USFS National Forest System Trails · Coronado National Forest · Arizona · Updated June 2026
Samaniego (USFS trail 7) is a 7.3 mi trail in Coronado National Forest, Arizona. Mountain bikes are designated as allowed year-round, with no Class 1 e-bike designation on record.
Can I bike Samaniego?
| Use | Status | Season on record |
|---|---|---|
| Mountain bike | Allowed | year-round |
| Class 1 e-bike (pedal-assist, 20 mph) | — | |
| Class 2 e-bike (throttle, 20 mph) | — | |
| Class 3 e-bike (pedal-assist, 28 mph) | — |
Zooming out: across Coronado National Forest, 84% of rideable trail miles are open to mountain bikes — a Bike Access Grade of A.
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About this trail
In Coronado National Forest, Arizona, Samaniego (USFS trail 7) covers 7.3 mi of National Forest System trail. This profile summarizes what the official US Forest Service trail record says about riding it: how long the trail is, what it's built on, how steep the route grades out, and which forms of bike use the agency has designated. USFS records list its surface as native material. USFS slope data puts it in the Advanced band (grade band +12-20%), meaning a steep climb — keep in mind this measures steepness, not trail technicality. Bike use is designated as allowed year-round. No e-bike class (1, 2 or 3) is designated on this trail in the USFS data, so treat it as a non-motorized route unless a posted order says otherwise. The route is mapped as USFS Trail Class 3 on the agency's 1-to-5 development scale, where 1 is the most primitive, minimally maintained tread and 5 is the most developed. Treat this as a planning reference rather than a live conditions report, and verify any time-sensitive closure or order with the ranger district that manages Coronado National Forest.
Frequently asked questions
- Can you mountain bike on Samaniego?
- Yes. Mountain bikes are designated as allowed on Samaniego in Coronado National Forest, year-round, per USFS data.
- Are e-bikes allowed on Samaniego?
- No e-bike class (1, 2 or 3) is designated on Samaniego in the USFS data.
- How long is Samaniego?
- Samaniego measures about 7.3 mi in total, summed across its mapped National Forest System segments.
- What is the surface of Samaniego?
- USFS data records the tread surface of Samaniego as native material.
- How difficult is Samaniego?
- Its grade-based difficulty is Advanced (grade band +12-20%), derived from USFS slope data. This reflects steepness, not technical mountain-bike difficulty.
How we read this data
Grade-based difficulty above is the USFS grade (route steepness), not a technical mountain-bike rating — a gentle-grade trail can still be rocky or technical, and vice versa. Bike and e-bike status come verbatim from the USFS managed-use fields for this trail; we never infer access we can't cite. See our methodology for how the dataset is built and what each field means.
Where it is
Approximate location of Coronado National Forest (USFS trail geometry isn't mapped).
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