USFS National Forest System Trails · Hoosier National Forest · Indiana · Updated June 2026
Youngs Creek (USFS trail 202.10) is a 10.4 mi trail in Hoosier National Forest, Indiana. Mountain bikes are designated as allowed year-round, with no Class 1 e-bike designation on record.
Can I bike Youngs Creek?
| 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 Hoosier National Forest, 100% of rideable trail miles are open to mountain bikes — a Bike Access Grade of B.
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About this trail
In Hoosier National Forest, Indiana, Youngs Creek (USFS trail 202.10) covers 10.4 mi of National Forest System trail. The figures here are pulled from the official US Forest Service trail data for Hoosier National Forest, covering the trail's mileage, tread, grade band, and the bike and e-bike uses the agency lists as designated. Underfoot, the trail is recorded as imported loose material. Based on slope, this is a Easy trail (grade band 5-8%); that reflects gentle gradient and is not the same as a technical MTB difficulty rating. 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 4 on the agency's 1-to-5 development scale, where 1 is the most primitive, minimally maintained tread and 5 is the most developed. Because conditions, closures, and local orders change between data refreshes, confirm the current status with the managing ranger district before you ride.
Frequently asked questions
- Can you mountain bike on Youngs Creek?
- Yes. Mountain bikes are designated as allowed on Youngs Creek in Hoosier National Forest, year-round, per USFS data.
- Are e-bikes allowed on Youngs Creek?
- No e-bike class (1, 2 or 3) is designated on Youngs Creek in the USFS data.
- How long is Youngs Creek?
- Youngs Creek measures about 10.4 mi in total, summed across its mapped National Forest System segments.
- What is the surface of Youngs Creek?
- USFS data records the tread surface of Youngs Creek as imported loose material.
- How difficult is Youngs Creek?
- Its grade-based difficulty is Easy (grade band 5-8%), 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 Hoosier National Forest (USFS trail geometry isn't mapped).
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