Beginner Off-Road Trails Near Cascadia, Oregon

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Gordon

Gordon road is a no camping area with signs posted at the beginning. The road offers gravel and a natural mixed surface, that is single wide with room to pull over for vehicles to pass,…
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Total Miles
14.3
Tech Rating
1 Easy
Best Time
Sp / Su / Fa

Lucky Butte Lakes

Depending on your starting location, North or South, either end of this trail is an great place to start. There are plenty of campsites and day use areas to stage your group in or just…
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Total Miles
21.4
Tech Rating
3 Easy
Best Time
Su / Sp / Fa

Buck Mountain

Buck Mountain road is an easy gravel/natural surface mixed-surface road, with some sections that have a gradual yet steep incline. The road runs through the Willamette National Forest, which has a pretty view on clear…
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Total Miles
7.3
Tech Rating
1 Easy
Best Time
Su / Sp / Fa

Gordon Lakes

Gordon Lakes is a short typically unmaintained gravel road, that has been worn down over the years, so in spots, it can be muddy when wet and has a few smaller potholes. The road runs…
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Total Miles
2.6
Tech Rating
1 Easy
Best Time
Sp / Su / Fa

Latiwi Creek

Latiwi Creek road runs through the Willamette National Forest and is an access road to Houserock Falls Trailhead and House Rock Campground. The road is a single-lane road, with spots to pull over, downed trees…
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Total Miles
9.6
Tech Rating
1 Easy
Best Time
Sp / Fa / Su

Quentin Creek

Quentin Creek road number 1513 runs through the Willamette National Forest. It is an easy gravel road with some areas that get steep and curvy. This road is not short of thick beautiful trees and…
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Total Miles
7.3
Tech Rating
1 Easy
Best Time
Sp / Su / Fa

Cook Creek

Cook Creek road runs through the Willamette National Forest, it is an easy gravel road that has been overgrown in some spots. There are a few sections of this road that has big rocks that…
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Total Miles
2.9
Tech Rating
1 Easy
Best Time
Sp / Su / Fa

Trapper Creek

Trapper Creek Road #1516 runs through the Willamette National Forest. It is an easy single-lane road, with a few small turnouts. The surface is a mix consisting mostly of gravel and natural surface, in some…
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Total Miles
6.5
Tech Rating
1 Easy
Best Time
Sp / Su / Fa

Boulder Creek

Boulder Creek Road is a wide single-car road, with enough room to pass two cars if need be. It runs through the Willamette National Forest. Sections of the road and winding, and other sections are…
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Total Miles
7.4
Tech Rating
1 Easy
Best Time
Su / Sp / Fa

ENO - NF Road 2676

ENO or NF Road 2676 connects McKenzie Highway to Santiam Highway and is a relaxing drive down a windy gravel road through the Willamette National Forest. There are scenic lava rocks and a couple of…
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Total Miles
5.7
Tech Rating
1 Easy
Best Time
Su

Scott Creek

Scott Creek is an easy very smooth gravel road that takes you through the Willamette National Forest, there are a couple of good spots to pull off to camp along the route, and some areas…
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Total Miles
14.3
Tech Rating
1 Easy
Best Time
Sp / Su / Fa

Lookout Point Trail

NF-5821 is a dirt road on the opposite side of Willamette Highway 58, separated by Lookout Point Lake. The locals use this road as an alternative route when Highway 58 is closed due to a…
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Total Miles
13.6
Tech Rating
2 Easy
Best Time
Sp / Su

Goodman Creek

Goodman Creek is a typically unmaintained one-lane gravel road with turnouts that runs through the Willamette National Forest, there is a chance of fallen trees in this area. The road has three hiking trails Eagles…
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Total Miles
7.3
Tech Rating
1 Easy
Best Time
Sp / Su / Fa

Patterson Mountain

When Entering Patterson Mountain road from Highway 58 in the beginning, there is a dirt bike trail that runs across the road, called Lawler #3473 Trail, keep an eye out for riders. This road which…
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Total Miles
4.7
Tech Rating
1 Easy
Best Time
Sp / Su / Fa

Laying Creek - Patternson

Laying Creek - Patternson road is a very easy smooth two-car wide gravel road, that is typically unmaintained. There are sections of the road that can get steep, but it is still doable for a…
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Total Miles
4.4
Tech Rating
1 Easy
Best Time
Sp / Su / Fa

