Biking
The sport of mountain biking is one of the best active sports you can do for a number of fitness reasons and depending on what style of mountain biking you partake in, it can be also a great deal of fun as well as keeping you fit at the same time.
People are usually unaware of how may muscles you use when riding a mountain bike, and how quickly you can burn calories off riding a bike as it can be an extremely good work out for the body.
If you plan on riding cross-country along different styles of trails, riding a bike can be quite a task. So if you riding over a vast distance up and down hills, along slippery single trail it can be very exhausting on the legs and the lower back.
So if you are just starting to ride bikes for the first time, please don’t just jump on the bike and go for a 20 mile ride as it may do you more harm than good. One thing that is recommended is to do short rides to start with, maybe only a couple of miles which will take no time at all on a bike to get your fitness training up to scratch before hitting the bike ride.
Mountain biking and hitting the trails can be a fun experience with the whole family. There are few things in my opinion that can be a exciting and memorable as getting on the bikes and taking a trek through the outdoors.
Bring a camera and enjoy everything that you see. Spending time on a bike will bring joy and fun to the whole family.
Below you will find a list of trails that are for the beginner and the expert riders. Pick your trails wisely and make sure that you are riding the ones that you are going to be most comfortable with.
- American Discovery Trail
- Anderson Trails
- Amo-Vandalia Trail
- Aurora-Lawrencebg Trail
- B&O Trail
- B-Line Trail-Bloomington
- Bloomington Rail-Trail
- Blue River Trail-Columbia City
- Bluffton River Greenway
- Calumet Trail
- Cardinal Greenway-Marion
- Cardinal Greenway-Muncie
- Cardinal Greenway-Richmond
- Cattail Trail-W.Lafayette
- Central Canal Towpath-Indy
- Clear Creek Trail-Bloomington
- Clarksville Heritage Trail
- Columbus People Trail
- Covington Circle Trail
- Dearborn Trails
- Decatur Greenway
- Delphi Historic Trails
- Eagle Creek Trail-Indy
- East Bank Trail-S.Bend
- Elkhart Trails
- Erie Trail-Hammond
- Erie Lackawanna Trail
- Fall Creek Trail-Indy
- Franklin Historic Trail
- Fort Wayne Rivergreenway
- Goshen Trails
- Greencastle-Fillmore Trail
- Greenwood Trails
- Henry County NRHT
- Heritage Trail of Madison
- Indian Trails Riverwalk-Anderson
- Indy Greenways
- Iron Horse Heritage Trail
- Jasper Riverwalk
- Kekionga Pathway-Decatur
- Knobstone Hiking Trail
- Kokomo Wildcat Creek Trail
- Lake City Greenway-Warsaw
- Lasalle Bluestem Trail-Roseland
- Little Turtle Waterway-Logansport
- Logansport Trails
- Marquette Trail
- Mill Race Trail-Goshen
- Monon Greenway-Carmel
- Monon Trail-Indy
- Monon Trail-Delphi
- Nat’l Rd Heritage Trail-Henry Co
- Nat’l Rd Heritage Trail-T.Haute
- New Haven Greenway
- Nickel Plate Trail
- North Judson Erie Trail
- Northwest Greenway-W.Lafayette
- Noblesville Trails
- Oak Savannah Trail
- Panhandle Pathway-Winamac
- Pendleton Interurban Trail
- Pennsy Trail-Greenfield
- Pennsy Trail-Indy
- Peru Riverwalk Trail
- Pigeon Creek Greenway
- Plainfield Trails
- Pleasant Run Trail-Indy
- Plymouth Greenway
- Pogues Run Trail-Indy
- Posey Trail
- Prairie Duneland Trail
- Pumpkinvine Trail-Goshen
- River Bluff Trail-Logansport
- St Joseph River Trail-St Joe
- Sugar Creek Trail-Crawfordsville
- Sweetser Switch Trail
- Town Run Trail-Indy
- Vandalia Trail-Amo
- Vandalia Rail-Trail – Plainfield
- Veterans Memorial Bikeway
- Wabash Heritage Trail
- Warsaw Trails
- West Lafayette Trails
- Westfield Trails
- White Lick Creek Trail-Plainfield
- Whitewater Canal Trail-Metamora
- Whitewater Gorge Trail-Richmond
- Winona Railway Trail-Goshen
- White River Greenway-Carmel
- White River Greenway-Muncie
- White River Greenway-Noblesville
- White River Trail-Indy
- Zionsville Rail-Trail




