Regency Trails
- 0.5 mi
- round trip
- 118 ft
- climb
- Singletrack
- surface
- Out and back
- route
- Mar–Jun, Sep–Nov
- best months
Regency Trails is a short mountain biking route in North Carolina, about half a mile from MacGregor Park. It is rated hard despite its small size, covering 0.45 miles one way with about 54 feet of climbing in that direction. Ridden as an out-and-back, the full trip is about 0.9 miles with roughly 118 feet of climbing round trip, matched by the same amount of descent. The route starts at about 393 feet and ranges between a low of 362 feet and a high of 433 feet. Grades stay modest throughout, topping out around 6 percent at roughly 0.28 miles in. Spring and fall are the most comfortable seasons to ride. Typical averages from the nearby Cary weather station run to highs around 71°F in both April and October. For more riding close by, Frisbee Loop is about 0.4 miles away. Transformers Loop and Regency Creek Trail offer hiking within half a mile. Climbers can head to North Cary Park Boulders, about 6.5 miles out.
- Transformers LoopHiking0.4 mi
- Frisbee LoopMountain biking0.4 mi
- Regency Creek TrailHiking0.5 mi
- North Cary Park BouldersRock climbing6.5 mi
- Raleigh area climbingRock climbing6.6 mi
Crabtree CreekCanoeingPhoto: James Willamor, CC BY-SA 3.0 (via Wikimedia Commons)7.2 mi- Lake Raleigh BouldersRock climbing7.2 mi
- Middle CreekCanoeing9.2 mi
Source: Roamze catalog (indexable pages within 10 miles, PostGIS distance)
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Also worth it near here
Kildaire Farms TrailHiking · ~4 min drivePhoto: bobistraveling, CC BY 2.0 (via Flickr)- North Cary Park BouldersRock climbing · ~11 min drive
- North Carolina State Fairgrounds CampgroundCamping · ~12 min drive
Crabtree CreekCanoeing · ~12 min drivePhoto: James Willamor, CC BY-SA 3.0 (via Wikimedia Commons)
Best time to visit Regency Trails
Best months: March–June and September–November. 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
50° / 31°
Feb
54° / 33°
Mar
61° / 38°
Apr
71° / 47°
May
78° / 56°
Jun
85° / 65°
Jul
88° / 69°
Aug
86° / 68°
Sep
80° / 61°
Oct
71° / 50°
Nov
62° / 39°
Dec
53° / 34°
Typical high / low (°F) and days with rain or snow, 1991–2020. Measured at Cary, NC, 1.3 mi away at 390 ft. This station doesn't record snowfall. Source: NOAA NCEI U.S. Climate Normals 1991–2020.
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