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Current Trail Status
| Status | When Updated | Who Updated | More Info |  | Help keep this info accurate by clicking the red bicycle | |
| open | 03/07 9:28 pm | chavvy420 |  |
| Category | Average Rating |
| Overall : |  4.2 / 5.0 based on 12 votes |
| Technical : |  3.6 / 5.0 based on 12 votes |
| Climbing : | 3.4 / 5.0 based on 12 votes |
| Freeride : |  4.8 / 5.0 based on 12 votes |
| Scenery/Wildlife : |  2.8 / 5.0 based on 12 votes |
| Flow : | 3.2 / 5.0 based on 5 votes |
Description
Location: Clayton
Miles: ~ 6
Skill Level: Beginner to advanced. A little bit of everything
here. Freeriders take note. Hucksville is located here. A
skills area has been set up near the parking lot. It has
several skinnies, drops and jumps of varying difficulty.
Map
Park Hours and Fees
Directions
Rules of the trail
The trails are inside the Town's Legend Park. The property is bordered by a creek and a jeep trail. The trail starts at the corner of a ballfield and takes you along the creek. Fun stuff along the way includes rock gardens, boulders, jumps, and bridges. The trails are multi-directional and offer lots of choices for your route. This trail has a little bit of everything. The trail by the creek is absolutely beautiful.
Park Hours and Fees
No fees. The park is owned by the Town of Clayton. Park
is open from 8 AM to 11 PM.
Directions
From
Raleigh, take I-440 to I-40(South or East) towards
Benson, Wilmington. Take US 70 east towards Goldsboro,
Atlantic Beach. Go into Clayton and go to second stop
light. Turn left onto Robertson Street (McDonalds is on
corner) and take Robertson until it deadends. Turn left
onto Stallings Street, and take second right onto City
Road. Legend Park will be about 1/4 mile on your right.
Look for a kiosk in parking lot, it will tell you how to
get on the trails.
Rules of the Trail
The trail rules are posted at the
trailhead and, yes, you can bring your well-mannered dog
with you.
Night riding is allowed on this trail. Please be off
the trail when the park closes at 11 PM each night.
Trail Descriptions
THE "SKILLS
ZONE"
Beginners and expert riders alike are
trying their luck at the new skills area located in the
parking lot behind the kiosk. Phase I of this area
includes 2 skinnies, one at 8" and one at 12"
wide . While both are of a reasonable height, each one
possesses it's own challenges. Also found in this area is
a 3 prong jump/drop stunt ranging from 1.5' to 3.5' high.
This solidly built stunt will inspire confidence and have
you flying in no time. Phase II includes a zig zag skinny, and three jumps to hone your skills on.
(see pics below)
Main Trail starts at the kiosk,
located at the lower half of the parking lot. This trail
will
give riders access to every trail and blast you
through the "ravine" and take
you by
"Hucksville".
Hucksville is home
to some of the biggest and coolest hucks/drop around. We
have multiple
drops/jumps for the extreme riders to
try. There is a gap jump, gulley drop, the
original
drop or huck(your choice) and the Fatire drop. To total,
there are five options
for defying gravity. Good luck!
Allen's Trail is the first loop off of the
Main Trail. This is a "difficult" rated trail
with lots
of short ups and downs and serves as a
great warm-up for the advanced rider.
The
"Clayton Shore" is at the outer most bend and
gives daring riders over
150' of elevated stunts to
try their luck on.
Short Loop/Long Loop are the original trails
in this system. Low land riding along the
Sims Creek,
several boardwalk section and a couple of climbs
to
keep you honest. Trail features technical rock garden,
multiple
log stacks and various rock obstacles for
play spots on these loops.
All of the above mentioned
trails and considered to be the "lower trails".
Trail rating is "easy" to "moderate".
Harvey's Pond is the first trail in the group
of trails, know as the "upper trails". The loop
rides
along Harvey's Pond and serves as a climb
reliever to the "ravine".
Trail rating is
"moderate".
Little-Big Horn is located at the southern
most end of the Main Trail. Trail features lots of
rolling single track with log stack and a bare-back log
ride.
Trail rating is "moderate".
Larry's Loop is located at the outer most
point of Little-Big Horn and is also at he highest
point of all the trails. This is the other
"difficult" rated trail and features off-
camber sections, narrow bridges and hard climbs to
toughen the challenge.
Magnolias Run is the longest of all the upper
trails and like Little-Big Horn was built to
be
ridden from the top down. Trail features bench-cut
contour riding, several fast
downhill sections and a
double switchback climb. Trail rating is
"moderate".
No trail has a mandatory
direction, riders can ride any trail in any direction.
(L) 40 foot skinny located at Legend Park
Allens Trail.
(R) Multiple locations for serious hucks. It's known as Hucksville. Rider is Matt S.
 Photo by Larry Bailey |
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I live in Clayton so I consider this to be my home trail. I am just now getting back into mountain biking after three years of night shift and this was a great trail to get started on. There is enough technical stuff to you keep busy yet enough ride arounds to let every skill level have a good time. | ||||||||||||||||||
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Legend is HOMEBASE for me and I'm grateful to have trails like this so close to home!
There is an upper side and a lower side to this system and they are very different from each other. The Lower trails are beautiful, running along side creek with a few log stacks, rock gardens and hill climbs that remind you why you're riding. The Lower trails seem to take a LONG time to dry out which is why LEGEND stays closed even when Gardner is open. You also have Allen's trail on this side and if you like elevated skinnies - there are a couple here that will test your skilz. The Upper trails are where it's at for me! You start with the Hucks, I like to drop in on the first one...won't touch the others - but they are there if you got the nerve. Then there's the RAVINE (newbies beware) an intense down hill and immediate climb to the other side. After climbing out of the Ravine the climb continues, slow and steady straight to the top and from there it's Little Big Horn to the right - hit Lary's Loop - come back to Little Big Horn and take it back to the main trail. Head straight across the trail to Magnolia's Run! I love this loop, it's about 3 miles or so, great flow and awesome workout. For more "HILL CLIMB" enter Little Big horn just after the Ravine, take that first right...intense! Then there's the Skilz section in the parking lot...huge confidence booster and great place to simply work on your skills. |
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I'd first like to say great job to the crew who's taking care of these trails. I saw a lot of prevention work done to keep the trails where they are. Second they've come a long way from the first time I rode them after they were created. Well ridden singletrack that can be ridden by almost anyone with some balance, which makes them fun to introduce people to mt. biking. Tight places, fast places, grinding uphills with a rest at the top. All in all a good set of trails, it doesn't hurt that they're 10 mins from my house! | ||||||||||||||||||
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When someone asks me how is Legend, my response is the question, "Have you ever ridden a roller coaster?" Then I explain Legend is like the calm while you make that first climb to the top of the hill then the major woosh noise you hear when you descend followed again by a series of quiet and woosh twists and turns. Well that is Legend A fast relatively smooth single track with a lot of quick climbs and downhills. The place was seemingly built for speed mixed with some technical switchbacks and skinies placed in prime spots. Technical features include off camber climbs (or DHs depending on direction, a few rock gardens, well placed skinnes, and some challenging climbs albeit not that long. My favorite route is to drop into the lower trails taking the long loop, then climbing to the main trails, threading the ravine then riding Larrys loop, and Little big horn (from the top down), then joining back to the main trail for Magnolias run (top down), then riding back out on the Ravine to the green loop, and ending with another spin through the lower long loop. I find Legend to be a lot of fun, but one must be mindful and look for jumps placed in the ST on downhills. If you are not careful you can be caught off guard and have your oh "S#@T" factor elevated "real, quick, and in a hurry." |
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