Jackrabbit Trail
- 1.0 mi
- round trip
- 572 ft
- climb
- Singletrack
- surface
- Out and back
- route
- Apr–Jun, Sep–Oct
- best months
Jackrabbit Trail is a short, easy mountain biking route on Bureau of Land Management land in the Sierra Front Field Office, about a mile from the town of Spanish Springs in Nevada. The trail is an out-and-back, roughly 2 miles long, with a total climb of about 570 feet and a high point of about 4,800 feet. The most comfortable months for a ride are typically late spring and early fall. Typical averages from the nearby Spanish Springs weather station show May highs around 73°F and September highs around 83°F, while July and August average in the low 90s. The Zipper, another mountain biking route, sits just 0.1 mile away. Spanish Springs Singletrack is about 0.3 mile off, and the Pah Rah Interpretive Trail is about 1.2 miles away. Reno Bouldering, a climbing area, is about 6 miles from the trail.
Local outfitters
- Alpenglow Expeditions40 mi away
- West Shore Sports43 mi away
Not on Roamze yet. Their page has how to reach them.
- The ZipperMountain biking0.1 mi
- Spanish Springs SingletrackHiking0.3 mi
- Pah Rah Interpretive TrailHiking1.2 mi
Sparks Marina Loop TrailHikingPhoto: Ken Lund from Reno, Nevada, USA, CC BY-SA 2.0 (via Wikimedia Commons)4.6 mi- Reno BoulderingRock climbing5.9 mi
- Sun Valley Regional Park (Lizard Peak)Rock climbing7 mi
- Comstock QuarryRock climbing8.7 mi
- Redrum boulderRock climbing9.3 mi
Source: Roamze catalog (indexable pages within 10 miles, PostGIS distance)
- The ZipperMountain biking · Next door
- Miners TrailMountain biking · ~16 min drive
- Snake RunMountain biking · ~16 min drive
- Upper N-TrailMountain biking · ~16 min drive
- The ZipperMountain biking · Next door
- Upper Evans TrailMountain biking · ~16 min drive
- Upper N-TrailMountain biking · ~17 min drive
- Spanish Springs SingletrackMountain biking · ~2 min drive
- Evans CreekMountain biking · ~16 min drive
- Spanish Springs SingletrackMountain biking · ~2 min drive
Best time to visit Jackrabbit Trail
Best months: April–June and September–October. Best months have typical highs of 55–85 °F, lows of 30 °F or warmer (32 °F where the station doesn't record snow), at most one snowy day and no more than 12 wet days.
Jan
46° / 22°
Feb
51° / 24°
Mar
58° / 30°
Apr
64° / 34°
May
73° / 42°
Jun
83° / 49°
Jul
92° / 55°
Aug
91° / 53°
Sep
83° / 45°
Oct
69° / 35°
Nov
55° / 27°
Dec
45° / 22°
Typical high / low (°F) and days with rain or snow, 1991–2020. Measured at Spanish Springs, NV, 4.7 mi away at 4,489 ft. This station doesn't record snowfall. Source: NOAA NCEI U.S. Climate Normals 1991–2020.
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