Hanna Park

The Fam headed to Jacksonville this past weekend to visit some more family so we took the bikes along to hit Hanna Park again. Rupe and I had ridden there 6 months ago but stayed lost the whole time. Bunky was going with us this time around and we figured it would be a slower pace so maybe we would't get lost.

The trails there are directional which is nice since you don't have to worry about meeting someone coming the other way. That could easily happen since the underbrush is thick in a lot of spots and the trail is tight. You'd think being on the beach that sand would be a problem but it's not as sandy as Munson. It flows well for being so tight with only a few rooty sections but nothing as extreme as Red Bug. Bunky only had to bail a couple of times while Rupe only pushed once (I counted twice but he denies the second one).

For a city the size of Jax the trail system is short as we only had 7 miles when we finished the main loops. We may have missed a little bit as the marking is slim on some sections but we didn't miss much. It was a pleasant Saturday afternoon and there were only 3 vehicles at the trail head and only one of them was on a real off road bike. The trails didn't look hammered so I assume it doesn't get ridden near as much as Tom Brown.

You can ride out to the ocean in a couple of spots and the jungle scenery is interesting. There was a parade of vehicles going around and around a small lake in the middle of the park which made for heavy traffic when crossing the roads which you have to do to connect the loops.

Would it be worth a trip from Tally just to ride it? Probably not; there are better systems closer to home and you'd have to go all the way through Jax to get to this one but if you're in town for another reason take the bike it's worth that much effort.