The Northeast Texas Trail (NETT) is a proposed 130 mile trail from north of Dallas (Farmersville) to New Boston, TX. It would be the longest multi-use trail in Texas and the 4th longest in the US. It is slowly being improved from a abandoned rail line to a usable hike/bike/horse trail. Some sections are nice smooth asphalt with benches along the tree-line venue, but most are under improvement... from just mowing to road base surface.
Since the NETT passes just a few feet from our house in Avery, I've ridden a whole lot of it. Some on the gravel bike and most on the MTB. Several local randonneuring routes follow the Trail. It will be one great gravel route from way up near Arkansas down to Dallas area. Just needs a little gravel and a lot of bridge improvements! Super bikepacking with a out and back of 260 miles. Can't wait... but for now, we'll ride what's do-able and half-way safe.
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NETT: Clarksville to Bagwell
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Encno Landscape from Cleveland, TX, just finished up the base work on the Bagwell section to Clarksville. Add to that the section finished last year from Detroit to Bagwell and you have 14.5 miles of gravel riding out of Clarksville to Detroit. I've recently rode that section and made up a short video entitled:
" NETT- Clarksville To Bagwell Update"Starting in east Clarksville at the Trailhead, the riding is "iffy"... as it's grass & muddy (if it has rained recently). First water crossing bridge has open RR ties covered with some dirt. The other two Clarksville bridges are finished and intact. After leaving Clarksville, the Trail passes over Hwy.82 and the new finished road-base takes over. Amp it up as the riding is fast and smooth. The three bridges on the way to Bagwell are all unfinished, but intact and are bumpy/rough crossing.
Bagwell is a small place and has no services... just a Post Office and VFD building. The Trail from Bagwell to Detroit was refurbished with grading, road-base and road crossings last year. The bridges are all in new-like pristine condition. The Trail has some erosion and grass thru the base. Multiple services in Detroit for a ride break.
I'll be riding and updating the other sections as they are improved.
Video
- randorides
