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Jailhouse Trail

Easy/Intermediate Easy/Intermediate
 4.0 (11)
  1. Areas
  2. MI
  3. …Eastern Michigan
  4. …Ithaca
  5. Ithaca Jailhouse MTB Trail
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“Five miles of twisty, singletrack fun. ”

Terry's Cycle
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4.1

Miles

6.6

KM
Singletrack

847' 258 m

High

765' 233 m

Low

277' 84 m

Up

276' 84 m

Down

3%

Avg Grade (1°)

13%

Max Grade (7°)

Dogs Leashed

E-Bikes Unknown

Features -none-

If your tire leaves a rut, it's too wet. Come back another day. One Way Only: This is designated as a directional trail.

Description

The Jailhouse Trail is 95% tight and flowing singletrack. There is only about 80ft of climbing per lap, but the course is deceptively hard. Riders must be at attention 100% of the time to setup for the next turn.

The substrate is predominately clay. This makes for a fast, consistent trail during the summer months. This also means that riding it when it is too soft can cause near-permanent ruts. Riding this trail will improve the bike handling skills of any rider. If you show up to ride this one, be ready to turn.

It is not multi-directional.

Contacts

Land Manager: City of Ithaca, MI

Shared By:

Terry's Cycle with improvements by Robby Ward
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Trail Ratings

  4.0 from 11 votes

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in Ithaca Jailhouse MTB Trail

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  4.0 from 11 votes
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Aug 4, 2025
Christopher Nowak
Dry conditions. Rode nice. Twisty trail with a couple slightly technical (rooty), veryshort uphill sections.
Jul 4, 2023
james raimar
very sexy ride 3.9mi — 34h 50m
May 13, 2023
Earle Burns
Apr 15, 2023
james raimar
with my girl... we killed it!!!
Jul 28, 2021
james raimar
Ithaca jailhouse trail: single speed 1:5 with 2 stops for pictures and one walk up the big hill near the top 4.3mi — 31h 34m
Jul 5, 2021
Jim Monnett
Green with a couple of twisty, root up/down 10 yard punch hills. Tree down on second half. 20 foot round to regain trail or use cut to out loop — 1h 18m
May 27, 2021
Aaron Jonker
Fun twisty singletrack to work on your cornering skills
Aug 23, 2020
Shay Hiemstra

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