Trail Review: Sunrise Park Trails 

Trail Review: Sunrise Park Trails.
I happend on this trail system while looking at one of the biketrail apps. It looked like a small, easy set of trails in the middle of a neighborhood in north Peoria. Theres an actual neighborhood park that you have to go through to get to the trailhead. From the road and the park parking lot, the hills, where the trails are, don't look like much. I'ts not til you start getting up onto the hill side that you realize how extensive the little trail system really is. I was surprised at how much of a challenge some of the trails were. Especially, on the east side of the hills. I was also pleasently surprised at how fun the trails were on the west side. There was a lot of foot traffic, but everyone I encountered was friendly and polite.
I had to do a lot of 'Hike a Bike' on the east side of the Sunrise Loop. I think that side was more of a hiking rather than biking section. The Suguaro Family Loop was a little more bike friendly. Over all, I enjoyed the ride and will likely return to check out some of the other trails I saw.