ALAFIA MOUNTAIN BIKING
Alafia River State Park
Hours
8:00 a.m. — Sundown
Fees
$5 per vehicle
Location
14326 S CR 39
Lithia, FL 33547
Contact
813-672-5320
Alafia Mountain Bike Trails
The Alafia River State Park used to be an old phosphate mining site. Abandoned after many years, nature took over to reclaim the land that had been carved up and mined in the past. This resulted in an amazing trail system that offers some of the best mountain biking in Florida.
The Alafia mountain bike trails system take advantage of this naturally restored land, letting riders experience the steep inclines, drops and sharp banks to raise their heart rate and adrenaline. Alafia River State Park is well known for its technical single tracks, switch backs, wood features and so much more. The Alafia mountain bike trails offers a great range of opportunities for those in every skill level and capability, from very advanced expert to family friendly beginners trail.
For those riders operating hand crank or recumbent mountain bikes, the Alafia mountain bike trails system offer several trails dedicated to adaptive mountain bikes as well! All of the trails are built and maintained by the Alafia Trail Crew, who operate under Friends of Alafia. Whether you’re just visiting Florida, or you’ve lived here for years and wish to experience an IMBA certified EPIC mountain bike trail system, the Alafia Mountain Bike Trails are a must visit location!
trail amenities
Restrooms
Bike Wash
Bike Rentals
Playground
Camping
Drinking Water
ALL MTB TRAILS
Beginner
Rock Garden — 1.23 mi 
Hidden Rivers — 1.5 mi
Sand Pine — 1.71 mi
Turtle Two Track — 1.37 mi
indicates an adaptive trail
Intermediate
Roller Coaster — 2.33 mi
North Creek — 1.83 mi
Lost Meadow — 0.62 mi
Buzzard Bay — 0.33 mi
Garden Ridge — 0.23 mi
OAF — 0.19 mi
One Way Ticket — 0.11 mi
Advanced
StarDust — 0.40 mi
Rabbit Ears (single) — 0.18 mi
Rabbit Ears (double) — 0.28 mi
Thunder Ridge — 0.14 mi
Razorback — 0.14 mi
Derailed — 0.26 mi
Magic Island — 0.36 mi
Meadows Edge — 0.15 mi
Twisted Sister — 0.30 mi
Spitfire — 0.40 mi
Scorpion — 0.23 mi
Bridges — 0.54 mi
Serpent — 0.12 mi
Expert
Gravitron — 0.30 mi
Gatorback — 0.70 mi
Moonscape — 0.80 mi
Frankenstairs — 0.24 mi
TRAIL GALLERY
Alafia is my #1 favorite go-to trail, hands down.
I think anyone who has visited Alafia, or goes there regularly will agree — it has pretty much everything you could want in a trail system. Alafia is absolutely my go-to.
My favorite trails are a combination of North Creek and Meadow’s Edge. Especially for that fun speedy downhill section towards the end that I can’t get enough of. It’s a must-visit for me every single time I go to ride there!
The Alafia Trail Crew is awesome and puts in a lot of hard work, too. Every time I go back it seems like there’s something new which is great because it keeps things fresh.
Overall, an amazing trail system — there really isn’t a single thing I’m left wanting for there!