5,187 ft
Distance
38 ft
Climb
-103 ft
Descent
00:06:40
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 [+]
    • 75 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
    -66 ft
  • Altitude min
    752 ft
  • Altitude max
    819 ft
  • Altitude start
    817 ft
  • Altitude end
    751 ft
  • Grade
    -1.3%
  • Grade max
    -18.1%
  • Grade min
    12.7%
  • Distance climb
    1,335 ft
  • Distance down
    2,782 ft
  • Distance flat
    1,070 ft
  • Avg time
    00:06:40
  • Avg reverse time
    00:11:44
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on Sep 28, 2023
Dry
Avg: 4.45 (7 votes)
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      Shady Side Trail Reports

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      Sep 28, 2023 @ 1:22pm
      3 days
      		 reporter
      cleaned out 19 drains on SS and cleared all debris. also sawed a tree off LL and cleared trees and limbs off LL, OR, fire road. no pics just...
      Sep 26, 2023 @ 11:51am
      Sep 26, 2023
      		 reporter OPEN
      Sep 23, 2023 @ 6:07am
      Sep 23, 2023
      		 reporter CLOSED
      Sep 18, 2023 @ 3:27pm
      Sep 18, 2023
      		 reporter OPEN
      Sep 18, 2023 @ 3:23pm
      Sep 18, 2023
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      Recent Ridelog Activity on Trail

      Past Week
      • 9 rides
      • 14 miles avg distance
      6 Months
      • 323 rides
      • 14 miles avg distance
      All
      • 3,196 rides
      • Last: Oct 1, 2023

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      Nov 29, 2020 @ 7:03am
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      May 5, 2020 @ 4:20am
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