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Little River Regional Park and Nature Area

Current Trail Status

	Status	When Updated	Who Updated	More Info		Help keep this info accurate by clicking the red bicycle
	open	03/05 11:04 am	ncsumtber

Average ratings submitted by users                     Write a review   User submitted reviews

Category	Average Rating
Overall :	3.5 / 5.0   based on 15 votes
Technical :	2.6 / 5.0   based on 15 votes
Climbing :	3.3 / 5.0   based on 15 votes
Freeride :	1.1 / 5.0   based on 15 votes
Scenery/Wildlife :	2.9 / 5.0   based on 15 votes
Flow :	3.1 / 5.0   based on 7 votes

On December 5th 2004, the first legal single track in Orange County opened. Thanks to DOMBO, Little River Park had it's grand opening and well over 100 mountain bikers attended to show their support. Kudo's to all the effort and hard work put into these trails by the folks in DOMBO, Orange County and Durham County Parks and Rec, as well as all the volunteers who pitched in. Thanks!

About Little River
This 391-acre park was acquired and had been developed jointly by the two neighboring counties. The park is a cooperative venture among several partners, including Durham County, Orange County, the Triangle Land Conservancy, the Eno River Association, the Triangle Community Foundation, the NC Division of Parks and Recreation, the Land and Water Conservation Fund, the NC Recreation Trails Program, the NC Parks and Recreation Trust Fund, the NC Clean Water Management Trust Fund, and the Durham/Orange Mountain Bike Organization.

Park Hours
May-September: 7am-Dusk
October-April: 8am-Dusk
Closed: Christmas Eve, Christmas Day and New Years Day

Contact the Park staff to see if the trail is currently open due to conditions: 732-5505

Rules of the Trail
Blue markers indicate mountain bike trails. Over seven miles of single track trails are newly designed, built, and ready for use! Markers are found only at intersections and hiking trail crossings, and therefore signal areas where riders should minimize speed and exhibit added caution. Extra care should also be taken at trail-heads and around the parking lot, where multiple users of the park come together, possibly including horse riders. The mountain bike trails are specially designed to prevent erosion and maintain stream and river water quality. Bikers are asked to remain on posted mountain bike trails at all times. Biking on the gravel logging roads should be limited to emergency situations only. The level of technical difficulty on trails increases with distance from the trail-head. Since use of the gravel roads is not meant for bikers, please plan a route that permits a return path along the mountain bike trails. Don’t forget that the park’s gates lock at dusk! Bikers must be aware that hikers, while not encouraged to use the bike trails, are allowed to explore the trail system. However, biking trails are made for bikers, and hikers are advised to yield to riders on the mountain bike trails. Please report any problems encountered along the trails to park staff.

Directions






301 Little River Park Way
Durham  NC

Link to area map

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Little River Park trail has been reviewed 15 times by our trianglemtb.com guests.

Reviewed by: mkjensen Reviewed on: 12/12/2009 Overall: Technical: Climbing: Freeride: Scenery/Wildlife: Flow: Report inappropriate review	this trail, in my opinion, was not good for mountain biking, more like a good cross country running trail.
Reviewed by: solarman Reviewed on: 11/27/2009 Overall: Technical: Climbing: Freeride: Scenery/Wildlife: Flow: Report inappropriate review	This is my favorite trail in the triangle area, I find it to be slightly more technical then Beaver Dam without all the log jumps. Of course there are more technical trails around but none in this area as fun to ride IMHO.
Reviewed by: Tri3 Reviewed on: 10/12/2009 Overall: Technical: Climbing: Freeride: Scenery/Wildlife: Flow: Report inappropriate review	Fast and fun. A good workout after a few CCW laps.
Reviewed by: Weeg Reviewed on: 09/12/2009 Overall: Technical: Climbing: Freeride: Scenery/Wildlife: Flow: Report inappropriate review	Rode trails in both directions today. Rding the "red" loop counter-clockwise is a slow, technical, non-flowing course. Riding it clockwise made for a better, yet still challening, ride.
Reviewed by: edoiron Reviewed on: 05/31/2009 Overall: Technical: Climbing: Freeride: Scenery/Wildlife: Flow: Report inappropriate review	No detailed review given.
Reviewed by: Benuki Reviewed on: 04/24/2009 Overall: Technical: Climbing: Freeride: Scenery/Wildlife: Flow: Report inappropriate review	Not the most technical trail in the area by any means, but it does flow very well, is fast, and fun.
Reviewed by: Pivot_Head Reviewed on: 04/16/2009 Overall: Technical: Climbing: Freeride: Scenery/Wildlife: Flow: Report inappropriate review	The first portion is tight and twisty, but then opens up a bit with a few flowy undulations and a couple of notable climbs. There are also some well-posted advanced sections with optional bypasses. This trail is professionally built and dries out very quickly after a soaking.
Reviewed by: da newb Reviewed on: 03/23/2009 Overall: Technical: Climbing: Freeride: Scenery/Wildlife: Flow: Not Rated Report inappropriate review	No offense.. This trail's boring
Reviewed by: slirty Reviewed on: 03/18/2009 Overall: Technical: Climbing: Freeride: Scenery/Wildlife: Flow: Not Rated Report inappropriate review	No detailed review given.
Reviewed by: scooby Reviewed on: 03/07/2009 Overall: Technical: Climbing: Freeride: Scenery/Wildlife: Flow: Not Rated Report inappropriate review	No detailed review given.

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