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Hobbs State Park: West (Visitor Center Trail, Little Clifty Loop, Dutton Loop, Bashore Ridge Loop, War Eagle Loop)

Mountain Biking Trail

Moderate
19.88 mi
2,369 ft
Flowy, handmade, old school singletrack winding and dipping through beautiful forested Ozark Mountains hollows.

Hobbs State Park consists of close to 40 miles of singletrack mountain bike trails. A modern state-of-the-art visitor center divides their network of trails into two separate trail systems. The rocky soil and rolling terrain of both trail networks were constructed to drain quickly, making these trails the first to become rideable following heavy rains.

As you leave the visitor center parking lot and steer left, you'll enter the west network of trails. These were the park’s original hand constructed trails. Composed of four connecting loop trails, these various loops offer cyclists a variety of options for putting together rides to meet their desired mileage.

After a short, easy ride on the Visitor Center Trail, you'll reach the first and longest loop—Little Clifty Loop. This loop also has some of the longest downhill runs sending cyclists to the bottom of a hollow, with several tight, fun, twisting switchback turns sprinkled in. What goes down must go up, so this also means there are some challenging ascents on your way back out.

The recommended ride direction for this and the other loops of the west trails is counterclockwise.

Clifty routes cyclists to the Piney Road Parking, which connects to what’s known locally as the Rabbit Ears. These are the Dutton Hollow and Bashore Ridge Loop Trails, which resemble a pair of rabbit ears on a map. Neither of these two loops has quite the sharp elevation fluctuations as Clifty, but they're still great, flowy singletrack. Bashore Ridge also has several beautiful views across Beaver Lake.

Keep your eye out for interesting relicts of early settlers that once called these hills home, such as an abandoned truck, a wash tub, and more.

The trails are well marked and maintained, so you don’t have to worry about getting in some unwanted bonus miles thanks to making a wrong turn.

Riders of all skill levels will enjoy these old-school hand-built trails. Written by Bob Robinson
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Route and Elevation

Segments

NameDistanceElev. Diff.Avg. Grade
Wooh, NASCAR0.31 mi-161 ft-9.8%
Garbage Chute0.56 mi-154 ft-0.1%
What the Hobbs Climb!! 0.25 mi151 ft11.1%
Visitor Center Spur Climb - Towards Townsend Ridge0.59 mi148 ft4.1%
New Hobbit Downhill1.42 mi-230 ft-2.8%
CCW Final Descent1.04 mi-233 ft-4.2%
Van Winkle Hollow Climb II0.99 mi240 ft4.6%
Connector Trail Down to Bunny Ears0.47 mi-36 ft-1.2%
Dutton Hollow Loop Counter-Clockwise2.82 mi253 ft0.0%
Bombing Down Dutton fer nutton1.34 mi-246 ft-3.4%
Dutton down to G-out1.05 mi-210 ft-3.7%
Dutton fer Nutton Climb 0.99 mi220 ft4.2%
trail climb1.58 mi259 ft3.0%
Bayshore First Half CCW1.34 mi-203 ft-2.4%
Bashore Ridge Loop CCW2.72 mi210 ft0.0%
Half Bashore Ridge Loop1.02 mi177 ft3.1%
Connector Up to Piney Parking Lot0.45 mi36 ft0.8%
bombing towards the beaver0.80 mi-177 ft-4.0%
Final Climb - Leaving the Beaver - CCW0.28 mi121 ft7.9%
CCW War Eagle Trail Only3.79 mi220 ft0.1%
Down to War Eagle0.79 mi-213 ft-5.1%
War Eagle Valley Downhill 20.32 mi-167 ft-9.6%
More of this, please0.31 mi-161 ft-9.8%
Hwy 303 climb0.28 mi157 ft8.8%