Beginner Off-Road Trails Near Clinton, Nebraska

Sheep Mountain Table Road

This an easy, scenic dirt road that leads to some really cool overlooks of the south portion of Badlands National Park. It has 2 distinct sections with the first part being accessible to all vehicles…
Learn more about Sheep Mountain Table Road
Total Miles
7.1
Tech Rating
2 Easy
Best Time
Sp / Su / Fa

Sagecreek Rim Road

This trail or track is on the edge of the Badlands National Park. You can expect to see great views and a high potential for wildlife such as mountain goats. Several turnouts are available and…
Learn more about Sagecreek Rim Road
Total Miles
6.1
Tech Rating
1 Easy
Best Time
Fa / Su / Sp

The Wall

This is a dirt trail that runs along the cliff edge of Buffalo National Grasslands overlooking part of the Badlands and offering numerous boondocking locations. Both north and south ends of the trail are along…
Learn more about The Wall
Total Miles
2.9
Tech Rating
1 Easy
Best Time
Sp / Su / Fa

Foster's Gultch

This is a scenic trail meandering through ponderosa pine and quaking aspen trees. From the Rockerville Road entrance of this trail, is it a maintained gravel road that slowly gets narrower, but stays very easy…
Learn more about Foster's Gultch
Total Miles
12.4
Tech Rating
2 Easy
Best Time
Su / Fa

Rocky Gulch

This trail is fun during all seasons of the year but is best enjoyed during the spring through fall months. During the winter months this rocky, and narrow trail can quickly become challenging to those…
Learn more about Rocky Gulch
Total Miles
4.4
Tech Rating
2 Easy
Best Time
Sp / Fa / Su

Custer Mountain Cutoff

This is a scenic trail winding through ponderosa pines and quaking aspens. There are gates to get through, so be sure to close them behind you. This trail skirts the edges of Custer State Park.
Learn more about Custer Mountain Cutoff
Total Miles
6
Tech Rating
2 Easy
Best Time
Sp / Su / Fa

China Gulch - FSR #249

China Gulch takes you on a range of road types, from a two-vehicle wide gravel road near Hill City to a single vehicle road that travels adjacent to rock walls. The road at the north…
Learn more about China Gulch - FSR #249
Total Miles
12.1
Tech Rating
2 Easy
Best Time
Sp / Su / Fa

Bear Mountain Lookout to Pactola Reservoir

From Bear Mountain Lookout to Pactola Reservoir, this gravel road will show you the best the Black Hills National Forest has to offer. Take your time along the expansive alpine meadows & while driving along…
Learn more about Bear Mountain Lookout to Pactola Reservoir
Total Miles
59.9
Tech Rating
2 Easy
Best Time
Su / Fa / Sp

FS 2A

This two-track dirt road leads to a dead end at a kelly hump/tank trap. There are some great camping spots along this road.
Learn more about FS 2A
Total Miles
1.5
Tech Rating
2 Easy
Best Time
Sp / Su / Fa

Windmill Draw to Hell Canyon to Alkali Ridge

Travel from Windmill Draw - (FSR 681) to Hell Canyon - (FSR 284.2L) to Alkali Ridge (FSR 284.2C). This 7.7-mile route, from Custer Limestone Road in the north to US Highway 16 in the south,…
Learn more about Windmill Draw to Hell Canyon to Alkali Ridge
Total Miles
7.3
Tech Rating
3 Easy
Best Time
Sp / Su / Fa

White House Gulch FS RD 477

This trail has some great views of the southern Black Hills. It is mainly a dirt two-track trail. It may be impassable when wet.
Learn more about White House Gulch FS RD 477
Total Miles
4.4
Tech Rating
3 Easy
Best Time
Sp / Su / Fa

Medicine Mountain Road

This is a road that starts out two-vehicles wide and narrows as it goes. Along the way there is a old corral and a one-lane bridge. Once you reach the intersection with FS301, it widens…
Learn more about Medicine Mountain Road
Total Miles
6.8
Tech Rating
1 Easy
Best Time
Sp / Su / Fa

Bobcat Ridge

This single-lane gravel trail has some great views of Bobcat Ridge. It takes you from Medicine Mountain Road to Six Mile Road.
Learn more about Bobcat Ridge
Total Miles
4.9
Tech Rating
2 Easy
Best Time
Sp / Su / Fa