Gravel Races
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Gravel Races in Ohio
Welcome to the Three Rivers Gravel Grinder! Join is for this fun event and rider favorite for its challenging course and test of endurance on Saturday, May 18th at 8:00 am! The gravel race will start and end at the Coshocton Lake Park in the City of Coshocton, Ohio.
The 14th edition of the Funk Bottoms Gravel will be held on Saturday, June 15, 2024, in Glenmont, OH. The 200K will start at 7:00 am and the 100K will start at 8:00 am.
The gravel race starts and ends at tranquil village of Homer, Ohio situated between Columbus and Cleveland, is a convenient venue from all parts of the state.
It's time to go back to the farm, back to the hollers with winding roads along creeks, and back to the hills that make the McLain Farm race the one that tests you. Welcome back to the farm.
ROJR 2024 will be held Saturday, Oct. 5th. Put this event on your calendar now!
Gravel Races in Michigan
The Dirty Donut is the first event of its kind held to be held on dirt roads. It offers three different distances of races, 10, 22, 41, and 61 miles, and welcomes a wide variety of cyclists.
Fast Fitty is Charlotte’s premier gravel grinder featuring some great views and long grinding climbs! Michigan Gravel Race Series race with Mini (19 mi.), Short (36 mi.) and Long (54 mi.) distances. Cash payouts Top 3 Men & Women in the 36 & 54 mile racers. All post race proceeds donated to the House of Promise (Lansing, MI) for human trafficking victim rehabilitation.
Gravel Races in Pennsylvania
Our 4th Annual Parker Dam Gravel Grinder will take place Saturday, May 11, 2024, at 9:00 AM!
This epic gravel grinder will be hosted in the beautiful oil region of Titusville, Pennsylvania featuring stunning scenery, challenging roads, wildlife, hills, and lots and lots of the fresh outdoors.
Grinduro returns to Sullivan County for more stellar riding and party vibes in 2024! Registration opens on December 1st.
The Mid-State Gravel Grinder is back for its 4th year! Once again MSGG will be part of the Pennsylvania Gravel Series.
"The Quick and The Dead" - A Mt. Davis Gravel Grinder is a gravel road bicycle race from Meyersdale Pennsylvania. It will take you up and over the highest point in the State, Mt. Davis. Come for the challenge and stay for the fun! The name says it all. Will you be one of the Quick (fast) or one of the Dead (not so fast)?
Welcome to the 2nd Annual Trough Creek Gravel Grinder! We are very excited to continue gravel races around Pennsylvania in 2023! And even better, these races will be part of a points series called the Pennsylvania Gravel Series.
Gravel Races in West Virginia
The Kate’s Mountain Challenge gravel bicycle race will start and end at Big Draft Brewery in the heart of the town of White Sulphur Springs, West Virginia.
GRUSK is an adventure-cycling ride on and around the highest peak in West Virginia...Spruce Knob! The ride travels gravel and dirt roads through some of the most beautiful mountain scenery in the East. The road conditions on course will vary from pavement, to smooth dirt, to chunky gravel, to unmaintained, double-track forest roads.
The Lost River Classic presented by the Lost River Trails Coalition is a gravel race to support the development of multi-use and mountain biking trails in Lost River State Park, Hardy County, West Virginia. Our immediate aim is to build our IMBA-designed 3 mile beginner and intermediate loop in the park and subsidize a portion of the operating cost of the Cryptids, Hardy County's new NICA youth mountain bike team.
WVGS Is stoked to announce the High Ground Gravel Race at the Alpine Lake Resort! Terra Alta is home to some beautiful and remote gravel riding! Terra Alta is also home to High Ground Brewing. Make sure you stop by for a pour after some miles in the saddle!
Gravel Races in Virginia
Come and explore Glen Maury Park in beautiful Buena Vista, VA, it provides a great backdrop for one of the most scenic rides on the East Coast for an epic ride with lots of gravel. GraVista is all about three things, gravel, the views, and having a good time! Camping is availably at Glen Maury Park.
The Loudoun 1725 Gravel Grinder is a scenic bike ride along historic gravel roads in Northern Virginia.
The Dirty Kitten Gravel Race is an adventure gravel race on private farm roads in Rapidan, VA.
The Hairy Roubaix : This is a Charity Gravel Race/Ride that benefits the Friends of Bedford County Animal Shelter (FOBCAS).
Gravel Races in Other States
The Hellhole Gravel Grind Prologue, 2-Day Stage Race and 1-Day Gravel Fondo will take place on the gravel roads in and around Hellhole Swamp in the Francis Marion National Forest just outside of Charleston, South Carolina. The forest is named for the revolutionary war hero Francis Marion, who was known to the British as the Swamp Fox. He used these swamps, creeks and forest areas to ambush and hide from the British and was depicted in the movie “The Patriot”.
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Gravel Races in Indiana
Gravel Races in North Carolina
The Pisgah Monster-Cross Challenge is the premiere all-road racing event in the region.
Squishy Gravel...that's what they're calling The Magnolia Gravel Galore 55-mile race route . This adventure race is off the grid winding through a 65 year old evergreen farm. With climbs around every corner and ridge top vistas you'll feel like you're in gravel galore.