Beginner Off-Road Trails Near Columbus, Indiana

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County Road 500 South

County Road 500 South in the bottoms is a 2-mile gravel road. On the west end of the road is a hill that can be a challenge when it is icy. Both sides of the…
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Total Miles
1.9
Tech Rating
1 Difficult
Best Time
Sp / Su / Fa / Wi

Combs Road North

Combs Road used to be a high-clearance vehicle trail in the Hoosier National Forest. Many years ago, the National Forest Service closed down this trail due to poor stewardship by the community and washouts/damage. This…
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Total Miles
0.6
Tech Rating
2 Easy
Best Time
Wi

Tower Ridge Road

Tower Ridge Road is a rough gravel road best traveled with AWD SUV's and 4x4 vehicles. It is off Highway 446, south of Lake Monroe, which is south of Bloomington, Indiana. This scenic road goes…
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Total Miles
3.9
Tech Rating
2 Easy
Best Time
Sp / Su / Fa / Wi

Bloody Run Road

This trail takes you down a nice scenic country road in Indiana. You start off on a wide gravel road that follows along Indian Kentuck Creek. You will come up on a fork in the…
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Total Miles
3
Tech Rating
2 Easy
Best Time
Fa

Bee Camp Road

Bee Camp Road was a dirt road that winds around Bee Camp Creek with nice views and will have washouts and water crossings along this route. On our way to Bee Camp road, we ran…
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Total Miles
1.8
Tech Rating
2 Easy
Best Time
Su / Fa / Sp

Redbird Trail 5x

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

Redbird Trail 5

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

Anthony Road

This is an easy gravel road near Germantown, Ohio. This route takes you along a beautiful creek with an old and pretty cool bridge crossing. It's easily accessible for any vehicle that is licensed to…
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Total Miles
1.1
Tech Rating
1 Easy
Best Time
Sp / Su / Fa / Wi

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
1.2
Tech Rating
2 Easy
Best Time
Sp / Su / Fa / Wi

6A &6B loop

This enjoyable roller coaster like loop trail is just off Trail 1 not far from the parking lot. It starts at the Trail 6 sign, then takes a one-way trail, 6A. That will end with…
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Total Miles
3
Tech Rating
3 Moderate
Best Time
Sp / Su / Fa / Wi

Trail 1

Trail 1 is the main access trail in the Interlake Off-Road State Recreation Area and is a loop that starts/stops at the first parking area inside the park. It is mostly rock/hard pack and can…
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Total Miles
4.3
Tech Rating
3 Easy
Best Time
Sp / Su / Fa / Wi

Trail 2

Trail 2 is the northern loop of easy trails. The trail varies from rocky, to road-like gravel, to mud. It connects to some of the more difficult trails and northern challenge areas in the off-road.…
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Total Miles
3
Tech Rating
3 Easy
Best Time
Sp / Su / Fa / Wi

Trail 2D(easy)

Trail 2D(Easy) is an easy-rated loop trail off the main loop for this area of the park, Trail 2. Trail 2D(easy) is a wooded section that shares an area with an ATV-only trail marked as…
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Total Miles
1.1
Tech Rating
2 Easy
Best Time
Sp / Su / Fa / Wi

Trail 1A

An easy bypass to some hills and ravines of Trail 1, Trail 1A provides access to Trail 4 for dirt bikes and horses. Part of the trail is a former haul road from when Interlake…
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Total Miles
0.7
Tech Rating
2 Easy
Best Time
Su / Fa / Wi

Turtle Trail

Turtle Trail is a mild, leisurely, scenic loop trail that travels through some fields and prairies, and then into the woods along the Wabash River with some great views. As the name implies, you are…
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Total Miles
2.9
Tech Rating
3 Easy
Best Time
Sp / Su / Fa

Youth MX Learning Track

This is a Youth learning MX track located at Badlands Offroad Park. The trail is open 10am- 5pm on weekends and upon request Monday-Friday, contact park staff for entry. There are some small obstacles for…
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Total Miles
0.3
Tech Rating
1 Easy
Best Time
Su / Sp

SXS Dragstrip

This is a SXS drag racing strip at Badlands Offroad Park. Located behind a gate near the youth mx track. If the gate is locked ask park staff for access. Helmets are required on the…
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Total Miles
0.2
Tech Rating
1 Easy
Best Time
Sp / Su / Fa

ATV Trails Near Columbus, Indiana

Tower Ridge Road

Tower Ridge Road is a rough gravel road best traveled with AWD SUV's and 4x4 vehicles. It is off Highway 446, south of Lake Monroe, which is south of Bloomington, Indiana. This scenic road goes…
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Total Miles
3.9
Tech Rating
2 Easy
Best Time
Sp / Su / Fa / Wi

Redbird Trail 5x

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

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
1.2
Tech Rating
2 Easy
Best Time
Sp / Su / Fa / Wi

6A &6B loop

This enjoyable roller coaster like loop trail is just off Trail 1 not far from the parking lot. It starts at the Trail 6 sign, then takes a one-way trail, 6A. That will end with…
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Total Miles
3
Tech Rating
3 Moderate
Best Time
Sp / Su / Fa / Wi

Trail 1

Trail 1 is the main access trail in the Interlake Off-Road State Recreation Area and is a loop that starts/stops at the first parking area inside the park. It is mostly rock/hard pack and can…
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Total Miles
4.3
Tech Rating
3 Easy
Best Time
Sp / Su / Fa / Wi

Trail 2

Trail 2 is the northern loop of easy trails. The trail varies from rocky, to road-like gravel, to mud. It connects to some of the more difficult trails and northern challenge areas in the off-road.…
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Total Miles
3
Tech Rating
3 Easy
Best Time
Sp / Su / Fa / Wi

UTV/Side-by-Side Near Columbus, Indiana

County Road 500 South

County Road 500 South in the bottoms is a 2-mile gravel road. On the west end of the road is a hill that can be a challenge when it is icy. Both sides of the…
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Total Miles
1.9
Tech Rating
1 Difficult
Best Time
Sp / Su / Fa / Wi

Tower Ridge Road

Tower Ridge Road is a rough gravel road best traveled with AWD SUV's and 4x4 vehicles. It is off Highway 446, south of Lake Monroe, which is south of Bloomington, Indiana. This scenic road goes…
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Total Miles
3.9
Tech Rating
2 Easy
Best Time
Sp / Su / Fa / Wi

Redbird Trail 5x

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

Redbird Trail 5

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

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
1.2
Tech Rating
2 Easy
Best Time
Sp / Su / Fa / Wi

6A &6B loop

This enjoyable roller coaster like loop trail is just off Trail 1 not far from the parking lot. It starts at the Trail 6 sign, then takes a one-way trail, 6A. That will end with…
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Total Miles
3
Tech Rating
3 Moderate
Best Time
Sp / Su / Fa / Wi