1,053 ft
Distance
-93 ft
Descent
00:01:08
Avg time

Tarantula Details

  • Activities
    • Mountain Bike
  • Riding Area
    Spider Mountain Bike Park
    Burnet, Texas
  • Difficulty Rating
    Blue rate
  • Voted Difficulty
    Blue (1 vote)
  • Trail Type
    Singletrack
  • Bike Type
    DH, AM
  • Direction
    Downhill Only
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  • Dogs Allowed
    Yes
  • Global Ranking
    #14103 in Mountain Biking
  • Local Popularity
    45 in Mountain Biking

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Tarantula is a highly rated 1,053 ft moderately popular blue singletrack trail located near Burnet Texas. This mountain bike only trail can be used downhill only. On average it takes 1 minutes to complete this trail.

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Traditionally Indigenous Territory
More Stats for Tarantula mountain bike trail trail
  • Altitude change
    -91 ft
  • Altitude min
    1,236 ft
  • Altitude max
    1,330 ft
  • Altitude start
    1,330 ft
  • Altitude end
    1,239 ft
  • Grade
    -8.633%
  • Grade max
    -24.086%
  • Grade min
    2.427%
  • Distance climb
    178 ft
  • Distance down
    827 ft
  • Distance flat
    48 ft
  • Avg time
    00:01:08
  • Avg reverse time
    00:02:50
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on Jun 3, 2024
Dry
Avg: 3.99 (8 votes)
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      Tarantula Trail Reports

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      Jun 3, 2024 @ 4:50am
      Jun 3, 2024
      May 20, 2024 @ 3:05pm
      May 20, 2024
      		 Fantastic condition - hero dirt as of May 16.
      Apr 13, 2024 @ 1:52am
      Apr 13, 2024
      Apr 7, 2024 @ 1:47am
      Apr 7, 2024
      Sep 24, 2023 @ 8:37am
      Sep 24, 2023
      		 Hero Dirt!
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      Recent Ridelog Activity on Trail

      Past Week
      • 3 rides
      • 13 miles avg distance
      6 Months
      • 84 rides
      • 14 miles avg distance
      All
      • 574 rides
      • Last: Apr 25, 2025

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      Apr 2, 2022 @ 8:07am
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      Jan 7, 2022 @ 3:21pm
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      Mar 19, 2021 @ 2:49pm
      Mar 19, 2021
      178 |
      Mar 19, 2021 @ 2:49pm
      Mar 19, 2021

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