Beginner Off-Road Trails
Near Fairview, Utah

This is a great easy trail. Start down a long dirt road. In the high desert. Works its way up into the beautiful canyon and is surrounded by Aspen and Big Pine Trees. If you go in fall time you won't be disappointed. The fall color in this area is breathtaking.
Learn more about Log Canyon

This trail runs between Skyline Drive and Millers Flat, traveling up Potters Canyon and past the Potters Ponds. This trail is a well-maintained gravel road on the lower end with it transitioning to a natural base road towards the top of the canyon, with a few small loose rocky sections and a couple ...
Learn more about Potters Canyon - FS 50271

Millers Flat Road is part of the Arapeen OHV trail system in central Utah. The trail is well maintained with just enough technical driving to keep it exciting. The road drops down from the ridge and winds through mountain hills and the scenery is breathtaking as you drive past Miller, Cleveland, and...
Learn more about Millers Flat Road

This short out-and-back trail branches west from Skyline Drive and follows the ridge to a small overlook and campsite. This trail has deep ruts throughout that can hold water and mud during periods of wet weather, as well as slow vehicles down as they traverse the trail. This trail is scenic as it f...
Learn more about Haystack - FS 50279

This 9.6-mile point-to-point route travels along the eastern portion of the Ephraim-Orangeville Road (Forest Road 40), connecting Skyline Drive at the top of Ephraim Canyon to the shores of Joes Valley Reservoir. The route begins at an elevation of 10,502 feet on the high ridgeline of the Manti-La ...
Learn more about Reeder Canyon

Trail travels from Utah Highway 6 at the north end, near the Skyline Drive northern terminus and trail head, and winds through Starvation Canyon to the Intersection of Bear Ridge (FS0008) at which point you can either continue to Scofield Lake/Scofield State Park, or follow Bear Ridge back to Skylin...
Learn more about Starvation Road - FS0009

This trail boasts high mountain vistas with meadows, thick pines, and aspen. The trail is mostly restricted to 50-inch vehicles, with wider allowances on either end. Grassy Lake has a Forest Service pit toilet if needed and also offers some fun fishing, float tubing, and kayaking. The trail can be a...
Learn more about South Reeder/Littles Canyon

Per its name, this route follows Bear Ridge between Skyline Drive and Scofield Lake. The trail has dual character; coming east from Skyline Drive, the trail abruptly changes from a fairly smooth dirt road to a narrower rocky trail. At about the halfway point, there's a "High Clearance 4WD recommende...
Learn more about Bear Ridge - FS50008

The trail is double track. Is very narrow with a mixture of open spaces and tight tree/scrub oak cover. Minimal obstacles, although there can be 12-18 inch ruts that can get muddy if wet weather has been recent. Higher clearance, four-wheelers, and motorcycles would be most ideal. This trail is an o...
Learn more about Death Hollow - 50148

This trail is an out-and-back trail that branches off of Skyline Drive and heads southeast along Swasey Ridge to where it dead-ends at a small turnaround point in the trees. This trail is easy, with only a few spots with some smaller rocks to traverse towards the end of the trail. Along the way, thi...
Learn more about Olsen Bench - FS 50276

This trail is a short spur off of Olsen Bench that heads east along the ridge to where it ends at a viewpoint. This trail is easy, with no major obstacles along the trail, with only a few sections with some shallow ruts to traverse along the trail. This trail follows along the top of the ridge for m...
Learn more about Clay Bench - FS 50280

This trail branches off of Lake Fork and travels to a scenic natural lake. The trail crosses the river at the beginning of the trail and crosses it one more time along the trail. It's not difficult, but good to be aware of. There are sections of off-camber rocky sections, and most of the trail is on...
Learn more about Smith Reservoir - FS 50232

This short spur branches off of Orangeville Canyon and heads to the Old Ephraim Tunnel. This trail is an easy dirt road with no major obstacles and only a couple of spots with shallow ruts and small rocks in the trail. This trail stays in the trees for the majority of the trail and has a small turna...
Learn more about Old Ephraim Tunnel Trail - FS 52148

This is a VERY short out and back with fantastic views and an amazing swing at the trail end. Right as soon as you turn off the paved road the trail will fork. The left is a 4WD high clearance climb, the road to the right is way more mellow (think Subaru friendly) and will get you to the same dest...
Learn more about Twin Knolls/Big Swing

