Meadow Creek Park
Meadow Creek Park offers a scenic network of mountain biking and multi-use trails that wind through wooded hills, fern grottos, and a rhododendron lined lake. The trails provide a mix of rolling terrain, climbs, descents, and technical sections, making the park enjoyable for riders of different skill levels. Riders can expect a combination of fast, flowing sections and more challenging stretches that require careful line choice and bike handling. With its natural scenery, varied terrain, and interconnected trail system, Meadow Creek Park is a great destination for a day of mountain biking, hiking, and exploring the outdoors.
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Recommended Routes
OG 19
Distance: 1.3 mile
Elevation Gain: 83ft
Difficulty: Easy to Intermediate
Start/End: Meadow Creek Parking Lot
Want a little sampling of these hand built cross country trails before heading to the backwoods? This natural dirt and sandstone surface has plenty of exposed roots, tight trees, and some fun natural Rock features. This route is great for a quick spin and can be used to level up your handling skills.
South Side Ride
Distance: 7 miles (Blue)
Elevation Gain: 663 ft
Difficulty: Intermediate
Start/End: Meadow Creek Parking Lot
Incorporating the OG Loop and the South side of the park. This cross country single track route gives a great challenge of natural features, steep down hills with massive rock formations. Only 3 miles from downtown Monterey, TN you’ll feel as if you are in the true backcountry. It’s recommended to ride counter clockwise but can be ridden in both directions. Be courteous of hikers and, as this trail is actively being built/ expanded refer to trailforks for the most up-to date trail map. *Signage is also a work in progress, be on the lookout for intermittent arrows, flagging tape and posted maps at intersections.
Headed North
Distance: 2.25 Miles
Elevation Gain: 240 ft
Difficulty: Intermediate
Start/End: Meadow Creek Park Parking Lot, enter trail behind The Outpost
The north and east sides of Meadow Creek Park feature numerous rock formations, including a multi-route climbing crag, and are the areas of focus for current trail expansion efforts. Riders enter this section of the park by crossing a bridge formed from the foundation of what was once a working coal tipple. In addition to the Shoreline Trail which forms the backbone of the park's trail system, the north side of the park offers riders an optional short climb (Goldilocks' Stair) to various descending trails (Baby Bear and Mama Bear). From there the quarter-mile Rock Drop can serve as a small loop for a quick out-and-back to the main parking area, or riders can use it to access Crag Crawl, a rolling one-mile trail exploring the base of the extended rock bluff from which the trail gets its name. Out-and-back rides from the main parking area vary in length from 1 to 4.5 miles depending upon the chosen route.