Fort George Hill Mountain Bike Trail

The Fort George Hill Mountain Bike Trail cleaves through Upper Manhattan’s rocky spine near Audubon Park, converting an old ridge of drift into some of the borough’s most supple single-track. Riders descend tight turns of packed schist and clay into storm-drain chicanes before clawing back up the westward flank—no pumps, no shuttles, just pedal-to-the-metal loops that wake up thighs and tranquilize the mind. In warmer months the trail hosts impromptu clinics on front-wheel lifts, while winter thaws turn the rut system into loamy skate-panoramas.

Reach the trailhead at New York, NY 10040; the main staircase sits beside the tennis courts and dead-ends the footpath where Fort George Avenue ends. Cyclists arrive on foot, by bike-share, or via the M4 bus and simply drop in—no passes, no timed entries. After a spin, fuel up at the deli on Broadway or cool down with a coconut water on Dyckman Street’s esplanade, both ten-minute walks back to pavement.

Lost in transit? Check the route on maps before you leave; en-route you can call ahead—issues happen and the voicemail there can reroute trail conditions daily.