USFS National Forest System Trails · Rogue River-Siskiyou National Forests · Oregon · Updated June 2026
Minnow Creek (USFS trail 1156) is a 3.6 mi trail in Rogue River-Siskiyou National Forests, Oregon. Mountain bikes are designated as allowed year-round, with Class 1 e-bikes also designated.
Can I bike Minnow Creek?
| Use | Status | Season on record |
|---|---|---|
| Mountain bike | Allowed | year-round |
| Class 1 e-bike (pedal-assist, 20 mph) | Allowed | year-round |
| Class 2 e-bike (throttle, 20 mph) | Allowed | year-round |
| Class 3 e-bike (pedal-assist, 28 mph) | Allowed | year-round |
Zooming out: across Rogue River-Siskiyou National Forests, 53% of rideable trail miles are open to mountain bikes — a Bike Access Grade of B.
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About this trail
In Rogue River-Siskiyou National Forests, Oregon, Minnow Creek (USFS trail 1156) covers 3.6 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. Underfoot, the trail is recorded as native material. No grade band is recorded, so a steepness-based difficulty isn't available for this trail. Mountain bikes are allowed, open year-round in the data. The record additionally permits Class 1, Class 2, Class 3 e-bike use; recall that Class 1 is pedal-assist, while Class 2 adds a throttle and Class 3 a higher cutoff speed. 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 Rogue River-Siskiyou National Forests.
Frequently asked questions
- Can you mountain bike on Minnow Creek?
- Yes. Mountain bikes are designated as allowed on Minnow Creek in Rogue River-Siskiyou National Forests, year-round, per USFS data.
- Are e-bikes allowed on Minnow Creek?
- Class 1, Class 2, Class 3 e-bikes are designated on Minnow Creek in the USFS data.
- How long is Minnow Creek?
- Minnow Creek measures about 3.6 mi in total, summed across its mapped National Forest System segments.
- What is the surface of Minnow Creek?
- USFS data records the tread surface of Minnow Creek as native material.
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 Rogue River-Siskiyou National Forests (USFS trail geometry isn't mapped).
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