USFS National Forest System Trails · National Forests in Texas · Texas · Updated June 2026
C-Trail (USFS trail 866) is a 3.1 mi trail in National Forests in Texas, Texas. Mountain bikes are designated as allowed year-round, with no Class 1 e-bike designation on record.
Can I bike C-Trail?
| 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 National Forests in Texas, 100% of rideable trail miles are open to mountain bikes — a Bike Access Grade of B.
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About this trail
In National Forests in Texas, Texas, C-Trail (USFS trail 866) covers 3.1 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. USFS slope data puts it in the Easy band (grade band 0-5%), meaning a gentle climb — keep in mind this measures steepness, not trail technicality. 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. Because conditions, closures, and local orders change between data refreshes, confirm the current status with the managing ranger district before you ride.
Frequently asked questions
- Can you mountain bike on C-Trail?
- Yes. Mountain bikes are designated as allowed on C-Trail in National Forests in Texas, year-round, per USFS data.
- Are e-bikes allowed on C-Trail?
- No e-bike class (1, 2 or 3) is designated on C-Trail in the USFS data.
- How long is C-Trail?
- C-Trail measures about 3.1 mi in total, summed across its mapped National Forest System segments.
- What is the surface of C-Trail?
- USFS data records the tread surface of C-Trail as native material.
- How difficult is C-Trail?
- 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 National Forests in Texas (USFS trail geometry isn't mapped).
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