Beginner Off-Road Trails Near Cody, Wyoming
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McCullough Peaks Road
McCullough Peaks Road is a very scenic road that goes up and down the McCullough Peaks and overlooks the McCullough Peaks Wilderness area. This is a very well-maintained gravel road that will be easily traversed…
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Learn more about McCullough Peaks Road
Total Miles
20.3
Tech Rating
1
Easy
Best Time
Sp / Fa / Wi / Su
Monument Hill Access - FS 401
The trail begins at the end of Park County, Wyoming County Road 7UH. The first section is just gravel, level, county road, but turns more rugged further in. It is about 13.8 miles long with…
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Learn more about Monument Hill Access - FS 401
Total Miles
13.3
Tech Rating
3
Easy
Best Time
Su / Fa
Carter Mountain Access
Carter Mountain Access Road travels approximately 11 miles up the north shoulder of Carter Mountain, leading to wonderful views, lakes, streams, and open meadows. Wildlife and wildflowers are in abundance. Evidence of old logging activity…
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Learn more about Carter Mountain Access
Total Miles
10.5
Tech Rating
2
Easy
Best Time
Su / Fa
Monument Hill Access spur - FS 401.2A
This is an easy spur road off the main FS 401 Monument Hill Access, which comes to a dead end with spectacular views and rock outcroppings along the way to explore. The wildlife viewing potential…
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Learn more about Monument Hill Access spur - FS 401.2A
Total Miles
2.9
Tech Rating
2
Easy
Best Time
Su / Fa
Belknap Access Road
Belknap Access is an out-and-back spur off of the main Carter Mountain Access road, providing access to a vast area alongside Carter Mountain. Pretty easy road, passable with most stock 4-wheel drive vehicles. This route…
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Learn more about Belknap Access Road
Total Miles
5
Tech Rating
Best Time
Su / Fa
Bald Ridge - FSR 100
Bald Ridge is a 13.5-mile out-and-back trail in the Shoshone National Forest. This trail gives you great views of Heart Mountain and McCullough Peaks to the east and Sunlight Basin to the west. As you…
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Learn more about Bald Ridge - FSR 100
Total Miles
6.3
Tech Rating
2
Easy
Best Time
Su / Fa
Gilmore Hill
This route passes through the McCullough Peaks Wild Horse range following BLM roads. The Southern section is Gravel road. The Northern section is a maintained dirt road. Regulations require staying 300 feet away from horses…
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Total Miles
15.9
Tech Rating
1
Easy
Best Time
Fa / Su / Sp
Clarks Fork Canyon
Clarks Fork Canyon is located in the Shoshone National Forest West of Clark, Wyoming. This is an out-and-back trail running East-West with a round trip distance of approximately 8 miles. Due to the flooding, the…
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Learn more about Clarks Fork Canyon
Total Miles
4.2
Tech Rating
3
Easy
Best Time
Su / Fa
Little Rock Creek
Little Rock Creek runs out of the Beartooth Mountains and is located in Shoshone National Forest West of the town of Clark, Wyoming. There are two very long and difficult trailheads;the one on the right…
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Total Miles
3.2
Tech Rating
2
Easy
Best Time
Su / Fa
Sunlight Road
Sunlight Road is a 33.6-mile out-and-back trail that starts and ends off State Route 296 and gives access to plenty of dispersed camping along the Sunlight Creek. The first part of this road passes along…
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Learn more about Sunlight Road
Total Miles
16
Tech Rating
2
Easy
Best Time
Su / Fa
Fenton Pass
Total Miles
48.8
Tech Rating
2
Easy
Best Time
Su / Fa
Meeteetse Trail
Meeteetse Trail, east access, is located on the Montana and Wyoming border just south of Belfry, MT. The west trail can be accessed just south of Red Lodge, Montana. When accessing the Meeteetse Trail from…
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Learn more about Meeteetse Trail
Total Miles
17
Tech Rating
2
Easy
Best Time
Sp / Su / Fa
Ridge Road #1005
Ridge Road is the backbone of the Elk Basin area. It starts in Montana and goes into Wyoming. This is mostly an easy route with access to several other trails in the area. There is…
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Learn more about Ridge Road #1005
Total Miles
7
Tech Rating
2
Easy
Best Time
Sp / Su / Fa
East Basin Road CW 2078
This road cuts right through the Elk Basin Motorcycle Area, so be aware of little kids on motorcycles and four-wheelers. The first three miles of this road are easy, but the last two are what…
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Learn more about East Basin Road CW 2078
Total Miles
4.7
Tech Rating
3
Easy
Best Time
Sp / Su / Fa
Long Draw Road
This is a fun way up to Ridge Road that is pretty loose and fairly rutted in spots. This is a great trail to warm up on early in the year, as it is rideable…
