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  John Dickenson State Park

Location:

Florida

Nearest Town:

Jupiter

Directions to Trailhead:

Trail Description:

Fast, well maintained single track with great variety of terrain, including some small hills and some great rolling jumps. Beautiful views.

Trail Length:

4 and 8 mile loops

Trail Type:

Singletrack

Skill Level:

Trails for all skill levels

Submitted By:

Seth Stiles

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RaveOn from W.P.B
Date: April 13, 2003
Trail Ridden: Once a month
Recommended Route:
"The Long Trail"

Other recommended trails in the same area:
Pinehurst. (Ohh how I greatly miss the K-Mart trail)

Review:

Trail is nicknamed "Camp Murphy" and is maintained by clubscrub.org. Trail has 4 markings, green (novice), blue (intermediate), black (experts) and P for return-to-parking.

Been off the saddle for a long time and today (4/13/03) was my first time ridding this now "official" trail (I use to ride the back trails before it was official and groomed). Nice parking and picknick tables at the foot of this trail. The worst thing about this trail is the lack of proper markings (direction arrows) in *some* areas that open to 2 or 3 different directions. Even at the beginning of the trail it appeared one needed to start on the LEFT trail but most people were starting on the RIGHT. About 200ft from the start on the LEFT trail it split into 2 directions with no signs (I took right fork). I love the *natural* elevation changes! Another nice touch to this trail is the several openings to let tired or beginner ridders exit onto paved single track or simply exit (the "P" signs). While the trail had some "expert" areas, I thought they were weak or too simple. I did appreciate 2 or 3 ramp drop offs, while they had potential, the deep sand at their base made it difficult to land a cross-up or big jump (besides, we need rain).

Overall, this trail has fantastic potential. Hopefully, in the future it will have better directional markings as this is the only real issue I had with it.

Overall Rating:
star star star star


Jim from West Palm Beach, FL
Date: January 24, 2003
Trail Ridden: Once a month
Recommended Route:
Intermediate "long" trail.

Other recommended trails in the same area:
Dyer Park (Riviera Beach area)

Review:

Photos and information on the trails at Jonathan Dickinson Park at: http://bicycling.netfirms.com/dickinson.html

Wonderful setting, good variety and well cared for by a local club. Popular and sometimes crowded. Black Diamond runs are impressive.

Overall Rating:
star star star star


Seth Stiles from Wellington, FL. USA
Date: January 3, 2003
Trail Ridden: Once a month
Recommended Route:
The long loop.

Other recommended trails in the same area:
Dyer Park (west palm beach) and Pinehurst Trail (greenacres).

Review:

A great, fast ride in a beautiful state park. Wonderfully maintained singletrack with excellent variety of terrain and challenges for south Florida for beginner to advanced skill level (mostly intermediate). There is some great veiws as well. The long loop is fantastic!
Overall Rating:
star star star star