Beginner Off-Road Trails Near Dinosaur, Colorado
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Echo Park Road
Other than rafting down the Green river, this road is the only access down to Echo Park campground. The dirt starts from Harpers Corner Road and immediately follows a moderately steep grade requiring 4WD or…
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Total Miles
11.1
Tech Rating
3
Easy
Best Time
Su / Fa
Red Mountain West Access-Vernal
Red Mountain West Access is a 1-mile point-to-point trail rated 3 of 10 located in Uintah County, Utah. This trail provides access from the pavement on the west side of Red Mountain up to the…
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Learn more about Red Mountain West Access-Vernal
Total Miles
0.9
Tech Rating
3
Easy
Best Time
Sp / Su / Fa / Wi
Grizzly Ridge Yurt
This beautiful trail takes you deep into the trees to a yurt that can be rented for camping. The yurt offers amazing views of the valley and rolling mountainsides. The trail starts off Highway 191…
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Learn more about Grizzly Ridge Yurt
Total Miles
4.4
Tech Rating
3
Easy
Best Time
Sp / Su / Fa / Wi
Sandwash Basin
This area is BLM land and the home to some 600 wild horses with a loop through the heart of their land. Many view this loop as a single day or afternoon drive to see…
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Learn more about Sandwash Basin
Total Miles
18.4
Tech Rating
2
Easy
Best Time
Sp / Su / Fa
Pipeline East
If you find yourself near Flaming Gorge looking for a good spot to camp, Pipeline East Road is an excellent spot to set up shop and explore a bit. For the most part, the road…
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Learn more about Pipeline East
Total Miles
5.3
Tech Rating
1
Easy
Best Time
Sp / Su / Fa
Flaming Gorge
This backcountry drive follows Flaming Gorge Road, which is located on the east side of Flaming Gorge Reservoir. The route offers numerous access points to the lake while staying high enough to offer terrific overlooks…
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Learn more about Flaming Gorge
Total Miles
44.2
Tech Rating
2
Easy
Best Time
Su / Fa
Trails 135 and 136
This is a fast trail through rolling desert grasslands, along ridgelines, and in and out of ravines. The narrow dirt single track dips into a wash and crosses barren prairie terrain. There are a couple…
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Learn more about Trails 135 and 136
Total Miles
6.3
Tech Rating
2
Easy
Best Time
Fa / Sp
Deep Creek RD
Deep Creek Road is an easy, yet excellent way to explore Utah's Ashley National Forest off of the pavement. This road is well maintained, and well suited to nearly any type of vehicle in the…
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Learn more about Deep Creek RD
Total Miles
6
Tech Rating
1
Easy
Best Time
Su
Trail 150
Running south to north, this trail starts as a fast single track through barren desert terrain in valleys, washes, and along ridgelines. The first split for 150A is a short steep climb onto a narrow…
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Total Miles
6.4
Tech Rating
2
Easy
Best Time
Fa / Sp
Lane Mine
This is one of the easier trails in the North Fruita Desert that runs parallel to Coal Gulch Road at the bottom of a scenic canyon. It is a fast and flowy single track that…
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Total Miles
1.8
Tech Rating
2
Easy
Best Time
Fa
16 Road, Coal Gulch
Take this trail through a beautiful, winding canyon. Early on, you will have the option to continue straight to an overlook, or take a left and view the end of the extreme 21 Road trail.…
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Learn more about 16 Road, Coal Gulch
Total Miles
13.2
Tech Rating
3
Easy
Best Time
Sp / Fa
Trails 137 and 145
This is a fast dirt single track that goes through valleys and ridgelines on barren rolling hills in desert terrain. It's very easy to follow and has no significant obstacles. This would be a great…
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Learn more about Trails 137 and 145
Total Miles
4.8
Tech Rating
1
Easy
Best Time
Sp / Fa / Su
BLM Route 174
BLM Route 174 is primarily a pipeline access trail that runs from 21 Road to 16 Road. It can be used as a connector between these two points, however, not many opportunities exist for camping,…
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Total Miles
8.8
Tech Rating
3
Easy
Best Time
Sp / Su / Fa
Ice Peak Cave
This is an easy, well-traveled dirt road. It takes you to a lookout where you can turn around and come back. You can walk up to the lookout and if you are daring enough, you…
