USFS National Forest System Trails · Kisatchie National Forest · Louisiana · Updated June 2026
Beech Bottom Loop (USFS trail 6003) is a 2.1 mi trail in Kisatchie National Forest, Louisiana. Mountain bikes are designated as allowed year-round, with no Class 1 e-bike designation on record.
Can I bike Beech Bottom Loop?
| Use | Status | Season on record |
|---|---|---|
| Mountain bike | Allowed | year-round |
| Class 1 e-bike (pedal-assist, 20 mph) | Restricted | — |
| Class 2 e-bike (throttle, 20 mph) | Restricted | — |
| Class 3 e-bike (pedal-assist, 28 mph) | Restricted | — |
Zooming out: across Kisatchie National Forest, 29% of rideable trail miles are open to mountain bikes — a Bike Access Grade of C.
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About this trail
In Kisatchie National Forest, Louisiana, Beech Bottom Loop (USFS trail 6003) covers 2.1 mi of National Forest System trail. The figures here are pulled from the official US Forest Service trail data for Kisatchie National Forest, covering the trail's mileage, tread, grade band, and the bike and e-bike uses the agency lists as designated. The tread is mapped as native material. Its grade-based difficulty is Easy (grade band 0-5%) — a gentle steepness profile derived from USFS slope data, not a technical mountain-bike rating. Bike use is designated as allowed year-round. The agency lists no Class 1, 2 or 3 e-bike designation here; absent a local order to the contrary, that means e-bikes are not an allowed use on this trail. 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. For day-of certainty on closures or seasonal orders, check directly with the ranger district, since this reflects the USFS data as of the latest refresh.
Frequently asked questions
- Can you mountain bike on Beech Bottom Loop?
- Yes. Mountain bikes are designated as allowed on Beech Bottom Loop in Kisatchie National Forest, year-round, per USFS data.
- Are e-bikes allowed on Beech Bottom Loop?
- No e-bike class (1, 2 or 3) is designated on Beech Bottom Loop in the USFS data.
- How long is Beech Bottom Loop?
- Beech Bottom Loop measures about 2.1 mi in total, summed across its mapped National Forest System segments.
- What is the surface of Beech Bottom Loop?
- USFS data records the tread surface of Beech Bottom Loop as native material.
- How difficult is Beech Bottom Loop?
- Its grade-based difficulty is Easy (grade band 0-5%), 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 Kisatchie National Forest (USFS trail geometry isn't mapped).
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