Name: Olson Park
Rating: 3.2

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Family Friendly Has picnic table and easy to ride trails.

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This is an official mountain bike trail in a park maintained by the city of Ann Arbor. This park used to be an old gravel quarry. It's mostly beginner and intermediate level riding with some areas leaning towards high-end intermediate.

Most of the trails are novice-friendly. A trail map is provided at the marked trailhead, including instructions for direction of travel on the trails. A see-saw and a couple technical areas offer a challenge, including a small rock garden and a loose-on-packed gravel ascent. There's a lot of scenic variety in this park, from wooded and wetlands to more meadow-like areas, as well as a gravelly climb up to the segment along the western edge.

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Land Manager: City of Ann Arbor, MI - Parks and Recreation

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Marc Stephens with improvements by Will Blischke and 2 others

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Trail Ratings

3.2 from 33 votes

#2

in Ann Arbor

#7134

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3.2 from 33 votes

5 Star		0%
4 Star		48%
3 Star		30%
2 Star		18%
1 Star		3%

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#2

in Ann Arbor

#141

in Michigan

#7,134

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Jan 8, 2016 near Ann Arbor, MI

Jun 12, 2013 near Ann Arbor, MI

Dec 17, 2015 near Ann Arbor, MI

Teeter totter (caution - it is off it's rails at times).

Dec 21, 2015 near Ann Arbor, MI

Jan 8, 2016 near Ann Arbor, MI

Jun 12, 2013 near Ann Arbor, MI

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Nov 2, 2024

David A Arko

First time riding this trail. — 2h 00m

Jul 21, 2023

Andrea Wilhelm

Jul 31, 2021

Michael Kulick

Mar 14, 2021

Ryan Hazlett

Jun 26, 2020

Beth S

Quick ride with J after work

May 16, 2020

Patrick Duncan

2.2mi

Sep 25, 2019

Aarre Laakso

True: lesser-used trails overgrown. Two muddy spots on main trail as always. The trail gets more technical every year as erosion exposes rocks & roots 6mi — 1h 00m

Jul 17, 2019

Will Blischke

A bit overgrown, especially on the Yellow and Brown trail, but otherwise trail in good condition. 1mi — 0h 45m

Jul 15, 2019

speed racer

Jul 13, 2019

Cody Force

Jul 3, 2019

Will Blischke

Trail was fine. — 0h 30m

Jun 21, 2019

Alex Pham

slick in the wooded spots with a few muddy patches, but overall in good condition. 3.5mi

Sep 9, 2018

Joseph Mando

9mi

Apr 21, 2018

B Sween

Couple washed out trails but it was really nice and easy but not bad for the local between trips. 1st ride getting more accustom to the trails is need 33mi — 4h 12m

Sep 9, 2017

Yosuke Kanii

Couple loops with David. Good easy trail that I can bike from home (309 E Jefferson)

Mar 11, 2017

Mark Quint

5mi

Oct 7, 2016

T.J. M.

Sep 14, 2016

Erik Pacman Newhouse

Half the trail is overgrown, the other half is loosely packed gravel — 22h 00m

Aug 21, 2016

Matt Hills

Pretty bland, only a couple spots approaching something of difficulty 5mi — 39h 09m

Jul 26, 2016

Evan Anderson

Sep 20, 2015

Glen Shaw

Jun 7, 2014

Cassidy Laudadio

Jun 8, 2013

Marc Stephens

Three laps

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Family Friendly Has picnic table and easy to ride trails.

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#7,134

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