Beginner Off-Road Trails Near Cisne, Illinois

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SFR 743/743A

The SFR 743/743A branches off the Natural Bridge Road SFR 750 within Shawnee National Forest. The SFR 743/743A adds to the depth of the experience of going to the Natural Bridge, where the 750 gives…
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Total Miles
1.4
Tech Rating
3 Easy
Best Time
Sp / Fa

Natural Bridge Road

This is a maintained gravel road with an occasional flat natural rock sticking up in the middle of the road. This trail features beautiful tall pines and areas you can see for miles. The road…
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Total Miles
2.1
Tech Rating
1 Easy
Best Time
Sp / Fa

Trail 5 BF Goodrich Trail

Trail 5 BF Goodrich Trail is a good scenic trail with seating next to the ponds on the trail. This trail is located at Interlake SRA park in southwestern Indiana close to Evansville. This is…
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Total Miles
1.4
Tech Rating
2 Easy
Best Time
Sp / Su / Fa / Wi

Redbird Trail 5

Trail 5 is located in Redbird State Recreational Area (located in Linton, IN), which is a 1.5-hour drive from Indianapolis, IN. Redbird State Recreational Area is a state-owned and maintained offroad park. Trail 5 is…
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Total Miles
0.5
Tech Rating
2 Easy
Best Time
Su

Redbird Trail 5x

Trail 5x is located in Redbird State Recreational Area (located in Linton, IN), which is a 1.5-hour drive from Indianapolis, IN. Redbird State Recreational Area is a state-owned and maintained offroad park. Trail 5x is…
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Total Miles
0.2
Tech Rating
3 Easy
Best Time
Sp / Su / Fa / Wi

Pine Hills Road SFR 236

Pine Hills Road SFR 236 within Shawnee National Forest is a very lovely gravel Shawnee National Forest Road with access to hiking trails, scenic overlooks, and a campground all in one. Its biggest obstacles are…
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Total Miles
7.5
Tech Rating
2 Easy
Best Time
Sp / Fa

Tower Rock Road PCR 460

Tower Rock Road or Perry County Road 460 is a gravel road that parallels the Mississippi River, leading you to the historic Tower Rock Natural Area. The road has a few steep grades and is…
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Total Miles
1.5
Tech Rating
1 Easy
Best Time
Sp / Su / Fa

Atwood Road SFR 266

Atwood Road SFR 266 is a Shawnee National Forest state forest road that travels to the old Atwood lookout tower site. The hill's grade is one of the steepest and tallest in the area right…
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Total Miles
1.5
Tech Rating
2 Easy
Best Time
Sp / Fa

Hamburg SFR 266A

As a branch of Atwood Road 266, the Hamburg 266A is a bit more of an offroading road and less of a scenic road within Shawnee National Forest. It has an off-camber hill within .2…
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Total Miles
1
Tech Rating
3 Easy
Best Time
Sp / Fa

N Hamburg Hill Spur

The N Hamburg Hill Spur 266AA, within Shawnee National Forest, is a trail that once was traversable by full-width vehicles, but in its current state should only be trekked by dirt bikes and 4-wheelers, within…
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Total Miles
0.6
Tech Rating
3 Easy
Best Time
Sp / Fa / Su

Grabber SFR 264

Grabber SFR 264 is a 1.7-mile-long forestry road through Shawnee National Forest. It traverses some of the steepest graveled hills in the SW corner of the forest, climbing a total of 406 feet from its…
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Total Miles
1.6
Tech Rating
3 Easy
Best Time
Sp / Fa

Lingle Creek Road

Lingle Creek Road is a road through the Southern Central Illinois landscape. Clocking in at 3.6 miles the road parallels Lingle Creek as it etches into the country hillsides and farmland of the area. The…
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Total Miles
2.7
Tech Rating
2 Easy
Best Time
Sp / Fa / Su / Wi

Silica Hill Road SFR 645

The West Silica Hill Road SFR 645 is a 1.3-mile-long forestry road through Shawnee National Forest. As you travel the road, grades come in waves from gradual incline to steep grades. These steep grades include…
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Total Miles
1.3
Tech Rating
3 Easy
Best Time
Sp / Su / Fa

Wilderness Retreat Road

Wilderness Retreat Road is a gravel back road, that in conjunction with Whitney Hollow Road, forms access between the Silica Hill section to the Opossum Trot section of Shawnee National Forest. The Wilderness Retreat features…
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Total Miles
2.4
Tech Rating
2 Easy
Best Time
Sp / Fa / Su

South Silica Hill Road

The South Silica Hill Road is a gravel road headed south off the Silica Hill trail system through Shawnee National Forest. It is a gravel road at base, featuring a mild grade hill from where…
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Total Miles
1
Tech Rating
3 Easy
Best Time
Sp / Fa / Su

