Beginner Off-Road Trails
Near Barnstable Town, Massachusetts

Race Point North is a great starting point for driving the Cape Cod National Seashore. A permit will need to be acquired at this entrance, as well as watching a short video, vehicle inspection, and checklist to make sure you have all required safety items. Items include;a shovel, fire extinguisher, ...
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Race Point South is at the park entrance to Cape Cod National Seashore. A permit will need to be acquired along with a vehicle inspection and checklist to make sure you have all required safety items before driving the beach. Items include; a shovel, fire extinguisher, recovery strap, full-size spar...
Learn more about Race Point South Entrance

Take a ride through the historically haunted Freetown State Forest with this easy off-road route. The route is on public roads and all vehicles running this trail must be road registered. Trail conditions can vary drastically based on how much rain has fallen, large frost heaves have caused mud hole...
Learn more about Copicut - Quanapoag Connector

Public road that is no longer maintained. Can approach from west off of Decotis Farm Road or from East off of West Reservoir Road. Approaching from Decotis, the road begins at the cul-de-sac. Parts of the road still have remnants of pavement before it was abandoned. The route was dry when mapped and...
Learn more about Hanton City Road

Head down Onley Keach Road and begin once the pavement turns to dirt just after the houses. This trail is a dirt and gravel road. It will loosen your filings and shed parts from your vehicle. The trail's main redeeming value is that it forms the Eastern border of the Northeast Rhode Island Trail Net...
Learn more about Olney Keach Road

This easy trail leads to the George Washington State Park Campground and continues through a gate at the North end that is only open when the campground is closed for the winter from November until mid-April. It provides access to the Center Trail in the Northeast Rhode Island Trail Network.
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Richardson Clearing Trail (photo five shows where it leaves Safari Trail) becomes Cold Spring Drive at an open gate (photo six). This trail provides access to Center Trail (photo seven) in the Northeast Rhode Island Trail Network and is the shortest route to Carl Erickson Covered Bridge on Inner Bor...
Learn more about Richardson Clearing Trail & Cold Spring Drive

Center Trail is the longest trail in the Northwest Rhode Island Trail Network. It runs from Pulaski State Park on its West end (photos 1-3) to Olney Keach Road on its East end (photo 7). The gate on its West end in Pulaski State Park is closed during the winter, but you can still use the rest of the...
Learn more about Center Trail

This trail starts with a "1" rating until you pass the two houses (slowly please), then becomes an upper "3" rating as it is poorly maintained and often muddy until it enters Rhode Island which is better at maintaining it. The trail terminates at the junction of Border Trail and Munyon Trail in the ...
Learn more about Wakefield Pond & Silver Brook Roads

Baker Road starts with a "1" rated car-friendly mixed gravel and paved section. It becomes a "2" rated two-track when it crosses Quaddick Town Farm Road. Most people enter the trail here to avoid houses. As it crosses Wakefield Pond Road it becomes "3" rated (4WD needed), uphill on loose and medium ...
Learn more about Baker & Cruff Roads

This is a Class VI road in Danville, New Hampshire. You can access the trail from the east off of State Route 111A, turning onto the Hersey Road paved section. Trail access is to the left at the split (GH Carter Drive goes right), up into the woods. Follow signage for Beehive Hut at the split for th...
Learn more about Hersey Road

Public road that is no longer maintained. Can approach from west off of Decotis Farm Road or from East off of West Reservoir Road. Approaching from Decotis, the road begins at the cul-de-sac. Parts of the road still have remnants of pavement before it was abandoned. The route was dry when mapped and...
Learn more about Hanton City Road

This is a Class VI road in Danville, New Hampshire. You can access the trail from the east off of State Route 111A, turning onto the Hersey Road paved section. Trail access is to the left at the split (GH Carter Drive goes right), up into the woods. Follow signage for Beehive Hut at the split for th...
Learn more about Hersey Road

Public road that is no longer maintained. Can approach from west off of Decotis Farm Road or from East off of West Reservoir Road. Approaching from Decotis, the road begins at the cul-de-sac. Parts of the road still have remnants of pavement before it was abandoned. The route was dry when mapped and...
Learn more about Hanton City Road

This is a Class VI road in Danville, New Hampshire. You can access the trail from the east off of State Route 111A, turning onto the Hersey Road paved section. Trail access is to the left at the split (GH Carter Drive goes right), up into the woods. Follow signage for Beehive Hut at the split for th...
Learn more about Hersey Road