Beginner Off-Road Trails Near Bothell, Washington
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North Fork Road
This road takes you from Columbia Falls to the Canadian Border. This is a fun drive with lots of great stops, and two entrances to Glacier National Park. The most popular stop is Polebridge, MT,…
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Learn more about North Fork Road
Total Miles
14.3
Tech Rating
3
Easy
Best Time
Sp / Su / Fa / Wi
TUPSO Pass Mountain Stroll
During the summer months, this is an easy gravel road up to Tupso Pass. In the winter months, it can become a bit muddy and snowy on the trail. This is a nice scenic trail…
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Total Miles
14.8
Tech Rating
1
Easy
Best Time
Su
Green Mountain Road/NF-011
Green Mountain Road starts as a well-groomed dirt/ gravel track with a spectacular forest surround. This is a popular location for people to come shooting, with many small pullouts along the first half of the…
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Learn more about Green Mountain Road/NF-011
Total Miles
5.4
Tech Rating
3
Easy
Best Time
Wi / Su
Bear Lake Trail
This is the 2nd more intense trail off Schweitzer Creek Road, the other is Boardman Lake Trail. This trail is a bit more technical than Boardman Lake and a bit longer in distance. Similarly, there…
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Total Miles
2.8
Tech Rating
3
Easy
Best Time
Su / Fa
Walker Valley Mainline
Walker Valley Mainline is primarily a graded gravel and dirt road with a few sections of ungraded gravel. It is an easy ride in the summer months; however, there is no winter maintenance. During times…
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Learn more about Walker Valley Mainline
Total Miles
3.7
Tech Rating
Best Time
Sp / Su / Fa
Boardman Lake Trail
Boardman Lake Trail starts out as a standard gravel FS road but is laden with relatively large potholes and the elevation climbs quickly. There are many turnouts for dispersed camping but none offer privacy. After…
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Learn more about Boardman Lake Trail
Total Miles
5.7
Tech Rating
3
Easy
Best Time
Su / Fa
SMC
SMC is a 1.3-mile-long dirt bike trail through the Walker Valley ORV Area. It is an easy single track, with small features like roots, low embedded rocks, and somewhat steep sections, but is overall still…
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Total Miles
1.1
Tech Rating
3
Easy
Best Time
Su / Sp / Fa / Wi
I-5
I-5 is a mile-long single track in the Walker Valley ORV Area, that is easy the whole way, with one additional rock slab obstacle that makes it slightly more difficult. The south end starts with…
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Total Miles
0.9
Tech Rating
3
Easy
Best Time
Sp / Su / Fa / Wi
Webfoot
Webfoot is a short and easy single track through the southwest end of the Walker Valley ORV Area. It's .7 miles long, and very easy the whole way. It's accessed from the staging area through…
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Total Miles
0.7
Tech Rating
2
Easy
Best Time
Sp / Su / Fa / Wi
Lake Cavanaugh Road
Lake Cavanaugh Road is a point-to-point wide gravel road that connects Lake Cavanaugh and SR530. This trail is well-maintained and open to all vehicle traffic, however, some larger vehicles will find some of the switchbacks…
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Learn more about Lake Cavanaugh Road
Total Miles
3.5
Tech Rating
1
Easy
Best Time
Sp / Su / Fa / Wi
Doug's Loop
Doug's Loop is a short and easy ATV trail in the Walker Valley ORV Area. The north end starts out in a logging area with lots of fallen trees. Most of the trees that have…
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Total Miles
1.1
Tech Rating
2
Easy
Best Time
Sp / Su / Fa / Wi
Cavanaugh
Cavanaugh is a 1.3-mile long ATV trail that has some fun features like harder rocky sections, and big mud puddles. It climbs up from the end of the Webfoot single track, up to a wooden…
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Total Miles
1.1
Tech Rating
3
Easy
Best Time
Sp / Su / Fa / Wi
EZ Valley Connector
This is a curvy, eroded trail that is fairly easy to navigate. The trail is very muddy during the wetter times of the year and dusty during the dry months. There are a few rock…
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Learn more about EZ Valley Connector
Total Miles
0.4
Tech Rating
3
Easy
Best Time
Sp / Su / Wi / Fa
Kim and Monicas
Kim & Monica's is a 1.6-mile-long ATV trail designated for 48" or less vehicles. It goes through a forest full of tall skinny red alder trees, sword ferns, red cedars, and Douglas firs. It's decently…
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Total Miles
1.5
Tech Rating
3
Easy
Best Time
Sp / Su / Fa / Wi
Coyote
