USFS National Forest System Trails · Dixie National Forest · Utah · Updated June 2026
Joe Lay Trail (USFS trail 34042) is a 1.3 mi trail in Dixie National Forest, Utah. Mountain bikes are designated as allowed, May–Oct, with no Class 1 e-bike designation on record.
Can I bike Joe Lay Trail?
| Use | Status | Season on record |
|---|---|---|
| Mountain bike | Allowed | May–Oct |
| Class 1 e-bike (pedal-assist, 20 mph) | — | |
| Class 2 e-bike (throttle, 20 mph) | — | |
| Class 3 e-bike (pedal-assist, 28 mph) | — |
Zooming out: across Dixie National Forest, 13% of rideable trail miles are open to mountain bikes — a Bike Access Grade of D.
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About this trail
In Dixie National Forest, Utah, Joe Lay Trail (USFS trail 34042) covers 1.3 mi of National Forest System trail. Everything below comes straight from the US Forest Service National Forest System Trails dataset — length, surface, slope-derived difficulty, and the specific bike and e-bike designations on record — so you can check legality before you load up. Underfoot, the trail is recorded as native material. No grade band is recorded, so a steepness-based difficulty isn't available for this trail. Bike use is designated as allowed, typically May–Oct. 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 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 Joe Lay Trail?
- Yes. Mountain bikes are designated as allowed on Joe Lay Trail in Dixie National Forest, typically May–Oct, per USFS data.
- Are e-bikes allowed on Joe Lay Trail?
- No e-bike class (1, 2 or 3) is designated on Joe Lay Trail in the USFS data.
- How long is Joe Lay Trail?
- Joe Lay Trail measures about 1.3 mi in total, summed across its mapped National Forest System segments.
- What is the surface of Joe Lay Trail?
- USFS data records the tread surface of Joe Lay Trail 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 Dixie National Forest (USFS trail geometry isn't mapped).
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