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USA-Santa Cruz-314 Locust Street
Santa Cruz, the nearest town, 1 km away. Photo: Eugene Zelenko, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons

Depot Bike Park

Mountain bike area · United States

Is it worth the trip?

91Good out of 100 for your dates

Home sucks

2 days tie for best

Each day of your trip, out of 100

Mon 2 · 81 out of 100

Trail
Unknown
Rain 2 days
11.4 mm
Rain
0 mm
Air
18°C

Tue 3 · 81 out of 100

Trail
Unknown
Rain 2 days
1.1 mm
Rain
2.3 mm
Air
17°C

Wed 4 · 81 out of 100

Trail
Unknown
Rain 2 days
3.5 mm
Rain
0 mm
Air
20°C

Thu 5 · 81 out of 100

Trail
Unknown
Rain 2 days
3.5 mm
Rain
0 mm
Air
20°C

Fri 6 · 100 out of 100

Trail
Tacky
Rain 2 days
0 mm
Rain
0 mm
Air
20°C

Sat 7 · 100 out of 100

Trail
Tacky
Rain 2 days
0 mm
Rain
0 mm
Air
21°C

Sun 8 · 96 out of 100

Trail
Unknown
Rain 2 days
0 mm
Rain
0 mm
Air
21°C

Tap a day for the trail, the rain and the air. Full forecast

Forecast: next 10 days

Full forecast
  1. Sun 156, fair
  2. Mon 281, good
  3. Tue 381, good
  4. Wed 481, good
  5. Thu 581, good
  6. Fri 6100, good
  7. Sat 7100, good
  8. Sun 896, good
  9. Mon 996, good
  10. Tue 1096, good

The spot in two facts

  • 45 routesmapped within 10 km
  • Bike parkor trail centre

Full forecast

every day, every number

The score doesn't know trail closures, fallen trees or your skill.

Weather forecast and score for each day at Depot Bike Park
DayScoreTrailRain 2 daysRainAir
Sun 1Nov*56, fairUnknown10.3 mm1.1 mm18°C
Mon 2Nov*81, goodUnknown11.4 mm0 mm18°C
Tue 3Nov*81, goodUnknown1.1 mm2.3 mm17°C
Wed 4Nov*81, goodUnknown3.5 mm0 mm20°C
Thu 5Nov*81, goodUnknown3.5 mm0 mm20°C
Fri 6Nov100, goodTacky0 mm0 mm20°C
Sat 7Nov100, goodTacky0 mm0 mm21°C
Sun 8Nov*96, goodUnknown0 mm0 mm21°C
Mon 9Nov*96, goodUnknown0 mm0 mm20°C
Tue 10Nov*96, goodUnknown0 mm0 mm18°C

* Rain before today is not known: the forecast starts today, so these days are scored from a dry start and a wet one.

Trail is the soil that morning, from the rain before; rain in mm, air in °C. More

Forecast updated . It refreshes every three hours. Forecast data: ECMWF, DWD, Météo-France and NOAA, served by Open-Meteo.com (CC BY 4.0). Changed by us. Generated using E.U. Copernicus Marine Service Information.

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the area and its town

Each place wears its best day on these dates: green good, amber fair, pale red poor, as the key says.

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About

the place in full, sources, credits

About Depot Bike Park

45 mountain bike routes mapped. A bike park or trail centre is mapped here. Best from Feb to Nov. The nearest town to stay in is Santa Cruz.

  • Routes 45 mountain bike routes mapped.
  • Bike park Bike park or trail centre

From OpenStreetMap: the mountain bike routes mapped within 10 km.

Bike routes and parks: © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL).

The score is the conditions only: the journey, the price and the partners never change it (how we score, how we earn).

Rough cost (estimate): about US$1,400–US$2,580 each

about US$1,400–US$2,580 each · 6 nights, 2 sharing: flights, hire car, stay, food, bike hire.

Our estimate from typical public prices, not a quote: check the real prices before you book (where they come from). Prices are about, in US Dollar (USD): our pound figures at the European Central Bank's rate of 30 October 2026.

How we worked it out 
Rough cost per person for this trip
WhatHow we worked it outEach
Flightsreturn MDW to SJC, estimated from distance and season, 1 airline on the route, with a hold bagabout US$255–US$536
Hire car6 days, sharedabout US$154–US$255
Stay6 nights, a mid-range double, sharedabout US$348–US$583
Food7 days eating outabout US$342–US$636
Bike hire5 days, or about US$114 to fly your ownabout US$301–US$569
Totalabout US$1,400–US$2,580

Prices from public sources, checked in 2026.

Where to stay: Santa Cruz

Closest

Santa Cruz

2 min by car · 84 places to stay

about US$134/nightcountry average

See 84 places to stay in Santa Cruz · Booking.com

About Santa Cruz its beds, food and every spot near it

About US$134 a night is our estimate of the country's average 2-star double room that month: not each town's price, and not a quote. Drives are estimates. Prices are about, in US Dollar (USD): our pound figures at the European Central Bank's rate of 30 October 2026.

Getting there: about 7h 25m

About 7h 25m door to door from Chicago

Fly MDW → SJC, direct, then 1h 05m by road

An estimate, one way; the journey never changes the score.