Coyote is about a 1 mile-long 48" ATV Trail in the Walker Valley ORV Area. The north end starts at the south end of the Tooler Single Track. It starts underneath tall and skinny pine…
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Total Miles
0.8
Tech Rating
3
Easy
Best Time
Sp / Su / Fa / Wi
Judys Grade
Judy's Grade is an easier ATV Trail in the Walker Valley ORV Area (designated for vehicles 48" or less). It's less than a mile long and is consistently wide. The west end starts off of…
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Total Miles
0.7
Tech Rating
3
Easy
Best Time
Sp / Su / Fa / Wi
Langleys Legacy
Langley's Legacy is a short ATV Trail for vehicles 48" or less. It connects DNR Road 17 to Bear Creek Mainline Road in the Walker Valley ORV Area. It's very short, and mostly easy, but…
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Total Miles
0.5
Tech Rating
3
Easy
Best Time
Sp / Su / Fa / Wi
Muddled Meanderings
This is a 1.4 mile long very curvy ATV trail. The south end starts at a patch of blackberries before going across a wooden bridge. It's a wide trail that tightly winds through thick cedar…
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Total Miles
0.9
Tech Rating
3
Easy
Best Time
Sp / Su / Fa / Wi
Tooler
Tooler is a 2-mile long short and fast singletrack in the Walker Valley ORV Area. It is accessed through Pats ATV Trail and is likely a more popular trail as it is close to the…
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Learn more about Tooler
Total Miles
1.7
Tech Rating
2
Easy
Best Time
Sp / Su / Fa / Wi
Jam
Jam is the first ATV trail that most riders will take out of the Walker Valley Staging Area. It exits the parking area on a wooden bridge to start the trail and goes one mile…
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Total Miles
0.8
Tech Rating
2
Easy
Best Time
Sp / Su / Fa / Wi
Wandering View
This 1-mile point-to-point trail takes you along the border of Reiter Foothills State Forest. This trail is easily passable by stock 4x4 vehicles. There is a steep section with loose rocks, dirt and mud holes…
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Total Miles
0.6
Tech Rating
2
Easy
Best Time
Sp / Su / Fa
Old School
This short point-to-point trail is one of the easy trails within the Reiter Foothills 4X4 area. This trail is great for the beginner off-roader. The obstacles are less than 12" in height and passable by…
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Total Miles
0.2
Tech Rating
2
Easy
Best Time
Su / Sp / Fa
Ups & Downs
This short point-to-point trail is part of the Reiter Foothills 4X4 area. This trail is primarily a narrow dirt road with few obstacles. One obstacle is an approximately 12" rock ledge where the Upper Break…
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Total Miles
0.3
Tech Rating
3
Easy
Best Time
Sp / Su / Fa
Easy Green
This short point-to-point trail is part of the easy trails for beginners within the Reiter Foothills 4X4 area. This trail connects the easy peasy trail to the wandering view trail. The gatekeepers at both ends…
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Total Miles
0.3
Tech Rating
3
Easy
Best Time
Sp / Su / Fa
Lovers Lane
This short point-to-point trail is part of the Reiter Foothills 4X4 area and is great for beginners. Though this trail has few obstacles it does have several tight turns between trees, stumps, and rocks. Lovers…
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Total Miles
0.5
Tech Rating
3
Easy
Best Time
Sp / Su / Fa
Walt Bailey
This is a great day trip or weekend getaway as there are multiple camp spots along this trail and even a small waterfall at the bridge crossing. The main trail is all gravel with some…
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Total Miles
5.4
Tech Rating
2
Easy
Best Time
Sp / Su / Fa
Twizzler
This 1.3 mile point-to-point route is part of the Reiter OHV area trail system. This is one of the easier trail within Reiter. The trail twists through trees and stumps, longer wheelbase vehicles will require…
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Total Miles
1
Tech Rating
3
Easy
Best Time
Sp / Su / Fa
Mainline Easy
This short point-to-point trail starts at Parking Area 2 and connects to the Twizzler Trail. The trail starts with a small drop-in and then begins winding through the forest. There are several optional obstacles and…
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Total Miles
0.3
Tech Rating
3
Easy
Best Time
Sp / Su / Fa
Mallardy Cr - NFSR 4030
This is a perfect trail for beginners and low-clearance vehicles alike, or simply to escape the city. The terrain is all gravel with small potholes scattered throughout the trail. The roadway is one vehicle wide…
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Total Miles
4.6
Tech Rating
1
Easy
Best Time
Sp / Su / Fa
The Ferns on French Creek
