Beginner Off-Road Trails Near Crabtree, Oregon

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Ry's Mainline Connection

As you head past Crooked Creek OHV you will follow the blacktop straight into a dense beautiful forest. The road turns to gravel and winds its way up the mountain. You can hunt mushrooms, hike,…
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Total Miles
6
Tech Rating
2 Easy
Best Time
Sp / Su / Fa / Wi

Shotgun to McGowan - Mainline

This is a great weekend drive. Go north on Marcola Road out of Springfield. Shotgun Creek Road is on the left just after you pass the covered bridge. Head up to the fork and take…
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Total Miles
21.3
Tech Rating
1 Easy
Best Time
Sp / Su / Fa / Wi

Horse Creek Road

Horse Creek Road connects the Santiam State Forest entrance area with the Molalla River. It starts on South Family Camp Road and goes to the South Fork Molalla River Road. The Santiam State Forest may…
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Total Miles
9
Tech Rating
2 Easy
Best Time
Sp / Su / Fa

Moose Mountain- FS 2027

Moose Mountain Road, also known as FS 2027, is accessed from US Hwy 20 by turning at Moose Creek Road and crossing the bridge over the South Santiam River. This road is easy gravel, with…
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Total Miles
15.6
Tech Rating
2 Easy
Best Time
Su / Wi / Sp / 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
21.5
Tech Rating
3 Easy
Best Time
Su / Sp / Fa

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
13.9
Tech Rating
1 Easy
Best Time
Sp / Su / Fa

Niagara Road

The start of this road is steep, with washboards and loose gravel. So put it in four-wheel drive or go slow to help keep them from getting worse. Dispersed camping along the way to get…
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Total Miles
2.6
Tech Rating
1 Easy
Best Time
Sp / Su / Fa / Wi

Niagara 20

The start of this road is steep, with washboards and loose gravel. So put it in four-wheel drive or go slow to help keep them from getting worse. Dispersed camping along the way to get…
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Total Miles
1.9
Tech Rating
2 Easy
Best Time
Sp / Su / Fa / Wi

NF 2212

This route takes you from NF 11 (Quartzville Scenic Byway) to Detroit Reservoir via the Lucky Buttes Lakes Trail and NF 2212. It follows paved NF11 until you reach NF 1155 (Lucky Buttes Lakes Trail)…
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Total Miles
14.9
Tech Rating
1 Easy
Best Time
Sp / Su / Fa

Mary's Peak to Harlan

The first mile to mile and a half is full of potholes, then it smooths out. There are dispersed camping spots along the way along with a couple of streams and views when it opens…
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Total Miles
7.3
Tech Rating
1 Easy
Best Time
Sp / Su / Fa

Soda Fork - 2041

This is an easy forest service road that connects US Highway 20 to an extensive forest road network. Much of it is wide enough for two vehicles to meet, but parts are single-lane with turnouts.…
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Total Miles
7.4
Tech Rating
2 Easy
Best Time
Sp / Su / Fa / Wi

Soda Fork Mainline - FS 2043

This is another easy gravel forest road that connects to the larger road system. There are options to connect to the intersection where FS 2041 and 2027 meet via the FS 2043-320 road or continue…
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Total Miles
8.1
Tech Rating
2 Easy
Best Time
Sp / Su / Fa / Wi

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
9.3
Tech Rating
1 Easy
Best Time
Sp / Fa / Su

Bear Pass 1509

Bear Pass was most likely named for the black bears that inhabit this area. Bears have been spotted along this route, so take precautions when entering. Bear Pass is located in the 1.6-million-acre Willamette National…
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Total Miles
25
Tech Rating
1 Moderate
Best Time
Sp / Su / 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
2.5
Tech Rating
1 Easy
Best Time
Sp / Su / 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

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
Tech Rating
1 Easy
Best Time
Sp / Su / Fa

Timber Butte

This is the first trail you hit coming in from the west side of Big Fall Creek Road. This is an easy logging road that is quite windy at the beginning. Smooth riding on this…
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Total Miles
8.6
Tech Rating
1 Easy
Best Time
Su

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

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

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
2.8
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
6.4
Tech Rating
1 Easy
Best Time
Sp / Su / Fa

Rubble Creek

Beginning off of Big Fall Creek Road on the north, this easy trail passes a couple of homes on the way in. As you ascend more than 2500 feet, you pass through a small burn…
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Total Miles
9.5
Tech Rating
1 Easy
Best Time
Su

