Tracks
Tracks for Jesmond Park/John Hunter Hospital Hill

Big Dipper below car parks
Linking fire trail between Sygna access and back of John Hunter car park. There is quite a steep section and a long run out.
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Big Dipper below car parks

Cambridge Drive Loop
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Cambridge Drive Loop

Dangerfield Dip
Steady drop off the fire trail access and climb back out. Access via Dangerfield drive as well.
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Dangerfield Dip

East Gully drop to Cycleway
This drops off the eastern fire trail and is quite a steep decent with places of exposed rock face to descend. A creek crossing (usually dry) and a steep climb will bring you out on the cycleway between Jesmond Park and the John Hunter. Trail condition is fairly poor, lot of wash aways and more a technical decent.

East Gully drop to Cycleway

Fire Trail Entry from Jesmond Park cycleway
Fairly easy fire trail that climbs steadily up to the back of the John Hunter Hospital. Wide but with washouts in places.

Fire Trail Entry from Jesmond Park cycleway

Hunting downhill singletrack

John Hunter Access trail
Access to from the main trail network from the car parks at the John Hunter hospital.

John Hunter Access trail

Lower Run out
Cuts across from one fire trail to the other, there is some lovely rolling tight switch back turns, a creek crossing (usually dry) with a short but very steep climb out of it. The trail divides just after the creek crossing both end up at similar locations, there is also a late option to take a right and drop you out on the Jesmond Cycleway down the main embankment.

Lower Run out

McCaffry Drive Access
Access from a gate off McCaffry drive near the lights. Track is mostly single track but wider in places and has some steeper sections and mild wash aways. Can be a bit overgrown with grass at the top.

McCaffry Drive Access

Metcalfe St loop
2 or 3 single tracks here with a firetrail as the easier option for entry, exit or short downhill loops.

Metcalfe St loop

Steeper fire trail
Steeper of 2 fire trails from Jesmond park up to John Hunter Hospital. Trail starts about 100m along the cycleway from Jesmond Park to John Hunter and is a mix of loose gravel and short sections of bitumen on the steeper sections. Some small washaways.

Steeper fire trail

Summit Loop
Loop around the summit joining the 2 main fire trails up from Jesmond Park and the John Hunter Hospital exits. Single tracks also split the summit and drop off down the hill from the side.

Summit Loop

Sygna Close Access trail
Access trail straight up the ridge line from Sygna Close. Another option to riders right is almost a sealed cycleway and requires a short climb up to the left further on.

Sygna Close Access trail

Sygna Close Easy Access trail
Very easy access trail that is actually sealed in a loose bitumen. Trail ends with an option of climbing out to McCaffry Drive or up to John Hunter Hospital carparks.

Sygna Close Easy Access trail

Wallsend Access firetrail
Access trail from Wallsend and Elemore Vale area. A lot of single track comes in from various streets onto this trail which gives access via many of the streets near this track.

Wallsend Access firetrail

Western Firetrail Alternate
Alternate climb option to the nearby firetrail. All end up in the same location and no real benefit one of the other.

Western Firetrail Alternate

Western ridge single track 1
Short easy single track that links the lower section of the fire trail climb with the main cross slope single track.

Western ridge single track 1

Western ridge single track 2
Shortish decent from the fire trail climb to the main ring single track

Reasonably easy descent onto the main ring single track from the top ridge. Decent at the beginning is the hardest