June Mountain

June Mountain road runs through Umpqua National Forest, it is a mix of gravel and natural surfaces. There is a potential for multiple downed trees, some of which hang over the road, making it not…
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Total Miles
13.4
Tech Rating
1 Easy
Best Time
Sp / Su / Fa

Cache Mountain - NF 2067900

Tight Forest Service road that leads from the Old Santiam Wagon Road up to the summit of Cache Mountain at 5800'. Many of the roads in this area are overgrown with manzanita bushes that will…
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Total Miles
3.6
Tech Rating
3 Easy
Best Time
Su / Fa

Green Ridge

This is a 75-mile gravel connector route between Madras, OR and Suttle lake. This route passes through Lake Billy Chinook State Park before climbing into the forest and dropping steeply down to the Metolius River.…
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Total Miles
60.1
Tech Rating
2 Easy
Best Time
Su / Fa

River to Sky

These are fun, wide and remote trails from Metolius river to Three Finger Jack area.
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Total Miles
11.7
Tech Rating
2 Easy
Best Time
Sp / Su / Fa

211

2110 road number 5850 is an easy gravel road. Depending on the route the road either starts/ends in Umpqua National Forest, or the road starts/ends in the Willamette National Forest, but most of the road…
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Total Miles
10.2
Tech Rating
1 Easy
Best Time
Sp / Su / Fa

Lower Cross District Trail

Wide, graded cinder Forest Service Road with occasional rocky sections. This road runs North - South between historic McKenzie Highway and the historic Old Santiam Road. Spur roads to the West dead-end shortly at the…
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Total Miles
5.6
Tech Rating
1 Easy
Best Time
Su / Fa / Sp

Green Mountain Road

This is one of the main roads heading up to Goat Mountain. There are many spur roads you can take off of Green Mountain Road; just make sure to check the status of gate closures.…
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Total Miles
4.9
Tech Rating
1 Easy
Best Time
Wi / Fa / Su / Sp

Upper Cross District Trail - NF 103000

Mostly graded cinder Forest Service Road looping off of the Lower Cross District Trail. This road skirts the edge of the Mount Washington Wilderness and leads to spurs that dead-ends along the wilderness boundary. This…
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Total Miles
5.2
Tech Rating
2 Easy
Best Time
Sp / Su / Fa

Green Mountain Gravel Pits

This route takes you off the main Green Mountain Road, up Green Mountain Middle Road, and to a few gravel pit areas. The route provides a few views of the city of Colton and other…
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Total Miles
1.4
Tech Rating
1 Easy
Best Time
Sp / Su / Fa / Wi

The Bohemian Champion

Champion Creek Road is a fun route up to Champion Saddle. The overall grade is fairly mild, without any overly steep areas. The road is not maintained and may be more difficult to pass during…
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Total Miles
6.8
Tech Rating
3 Easy
Best Time
Sp / Su

Grass Creek - Fairview

Grass Creek road is an easy gravel road with some gradually steep inclines. The road offers a couple of camp spots, big enough for one or two cars, one spot is in a rock cory,…
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Total Miles
6.8
Tech Rating
1 Easy
Best Time
Sp / Su / Fa

Abbot Butte Loop

This route provides amazing views of Mt. Jefferson and the open hillsides that were hit by a big burn years ago. The route starts out fairly tight, making it not recommended for full-size rigs or…
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Total Miles
8.5
Tech Rating
3 Easy
Best Time
Sp / Su / Fa / Wi

NF-1008000

This wide, smooth cinder forest road parallels the historic McKenzie Highway going West out of Sisters, Oregon. This road is used by Deschutes National Forest users accessing the woods immediately out of town or connecting…
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Total Miles
5.9
Tech Rating
1 Easy
Best Time
Sp / Su / Fa

Sisters to Tumalo Falls via Trout Creek Butte

This route is a great detour when traveling between Bend and Sisters Oregon. On one end you'll find easy access to Tumalo Falls and on the other easy access to the town of Sisters. Along…
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Total Miles
41.8
Tech Rating
2 Easy
Best Time
Su / Fa

Windy

Windy Road runs through Umpqua National Forest, it is a one-car land road with some turnouts, that are typically unmaintained. There are some really cool rock formations along the cliff edges that follow the road,…
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Total Miles
6.7
Tech Rating
1 Easy
Best Time
Sp / Su / Fa