Santa Clara River Preserve Trails

The Santa Clara River Preserve is a protected area (one that allows mountain biking) along the river gorge southwest of Santa Clara. There are riding trails north and south of the river.

On the north side of the river is the Anasazi trail complex. The main draw is the Anasazi trail, which visits petroglyphs and features a one-mile zone of fun upper-intermediate technical Gooseberry-type riding. Shorter trails on the eastern end include Upper Graveyard, Lower Graveyard, Fishhook, Cholla, and some flagged singletrack still under development (as of January 2008). There's also a nice doubletrack ride along the river through the gorge.

View of Barrel Roll. Thanks to Shelby Meinkey for these photos.
On the south are the Barrel Roll and Black Brush trails, which share a single trailhead. Barrel Roll is for mountain biking and hiking; Black Brush is signed for hiking and horses, but seems to have a large biking population anyway. Barrel Roll is a fun new intermediate-level trail that's beginning to attract attention.

Note: Barrel Roll is NOT the same trail as the "Barrel Trail", which is found a few miles south in Green Valley.

View from the parking area, with Barrel Roll on the left, and Black Brush on the right.

Please click a link above to select a trail page within the Santa Clara River Preserve.