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Chestnut Ridge is a nice intermediate trail with nice climbs and descents.


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8.6

Miles

13.8

KM

100%

Singletrack

1,103' 336 m

High

866' 264 m

Low

598' 182 m

Up

590' 180 m

Down

3%

Avg Grade (2°)

11%

Max Grade (7°)

Dogs No Dogs

E-Bikes Allowed

Features Drops/Jumps · Pump Track · Views

This is a single purpose trail designed only for mountain biking.

No night riding unless COMBO has secured a special permit.

No parking at the gate and riding before sunrise or after sunset. One Way Only: This is designated as a directional trail.

Overview

Over 10 miles of mostly cross country trails plus a super fun downhill flow trail added call "More Cowbell." More Cowbell features lots of dirt jumps, tables, berms and a few techy obstacles. There are lots of short cuts and loops throughout the trail system, so you can do different CX loops or just do repeats on the flow trail if that's your flavor. There is one major climb at the beginning of the trail called the "Apple Barn" climb that goes up a steep, short accent with tight switch backs. Lots of improvements have been made in recent years thanks to our local IMBA chapter COMBO and their amazing volunteers.

Need to Know

The opening and closing of the trail is no longer determined by the Park Rangers as of Spring 2022. See trails conditions on this site, which is also linked to COMBOmtb.com. If trail conditions are outdated, please be part of the solution by actively updating them here. As 2021, the trail now closes 30 minutes before sunset.

Description

The trail was built by COMBO (Central Ohio Mountain Bike Organization). The trail can be accessed from a parking lot located off Mason Road.

Trail starts out as hard pack dirt through rolling woods then turns into sandy-rocky singletrack once you get up onto the ridge. Has a good mix of climbs and descents that sometimes has rocks/sandy patches. There are a few ladder bridge crossings. All are pretty wide and they aren't very long.

Contacts

Shared By:

Tim Schacht with improvements by Liz Samuelson and 6 others

Trail Ratings

  4.4 from 132 votes

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  4.4 from 132 votes
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Photos

Big 1.5 hour ride with Emma.
Apr 19, 2021 near Lithopolis, OH
Top of the climb!
Nov 5, 2018 near Lithopolis, OH
Nice flowy section of trail.
Jul 9, 2022 near Lithopolis, OH
Brief view of the sky before heading back under the canopy.
Nov 1, 2020 near Lithopolis, OH
The view from the top of the Apple Barn climb.
Apr 25, 2017 near Lithopolis, OH
The wall
Oct 16, 2018 near Lithopolis, OH
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Weather


Current Trail Conditions

Bad / Closed 6 days ago
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Aug 12, 2025
James Mockler
Dry ride path was perfect where the path is not covered with roots. Can we put gravel and dirt over the stretches of roots. It would improve it. 7.9mi — 0h 58m
Mar 27, 2025
James Mockler
Road today the trees are cleared on main blue path and other areas cleaned up. The Sasquatch path is way muddy lengths greater than 20+ feet. 7.7mi — 54h 32m
Mar 11, 2025
James Mockler
Fallen trees in 2 places on path. 7.3mi — 4h 38m
Aug 10, 2024
Joshua Bowers
Perfect out 8mi
Jul 24, 2024
Jeremy Hoffman
Beautiful work, COMBO! 12mi — 1h 15m
Jul 21, 2024
James Mockler
I had a great ride except for Sasquatch it was completely block with what looked like a pile of debris. I had to turn around and get on the blue path 10mi — 1h 00m
Jul 7, 2024
Eugene Nine
Jul 7, 2024
TREVOR BRADLEY Bradley
A few trees down today. 2 mi in and on more cowbell 8.6mi

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