A short list of mountain bike trails around MacGroveland and Highland neighborhoods

Made this up for the Highland-Mendota mountain bike team.

Site	Travel	Good for
Deer pen (Minnehaha park, NE corner and by creek)	bike	Climb skills, turns
Hidden Falls	bike	Short loop skills, hill climb
Crosby Farm (high trail)	bike	Short fun outing on way to Hidden Falls
Brickyard (fossil beds)	bike	Brutal hill climbs
Mendota (Minnesota River S)	bike	Basic trail ride speed skills
Minnehaha Dog Park/Upper	bike	Basic trail skills
Murphy	drive	Great terrain, good change
Theodore Wirth	drive	Great for staging race practice, passing skills
Battle Creek	bike/drive	Later season, all around skills, technical downhill
Lebanon	drive	Intermediate with advanced options
Carver	drive	early season skills, night ride, intro to mtn bike events
Elm Creek	drive	Twisty trails with quick climbs and fast hands
Terrace Oaks	drive	Short but very race like. Should do this more.
River bottom - Bloomington Ferry	drive	Fun creek crossing, basic riding
River bottom - 77 to 35	drive	Good fun terrain, some hill climbs, night ride
White tail, WI	drive (long)	Great climbs, terrain and scenery