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Gold Coast, the nearest town, 13 km away. Photo: Kgbo, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons

Family Loop

Mountain bike area · Australia

Is it worth the trip?

86Good out of 100 for your dates

Home sucks

Best on Thu 5: Rain before today is not known, Rain 5 mm in the last two days, Air 32 °C

Each day of your trip, out of 100

Tue 3 · 76 out of 100

Trail
Unknown
Rain 2 days
1.6 mm
Rain
1.9 mm
Air
27°C

Wed 4 · 74 out of 100

Trail
Unknown
Rain 2 days
6.6 mm
Rain
0 mm
Air
31°C

Thu 5 · 92 out of 100

Trail
Unknown
Rain 2 days
5 mm
Rain
0 mm
Air
32°C

Fri 6 · 88 out of 100

Trail
Unknown
Rain 2 days
0 mm
Rain
0 mm
Air
25°C

Sat 7 · 82 out of 100

Trail
Unknown
Rain 2 days
0 mm
Rain
0.6 mm
Air
29°C

Sun 8 · 83 out of 100

Trail
Unknown
Rain 2 days
0.6 mm
Rain
1.8 mm
Air
26°C

Mon 9 · 91 out of 100

Trail
Dry
Rain 2 days
2.4 mm
Rain
0 mm
Air
22°C

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

Forecast: next 10 days

Full forecast
  1. Mon 262, good
  2. Tue 376, good
  3. Wed 474, good
  4. Thu 592, good
  5. Fri 688, good
  6. Sat 782, good
  7. Sun 883, good
  8. Mon 991, good
  9. Tue 1084, good
  10. Wed 1184, good

The spot in two facts

  • 5 routesmapped within 10 km
  • Up to S3Singletrail scale

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 Family Loop
DayScoreTrailRain 2 daysRainAir
Mon 2Nov*62, goodUnknown–1.6 mm29°C
Tue 3Nov*76, goodUnknown1.6 mm1.9 mm27°C
Wed 4Nov*74, goodUnknown6.6 mm0 mm31°C
Thu 5Nov*92, goodUnknown5 mm0 mm32°C
Fri 6Nov*88, goodUnknown0 mm0 mm25°C
Sat 7Nov*82, goodUnknown0 mm0.6 mm29°C
Sun 8Nov*83, goodUnknown0.6 mm1.8 mm26°C
Mon 9Nov91, goodDry2.4 mm0 mm22°C
Tue 10Nov*84, goodUnknown1.8 mm0 mm22°C
Wed 11Nov*84, goodUnknown0 mm1.2 mm22°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.

Map

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 Family Loop

5 mountain bike routes mapped. Hardest trail: S3 on the Singletrail scale. Good all year. The nearest town to stay in is Gold Coast.

  • Routes 5 mountain bike routes mapped.
  • Hardest Hardest trail: S3 on the Singletrail scale.

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$2,010–US$3,820 each

about US$2,010–US$3,820 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 BNE, estimated from distance and season, changing at LAX, full-service airlines, with a hold bagabout US$891–US$1,850
Hire car6 days, sharedabout US$147–US$241
Stay6 nights, a mid-range double, sharedabout US$362–US$603
Food7 days eating outabout US$322–US$596
Bike hire5 days, or about US$114 to fly your ownabout US$288–US$529
Totalabout US$2,010–US$3,820

Prices from public sources, checked in 2026.

Where to stay: Gold Coast

Closest

Gold Coast

about 25 min by car · 209 places to stay

about US$134/nightcountry average

See 209 places to stay in Gold Coast · Booking.com

About Gold Coast 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 27h 50m

About 27h 50m door to door from Chicago

Fly MDW → BNE, changing at Los Angeles International Airport (LAX), then 1h 40m by road

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