Beginner Off-Road Trails
Near Big Water, Utah

This full-width Jeep road starts off of Highway 89, goes past the BLM office, and is a maintained graded gravel road until it passes the Under Canvas glamping company. It's unmaintained and narrower after that point. The rest of the road is a hard-packed mix of sand and dirt, with sections of flat s...
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Smoky Mountain Road is a scenic, entry-level route ideal for beginners and landscape-focused explorers looking to access some of the most striking desert terrain above Lake Powell. Spanning approximately 13.7 miles through the rugged Glen Canyon National Recreation Area, this wide, graded dirt road ...
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Left Hand Collett Canyon Road (BLM230), in total, is two BLM roads that cover approximately 85 miles between Big Water and Escalante, Utah. This road traverses a major portion of the Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument. On the southern end, covered by this submission, you start very near Lak...
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This is a beautiful desert canyon trail that takes you from Big Water, Utah, up north and circles back east toward Lake Powell. It follows Nipple Creek and meanders through Tibbet Canyon. There is lots of desert scenery and a few places to camp along the way. Keep an eye out for Mushroom Rock and Ni...
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This is a 5.7-mile-long dirt road that crosses the Arizona/Utah border along the Vermillion Cliffs National Monument. It's Judd Hollow 6125 on the Utah side and Cedar Mountain Road on the Arizona side. The trail is a mix of hardpacked sand and dirt, sometimes a washboard surface, with light curves, ...
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6120 is a 4-mile-long dirt road that starts at Highway 89 at a dirt turnoff. It goes right next to some private property, starting easy on a mix of hard-packed dirt and sand. It goes past lots of grazing cows and through a couple of gates and unmarked intersections, going flat and straight through g...
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This is a fun 6-mile trail through Utah State Trust Land near Big Water, Utah. It's full of sandy corners, dips through sandy washes, small rock ledges, and even goes past the ruins of an old cowboy cabin. The trail is mostly hard-packed dirt and sand but also has lots of slab rock surfaces and some...
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This dirt trail is entirely within the Vermillion Cliffs National Monument and goes along the wilderness boundary of the Vermillion Cliffs, offering excellent views of the Paria Canyon along the rim of the canyon. Starting on the west side, it spurs off of Cedar Mountain Road, heads directly for the...
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6115 is an easy dirt road near Big Water, Utah, that connects South Jacobs Tanks Road to Cedar Mountain Road 1094. It is a main thoroughfare to access lots of the OHV trails in this area and the Paria Canyon Overlook. Local UTV tours also come through here. The road is mostly easy--a 2 difficulty--e...
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1427 is a short and sandy trail that ends with an incredible view of the Vermillion Cliffs. It starts on a sandy narrower road, with sections where the sand is deeper, going over rolling hills towards the powerlines. It heads straight towards the pink cliffs under the powerlines. It dead-ends undern...
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This is one of many powerline roads through this area of desert between Page, Arizona, and Big Water, Utah. It's long and straight, going for 6.5 miles from southeast to northwest. It's a bit rough and rutted and uneven, but doesn't have any obstacles and is pretty flat. You have to go through a cou...
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Starting near Stud Horse Point, this trail starts as an access road for the power lines. There is a steep, rocky 200 vertical foot descent to the valley floor, followed by five miles of meandering high-speed sand track. Near the north end, some unexpected hoodoos are present. Watch for cattle on the...
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1097 is a wide dirt road that starts in the Glen Canyon National Recreation Area off of Highway 89 by Big Water, Utah. Although the route starts in Utah, it crosses the Arizona border after 0.9 miles as it heads south. It goes past a livestock corral and some really cool grey sandstone rock formatio...
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This 3-mile loop starts off of Blue Pools Road 1096, loops north and east towards Stud Horse Point, and ends up back south at the intersection with 1098. Going clockwise, the beginning is a flat, straight, fast, smooth road of hardpacked dirt. You'll likely see cows grazing here. It goes through gra...
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This is a 2.3-mile-long trail that starts on the north end on BLM land and then enters the Vermillion Cliffs National Monument about halfway through. The road is a mix of sand and dirt, and it's not very wide, as it gets narrow between bushes lining the road. The northern half is curvier than the so...
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This is a steep and rocky shortcut to get from US Route 89 to Stud Horse Point. Other routes require a lot of backtracking, so this saves both time and distance. There is a barbed wire gate that is sometimes open, so be prepared to stop for that gate before powering up or down the slope.
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1411 is a 3-mile easy road in the Vermillion Cliffs National Monument that is mostly flat, a mix of dirt and sand, with no obstacles. The road is pretty chopped up from cattle but goes pretty straight with a few easy curves. It ends at a fence that says no motor vehicles, so you can't go any further...
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Ferry Swale Road is accessed from Greenehaven Drive off of Highway 89, north of Page, Arizona. Going south from the highway on Greenehaven Drive, go past the concrete platform and through the gate, turn left on the graded road, then take an immediate right onto the dirt Ferry Swale Road. This will t...
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1098 is an easy dirt road that goes from the intersection of Ferry Swale Road and 1097 to the Thousand Pockets Trailhead. It goes from BLM land into the Vermillion Cliffs National Monument. It's fast and straight in the beginning, with more corners later as it heads south. It's a mix of sand, hardpa...
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1438 is a 3.8-mile-long rim road that goes out to the Paria Canyon Viewpoint and makes a loop off of 1094. It's a pretty easy trail overall. It's a bumpier road with loose rocks in the trail, embedded rock slabs, and tight turns through pinyon pine trees. It's a hardpacked mix of sand and dirt. It h...
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This full-width Jeep road starts off of Highway 89, goes past the BLM office, and is a maintained graded gravel road until it passes the Under Canvas glamping company. It's unmaintained and narrower after that point. The rest of the road is a hard-packed mix of sand and dirt, with sections of flat s...
Learn more about South Jacobs Tanks Road