A short trail that takes you to an awesome camp spot near a small waterfall and creek. Old-growth type forest lines the trail and the last section to the camp spot is lined with ferns.…
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Learn more about The Ferns on French Creek
Total Miles
2.8
Tech Rating
3
Easy
Best Time
Sp / Su / Fa / Wi
ATV Trails Near Bothell, Washington
North Fork Road
This road takes you from Columbia Falls to the Canadian Border. This is a fun drive with lots of great stops, and two entrances to Glacier National Park. The most popular stop is Polebridge, MT,…
Learn more about North Fork Road
Learn more about North Fork Road
Total Miles
14.3
Tech Rating
3
Easy
Best Time
Sp / Su / Fa / Wi
Green Mountain Road/NF-011
Green Mountain Road starts as a well-groomed dirt/ gravel track with a spectacular forest surround. This is a popular location for people to come shooting, with many small pullouts along the first half of the…
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Learn more about Green Mountain Road/NF-011
Total Miles
5.4
Tech Rating
3
Easy
Best Time
Wi / Su
Bear Lake Trail
This is the 2nd more intense trail off Schweitzer Creek Road, the other is Boardman Lake Trail. This trail is a bit more technical than Boardman Lake and a bit longer in distance. Similarly, there…
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Learn more about Bear Lake Trail
Total Miles
2.8
Tech Rating
3
Easy
Best Time
Su / Fa
Walker Valley Mainline
Walker Valley Mainline is primarily a graded gravel and dirt road with a few sections of ungraded gravel. It is an easy ride in the summer months; however, there is no winter maintenance. During times…
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Learn more about Walker Valley Mainline
Total Miles
3.7
Tech Rating
Best Time
Sp / Su / Fa
Boardman Lake Trail
Boardman Lake Trail starts out as a standard gravel FS road but is laden with relatively large potholes and the elevation climbs quickly. There are many turnouts for dispersed camping but none offer privacy. After…
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Learn more about Boardman Lake Trail
Total Miles
5.7
Tech Rating
3
Easy
Best Time
Su / Fa
Lake Cavanaugh Road
Lake Cavanaugh Road is a point-to-point wide gravel road that connects Lake Cavanaugh and SR530. This trail is well-maintained and open to all vehicle traffic, however, some larger vehicles will find some of the switchbacks…
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Learn more about Lake Cavanaugh Road
Total Miles
3.5
Tech Rating
1
Easy
Best Time
Sp / Su / Fa / Wi
UTV/Side-by-Side Near Bothell, Washington
Green Mountain Road/NF-011
Green Mountain Road starts as a well-groomed dirt/ gravel track with a spectacular forest surround. This is a popular location for people to come shooting, with many small pullouts along the first half of the…
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Learn more about Green Mountain Road/NF-011
Total Miles
5.4
Tech Rating
3
Easy
Best Time
Wi / Su
Bear Lake Trail
This is the 2nd more intense trail off Schweitzer Creek Road, the other is Boardman Lake Trail. This trail is a bit more technical than Boardman Lake and a bit longer in distance. Similarly, there…
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Learn more about Bear Lake Trail
Total Miles
2.8
Tech Rating
3
Easy
Best Time
Su / Fa
Walker Valley Mainline
Walker Valley Mainline is primarily a graded gravel and dirt road with a few sections of ungraded gravel. It is an easy ride in the summer months; however, there is no winter maintenance. During times…
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Learn more about Walker Valley Mainline
Total Miles
3.7
Tech Rating
Best Time
Sp / Su / Fa
Boardman Lake Trail
Boardman Lake Trail starts out as a standard gravel FS road but is laden with relatively large potholes and the elevation climbs quickly. There are many turnouts for dispersed camping but none offer privacy. After…
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Learn more about Boardman Lake Trail
Total Miles
5.7
Tech Rating
3
Easy
Best Time
Su / Fa
Lake Cavanaugh Road
Lake Cavanaugh Road is a point-to-point wide gravel road that connects Lake Cavanaugh and SR530. This trail is well-maintained and open to all vehicle traffic, however, some larger vehicles will find some of the switchbacks…
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Learn more about Lake Cavanaugh Road
Total Miles
3.5
Tech Rating
1
Easy
Best Time
Sp / Su / Fa / Wi
EZ Valley Connector
This is a curvy, eroded trail that is fairly easy to navigate. The trail is very muddy during the wetter times of the year and dusty during the dry months. There are a few rock…
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Learn more about EZ Valley Connector
Total Miles
0.4
Tech Rating
3
Easy
Best Time
Sp / Su / Wi / Fa