Bluff Creek Ranch is about an hour to an hour and a quarter from Austin and offers a wide variety of trails. Bike rentals are also available on site, so if you are riding with an out of towner, you can have a bike waiting for them when you arrive. The owners are very friendly and there is bike repair on site and they can really come through in a pinch.

Trails vary and are all well maintained. Imagine the best flowy singletrack of Roacky Hill but without a Fat Chuck or Ike's Peak. No jeep trails either for the most part.From a challenge standpoint, it's a little less challenging than Rocky Hill Ranch but still offers a wide variety of diversions on the trail to keep you interested. If you are taking an inexperienced person out, this is a great place, and if you want to just ride sweet singltrack as fast as you can, this is also the place for you.

Warda, out by LaGrange (yes, that LaGrange...)

From Austin, take 290 East, then 77 south when you get to Giddings. Turn Left (East) on Owl Creek Road, it's about a half mile up that road.

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Medium. Definitely a good place for beginners, not too many technical areas, easy to maneuver. There are option paths around some of the more technical areas.

Between 9.5 and 11 miles depending on how the trail is marked (they run races often).

Fast flowy singletrack with lots of twists and turns. Wide range of different trails, not a lot of climbing.

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Very Good. Most of the trail is wooded and not too exposed to the sun.

Camping available on site. Bike repair facilities on-site - a real life saver when you bend a hanger during your ride.

$7

Fat Tire. There is no pub on-site, but the cafe at Rocky Hill Ranch is on the way home!

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