Lower Dan's Trail
- 0.8 mi
- round trip
- 384 ft
- climb
- Gravel Road
- surface
- Out and back
- route
- Jun–Sep
- best months
Lower Dan's Trail is a short, easy mountain biking ride in Oregon, set within the Philomath Unit and running about 1.6 miles round trip with a total elevation gain of 384 feet. It starts at roughly 530 feet and climbs to about 708 feet, with the steepest section at about 0.6 miles in, where the grade reaches 18 percent. The trail is an out-and-back, so you return the same way you came. Summer is the most comfortable time to ride. A nearby weather station in Corvallis records typical July and August highs in the low 80s with only about three wet days a month, while winter brings highs in the mid-40s and rain on more than 20 days a month. That station sits several hundred feet lower than the trail, so temperatures on the climb run cooler. The Lower Horse Trail is just 0.1 mile away, and Middle Dan's Trail is about 0.3 mile off. Dan's Trail, a hiking route, is about half a mile away, as is the Main Chip Ross Loop for mountain bikers.
Local outfitters
- Safari Town Surf43 mi away
Not on Roamze yet. Their page has how to reach them.
Best time to go · Jun–Sep
Best time to visit Lower Dan's Trail
Best months: June–September. 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
47° / 34°
21 wet
Feb
51° / 35°
18 wet · 1 snow
Mar
56° / 37°
20 wet
Apr
61° / 40°
17 wet
May
68° / 45°
13 wet
Jun
74° / 49°
8 wet
Jul
83° / 52°
3 wet
Aug
84° / 51°
3 wet
Sep
78° / 48°
8 wet
Oct
65° / 42°
15 wet
Nov
53° / 38°
20 wet
Dec
47° / 34°
22 wet
Typical high / low (°F) and days with rain or snow, 1991–2020. Measured at Corvallis State Univ, OR, 5.4 mi away at 225 ft. Source: NOAA NCEI U.S. Climate Normals 1991–2020.
Keep exploring — more rides worth the drive
RIDE
Lower Horse Trail
Next door
0.73-mile out-and-back gravel road trail in Oregon with 592 ft elevation gain.
RIDE
Baker Creek Upper
~3 min drive
0.42-mile out-and-back trail in Oregon with 23 ft elevation gain.
RIDE
South Ridget
~4 min drive
Hard out-and-back trail in Oregon, 0.44 miles, 70 ft gain, Black Diamond difficulty.
RIDE
D'yer Mak'er
~8 min drive
Expert out-and-back trail in Oregon with 62 ft of elevation gain.
RIDE
Middle Dan's Trail
Next door
0.38-mile easy gravel road trail in Oregon with 219 ft of elevation gain.
RIDE
Shave & A Haircut
~3 min drive
0.50-mile out-and-back trail in Oregon with 256 ft elevation gain, rated intermediate / blue square.
RIDE
Poison Drunk
~5 min drive
0.21-mile out and back trail in Oregon rated hard / black diamond difficulty.
RIDE
Middle Dan's Trail
Next door
0.14-mile easy gravel road trail in Oregon with 52 ft elevation gain.
RIDE
Funnel Cake
~4 min drive
0.49-mile out-and-back trail in Oregon rated intermediate / blue square with 14 ft elevation gain.
RIDE
Southside Slip
~5 min drive
Hard out-and-back trail in Oregon, 0.87 miles, 141 ft gain, Black Diamond difficulty.
Map and trail data © OpenStreetMap contributors
