About Gregory Park
Gregory Park in Fayetteville is a small neighborhood park that punches above its weight for bikes. It’s not a big destination system, but it packs a pump track, a skills course, and a couple of flow trails into a compact wooded footprint, which makes it one of the best beginner and progression spots in town.
Trail details
The centerpiece is Morning Light, a beginner-friendly loop of about 0.9 miles on natural surface. Around it you’ll find a concrete pump track, a skills course, and two one-directional gravity flow trails, one beginner and one intermediate. The intermediate line (Tailwind) has larger tabletops, a gap, and a couple of wall rides, while there’s also an entry-level jump line (Rolling Thunder) that beginners can roll. Add in about a mile of perimeter trail for walkers and cyclists.
All told the singletrack is only around a mile, so think of it as a place to practice and progress rather than rack up big miles. It’s ideal for kids, new riders, and anyone wanting to work on jumps and flow.
The park / where it is
Gregory Park sits in a heavily wooded area off North College Avenue on Sycamore Street in Fayetteville. There’s parking near the trailhead, plus benches and a gazebo. The trails are built and maintained by Ozark Off-Road Cyclists (OORC), and the park doubles as a practice course for nearby school teams riding in the NICA mountain bike league.
It’s a real neighborhood spot, so keep noise and speed reasonable and share the space with families and walkers.
Connected & nearby trails
Gregory Park pairs naturally with the Lake Fayetteville Bicycle Skills Park if you’re building a kids-and-skills day around town.
For easy paved miles afterward, the Lake Fayetteville Park loop is close by and beginner-friendly.
Once you’ve dialed in your flow and jumps here, step up to the bigger Fayetteville systems at Centennial Park at Millsap Mountain and Kessler Mountain Regional Park.
Know before you go
The dirt features and flow trails ride best when dry, so hold off after rain to protect them; the concrete pump track drains faster and is often usable sooner. Respect the one-way direction on the gravity trails and yield to riders already on a line. Helmets are smart, especially on the jumps. It’s a good spring-through-fall spot and works whenever the ground is dry.
Frequently asked questions
Is Gregory Park good for beginner mountain bikers?
Yes, it’s one of the friendliest places in Fayetteville to start. The main trail, Morning Light, is a beginner-friendly loop of about 0.9 miles, and there’s a pump track and skills course to build handling. It’s even used as a practice course for local NICA school teams.
What’s at Gregory Park for mountain bikers?
For a small park it packs in a lot: a natural-surface loop, a concrete pump track, a skills course, and two one-directional gravity flow trails, one beginner and one intermediate, with features like tabletops, a gap, wall rides, and berms. There’s also about a mile of perimeter trail.
How big is Gregory Park?
It’s compact. The singletrack adds up to roughly a mile total, so it’s more of a neighborhood skills-and-progression park than a big destination system. That’s part of what makes it great for practice, kids, and quick after-work laps.
Where is Gregory Park and where do I park?
Gregory Park is in a wooded area off North College Avenue on Sycamore Street in Fayetteville. There’s parking near the trailhead, along with benches and a gazebo.
Who maintains the trails at Gregory Park?
The trails are built and maintained by Ozark Off-Road Cyclists (OORC), the local volunteer group responsible for a lot of the dirt in Northwest Arkansas.
