Beginner Off-Road Trails Near Duchesne, Utah

This trail is an easy cruise through the Wilderness Management Area. There are several oil pumpers along this trail as well. The trail passes by Lake Canyon Lake which offers some good fishing. Past the…
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This trail is not well-traveled, and it shows. The trail is only one vehicle wide but not particularly difficult. There is one section where the trail has slightly washed away, but it is crossable. The…
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This trail branches off of Timber Canyon Trail and follows along the Strawberry River. It is an easy cruise through some absolutely beautiful scenery. The trail ends at a locked gate where only authorized vehicles…
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Reservation Ridge is a well-maintained, well-traveled Forest Service road that runs on the borders of the Uinta and Ashley National Forests. Outside of the occasional rut, it is a smooth ride. Nothing your stock Subaru…
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This trail starts at Highway 35 just outside of Hanna and heads up Rhodes Canyon up into the Soapstone Basin area, where the trail opens up out of the trees and travels through meadows before…
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From the southwest start, FS 10200 climbs steeply on firm dirt with scattered loose rock, narrowing to a one-vehicle track through aspen. It crests Strawberry Peak at ~1.1 miles (10,304 feet), then follows a mostly…
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Scenic, relaxing route connecting Hwy 6 (near Soldier Summit) to Hwy 40 (near Duchesne). Trail follows the Right Fork of the White River early on, and the Strawberry River toward the end.Scenery includes dramatic rocky…
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Providing access to the Uinta National Forest from Currant Cr Road, West Side Currant Cr (Forest Road 70471) mostly follows the shoreline of the Currant Creek Reservoir. The Currant Creek campground and a boat ramp…
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Begin from the southwest end of Long Ridge (FS 10148). This one-lane shelf road is hard-packed dirt with embedded small rocks and occasional loose gravel under tire. As the road clings to the mountain’s flanks,…
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Trail Ridge is a very short out-and-back trail that ends at an incredible view of Ashley National Forest. There is space for maybe one tent or car camp at the end. The trail itself is…
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Racetrack is a short, relatively easy trail that provides access to and connects with a network of other trails in the area. Expect a reasonably easy grade for most of the trail, some rocks, camping…
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Silver Meadows (FS 70174) offers an easygoing drive through wide alpine meadows framed by scattered pine groves and mountain ridgelines. The dirt road is mostly smooth and graded, with light ruts, a few stretches of…
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Left Fork Rhodes Canyon (FS 70151) is a forest road running west to east, connecting Silver Meadows (FS 70174) to Rhodes Canyon (FS 10174). It passes through a mix of healthy and fire-damaged pine groves…
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Alvies Bench cuts through a shady aspen and pine forest. There is little camping right off the trail. However, an unnamed spur trail on the east side of Alvies Bench will head north and may…
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Cold Springs is a well-maintained road that connects Soapstone Pass to Silver Meadows. The drive is short and scenic with no major obstacles in the road, but views all around as you traverse through meadows…
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A very short trail, Racetrack Layout can be thought of as simply a kind of connector trail. The road is simple and narrow, with steep drop offs along the east side of the road. There…
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Trout Cr goes from navigating valleys in the south to hugging the sides of green alpine mountains. On the southern end of this trail, Trout Creek follows the road but quickly dries out the higher…
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This road is graded and suitable for all types of vehicles. The width of the road is adequate for passing. Campers and trailers can traverse this road. This area is dry desert sagebrush terrain (no…
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This is a shortcut down to Currant Creek Reservoir. You start down and go through aspen trees and have a beautiful view of Currant Creek from up high. Be warned as the snow melts late…
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This trail begins just off US Highway 6 at Soldier Summit. The vegetation transitions from sagebrush and willows that follow the White River up to higher-elevation pine and aspen. These Forest Service roads are mostly…
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Bruin Point trail is a 5.5-mile point-to-point trail that climbs almost 3000 feet starting in Water Canyon to the top of Book Cliffs. This is a maintained road that has mud holes under 12 inches…
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Pass Cr Ridge (FR 70242) is the furthest west trail in a series of three trails connecting two major forest roads. Most of this narrow road winds through pine and aspen forest and is relatively…
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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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Providing access to other roads and trails deeper into the Uinta National Forest north of Strawberry Reservoir, Coop Creek connects US Highway 40 through the mountains to the West side of the Currant Creek Reservoir.…
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Lake CR Currant Creek provides access to the Uinta National Forest from Heber, Utah. This road is gravel, wide enough for two lanes of traffic, and provides some camping, high alpine views, and access to…
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Buffalo Canyon is a 2.5-mile-long single track in the Uinta National Forest open from 6/1 to 10/31. The west end starts at the top of a hill before it drops down the side of the…
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Rock Spring is a 3.3-mile-long single track that starts at a pinch point on West Side Strawberry Road. This trail is open 6/1 - 10/31. It is mostly around 9,000 feet in elevation, so it…
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After turning left onto the Iron Mine trail and leaving the main dirt road through the Soapstone area, the road will narrow a bit. It is wide enough to pass another vehicle most of the…
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The Duchesne Ridge trail is a scenic and great way to access the Uinta National Forest. The area offers plenty of dispersed camping with many graded forest roads to explore. As you venture in and…
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Bjorkman Hollow connects Strawberry River Road (FR 70049) with Coop Creek (FR 70082). There are basically two sections to this trail, divided west and east by the spur route "West Co-Op" (FR 70370). The western…
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