St. Joseph City Council approves plan & funding for major river bluff mountain bike are and hiking trails

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The next step in the Riverfront master plan has been approved. The newest project is to design and construct mountain bike trails and other hiking trails throughout the River Bluff.

The more than $1.5 million project was passed on Monday by the city council. . . .

"The main draw is that it is a bike park," said [community activist Lee Clark]. "It has what's called gravity trails. Which, essentially means that you start at the top and you don't have to do a lot of peddling to get to the bottom. There will also be cross-country style trails, and the hard surface, crushed limestone path at the top of the Bluffs. Those are going to be open to walkers, hikers, trail-runners...anybody that just wants to enjoy the area." . . .

"There's just no facilities in five, six states here in the Midwest that have anything close to this," said Andy Clements, Director of Public Works and Transportation. "And if they're able to build what they are talking about, we might be one of only a handful in the country. So, it will be really nice to put St. Joe on the map if they can do all that."

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St. Joseph City Council approves plan & funding for major river bluff mountain bike are and hiking trails

Find the St Joseph parks & trails map here (PDF): https://stjoemo.info/DocumentCenter/View/1073

Online trails map here: https://sjbikegis.integritygis.com/H5/Index.html?viewer=sjbike

More about St Joseph's plans for these trails and the riverfront area:

https://www.newspressnow.com/news/local_news/riverfront-projects-could-s...