USFS National Forest System Trails · Wallowa-Whitman National Forest · Oregon · Updated June 2026
Rankin Mill (USFS trail 191) is a 6.5 mi trail in Wallowa-Whitman National Forest, Oregon. Mountain-bike use here is accepted but discouraged in USFS data, with Class 1 e-bikes also designated.
Can I bike Rankin Mill?
| Use | Status | Season on record |
|---|---|---|
| Mountain bike | Accepted but discouraged | — |
| Class 1 e-bike (pedal-assist, 20 mph) | Allowed | Jan–Aug, December |
| Class 2 e-bike (throttle, 20 mph) | Allowed | Jan–Aug, December |
| Class 3 e-bike (pedal-assist, 28 mph) | Allowed | Jan–Aug, December |
Zooming out: across Wallowa-Whitman National Forest, 0% of rideable trail miles are open to mountain bikes — a Bike Access Grade of F.
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About this trail
Rankin Mill (USFS trail 191) is a 6.5 mi trail in Wallowa-Whitman National Forest, Oregon. The figures here are pulled from the official US Forest Service trail data for Wallowa-Whitman 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. No grade band is recorded, so a steepness-based difficulty isn't available for this trail. For traditional mountain bikes, use is discouraged according to USFS data. On the electric side, Class 1, Class 2, Class 3 e-bikes are also designated (Jan–Aug, December) — Class 1 being pedal-assist only, Classes 2 and 3 adding a throttle and higher assisted 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 Wallowa-Whitman National Forest.
Frequently asked questions
- Can you mountain bike on Rankin Mill?
- Mountain-bike use on Rankin Mill is discouraged in USFS records, though Class 1 e-bike use is designated. Confirm current rules with the managing ranger district.
- Are e-bikes allowed on Rankin Mill?
- Class 1, Class 2, Class 3 e-bikes are designated on Rankin Mill in the USFS data.
- How long is Rankin Mill?
- Rankin Mill measures about 6.5 mi in total, summed across its mapped National Forest System segments.
- What is the surface of Rankin Mill?
- USFS data records the tread surface of Rankin Mill 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 Wallowa-Whitman National Forest (USFS trail geometry isn't mapped).
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