Left Hand Collett Canyon Road (BLM230), in total, is two BLM roads that cover approximately 85 miles between Big Water and Escalante, Utah. This road traverses a major portion of the Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument. On the southern end, covered by this submission, you start very near Lak...
Learn more about Left Hand Collett Canyon Road (BLM230)

This is a 5.7-mile-long dirt road that crosses the Arizona/Utah border along the Vermillion Cliffs National Monument. It's Judd Hollow 6125 on the Utah side and Cedar Mountain Road on the Arizona side. The trail is a mix of hardpacked sand and dirt, sometimes a washboard surface, with light curves, ...
Learn more about Judd Hollow/Cedar Mountain Road

6120 is a 4-mile-long dirt road that starts at Highway 89 at a dirt turnoff. It goes right next to some private property, starting easy on a mix of hard-packed dirt and sand. It goes past lots of grazing cows and through a couple of gates and unmarked intersections, going flat and straight through g...
Learn more about 6120

This full-width Jeep road starts off of Highway 89, goes past the BLM office, and is a maintained graded gravel road until it passes the Under Canvas glamping company. It's unmaintained and narrower after that point. The rest of the road is a hard-packed mix of sand and dirt, with sections of flat s...
Learn more about South Jacobs Tanks Road

Left Hand Collett Canyon Road (BLM230), in total, is two BLM roads that cover approximately 85 miles between Big Water and Escalante, Utah. This road traverses a major portion of the Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument. On the southern end, covered by this submission, you start very near Lak...
Learn more about Left Hand Collett Canyon Road (BLM230)

This is a beautiful desert canyon trail that takes you from Big Water, Utah, up north and circles back east toward Lake Powell. It follows Nipple Creek and meanders through Tibbet Canyon. There is lots of desert scenery and a few places to camp along the way. Keep an eye out for Mushroom Rock and Ni...
Learn more about Nipple Butte Trail

This is a 5.7-mile-long dirt road that crosses the Arizona/Utah border along the Vermillion Cliffs National Monument. It's Judd Hollow 6125 on the Utah side and Cedar Mountain Road on the Arizona side. The trail is a mix of hardpacked sand and dirt, sometimes a washboard surface, with light curves, ...
Learn more about Judd Hollow/Cedar Mountain Road