Whitney Hollow Road

Whitney Hollow Road is an easy gravel road, that in conjunction with Wilderness Retreat Road, form access in between the Silica Hill section to the Opossum Trot section of Shawnee National Forest. The Whitney Hollow…
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Total Miles
2.6
Tech Rating
1 Easy
Best Time
Sp / Su / Fa / Wi

East Delta Road

East Detla Road, is the eastern section of the road going through Shawnee National Forest connecting the Opossum Trot Trail System to Elco, IL. The road is a steady uphill climb when headed west, gaining…
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Total Miles
2.5
Tech Rating
2 Easy
Best Time
Sp / Su / Fa / Wi

Opossum Trot Road SFR 628

Opossum Trot Road SFR 628 is a scenic well maintained gravel road through Shawnee National Forest. The trail features great views and ease of driving, but if you are looking for the thrill it has…
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Total Miles
2.8
Tech Rating
1 Easy
Best Time
Sp / Fa / Su

Delta Road/Moad Hollow Road

Delta Road and Moad Hollow Road are the precursors to the Opossum Trot Trail System within Shawnee National Forest. This gravel road features an easy cruise leading you through the Illinois countryside showing off its…
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Total Miles
1.8
Tech Rating
1 Easy
Best Time
Sp / Fa / Su / Wi

Clear Creek Levee Road

The Clear Creek Levee Road parallels IL Route 3 North and South connecting the dots with a lot of routes that lead to Shawnee National Forest and other trails. It's a simple gravel road with…
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Total Miles
7.3
Tech Rating
1 Easy
Best Time
Sp / Su / Fa

Kuttawa Landing FSR 127

Kuttawa Landing FSR 127 is a gravel forestry road that travels to the northernmost point of the Land Between The Lakes Recreation Area. It features mild rutting, gravel turning to mud in places, small water…
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Total Miles
1.1
Tech Rating
2 Easy
Best Time
Sp / Fa / Su

Davenport Bay FSR 127B

The Davenport Bay FSR 127B is a degrading old back top road that leads to the water's edge in Land Between The Lakes National Recreation Area. The road at one point must have been a…
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Total Miles
0.8
Tech Rating
2 Easy
Best Time
Sp / Fa / Su

Lady Cemetery FSR 128

Lady Cemetery FSR 128 is a simple gravel forestry road that is in the Land Between The Lakes National Recreation Area. It traverses over rolling hills, minor washboarding, natural rocks poking through the surface, and…
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Total Miles
1.4
Tech Rating
2 Easy
Best Time
Sp / Fa

McCraven SFR 220

McCraven SFR 220 is a very scenic nature-viewing gravel road in Shawnee National Forest. It is a very easy trail with a minimal challenge, but there are a few muddy crossings and water collection spots…
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Total Miles
0.8
Tech Rating
2 Easy
Best Time
Sp / Fa

Rimshot FSR 124

The Rimshot FSR 124 is a forestry gravel road through Land Between The Lakes National Recreation Area. The road is partially well maintained on the southern end with the northern half showing decent wear and…
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Total Miles
1.4
Tech Rating
3 Easy
Best Time
Sp / Su / Fa

Tornado Valley FSR 112

The Tornado Valley FSR 112 is a gravel road that parallels a mile inland from the north shoreline of Land Between The Lakes National Recreation Area. It consists of a few 9-10% grade hills, a…
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Total Miles
5.6
Tech Rating
2 Easy
Best Time
Sp / Su / Fa / Wi

Slick Ridge SFR 262G

The Slick Ridge SFR 262G is a mildly challenging natural fire road that has a reward of a great view of Shawnee National Forest. It features an off-camber eroded section that will test your articulation…
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Total Miles
1.2
Tech Rating
3 Easy
Best Time
Sp / Fa / Su

Wolf Creek Road

Wolf Creek Road is a gravel road running through a section of the Shawnee National Forest. It clocks in at 3.8 miles, leading slowly downhill from the hills of the Mississippi Bluffs into the low-laying…
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Total Miles
3.6
Tech Rating
1 Easy
Best Time
Sp / Fa

Old Goat SFR 625 & 625A

Old Goat SFR 625 and 625A is a State Forest Road in Shawnee National Forest. The road is short at only 1.1 miles long, but packs a punch, starting off dipping through a creek bottom,…
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Total Miles
1
Tech Rating
3 Easy
Best Time
Sp / Fa

Cape Gir. Co 521 / 520

The Cape Girardeau County Roads 521 and 520 form a great scenic gravel road and loop with the main road of the area (US-61, with help from Cape Co 510). The roads were constructed around…
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Total Miles
3.4
Tech Rating
2 Easy
Best Time
Sp / Su / Fa