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Learn more about Long Draw Road
Total Miles
8
Tech Rating
3
Easy
Best Time
Sp / Fa / Su
Hunt Creek
Hunt Creek is an easy road up to Ridge Road. It is a little loose and slightly rutted in places but it's a more fun route to take than Cottonwood Road. There are a couple…
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Learn more about Hunt Creek
Total Miles
7
Tech Rating
2
Easy
Best Time
Sp / Fa
Cottonwood Road
Cottonwood Road, located between Highway 310 and Highway 72, south of Bridger, Montana, provides motorized and OHV access to over 100 square miles of BLM and State land. Bobcat Pass Road, to the west, is…
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Learn more about Cottonwood Road
Total Miles
19.2
Tech Rating
2
Easy
Best Time
Sp / Su / Fa / Wi
Fantan Lake Road
This is a rutted, one-lane dirt trail leading to Fantan Lake. It had 6-8" obstacles and after rains, was full of mud holes along with a couple of small stream crossings Several dispersed camping areas…
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Learn more about Fantan Lake Road
Total Miles
1
Tech Rating
2
Easy
Best Time
Sp / Su / Fa
Main Fork Rock Creek
This trail runs along Rock Creek and has some amazing views. Some spots have lose rocks but most of it is packed dirt. There are great spots to stop along the way down by the…
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Learn more about Main Fork Rock Creek
Total Miles
7.4
Tech Rating
2
Easy
Best Time
Su
Lower Parkside
This trail is mainly just for OHV vehicles to get from one trail to another trail. There are some sandy spots with one hill that is pretty steep with loose rocks. This trail goes along…
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Learn more about Lower Parkside
Total Miles
2.2
Tech Rating
3
Easy
Best Time
Su / Sp / Fa
Hatcher Pass
Hatcher Pass is an out-and-back off of Cottonwood Road. There are a couple of loose and slightly rutted sections, but nothing challenging. This trail ends at a closed gate bordering private property and you will…
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Learn more about Hatcher Pass
Total Miles
2.5
Tech Rating
2
Easy
Best Time
Wi / Fa / Su / Sp
Helt Road
One of the many access routes to the Pryor Mountains, is Helt Road, leaving Warren, MT. Top off your tank in Bridger, MT and head south on Highway 310 to mile marker 5. Turn left…
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Learn more about Helt Road
Total Miles
15.8
Tech Rating
2
Easy
Best Time
Sp / Su / Fa
South Railbed Road
South Railbed Road leads south along the Pryor Mountain front to Warren, MT. Windmills are abundant in this area, known as the Pryor Mountain Wind Project. South Railbed Road is well maintained and accessible by…
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Learn more about South Railbed Road
Total Miles
8.4
Tech Rating
1
Easy
Best Time
Sp / Su / Fa / Wi
Ghost Creek
This little-traveled trail begins as a 2 lane dirt road running through the forest and then turns into a dirt track following a ridge with the surrounding mountains as a backdrop. It follows a private…
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Learn more about Ghost Creek
Total Miles
2.9
Tech Rating
2
Easy
Best Time
Sp / Su / Fa
Clay Butte Lookout Tower
This trail is a well-maintained dirt spur off the Beartooth Highway (US-212), climbing 800 feet to the Clay Butte Lookout Tower with occasional pullouts to pass two-way traffic. The trail starts in a pine forest…
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Learn more about Clay Butte Lookout Tower
Total Miles
2.5
Tech Rating
Best Time
Sp / Su / Fa
Pryor Mountain Road
One of the many access routes to the Pryor Mountains, is Pryor Mountain Road, south of Bridger, MT. Top off your tank in Bridger and head south. Approximately 1.25 miles south on Highway 310 after…
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Learn more about Pryor Mountain Road
Total Miles
11.6
Tech Rating
1
Easy
Best Time
Sp / Su / Fa / Wi
South Pryor Mountain Road
South Pryor Mountain road will lead to South Railbed Road which eventually leads to Warren, MT. Windmills are abundant in this area known as the Pryor Mountain Wind Project. South Pryor Mountain Road is a…
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Learn more about South Pryor Mountain Road
Total Miles
2.7
Tech Rating
1
Easy
Best Time
Sp / Su / Fa / Wi
Petroglyphs Canyon Natural Area
One of the unique areas in the Pryor Mountain foothills is the Petroglyph Canyon Natural Area, located off Gyp Spring Roads. Turn south on the dirt two-track road. As soon as you cross the cattle…
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Learn more about Petroglyphs Canyon Natural Area
Total Miles
1.5
Tech Rating
1
Easy
Best Time
Sp / Su / Fa
Gyp Springs Road
Gyp Springs Road provides a quick access between Hwy 310 at Warren, Montana to Hwy 37, northeast of Lovell, Wyoming, which leads to the southern end of the Bighorn Canyon National Recreation Area. Gyp Springs…
