Cedar Glades offers a great variety of long, fast sections, banked corners, climbs and downhill. There are some technical portions, rocky and root covered typical of the Ouachita region. Scenery on this ride is good too and it is just across the road from Hot Springs National Park so there is plenty to do in the area.

Riding at Cane Creek State Park you’ll find a well-constructed trail on rolling terrain. The surroundings vary from dense woodlands and cypress groves at a reservoirs edge to a grassy ride along a levee top adjacent to farmlands. This trail has many bridges including suspension bridges and some boardwalk riding through wetlands.

This ride makes for a good day in the woods with excellent views, potentially dicey stream crossings and mountain solitude. The trail experiences significant elevation gain and a long downhill finish on a country road. The trail conditions are typical of the Ouachitas ranging from smooth to root covered and rocky. Bring enough water for a full day out.

This extremely popular ride begins at North Fork Lake and follows wooded ridgeline and small drainages on some very entertaining terrain. There are many creek crossings but they are generally small or have bridges. This trail can often be quite narrow and some sections are fairly exposed. This is generally done as a point-to-point ride so a shuttle vehicle is required.

This ride begins at the Syllamo trail complex and follows ridgeline and creek drainages to Blanchard Springs on the White River. Trail quality is generally good without major obstacles. The scenery and surroundings exist in a natural state of dense Ozark Woodlands with occasional views of the White River.

This is a longer out-and-back ride with a lot of variety and some great views. For over seven miles you’ll enjoy winding trail on rolling terrain as you roughly parallel the Lake Ouachita shoreline. The distant end of the trail begins to climb as you move away from the lake getting steeper and more technical as you go; obviously this makes for some great downhill action as you make the return. There are many access points to this ride so as you become more familiar with it you can just enjoy sections that cater to a lower skill level or do a shuttle just for the downhill section. The entirety of the ride takes place in dense woodlands existing in a largely natural state.

This loop features a mix of relatively smooth trail as it traverses the west side of Lake Leatherwood followed by rougher more challenging trail to the east. The scenery is excellent; Ozark hill country covered in dense hardwood and coniferous forest. You’ll likely be impressed by the quality of this trail as it was built and receives regular maintenance from the Ozark Off-Road Cyclists Club.

One of the main attractions of the Slaughter Pen Hollow bike park the Tatamagouche trail is an exciting and challenging ride with lots of tight corners and some board riding. Like all of the trails in the park Tatamagouche is an extremely well conceived track designed by IMBA and Progressive Trail Design.

This ride climbs over two mountain ridges in dense woodlands near Lake Ouachita. The route is maintained by the U.S. Forest service and trail conditions are generally good. The nature of the terrain is highly variable with tight twisty sections, climbs, downhills, packed trail and some rocky bits.

This ride is a mix of singletrack, dry creek bed and dirt road. Elevation change is minimal; you’ll find one climb of mild challenge and a minor but entertaining downhill section. The surroundings are dense hardwood and evergreen forest located in Devil’s Den State Park.