Blackbutt Forest Mountain Bike Trail.

Blackbutt Forest is an excellent 10km loop offering spectacular scenery along the way. It doesn’t look much from the outside as it’s in the middle of suburbia surrounded by roads. However inside Blackbutt State Forest you feel like your in the middle of nowhere.

The mountain bike trails are well put together and have a really nice flow. Suitable for intermediate riders. However if your just starting out you should be ok with 70% of the tracks.

These trails are used by bushwalkers as well  so you need to be careful when coming around bends.

I wasn’t quite sure if it was legal to ride in Blackbutt Forest so I emailed the Shellharbour council. Below is their response:

“Good Afternoon Rod

Thank you for your enquiry.

Trail bikes of the bicycle type are permitted on formed tracks. Please be mindful of bushwalkers as they also use these formed tracks.

Please contact myself if you have any further enquires.

Regards

Mark“

So we have the OK to stay on the formed tracks.

Directions to the Blackbutt Forest Mountain bike track.

Google Map Link. Park in the Blackbutt Forest reserve carpark. Drive down Shellharbour Rd and turn down Woodlands Rd. Drive on Woodlands Rd for a couple of hundred meters until you reach the north entrance of Blackbutt Forest reserve.

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Directions to the Blackbutt Forest Mountain bike track.

Google Map Link. Park in the Blackbutt Forest reserve carpark. Drive down Shellharbour Rd and turn down Woodlands Rd. Drive on Woodlands Rd for a couple of hundred meters until you reach the north entrance of Blackbutt Forest reserve.

See map below: