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Erwin Park
Steward:
BillS 
Trail Steward
Bill Skalenda
Nearest City
McKinney
Directions
Take US-75 to McKinney. Take exit 41 (Highway 380). Go west on 380 for about 2.5 miles. Turn right onto State Road 1461 (Lake Forest). Turn right onto CR-162 (this is a sign for Erwin Park). CR-162 is very short. Turn right onto CR164. Proceed .9 miles to CR-1006. Turn left onto CR-1006. Erwin Park entrance is down this road on your right. Enter the park. When the road splits, turn left. Pass the first parking area on your right. Park at the second parking area. The trailhead is down the road on your right. The kiosk marks the trailhead.
Type
Single Track - Loop
Distance
8.1 miles
Land Manager
City of McKinney PARD
Hours
8AM - 10PM
Description
Erwin Park is a city of McKinney public park. The trail is just around 8.1 miles. The trail is a mix of tight and twisty in the woods to some fast open field sections. There is plenty of climbing to get you heart rate up. Since you're going up, there are some fast and fun downhills as well. There are some technical sections and most of the technical sections have alternate (easy) routes around them. The trail does have some dips. The last section of trail is called the expert section. There is an alternater route to your left crossing a bridge (left - easy; right - hard). This is the only alternate route with a bridge.
Camping is allowed for a very nominal fee. Contact the city community center at 972/542-0045. They are located on the north bound service road of central, north of Eldorado Parkway.
Some simple Erwin Park rules:
• No Alcohol; Zero Tolerance on this rule
• Park and drive on paved surfaces only
• No firemarms (anything that releases a projectile)
• Stay on the trail
• Yield to pedestrians
• Authorized trail maintenance only (do not cut trees to decrease your lap time by 2 seconds)
• Park hours are 8 am until 10 pm daily (unless you are camping); gates are locked at 10PM
Facilities
• Bathrooms (closed during the winter months (Nov-Mar))
• Camping Available (972-542-0045)
• Paved Parking Lot
• Gazebos and Picnic areas
• Gas/Food within 2 miles
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Location
Erwin Park Trailhead
4300 County Road 1006
McKinney, TX, 75069United States
33° 15' 21.1212" N, 96° 39' 36.2952" W
Tue, 02/23/2010 - 11:40pm
#2
Trail Is still muddy evan though it missed all that bad weather today.
Thu, 02/18/2010 - 5:11pm
#3
the first one is used more i think
Thu, 02/18/2010 - 5:07pm
#4
Would this be better in a regular off-topic thread??
DORBA: http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=21045224138&ref=mf
or
D.O.R.B.A.: http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=4024651163&ref=mf
Mon, 02/15/2010 - 5:25pm
#5
Does anyone know if there is a Facebook profile for DORBA? I'm unable to find it, but I've been told there is one. thx
Thu, 02/11/2010 - 9:51am
#6
I rode the dirt/pave road around the park yesterday. The trail from what I could see is still too muddy to ride. Some parts of the dirt road was muddy enough to get my bike dirty 
but no build up.
Remember we should be able to ride it by September 
cheers
Geoffrey
Most of us haven't ridden it since September...
Wed, 02/10/2010 - 10:30pm
#7
Nice bridge Btw! And we finally have signs
Mon, 01/25/2010 - 4:43pm
#8
I rode the dirt/pave road around the park yesterday. The trail from what I could see is still too muddy to ride. Some parts of the dirt road was muddy enough to get my bike dirty but no build up.
Remember we should be able to ride it by September
cheers
Geoffrey
Fri, 01/22/2010 - 9:00pm
#9
Expert section was ridable today. Doesnt look to promising for tomorrow though.
Wed, 01/20/2010 - 6:54am
#10
Conditions havent changed. Still wet and muddy. Got more rain last night to add to the mysery.
ogalosh....hate to be the bearer of bad news, but unless a severe drought happens, this trail is going to be unridable until late spring/summer. It needs the Texas heat to dry it out.