Mona Pole Road is an exceptionally scenic mountain trail ideal for intermediate offroaders looking to experience dramatic elevation shifts and stunning alpine vistas between the Nebo Loop and the town of Mona, Utah. Spanning nearly 15 miles, this route climbs to a maximum elevation of 9,932 feet, pa...
Learn more about Mona Pole Road

This trail starts at Consumers Road and makes its way over Beaver Road, dropping down in between Scofield Town and Clear Creek Town. The trail starts in the cedars at about 7000 feet elevation and climbs to higher elevation pines about 9500ft. The climb is steeper with loose dirt, making it more dif...
Learn more about Consumers

This trail is a short out-and-back trail that branches off of Orangeville Canyon and heads southwest to Seeley Creek Guard Station. This trail is easy, as it heads to the guard station with only some shallow ruts and small rocks to traverse as it crosses the open fields. The trail ends at the Seeley...
Learn more about Seeley Creek Guard Station - FS 50050

Starvation WMA Poleline is the longest continuous trail at 6.4 miles point-to-point within the Wilderness Management Area. This mostly hard-packed dirt track runs north/south, with both ends connecting back to the Starvation Creek Road. This trail is a seasonal trail open from May 1st to November 30...
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This trail is a short, well-maintained road that starts at the end of Old Highway 29 and heads up the canyon to Skyline Drive. The lower end of this trail is well-maintained and graveled before it becomes a little rockier towards the top, where it turns into mostly a natural base road. This trail is...
Learn more about Orangeville Canyon

This trail is a short out-and-back trail that branches off of Seeley Creek Guard Station and heads east to where it ends at an overlook and campsite at the end of the ridge. This trail is easy, as it follows the ridge with only a few spots with deeper ruts and larger rocks to traverse. The trail sta...
Learn more about Becks Ridge - FS 52146

This is a great easy trail. Start down a long dirt road. In the high desert. Works its way up into the beautiful canyon and is surrounded by Aspen and Big Pine Trees. If you go in fall time you won't be disappointed. The fall color in this area is breathtaking.
Learn more about Log Canyon

This trail runs between Skyline Drive and Millers Flat, traveling up Potters Canyon and past the Potters Ponds. This trail is a well-maintained gravel road on the lower end with it transitioning to a natural base road towards the top of the canyon, with a few small loose rocky sections and a couple ...
Learn more about Potters Canyon - FS 50271

Millers Flat Road is part of the Arapeen OHV trail system in central Utah. The trail is well maintained with just enough technical driving to keep it exciting. The road drops down from the ridge and winds through mountain hills and the scenery is breathtaking as you drive past Miller, Cleveland, and...
Learn more about Millers Flat Road

This short out-and-back trail branches west from Skyline Drive and follows the ridge to a small overlook and campsite. This trail has deep ruts throughout that can hold water and mud during periods of wet weather, as well as slow vehicles down as they traverse the trail. This trail is scenic as it f...
Learn more about Haystack - FS 50279

This is a great easy trail. Start down a long dirt road. In the high desert. Works its way up into the beautiful canyon and is surrounded by Aspen and Big Pine Trees. If you go in fall time you won't be disappointed. The fall color in this area is breathtaking.
Learn more about Log Canyon

This trail runs between Skyline Drive and Millers Flat, traveling up Potters Canyon and past the Potters Ponds. This trail is a well-maintained gravel road on the lower end with it transitioning to a natural base road towards the top of the canyon, with a few small loose rocky sections and a couple ...
Learn more about Potters Canyon - FS 50271

Millers Flat Road is part of the Arapeen OHV trail system in central Utah. The trail is well maintained with just enough technical driving to keep it exciting. The road drops down from the ridge and winds through mountain hills and the scenery is breathtaking as you drive past Miller, Cleveland, and...
Learn more about Millers Flat Road

This short out-and-back trail branches west from Skyline Drive and follows the ridge to a small overlook and campsite. This trail has deep ruts throughout that can hold water and mud during periods of wet weather, as well as slow vehicles down as they traverse the trail. This trail is scenic as it f...
Learn more about Haystack - FS 50279