Beginner Off-Road Trails Near Custer, Montana

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Acton Recreation Area

There are approximately 6.5 miles of roads used for motorized use in this area. Although not very technical, the roads provide off-roaders of all skill level an area to practice and explore on their mountain…
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Total Miles
3.4
Tech Rating
2 Easy
Best Time
Sp / Su / Fa

Sheep Mountain

This is a longer drawn out trail that starts out in Devils Canyon and takes you all the way to Montana. The first section of the trail is a gradual climb on gravel, but after…
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Total Miles
20.3
Tech Rating
3 Easy
Best Time
Fa / Su

Little Horn

Shorter trail off of Alt. 14 but not short on sight seeing. This trail passes along Dayton Gulch and the Little Bighorn River ultimately coming to a dead end unless you want to switch to…
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Total Miles
20.3
Tech Rating
3 Easy
Best Time
Sp / Su / Fa

Burnt Timber Ridge Road

Burnt Timber Ridge Road (2849) is one of many ways to access the Wild Horse Range located in the Pryor Mountains. The majority of the road is within the Wilderness Study Area (WSA). During the…
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Total Miles
10.8
Tech Rating
3 Easy
Best Time
Sp / Su / Fa

Fools Creek Trails

A spur from the main Burgess trail that is narrower and more suited to ATV or SXS, but still passable with a 4x4. Steeper hills to climb and descend with small to medium size rocks.…
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Total Miles
35.6
Tech Rating
3 Easy
Best Time
Sp / Su / Fa

Crooked Creek Road

Crooked Creek Road (1017) is one of the many access routes to the top of the Pryor Mountains. Crooked Creek Road is accessed from the south either by Helt Road (1016) Gyp Spring Road (1015)…
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Total Miles
14.6
Tech Rating
1 Easy
Best Time
Sp / Su / Fa

Burgess

Long connecting trail with many spurs that can be taken. This trail is primarily gravel, but some areas do have rocks breaking the surface. It is also traveled by those making their way into the…
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Total Miles
24
Tech Rating
2 Easy
Best Time
Sp / Su / Fa

Bald Mountain

A long gravel stretch that has some medium rock spread through some of the higher areas of the trail. This trail passes along the South side of the peak of Bald mountain but is not…
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Total Miles
5.2
Tech Rating
3 Easy
Best Time
Su / Fa

Hunt Mountain Road

Hunt Mountain Road makes a scenic traverse across the backbone of the northern Bighorn Mountains. The rough lane ranges between 9,000 and 10,000 feet, giving a commanding view of the region. On clear days, you…
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Total Miles
21.5
Tech Rating
3 Moderate
Best Time
Su / Fa

Little Tongue

This is a side spur off of Black Mountain that will require turning around or continuing non-motorized. While it's not very steep, there is a stretch of the trail that is nothing but large rock…
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Total Miles
7.6
Tech Rating
3 Easy
Best Time
Su / Fa

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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Total Miles
18.7
Tech Rating
2 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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Total Miles
8.5
Tech Rating
1 Easy
Best Time
Sp / Su / Fa / Wi

Bull Owen

Side spur that connects Hwy 14 to Hunt Mountain Road. This trail has some water crossing which is hard rocky bottom and is typical for the area. There is also a gradual slope that has…
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Total Miles
4.8
Tech Rating
3 Easy
Best Time
Sp / Su / Fa

Petroglyphs Canyon Natural Area

One of the unique areas in the Pryor Mountain foothills is Petroglyph Canyon Natural Area. Located off of Gyp Spring Roads. Turn South on the dirt two-track road. As soon as you cross the cattle…
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Total Miles
1.5
Tech Rating
1 Easy
Best Time
Sp / Su / Fa

The Woodchuck

This is a great trail that's mostly dirt but has some muddy areas that are seasonal or weather dependent. This is a partial side spur off of Big Goose and is one of the best…
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Total Miles
11.3
Tech Rating
2 Easy
Best Time
Fa / Su

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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Total Miles
8.4
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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Total Miles
2.7
Tech Rating
1 Easy
Best Time
Sp / Su / Fa / Wi

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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Total Miles
11.7
Tech Rating
1 Easy
Best Time
Sp / Su / Fa / Wi

Drop Tube Part 2

Drop Tube Trail is a rolling single track through large open fields of the Custer National Forest. With beautiful open vistas and large meadows, the views are incredible. On this trail, there are no obstacles…
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Total Miles
1.7
Tech Rating
2 Easy
Best Time
Sp / Su / 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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Total Miles
19.2
Tech Rating
2 Easy
Best Time
Sp / Su / Fa / Wi

Drop Tube Part 1

Drop Tube Trail is a rolling single track through large open fields of the Custer National Forest. With beautiful open vistas and large meadows, the views are incredible. On this trail there are no obstacles…
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Total Miles
3.6
Tech Rating
2 Easy
Best Time
Sp / Su / Fa

Red Top Hill Road

Red Top Hill road is a single-lane rock road leading to the Tarter Ranch at its terminus. This beautiful road winds and rolls to the South, giving tremendous vista views of Montana's prairies and buttes…
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Total Miles
4
Tech Rating
1 Easy
Best Time
Sp / Su / Fa

FSR 47792

Montana Road 47792 is a rutted, mud track that meanders through the Montana Countryside and Custer National Forest. This road isn't much of one at all, but more like a rutted track through the high…
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Total Miles
4
Tech Rating
3 Easy
Best Time
Sp / Su / Fa

Wilbur Creek Cutoff Road

Wilbur Creek Cutoff Road is a beautiful relaxing trail that gently meanders through the rolling hills of the Custer National Forest. You'll see mule deer and cattle grazing along this road as well as groves…
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Total Miles
4.7
Tech Rating
1 Easy
Best Time
Sp / Su / Fa

FSR 47782

Montana Road 47782 is a rutted, mud track that meanders through the Montana countryside and Custer National Forest. This road isn't much of one at all, but more like a rutted track through the high…
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Total Miles
1.1
Tech Rating
3 Easy
Best Time
Sp / Su / Fa

FSR 47781

Montana Road 47781 isn't much of one at all, but more like a rutted track through the high grassland of Montana. With views of buttes and forest, the road proved challenging after rain and snow,…
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Total Miles
1.1
Tech Rating
3 Easy
Best Time
Sp / Su / Fa

Reanus Cone Trail Part 2

Reanus Cone Road is a single-lane wide dirt track that leads up and over the Reanus Cone, a geological feature in Powder River County, MT. This road weaves upward through beautiful pines and grassland to…
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Total Miles
3.2
Tech Rating
2 Easy
Best Time
Sp / Su / Fa

Lemonade Road Pt 2

The Southern section of Lemonade Road is a single-lane dirt road that heads uphill (North) toward the heart of the Custer National Forest. While rough and well-traveled, the road has no obstacles on it, though…
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Total Miles
3.2
Tech Rating
2 Easy
Best Time
Sp / Su / Fa

Lemonade Road Part 1

Lemonade Road is a red dirt road that winds and weaves its way up, over, around, and through a section of the Custer National Forest. There are no obstacles on this single-lane wide road, and…
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Total Miles
7
Tech Rating
1 Easy
Best Time
Sp / Su / Fa

Reanus Cone Trail Part 1

The Reanus Cone Trails are winding single tracks that lead through the mixed pine of the Custer National Forest to a couple of immense meadows. In these high meadows, you might see Wild Turkeys, a…
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Total Miles
4.2
Tech Rating
2 Easy
Best Time
Sp / Su / Fa