Beginner Off-Road Trails Near East Carbon, Utah

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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Price River/South Farnham Road is an 18.8-mile point-to-point trail in the Northern San Rafael Swell area. It follows along the railroad tracks and the Price River. Price River Road is a maintained dirt road with…
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Typically, a graded dirt road leads to the access point for the Range Creek historical site. It is a scenic route that takes you high over the Book Cliffs. It is an easy route, but…
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Mud Springs Road is a 4.8-mile point-to-point trail that departs from HWY6 and gives access to the northern area of the San Rafael Swell. This trail is a maintained dirt road with light washboarding and…
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Turtle Canyon Road is a 58-mile out-and-back trail that starts in Horse Canyon and climbs to the top of the Book Cliffs, then traverses and drops into Turtle Canyon. This trail is very scenic with…
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East Mounds Road is a 4.9-mile point-to-point trail that crosses the Mounds Reef and connects with the Price River road via Mounds Road. This is a well-maintained county road with no obstacles and some light…
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Verde Loop is a 6.7-mile point-to-point trail in the northern San Rafael Swell area. The trail starts and ends at the Price River trail. Verde Loop trail has erosion damage less than 12" in depth.…
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Verde Mounds is a short 2.9-mile point-to-point trail in the northern San Rafael swell area. This trail goes through open range land, so be aware of grazing livestock. This is a maintained dirt road with…
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Verde South Trail is a 12.8-mile out-and-back northern San Rafael Swell trail. This is a fun trail with a beautiful view at the turnaround point. The trail has a few rocky sections with ledges up…
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Mounds Road is a 14.8-mile point-to-point trail that crosses the Mounds Reef and connects to the Price River Road. This trail is a maintained dirt road with light washboarding and no obstacles. There is a…
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Humbug Overlook is a 28.2-mile out-and-back trail from Flathead Mountain with a great view of the Price River Canyon area. The Humbug Overlook trail starts as a well-maintained dirt road for the first 6.5 miles.…
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This 3.5-mile long trail is a desert single track that winds around the mesas in the Chimney Rock riding area. It goes in and out of washes, and up small hill climbs. The trail is…
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From the west side, this 3-mile-long desert singletrack starts with a steep climb up the mesa onto a skinny ridgeline. It follows the narrow ridgeline, being mostly fun and flowy with some good views over…
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This 2.4-mile long single track is an easy and fast trail that starts at the staging area for this riding area and heads north. It's quick, straight, flat, and easy, but it has a vast…
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This 3-mile-long ATV trail goes through easy desert terrain on mostly a broad sandy path. From the west end, there's a rocky downhill into a wash right away, and then it goes over a metal…
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This is 2.6 miles of wide desert trail through lots of sand. It has deep dips into ravines, one narrow like a V bottom. It goes up a couple of ramped slickrock layers. It's fast…
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This is a fast desert trail that is a wide path like a two-track the whole way. It has lots of whoops, and big dips into and back out of washes. On the north end,…
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This 5-mile-long singletrack is mostly fast and sandy. It has whoops, dips, wash crossings, and small dirt hills, with scenic mesas in the distance. The trail is easy because it is very flat and straight,…
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Dinosaur Quarry Road is a 6.2-mile point-to-point trail that ends at the Jurassic National Monument. The Jurassic National Monument is a fee area and is open Thursday-Sunday from 10 AM to 5 PM, and is…
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This is a 2.5-mile-long ATV trail. It starts on the Green River Cutoff Road as a wide dirt path, heading south through flat desert terrain. It has big dips into the sandy washes and is…
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This short segment of single track starts on the west end at the Green River Cutoff Road at a pinch point for the designated route. It begins as a wide path through a flat desert…
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This is 6 miles of easy trail through the BLM land that starts on the Green River Cutoff Road, goes south to access Odds Trail, and keeps going southeast to access another technical single track.…
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This trail goes through a rocky and sandy wash with many layers of slick rock. On the west end are some waterfall-like ramped easy rock ledges in the wash. It's a couple of feet high…
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This is a well-graded two-lane dirt road leading to the Cedar Mountain Recreation Area. The road begins near Cleveland, Utah, traveling for about 20 miles to reach the Cedar Mountain Recreation Area. The area overlooks…
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This starts just off Highway 6. You go into a sand wash and follow the trail till it leaves the wash. It connects with other trails in the area, so you can make a loop…
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Wilberg Road-Prickly Pear Flat is a 4.8-mile out-and-back (9.6-mile round trip) trail rated 3 of 10 located in Emery County. Prickly Pear Flat is a very remote area of the San Rafael Swell and is…
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If you are trailing an ATV or UTV, you can make it to the left turn at McKay Flat. The roads are wide enough to park along the edge. On this route, you'll see Hondoo…
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This is a gravel connector between Cedar Mountain and the routes to Hamburger Rocks and the Buckhorn Wash visitor center. This easy trail has only a few rough spots, and driving across the earthen dam…
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This sandy trail is a shortcut between Green River Cutoff Road and Wedge Overlook Road (CR405) saving over four miles. It is a relatively easy, graded road. The trail is wide with large sweeping turns.…
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Trestle Road is a 7.1-mile point-to-point trail that passes under an old trestle train bridge. The most difficult part of this trail is a steep climb after passing under the old trestle bridge, which may…
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