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We parked at the Rio Vista Community Center Parking Lot. Very safe-other bikers parked there also. I wasn't expecting much based on other reviews but I found the trail excellent. No homeless/no trash. It follows the New River for a bit and then part of a canal system? Anyway the trees and bushes were beautiful and it winds in back of nice houses. There were several lovely little parks with bathrooms available. It was good to have Traillink as there is one tricky turn to stay on the path and thru 2-3 blocks of a neighborhood. We came back the same path but I always run Traillink and All Trails at the same time on my phone and I could see on All Trails that there is a way to return on the opposite side of the canal/waterway. There was actually some water running due to the recent rains. We will definitely do this again.
Weekday ride on somewhat busy trail. Underpasses were greatly appreciated.
Can’t beat the section of trail along the rim. More heavily populated tourist areas are bicycle prohibited. Biking the rim in the off-season is best as there are lots of walkers on the trail. The actual bike trail along the rim is short, but worth it if you’re in the area with a bike.
We parked at Saguaro National Park and road to Broadway. It was downhill to Broadway, then a steady uphill climb back to the parking area. With most roadway trails, there are a handful of road crossings.
we have riden this caw trail from Greenfield park going north.
The descrition says asphalt - gravel. It should be noted that in the section going north for about 10 miles maybe 10% is asphalt, the rest is sometimescompacted dirt and sometimes compacted bolder, so bad I broke my bike suspension seat, further more it cross busy 4 lanes boulevard with NO pedestrian or bike crossing ,dangerous at best, the car driver look like they are trying to get you.
May be ok if your are adventurous and do not mind getting run over at crossing, and if you are riding mountain bike or fat bike.
The trail have tremendous potential, it is not there yet, far from it.
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The trail is now over six miles from Power to Rittenhouse.
Not so nice in others: homeless and questionable activities. The path itself is great, wide and smooth. It was clear and clean in the distance I went. Some ducks and fish in the water, as well as a few shopping carts.
I rode only the northern portion until I couldn’t take it anymore. Every underpass was a homeless encampment. Trash. garbage, etc blocked the trail and made it dangerous to ride. Not recommended.
wanted to bike the path but zero parking, especially by 142nd st which has no parking signs everywhere. So I drove towards the other end and all I could find was what looked like a construction site. Not a parking area. I'm guessing the trail must be doable but even so, looks like mostly a few miles of exhaust fumes.
We started out from Freedom Park towards downtown. Sadly, almost immediately we were introduced to a large portion Tucson’s homeless population. Many camps and much trash along the side of the trail. The trail surface was very rough. It is not well marked so we never made it to downtown portion. I suspect the 5 star reviews started downtown and did not proceed too far down the trail. A large portion on the trail is along roads of either 4 or 6 lanes and there are many street crossings (most have traffic lights to aid crossing).
We are RVers and so nice to find an RV park that is on the trail. Staying at Rincon Country West RV and you can leave out the back gate and hit the trail. If you head south it is 2.5 miles to the end of the trail but heading north is 40 miles of riding and then connect to other trails. The trail condition is excellent and the scenery great. If the river had water would really be spectacular but it is dry. Saw a roadrunner on the trail.
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