The Park at Harlinsdale Farm

Dogs Off-leash

E-Bikes Unknown

Shortly mowed open pasture horse trails, except for a short singletrack loop through the woods near the start point on Advanced Horse Trail. Decent cyclocross route if you don't mind dodging copious animal excrement. Even has a bike repair station in the starting parking lot!

This park is home to the Pilgrimage Music Festival in September. While this route was created in a counter-clockwise direction, the direction marked on the open-field horse trails trails is clockwise. Other mowed horse paths through the open pasture are available to ride in the park as well.

Route begins in the first parking lot to the right after entering the north entrance to The Park at Harlinsdale Farm. There is a map at the start, along with a bicycle pump and repair tools.

Once out of the parking lot, you'll speedily proceed downhill through short grass to make a sharp left across a ravine into an open field surrounded by woods. Proceed along the perimeter of the field, up the steepest slope of this course at 11% until an entrance into the woods on the right.

The short woods loop on Advanced Horse Trail is the only singletrack portion of this trail, so proceed right at the large sign towards the steep overlooks of the Harpeth River. After the river overlooks, the singletrack proceeds sharply down some small rock drops that can be avoided, then shoots you back out into open field.

Take a right at the barn to travel along the north side of the pond, then proceed to bear right away from the pond towards the Harpeth River riparian boundary. Travel along the river on the short grass horse path until you get to the parking lot for the canoe launch, then proceed through the other side of the parking lot to travel along the mowed horse path along the perimeter of the park, which is marked by white fence trail guides.

Once the perimeter horse trail meets the paved road for the main entrance to the park, take the paved/gravel road behind the barn until you see the pond again. At the pond, turn right back into the field at the white fence trail marker and follow the mowed path and trail markers to the perimeter of the park once again.

Travel the perimeter of the park behind some residences and along US-31 (Franklin Rd) until you reach the north entrance of the park. Ride along the fence from the north entrance then turn right across the road at the first white fence trail marker.

Follow the mowed horse path and white fence trail markers along the park perimeter until arriving back at the parking lot starting point.

Once a horse farm, converted to a public park, more info here:
franklintn.gov/government/d…