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Total Miles
1.4
Tech Rating
2
Easy
Best Time
Su / Fa
Cicada
Cicada is a short trail in the North Fruita Desert trail system that is mostly fast and scenic. It winds along several ridge lines in a burn area, through sagebrush, and has 4 or 5…
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Total Miles
3.4
Tech Rating
3
Easy
Best Time
Fa
Cloud City
Cloud City is a short trail in the North Fruita Desert that can be ridden as part of a bigger day loop with Cicada, Sky Walker, and Sarlacc. It meanders through low grass in a…
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Learn more about Cloud City
Total Miles
2.6
Tech Rating
2
Easy
Best Time
Fa
BLM Route 165
BLM Route 165 is designated for dirt bikes but is mostly a whooped-out, road-width dirt trail that follows a power line. It's smooth dirt, with no rock, but has huge whoops the whole way. It…
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Learn more about BLM Route 165
Total Miles
2.1
Tech Rating
2
Easy
Best Time
Fa / Sp
Haystack South
This trail is located within Flaming Gorge National Recreation Area. Haystack South Trail is an amazing spot to camp or to enjoy a day at the lake in isolation away from camper trailers & crowds.…
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Learn more about Haystack South
Total Miles
3.8
Tech Rating
3
Easy
Best Time
Sp / Su / Fa
BLM Route 185
BLM Route 185 is a seldom-ridden dirt bike trail in the North Fruita Desert that goes through an overgrown adobe ditch on a very faint track. The trailhead on the south end has a trail…
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Total Miles
1.1
Tech Rating
2
Easy
Best Time
Fa / Sp
BLM Route 186
BLM Route 186 is a fast and easy single track that flows across green meadows and valleys in the lower section of the north Fruita desert. It starts in a green grassy meadow on a…
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Total Miles
1.6
Tech Rating
2
Easy
Best Time
Fa / Sp
BLM Route 187A
BLM Route 187A is a short and fun single track through an adobe arroyo in the North Fruita desert that spurs off of BLM Route 187 (Branch Wash), which is another ditch trail. The 187A…
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Total Miles
1.3
Tech Rating
2
Easy
Best Time
Fa / Sp
Dry Fork
Follow Cocoran Wash for 13 miles and you will reach an overlook with great views into Hunter Canyon. The trail then follows a ridge with many opportunities to walk around and explore hoodoo rock formations.…
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Total Miles
22.4
Tech Rating
2
Easy
Best Time
Sp / Fa
Trail 1
This trail follows a scenic desert wash and is a fast and fun trail for ATVs. Some sections are pure sand, and some are very rocky. A dirt ATV trail parallels the wash at times,…
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Total Miles
2.9
Tech Rating
2
Easy
Best Time
Fa / Sp
BLM Route 196
BLM Route 196 is a fast single track in the North Fruita Desert trail system north of Fruita, Colorado. The east end of the trail starts at the back of a public utility plant on…
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Total Miles
3.1
Tech Rating
2
Easy
Best Time
Fa / Sp
BLM Route 197
This single track is similar to many of the other single tracks in the lower part of the North Fruita Desert, as it is a smooth and narrow single track that flows over the rolling…
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Learn more about BLM Route 197
Total Miles
1.9
Tech Rating
2
Easy
Best Time
Fa / Sp
21 Road South
21 Road South is a route providing further access to dispersed camping and OHV opportunities on BLM lands in the Fruita/Grand Junction area. The road is paved for little ways once on public lands before…
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Learn more about 21 Road South
Total Miles
3.7
Tech Rating
2
Easy
Best Time
Sp / Su / Fa / Wi
Trail 5
This is a mostly flat dirt ATV trail that is road width, fast, and with lots of whoops. It goes through a scenic valley in Rabbit Valley, Colorado, and can be connected to Trails 4…
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Learn more about Trail 5
Total Miles
1.8
Tech Rating
1
Easy
Best Time
Fa / Sp
Trail 4
This is a fast ATV trail that goes through rolling desert grasslands from the trailhead. It is a mix of dirt and loose rock, with lots of whoops and bumps. It rides through a scenic…
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Learn more about Trail 4
Total Miles
1.5
Tech Rating
2
Easy
Best Time
Fa / Sp
Trail 2
Trail 2 has a little bit of everything. The first half is primarily 50" with a number of road crossings and a couple of short bouts on the road. This part of the trail has…
