USFS National Forest System Trails · Mark Twain National Forest · Missouri · Updated June 2026
Cedar Creek Trail - Smith Cree (USFS trail 03-015C) is a 5.9 mi trail in Mark Twain National Forest, Missouri. Mountain bikes are designated as allowed year-round, with no Class 1 e-bike designation on record.
Can I bike Cedar Creek Trail - Smith Cree?
| 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 Mark Twain National Forest, 100% of rideable trail miles are open to mountain bikes — a Bike Access Grade of A.
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About this trail
In Mark Twain National Forest, Missouri, Cedar Creek Trail - Smith Cree (USFS trail 03-015C) covers 5.9 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. Based on slope, this is a Intermediate trail (grade band +10-12%); that reflects moderate gradient and is not the same as a technical MTB difficulty rating. Mountain bikes are allowed, open year-round in the data. 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. 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 Cedar Creek Trail - Smith Cree?
- Yes. Mountain bikes are designated as allowed on Cedar Creek Trail - Smith Cree in Mark Twain National Forest, year-round, per USFS data.
- Are e-bikes allowed on Cedar Creek Trail - Smith Cree?
- No e-bike class (1, 2 or 3) is designated on Cedar Creek Trail - Smith Cree in the USFS data.
- How long is Cedar Creek Trail - Smith Cree?
- Cedar Creek Trail - Smith Cree measures about 5.9 mi in total, summed across its mapped National Forest System segments.
- What is the surface of Cedar Creek Trail - Smith Cree?
- USFS data records the tread surface of Cedar Creek Trail - Smith Cree as native material.
- How difficult is Cedar Creek Trail - Smith Cree?
- Its grade-based difficulty is Intermediate (grade band +10-12%), 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 Mark Twain National Forest (USFS trail geometry isn't mapped).
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