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Learn more about Gyp Springs Road
Total Miles
8.5
Tech Rating
1
Easy
Best Time
Sp / Su / Fa / Wi
Miller Trail #2496
Miller Trail begins approximately 0.5 miles from the intersection of South Railbed Road and South Pryor Mountain Road. The trail is marked at the top only for some reason, but not at the bottom, so…
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Learn more about Miller Trail #2496
Total Miles
5
Tech Rating
3
Easy
Best Time
Sp / Su / Fa
ATV Trails Near Cody, Wyoming
McCullough Peaks Road
McCullough Peaks Road is a very scenic road that goes up and down the McCullough Peaks and overlooks the McCullough Peaks Wilderness area. This is a very well-maintained gravel road that will be easily traversed…
Learn more about McCullough Peaks Road
Learn more about McCullough Peaks Road
Total Miles
20.3
Tech Rating
1
Easy
Best Time
Sp / Fa / Wi / Su
Monument Hill Access - FS 401
The trail begins at the end of Park County, Wyoming County Road 7UH. The first section is just gravel, level, county road, but turns more rugged further in. It is about 13.8 miles long with…
Learn more about Monument Hill Access - FS 401
Learn more about Monument Hill Access - FS 401
Total Miles
13.3
Tech Rating
3
Easy
Best Time
Su / Fa
Carter Mountain Access
Carter Mountain Access Road travels approximately 11 miles up the north shoulder of Carter Mountain, leading to wonderful views, lakes, streams, and open meadows. Wildlife and wildflowers are in abundance. Evidence of old logging activity…
Learn more about Carter Mountain Access
Learn more about Carter Mountain Access
Total Miles
10.5
Tech Rating
2
Easy
Best Time
Su / Fa
Monument Hill Access spur - FS 401.2A
This is an easy spur road off the main FS 401 Monument Hill Access, which comes to a dead end with spectacular views and rock outcroppings along the way to explore. The wildlife viewing potential…
Learn more about Monument Hill Access spur - FS 401.2A
Learn more about Monument Hill Access spur - FS 401.2A
Total Miles
2.9
Tech Rating
2
Easy
Best Time
Su / Fa
Belknap Access Road
Belknap Access is an out-and-back spur off of the main Carter Mountain Access road, providing access to a vast area alongside Carter Mountain. Pretty easy road, passable with most stock 4-wheel drive vehicles. This route…
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Learn more about Belknap Access Road
Total Miles
5
Tech Rating
Best Time
Su / Fa
Bald Ridge - FSR 100
Bald Ridge is a 13.5-mile out-and-back trail in the Shoshone National Forest. This trail gives you great views of Heart Mountain and McCullough Peaks to the east and Sunlight Basin to the west. As you…
Learn more about Bald Ridge - FSR 100
Learn more about Bald Ridge - FSR 100
Total Miles
6.3
Tech Rating
2
Easy
Best Time
Su / Fa
UTV/Side-by-Side Near Cody, Wyoming
McCullough Peaks Road
McCullough Peaks Road is a very scenic road that goes up and down the McCullough Peaks and overlooks the McCullough Peaks Wilderness area. This is a very well-maintained gravel road that will be easily traversed…
Learn more about McCullough Peaks Road
Learn more about McCullough Peaks Road
Total Miles
20.3
Tech Rating
1
Easy
Best Time
Sp / Fa / Wi / Su
Monument Hill Access - FS 401
The trail begins at the end of Park County, Wyoming County Road 7UH. The first section is just gravel, level, county road, but turns more rugged further in. It is about 13.8 miles long with…
Learn more about Monument Hill Access - FS 401
Learn more about Monument Hill Access - FS 401
Total Miles
13.3
Tech Rating
3
Easy
Best Time
Su / Fa
Carter Mountain Access
Carter Mountain Access Road travels approximately 11 miles up the north shoulder of Carter Mountain, leading to wonderful views, lakes, streams, and open meadows. Wildlife and wildflowers are in abundance. Evidence of old logging activity…
Learn more about Carter Mountain Access
Learn more about Carter Mountain Access
Total Miles
10.5
Tech Rating
2
Easy
Best Time
Su / Fa
Monument Hill Access spur - FS 401.2A
This is an easy spur road off the main FS 401 Monument Hill Access, which comes to a dead end with spectacular views and rock outcroppings along the way to explore. The wildlife viewing potential…
Learn more about Monument Hill Access spur - FS 401.2A
Learn more about Monument Hill Access spur - FS 401.2A
Total Miles
2.9
Tech Rating
2
Easy
Best Time
Su / Fa
Belknap Access Road
Belknap Access is an out-and-back spur off of the main Carter Mountain Access road, providing access to a vast area alongside Carter Mountain. Pretty easy road, passable with most stock 4-wheel drive vehicles. This route…
Learn more about Belknap Access Road
Learn more about Belknap Access Road
Total Miles
5
Tech Rating
Best Time
Su / Fa
Bald Ridge - FSR 100
Bald Ridge is a 13.5-mile out-and-back trail in the Shoshone National Forest. This trail gives you great views of Heart Mountain and McCullough Peaks to the east and Sunlight Basin to the west. As you…
Learn more about Bald Ridge - FSR 100
Learn more about Bald Ridge - FSR 100
Total Miles
6.3
Tech Rating
2
Easy
Best Time
Su / Fa