Beginner Off-Road Trails
Near Bayview, California

Cal-Barrel is a dirt road to more trails in Redwood National Park. The road is gravel with some potholes and an incline nearly all the way to the end, where hiking trails begin. There are pullouts along the way and beautiful redwoods along the way. The road is pet-friendly between the turn-off fr...
Learn more about Cal Barrel - Redwood National Park

As you enter from this northern part of the trail, you'll be surrounded by trees covered in moss, beautiful views of the ocean peaking in through the trees, and well-grated gravel. There are parts of the trail that are narrow with some wash-out sections and some drop-off sections on the west side of...
Learn more about Usal Road (Northern Portion)

Howland Hill Road is an old stagecoach road nestled in the old-growth redwoods. Few places still exist where you can drive alongside trees as tall as 300'. The main section of Howland Hill Road is narrow with a dirt/stone packed surface and it is approximately 5 miles long. Expect the surface of the...
Learn more about Howland Hill Road

This is a steep one-lane dirt road that is not very heavily used and is reasonably well maintained by the county. On about sixty percent of the trail, two rigs can slowly and carefully pass by each other, thirty percent will require one of the two rigs to move out of the way and the rest will requir...
Learn more about Usal Road (Southern Portion)

Branching off from the main road and clearly marked by brown Forest Service directional signs, this beautiful journey takes you through a dense pine forest along a road that is generally very wide, exceptionally flat, and clearly well-traversed. As you cruise along the hillside, the surface alternat...
Learn more about Lake Eleanor - FS 36N24

Pappas Flat is a very easy, mostly gravel service road traversable by any vehicle with a moderate amount of ground clearance that can manage small ruts and a roughly 10-degree slope at around the mid-point of the road. Although it is a very short, publicly accessible trail, this service road provide...
Learn more about Pappas Flat

Gasquet Mountain Road (GMR) is just one of many routes available to access the beautiful Six Rivers National Forest. GMR is a single-lane gravel road that will reveal stunning views of the surrounding mountains. The road surface will change periodically from packed small gravel to loose softball siz...
Learn more about Gasquet Mountain Road - FSR 17N49

Branching off from the main road and clearly marked by brown Forest Service directional signs, this beautiful journey takes you through a dense pine forest along a road that is generally very wide, exceptionally flat, and clearly well-traversed. As you cruise along the hillside, the surface alternat...
Learn more about Lake Eleanor - FS 36N24

Pappas Flat is a very easy, mostly gravel service road traversable by any vehicle with a moderate amount of ground clearance that can manage small ruts and a roughly 10-degree slope at around the mid-point of the road. Although it is a very short, publicly accessible trail, this service road provide...
Learn more about Pappas Flat

Gasquet Mountain Road (GMR) is just one of many routes available to access the beautiful Six Rivers National Forest. GMR is a single-lane gravel road that will reveal stunning views of the surrounding mountains. The road surface will change periodically from packed small gravel to loose softball siz...
Learn more about Gasquet Mountain Road - FSR 17N49

Branching off from the main road and clearly marked by brown Forest Service directional signs, this beautiful journey takes you through a dense pine forest along a road that is generally very wide, exceptionally flat, and clearly well-traversed. As you cruise along the hillside, the surface alternat...
Learn more about Lake Eleanor - FS 36N24

Pappas Flat is a very easy, mostly gravel service road traversable by any vehicle with a moderate amount of ground clearance that can manage small ruts and a roughly 10-degree slope at around the mid-point of the road. Although it is a very short, publicly accessible trail, this service road provide...
Learn more about Pappas Flat

Gasquet Mountain Road (GMR) is just one of many routes available to access the beautiful Six Rivers National Forest. GMR is a single-lane gravel road that will reveal stunning views of the surrounding mountains. The road surface will change periodically from packed small gravel to loose softball siz...
Learn more about Gasquet Mountain Road - FSR 17N49