in Mountain Biking [+]
    • 85 in E-Biking
  • Land Owner
    Guilford County

Shady Side Trail is one-direction single track you can reach from the fire roads that connect to Owl's Root Trail. Some fast, flowing single track connects back to Owl's Roost near the northern end of the trail.
This trail is closed to pedestrians due to high speed traffic and limited sight lines.

Local Trail Association
Traditionally Indigenous Territory
More Stats for Shady Side mountain bike trail trail
  • Altitude change
    -63 ft
  • Altitude min
    745 ft
  • Altitude max
    819 ft
  • Altitude start
    808 ft
  • Altitude end
    745 ft
  • Grade
    -1.3%
  • Grade max
    -18.1%
  • Grade min
    9.9%
  • Distance climb
    1,250 ft
  • Distance down
    2,375 ft
  • Distance flat
    1,404 ft
  • Avg time
    00:06:44
  • Avg reverse time
    00:10:15
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on Sep 13, 2024
Dry
Avg: 4.5 (8 votes)
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      Shady Side Trail Reports

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      Sep 13, 2024 @ 5:13am
      2 hours
      		 reporter
      did weed eating for race prep and other misc trail work
      Sep 11, 2024 @ 12:28pm
      2 days
      		 reporter
      debermed all drains from bottom of Downhill to end
      Sep 3, 2024 @ 1:12pm
      Sep 3, 2024
      		 reporter open
      Aug 30, 2024 @ 3:05pm
      Aug 30, 2024
      		 reporter CLOSED
      Aug 23, 2024 @ 3:23pm
      Aug 23, 2024
      		 reporter
      Clearing the big hickory and other smaller trees.
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      Recent Ridelog Activity on Trail

      Past Week
      • 18 rides
      • 12 miles avg distance
      6 Months
      • 291 rides
      • 13 miles avg distance
      All
      • 3,697 rides
      • Last: Sep 12, 2024

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      May 5, 2020 @ 4:20am
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      Apr 14, 2024 @ 3:38pm
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      Apr 14, 2024 @ 3:18pm
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      Nov 29, 2020 @ 7:03am
      Nov 29, 2020

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      Owls Roost shady side trail
      13:58 | 201 | May 28, 2018 , Greensboro
      Shady Side Trail ride
      3:34 | 148 | Apr 8, 2016 , Greensboro

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