USFS National Forest System Trails · Mark Twain National Forest · Missouri · Updated June 2026
Swan Creek-Cedar Glade (USFS trail 21-6111) is a 1.3 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 Swan Creek-Cedar Glade?
| 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
Swan Creek-Cedar Glade (USFS trail 21-6111) is a 1.3 mi trail in Mark Twain National Forest, Missouri. 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. Mountain bikes are allowed, open year-round in the data. 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 2 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 Mark Twain National Forest.
Frequently asked questions
- Can you mountain bike on Swan Creek-Cedar Glade?
- Yes. Mountain bikes are designated as allowed on Swan Creek-Cedar Glade in Mark Twain National Forest, year-round, per USFS data.
- Are e-bikes allowed on Swan Creek-Cedar Glade?
- No e-bike class (1, 2 or 3) is designated on Swan Creek-Cedar Glade in the USFS data.
- How long is Swan Creek-Cedar Glade?
- Swan Creek-Cedar Glade measures about 1.3 mi in total, summed across its mapped National Forest System segments.
- What is the surface of Swan Creek-Cedar Glade?
- USFS data records the tread surface of Swan Creek-Cedar Glade as native material.
- How difficult is Swan Creek-Cedar Glade?
- 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 Mark Twain National Forest (USFS trail geometry isn't mapped).
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