Staying Home Sucks, home
Kuitpo Forest Reserve, Australia (Unsplash)
Kuitpo, the nearest town, 3 km away. Photo: Mike Wilson mkwlsn, CC0, Wikimedia Commons

Flat Earth

Mountain bike area · Australia

Is it worth the trip?

93Good out of 100 for your dates

Home sucks

4 days tie for best

Each day of your trip, out of 100

Mon 2 · 76 out of 100

Trail
Unknown
Rain 2 days
3.9 mm
Rain
0.7 mm
Air
20°C

Tue 3 · 96 out of 100

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

Wed 4 · 94 out of 100

Trail
Unknown
Rain 2 days
0.7 mm
Rain
1.3 mm
Air
17°C

Thu 5 · 96 out of 100

Trail
Unknown
Rain 2 days
1.3 mm
Rain
0 mm
Air
15°C

Fri 6 · 87 out of 100

Trail
Unknown
Rain 2 days
1.3 mm
Rain
0 mm
Air
17°C

Sat 7 · 96 out of 100

Trail
Unknown
Rain 2 days
1.2 mm
Rain
0 mm
Air
12°C

Sun 8 · 96 out of 100

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

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

Forecast: next 10 days

Full forecast
  1. Sun 168, good
  2. Mon 276, good
  3. Tue 396, good
  4. Wed 494, good
  5. Thu 596, good
  6. Fri 687, good
  7. Sat 796, good
  8. Sun 896, good
  9. Mon 984, good
  10. Tue 1091, good

The spot in two facts

  • Up to S2Singletrail scale
  • Best Feb–Mar7 good days in 7

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 Flat Earth
DayScoreTrailRain 2 daysRainAir
Sun 1Nov*68, goodUnknown–2.7 mm20°C
Mon 2Nov*76, goodUnknown3.9 mm0.7 mm20°C
Tue 3Nov*96, goodUnknown4.6 mm0 mm20°C
Wed 4Nov*94, goodUnknown0.7 mm1.3 mm17°C
Thu 5Nov*96, goodUnknown1.3 mm0 mm15°C
Fri 6Nov*87, goodUnknown1.3 mm0 mm17°C
Sat 7Nov*96, goodUnknown1.2 mm0 mm12°C
Sun 8Nov*96, goodUnknown1.2 mm0 mm18°C
Mon 9Nov*84, goodUnknown0 mm0 mm24°C
Tue 10Nov91, goodDry1.5 mm0.3 mm16°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.

Town

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About

the place in full, sources, credits

About Flat Earth

Hardest trail: S2 on the Singletrail scale. Best from Aug to May. The nearest town to stay in is Kuitpo.

  • Routes No mountain bike route is mapped here as a route.
  • Hardest Hardest trail: S2 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$2,040–US$3,910 each

about US$2,040–US$3,910 each · 6 nights, 2 sharing: flights, taxi, 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 ADL, estimated from distance and season, changing at SFO, full-service airlines, with a hold bagabout US$985–US$2,040
Taxiairport and back, sharedabout US$87–US$141
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$2,040–US$3,910

Prices from public sources, checked in 2026.

Where to stay: Kuitpo

Closest

Kuitpo

5 min by car

about US$134/nightcountry average

See places to stay in Kuitpo · Booking.com

About Kuitpo 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 29h 20m

About 29h 20m door to door from Chicago

Fly MDW → ADL, changing at San Francisco International Airport (SFO), then 1h by road

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