Blue River 1500

Nestled in the 1.7-million-acre Willamette National Forest, Blue River Road 1500 leads you on an almost 22-mile journey through this 100-mile-long forest. Centrally located in Oregon, it provides an endless opportunity for many different forms…
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Total Miles
20.5
Tech Rating
2 Moderate
Best Time
Sp / Su / Fa

Prairie Peak

Prairie Peak is located on BLM land outside of Triangle Lake, Oregon. The area is a system of trails and dirt roads that wind their way up to a broadcast tower at the peak that…
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Total Miles
2.3
Tech Rating
3 Easy
Best Time
Sp / Su / Fa

Sugar Loaf

When entering Sugar Loaf Road, there is an overgrown bridge that looks pretty old. The road runs through the Siuslaw National Forest as well as Weyerhaeuser private property. The road is an easy yet gradually…
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Total Miles
3.4
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

Bald Mountain

Start just west of McGuire Reservoir, turn left into an opening, and look for a bridge. This is a 6.7-mile route. Be aware that it crosses through Weyerhaeuser land with gates. The gates may be…
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Total Miles
6.3
Tech Rating
2 Easy
Best Time
Su / Fa

Bell Mountain Loop

Right before you head up this loop you will go through an unnamed road. You will go through a big puddle and up a steep, loose hill with water running down one of the rutted…
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Total Miles
1.9
Tech Rating
2 Easy
Best Time
Sp / Su / Fa / Wi

ATV Trails Near Crabtree, Oregon

Shotgun to McGowan - Mainline

This is a great weekend drive. Go north on Marcola Road out of Springfield. Shotgun Creek Road is on the left just after you pass the covered bridge. Head up to the fork and take…
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Total Miles
21.3
Tech Rating
1 Easy
Best Time
Sp / Su / Fa / Wi

Moose Mountain- FS 2027

Moose Mountain Road, also known as FS 2027, is accessed from US Hwy 20 by turning at Moose Creek Road and crossing the bridge over the South Santiam River. This road is easy gravel, with…
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Total Miles
15.6
Tech Rating
2 Easy
Best Time
Su / Wi / Sp / Fa

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
13.9
Tech Rating
1 Easy
Best Time
Sp / Su / Fa

Mary's Peak to Harlan

The first mile to mile and a half is full of potholes, then it smooths out. There are dispersed camping spots along the way along with a couple of streams and views when it opens…
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Total Miles
7.3
Tech Rating
1 Easy
Best Time
Sp / Su / Fa

Soda Fork - 2041

This is an easy forest service road that connects US Highway 20 to an extensive forest road network. Much of it is wide enough for two vehicles to meet, but parts are single-lane with turnouts.…
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Total Miles
7.4
Tech Rating
2 Easy
Best Time
Sp / Su / Fa / Wi

Soda Fork Mainline - FS 2043

This is another easy gravel forest road that connects to the larger road system. There are options to connect to the intersection where FS 2041 and 2027 meet via the FS 2043-320 road or continue…
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Total Miles
8.1
Tech Rating
2 Easy
Best Time
Sp / Su / Fa / Wi

UTV/Side-by-Side Near Crabtree, Oregon

Shotgun to McGowan - Mainline

This is a great weekend drive. Go north on Marcola Road out of Springfield. Shotgun Creek Road is on the left just after you pass the covered bridge. Head up to the fork and take…
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Total Miles
21.3
Tech Rating
1 Easy
Best Time
Sp / Su / Fa / Wi

Moose Mountain- FS 2027

Moose Mountain Road, also known as FS 2027, is accessed from US Hwy 20 by turning at Moose Creek Road and crossing the bridge over the South Santiam River. This road is easy gravel, with…
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Total Miles
15.6
Tech Rating
2 Easy
Best Time
Su / Wi / Sp / Fa

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
13.9
Tech Rating
1 Easy
Best Time
Sp / Su / Fa

Mary's Peak to Harlan

The first mile to mile and a half is full of potholes, then it smooths out. There are dispersed camping spots along the way along with a couple of streams and views when it opens…
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Total Miles
7.3
Tech Rating
1 Easy
Best Time
Sp / Su / Fa

Soda Fork - 2041

This is an easy forest service road that connects US Highway 20 to an extensive forest road network. Much of it is wide enough for two vehicles to meet, but parts are single-lane with turnouts.…
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Total Miles
7.4
Tech Rating
2 Easy
Best Time
Sp / Su / Fa / Wi

Soda Fork Mainline - FS 2043

This is another easy gravel forest road that connects to the larger road system. There are options to connect to the intersection where FS 2041 and 2027 meet via the FS 2043-320 road or continue…
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Total Miles
8.1
Tech Rating
2 Easy
Best Time
Sp / Su / Fa / Wi