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Learn more about Trail 2
Total Miles
4.5
Tech Rating
3
Easy
Best Time
Sp / Su / Fa / Wi
Holmes Crossing
Holmes Crossing - Road 60004, is a gravel road in great condition that will take you to the public boat launch as well as a network of dirt roads giving access to many dispersed campsites.…
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Learn more about Holmes Crossing
Total Miles
2.5
Tech Rating
1
Easy
Best Time
Su / Fa
ATV Trails Near Dinosaur, Colorado
Echo Park Road
Other than rafting down the Green river, this road is the only access down to Echo Park campground. The dirt starts from Harpers Corner Road and immediately follows a moderately steep grade requiring 4WD or…
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Learn more about Echo Park Road
Total Miles
11.1
Tech Rating
3
Easy
Best Time
Su / Fa
Grizzly Ridge Yurt
This beautiful trail takes you deep into the trees to a yurt that can be rented for camping. The yurt offers amazing views of the valley and rolling mountainsides. The trail starts off Highway 191…
Learn more about Grizzly Ridge Yurt
Learn more about Grizzly Ridge Yurt
Total Miles
4.4
Tech Rating
3
Easy
Best Time
Sp / Su / Fa / Wi
Pipeline East
If you find yourself near Flaming Gorge looking for a good spot to camp, Pipeline East Road is an excellent spot to set up shop and explore a bit. For the most part, the road…
Learn more about Pipeline East
Learn more about Pipeline East
Total Miles
5.3
Tech Rating
1
Easy
Best Time
Sp / Su / Fa
Flaming Gorge
This backcountry drive follows Flaming Gorge Road, which is located on the east side of Flaming Gorge Reservoir. The route offers numerous access points to the lake while staying high enough to offer terrific overlooks…
Learn more about Flaming Gorge
Learn more about Flaming Gorge
Total Miles
44.2
Tech Rating
2
Easy
Best Time
Su / Fa
Deep Creek RD
Deep Creek Road is an easy, yet excellent way to explore Utah's Ashley National Forest off of the pavement. This road is well maintained, and well suited to nearly any type of vehicle in the…
Learn more about Deep Creek RD
Learn more about Deep Creek RD
Total Miles
6
Tech Rating
1
Easy
Best Time
Su
16 Road, Coal Gulch
Take this trail through a beautiful, winding canyon. Early on, you will have the option to continue straight to an overlook, or take a left and view the end of the extreme 21 Road trail.…
Learn more about 16 Road, Coal Gulch
Learn more about 16 Road, Coal Gulch
Total Miles
13.2
Tech Rating
3
Easy
Best Time
Sp / Fa
UTV/Side-by-Side Near Dinosaur, Colorado
Echo Park Road
Other than rafting down the Green river, this road is the only access down to Echo Park campground. The dirt starts from Harpers Corner Road and immediately follows a moderately steep grade requiring 4WD or…
Learn more about Echo Park Road
Learn more about Echo Park Road
Total Miles
11.1
Tech Rating
3
Easy
Best Time
Su / Fa
Red Mountain West Access-Vernal
Red Mountain West Access is a 1-mile point-to-point trail rated 3 of 10 located in Uintah County, Utah. This trail provides access from the pavement on the west side of Red Mountain up to the…
Learn more about Red Mountain West Access-Vernal
Learn more about Red Mountain West Access-Vernal
Total Miles
0.9
Tech Rating
3
Easy
Best Time
Sp / Su / Fa / Wi
Grizzly Ridge Yurt
This beautiful trail takes you deep into the trees to a yurt that can be rented for camping. The yurt offers amazing views of the valley and rolling mountainsides. The trail starts off Highway 191…
Learn more about Grizzly Ridge Yurt
Learn more about Grizzly Ridge Yurt
Total Miles
4.4
Tech Rating
3
Easy
Best Time
Sp / Su / Fa / Wi
Pipeline East
If you find yourself near Flaming Gorge looking for a good spot to camp, Pipeline East Road is an excellent spot to set up shop and explore a bit. For the most part, the road…
Learn more about Pipeline East
Learn more about Pipeline East
Total Miles
5.3
Tech Rating
1
Easy
Best Time
Sp / Su / Fa
Flaming Gorge
This backcountry drive follows Flaming Gorge Road, which is located on the east side of Flaming Gorge Reservoir. The route offers numerous access points to the lake while staying high enough to offer terrific overlooks…
Learn more about Flaming Gorge
Learn more about Flaming Gorge
Total Miles
44.2
Tech Rating
2
Easy
Best Time
Su / Fa
Deep Creek RD
Deep Creek Road is an easy, yet excellent way to explore Utah's Ashley National Forest off of the pavement. This road is well maintained, and well suited to nearly any type of vehicle in the…
Learn more about Deep Creek RD
Learn more about Deep Creek RD
Total Miles
6
Tech Rating
1
Easy
Best Time
Su