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1,952 ft
Distance
-72 ft
Descent
00:06:21
Avg time
-72 ft
Altitude change
1,225 ft
Altitude min
1,297 ft
Altitude max
1,297 ft
Altitude start
1,227 ft
Altitude end
-3.7%
Grade
-11.5%
Grade max
3%
Grade min
20 ft
Distance climb
1,686 ft
Distance down
246 ft
Distance flat
00:06:21
Avg time
Thunder Chicken Details
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Activities
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Riding AreaThunder Chicken
Springdale, Arkansas -
Difficulty Rating
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Local Popularity25 in Mountain Biking [+]
- 5 in E-Biking
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Trail TypeMachine Groomed
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Bike TypeDH, AM, DJ
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DirectionDownhill OnlyPopular Direction Shown
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Climb DifficultyGreen
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Physical RatingModerate
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SeasonJan-Dec
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Dogs AllowedYes
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eBike AllowedYes up to Class 1
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TTFs on TrailBerm, Bridge, Drop, Jump, Gap Jump, Wallride
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Year Opened2015
The trail that you probably came to this place for. Thunder Chicken All flow, all jumps, all drops, big jumps (at bottom), wallrides. This is awesome for arkansas. A piece of the big mountains that found its way to arkansas. Tips of advice once you get warmed up and familiar with this trail is to hit everything as fast as you can! Drops, wall rides, and jumps. Built by Progressive Trail Design. Got its name from what was originally going to be the arkansas baseball team now. The Naturals were going to be called the thunder chickens.
Access Info
Ride up the main up trail from the bottom of where all the trails connect. The main up trial will lead you up to the top right where it starts.
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- Progressive Trail DesignBuilder
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Traditionally Indigenous Territory
Recent Activity on Trail
Past Week
- 0 rides
6 Months
- 2 rides
- 9 miles avg distance
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- 23 rides
- Last: Sep 13, 2026
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Directions to thunder-chicken trailhead
(36.211640, -94.167130)
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Aug 29, 2015 , Springdale
5 Reviews & Comments
n72qMR
Just went to check it out and it’s unrideable, the wood features are all falling apart and the forest has reclaimed most of the trail. Really sucks because this was an awesome trail a couple years ago, I would get out there with a weed eater if that was the only problem but that won’t really help anymore.
bpsmpls
Looks like these trails have not been maintained in what seems to be a season or two. I'd caution riding these trails until there is an update on continued work for them.
blaircartwright
There is a tree snapped over trail about 3/4 down, you might fit under it but it needs cut to be removed FYI
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