Tannery Knobs Mountain Bike Park — Attraction in Johnson City

I've been living and riding in Utah for the past 14 years. Last weekend, I came back to visit JC for the first time in almost 7 years. Before moving to Utah, I had spent years riding ETSU's trails, Dry Creek

It's great to see Johnson City investing in something as progressive as an IMBA designed trail, on a ridge that is basically in the middle of town. It's proximity to the new Tweetsie Trail and Local Motion are also great features.

Tannery Knobs easily has the best pump track I have ever ridden. Granted, I have only ridden packed dirt pump tracks, so veteran asphalt pump track riders may disagree. Breakfast Club, the green trail, is an easy 0.6 mile loop that a toddler on a push bike would feel comfortable on. Mountain Express is 0.8 of a mile of fun that ends way too soon. There are a few small table tops, some small doubles, and a few kickers. Baby Flow is a quarter mile downhill connector trail between the halfway point of Breakfast Club and the switchback laden climb that, for some unknown reason, is named Chairlift, which takes you right back to the top of Baby Flow. At this point, you can head down Posse's Club trail, 0.4 of a mile of "most difficult" trail (black diamond?) that consists of some fairly step terrain, sprinkled with some imported east coast jank at the beginning of the trail. Cumberland Braps is the other "most difficult" trail, which is similarly decorated with needless jank, that begins at the parking lot. I suppose you could call these rock gardens, whose only purpose seems to be to completely ruin the approach to the small drops that they end in. I assume this was done to deter novice riders from taking these trails. The end result is that almost no one rides these trails. If you are looking for a 0.3 of a mile long trail that is relatively technical, with zero flow, Cumberland Braps will probably be your happy place. Panorama is the return trail for everything except Breakfast Club. It is a fairly smooth, steady climb, with the exception of the last 100 feet, before returning to the...

Super enjoyable park when it's not crowded. I use a skateboard on it and it shreds. Longboarding is probably the best experience I've had of riding multiple types of boards and a bike. Probably the closest to surfing you can get on asphalt. Gorgeous view. There are too many parents that just let their children roam free. I understand completely it's a public park for all ages, going around some of those curves you're blind and for some reason small children are attracted to blindspots. There are grown men on really big bikes speeding around. It isn't a playground to let your toddler roam while you're on a trail. It's new so everyone is getting into the groove of things, but I often found myself stopping mid line because someone was coming the opposite direction. I'm sure sometimes it was me getting in someone's way and not the other way around. I would definitely recommend the park, but later in the evening...

Tannery Knobs is a great, dense park in a small area. There is a solid amount of variety in the trails, though there is very little easily accessible "easy" riding. Most of the intermediate trails aren't highly challenging, though they do require some degree of bike handling skill.

The layout is great. As of this writing (August 2021), it is disappointing to see how little trail maintenance is being done. There is a ton of greenery that is overgrown, I threw several fallen branches and limbs off of the trails as I rode this morning, and there are some spots that need some minor maintenance to keep water from pooling that is simply not being done. It's a great park in a great location in downtown Johnson City, but I'm concerned that it will be overlooked as the area continues to expand it's trail system and it will become less inviting...