Ride 10 · West Summerlin / Bear's Best · intermediate · all rides

Big Top

Up The Circus, around through Hidden Canyon and back down. The friendliest loop off Mesa Park.

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13.1miles

2,126ft climb

3,491ft high point

2:05est. moving

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singletrack 84% dirt road 3% pavement 13%

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iPhone: tap Download, open it from the Downloads bar, then Share → Trailforks, Strava or Garmin.
Android: tap Download, then open the file and pick your app.
Garmin: or drag it into Garmin Connect → Courses → Import on a computer.

https://bsqrd-designs.com/dirt/big-top/

Getting there

Park at Mesa Park

5401 Mesa Park Dr, Las Vegas, NV 89135

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Start and finish are the same spot. Follow the cue sheet and the arrows on the map.

Cue sheet

0.0	Singletrack connectorsingletrack	0.4 mi
0.4	Oak Bend Drivepavement	0.2 mi
0.6	Harvest Green Lanepavement	0.4 mi
1.0	Singletrack connectorsingletrack	0.2 mi
1.2	Streetpavement	0.4 mi
1.6	Singletrack connectorsingletrack	0.5 mi
2.1	Harvest Green Lanepavement via Happy Ending	0.7 mi
2.7	Singletrack connectorsingletrack	2.6 mi
5.3	The Circussingletrack via Bottom of The Circus	2.5 mi
7.8	Hidden Canyonsingletrack	0.2 mi
8.0	Triple T.singletrack	0.3 mi
8.3	Hidden Canyonsingletrack	1.4 mi
9.7	Singletrack connectorsingletrack	2.1 mi
11.9	Streetpavement	0.4 mi
12.2	Singletrack connectorsingletrack	0.4 mi
12.7	Streetpavement	0.4 mi
13.1	Back at Mesa Park

Know before you go

About half a mile of neighborhood streets gets you from the park to the dirt. The rest is singletrack and a few short dirt-road links.
The Circus climbs gently on the way out. Triple T is downhill-only per Trailforks (checked Oct 8, 2026), and this loop rides a short piece of it that way.
No signs anywhere. Load the GPX before you leave the car, because the network is a bowl of spaghetti.
Zero shade and no water. From May to September, go at sunrise or don't go.
Skips Happy Ending on purpose: Trailforks (checked Oct 8, 2026) lists it as downhill-only and double black.

Ride smart

Water: plan on about 2 L for this ride. There's none on the trail.
Signal is spotty. Tell someone your route and your time back.
Emergency: call 911 and say "Big Top ride, parked at Mesa Park, West Summerlin / Bear's Best", plus the coordinates from Locate me.
Wildlife: give horses, burros and anything with horns room, and never feed them.
Stay on trail. Desert crust and mountain soil take decades to heal.

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Trail photos

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