Beginner Off-Road Trails Near Athol, Idaho

Looking to check out the entire Rathdrum Prairie area? This is a great, scenic route featuring excellent views of the towns of Coeur d'Alene, Hayden, Athol, Rathdrum, and out to Post Falls. You also are…
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This is a dirt road with small ruts and occasional deep ruts, clear width for large vehicles, and many off-shoot narrow trails for ATVs or dirt bikes.
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You will need to air down before the trail. There is a staging area at the beginning of this trail. In the Summer and Fall, this is an easy smooth Forest Service Road for a…
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This is a very scenic route out of Bayview. There are breathtaking views of the town and Lake Pend Oreille. The road starts as an easy fairly smooth road but after a couple of miles,…
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This is an easy scenic route that can give you access to the 3 Sisters. The loop is very easy with any type of vehicle circling back to town on FS 297. There are great…
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Singletrack trail to connect Hayden Creek to the Spades Mountain Trails. The trail begins 5 miles up Hayden Creek Road from the end of the pavement. There is a parking area at the trailhead, although…
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West Gold is a more challenging and much rougher route to Lakeview but the views are worth it. Shortly after the start, there is a spur that takes you to the top of Bernard Peak.…
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This mostly easy trail runs from the ridgeline to the valley or visa-versa. Near the lower section is a well-constructed warming hut for snowmobile season, complete with a pit toilet and a vast valley with…
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Although we "didn't see no stinking Badgers," we assume they must be around if this is the namesake. The trail starts with a narrow, rutted, and solid climb with some loose sections. About 3/4 of…
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This well-graded road will continue North from Horse Haven Airfield (a World War II training site). You will find plenty of disbursed camping in this area. The grade is easy, but with years of heavy…
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Combination of dirt and gravel trail that twists through the forest with distant views out to Lake Hayden. There are a couple of dispersed campsites on the side of the trail. There is also one…
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What a great way to connect one set of routes to another. It's mostly graded and easy to follow, but some forestry work has been done in a few sections. The best part is now…
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1562 is the main thoroughfare for ATVs through the Canfield Trail System that goes all the way East to West along the north end of the trail system. This is a 3.4-mile-long segment of the…
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From east to west, Canyon Fork Trail starts off with several steep switchbacks on loose dirt with loose rocks. Trail is likely to be dusty in the summer. The trail levels out and is a…
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This is a 2.8-mile-long easy 50" trail through the Canfield Trail System near Coeur d'Alene, Idaho. It has no obstacles, just smooth wide dirt going through a pine tree forest. There are a few old…
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This is a wide and easy dirt bike trail in the Coeur d'Alene National Forest. It's fast and flowy and goes underneath a bunch of trees like through a tunnel. It's a smooth dirt surface…
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This is a middle trail used to link up to other trails in the area. It's also part of a nice loop if taken from Fernan Saddle and connected up to Horse Ridge Clop Clop…
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This well-graded trail follows what appears to be an old mining rail track. The grade is easy, but after years of travel, when wet, have created some decent-sized potholes and some rocky sections. There are…
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From the top, the road is wide and smooth with great views of the valley and surrounding mountains. Towards the bottom, the road gets steeper and more rough but drops into the creek valley which…
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This short single track starts at the intersection with dirt bike trails 1562 and Trail A. It begins as a narrow single track through the pine trees. The trail goes on what looks like an…
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These are single track trails that are part of the Canfield trail system. Penn is a one-way up trail and Cave is a one-way down trail. Penn is a sustained climb that is mostly smooth,…
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Trail 6 in the Canfield Trail System is a short connector trail between the D and A singletracks. This one is 1.3 miles long and very easy. The north end goes past a gate, then…
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Trail B is an easy single track in the Canfield Trail System, although long and windy. From the west end, it starts as a narrow single track through trees and bushes. It's smooth and easy…
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This is an easy two-track open to vehicles less than 50". It leaves from the parking area on Nettleman Road and goes through a gate. It's an old repurposed road now used by ATVs. The…
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This route crosses over Mt HooDoo (elevation 5,119') from Blanchard to Priest River via National Forest Road 2550. The views up here are incredible on a clear day. Mt. Hoodoo is a popular spot for…
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Most of this trail is on a paved twisty road leading up into the Panhandle National Forest. The pavement ends at the top of the hill and spiderwebs into several dirt trails. Horse Ridge Trail…
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This 5.6-mile segment of Trail A is a long and windy single track in the Canfield Trail System. It's wide and smooth coming from the east end. It has narrower sections later with more pieces…
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This is an easy ATV trail that starts off of East Fernan Lake Road and is used to access the Canfield trail system. There's no parking area at the south end of the trail, just…
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This 2.8-mile-long dirt bike trail leaves from the west end from the bottom of Trail 1 and is much easier than Trail 1. It goes along a shelf of a hillside, on an easy single…
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A beautiful drive down from the Fernando Saddle. If coming from the top of the saddle, you will enjoy expansive views and pass a few trails to explore. As you get to the valley below,…
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