Beginner Off-Road Trails
Near Flaming Gorge, Utah

Rifle Range Road (FS 10542) is a 1/10 out-and-back trail in Flaming Gorge Recreation Area. While its name and predominant claim to fame are a public shooting range, the geology in the canyon is worth the short trip out and back. The road is easily passable by all vehicles and is generally rocky dirt...
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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 is an out-and-back gravel washboard track on a small peninsula, but there are a few fun ATV trails and routes on it. Other th...
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This is a primitive section of powerline trail that is accessible from the Red Spring Campground. It doesn’t connect to the rest of the trail system except via US Highway 191, for which you must be street legal. The trail is unmarked and a bit overgrown, entering the pine trees from the entrance of ...
Learn more about Don Hatch Memorial #1160

Trail 212 is a 2-mile-long easy ATV trail through the Ashley National Forest. The north end is a continuation of the road section of FS 212. It turns into ATV designation at the intersection with Trail 25, and continues south. It goes through the forest on a wide two-track covered in a light layer o...
Learn more about Big Park Lake Park #212

This is a 1-mile section of ATV trail that accesses the trail system on both the east and west sides of US Highway 191, crossing the highway in the middle of the route. It helps connect the trail system on the west side of the highway to the many dispersed campsites and staging areas on the east si...
Learn more about Bowden Draw Access Trail

East McKee is an unmaintained point-to-point dirt trail rated 2/10 in the Ashley National Forest. It is a single-lane dirt trail that runs generally parallel to and to the east of US 191. It is a varied surface, and at all times one lane wide. Variations in surface range from smooth dirt to heavily ...
Learn more about East McKee - FS 10045

The Lake Park ATV trail starts on the west end next to the East Park Reservoir, and parallels the lake for the first bit. It’s a wide forested trail with several shallow ruts, with occasional muddy spots, and you can see the lake through the trees. There are several spots in the beginning to walk do...
Learn more about Lake Park #28

Trail 15 is a short powerline trail that connects the staging area on the east side of US Highway 191 to the rest of the trail system. The trail crosses the highway directly across from the staging area, then drops down a forested hillside on a wide dirt trail below a series of powerlines. The hill ...
Learn more about Grizzly Ridge North Spur #15

Trail 10 makes a short 1.5 mile loop off of Trail 17, and is mostly just a wide and gradual dirt trail that winds through the lodgepole pines. The trail has a light layer of embedded rocks in it, but is not nearly as rocky as some of the other nearby ATV trails. It is mostly smooth dirt and fast and...
Learn more about Round Park South #10

Pothole - FS 10256 is an out-and-back trail rated 3/10 in Ashley National Forest. Its name comes from Pothole Creek, which runs alongside it, but it also fits the trail’s rugged surface. This two-track path features a long stretch of holes, dips, and deep mud pits. After navigating the first half, i...
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Deep Creek Road offers an easy and scenic dirt-and-gravel route through Utah’s Ashley National Forest, making it perfect for beginners, overland campers, and families seeking a relaxed mountain drive. Connecting Highway 44 on the east with Forest Road 218 on the west, this well-maintained corridor w...
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East Draw Diamond Ridge Connector - FS 122 is a point-to-point connector trail between East Draw - FS 10255 to the west, and Limestone Ridge - FS 10257 to the east. Connector trail or not, it stands on its own as a fun excursion. For most of its length, it's a rutted, rocky trail that never loses it...
Learn more about East Draw Diamond Ridge Connector - FS 122

This trail is an out-and-back trail that starts at Utah Highway 44 and heads East to a scenic overlook of Flaming Gorge. This trail is a smooth, well-maintained road that is two vehicles wide throughout, with plenty of room to turn around and park at the overlook. Be sure to watch out for livestock ...
Learn more about Dowds Mountain - FS 10094

Basset Creek - FS 10579 is a 2/10 rated point to point trail in the Ashley National Forest. It is dirt two-track from start to finish and is exceptionally narrow in places for a larger vehicle. While the USFS MVUM states that it's usable for most vehicles, in reality, it's best suited for SxS or bel...
Learn more about Bassett Creek - FS 10579

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 heading west. The beginning of the trail might be challenging as it involves a dirt road that winds thr...
Learn more about Grizzly Ridge Yurt

This trail is a short out-and-back trail that heads north from Pipeline West Trail down to the shore of Flaming Gorge. This trail is an easy trail as it heads across the flats with a few sections with small rocks to navigate as it crosses over some small hilltops. This trail dead-ends right on the l...
Learn more about Pipeline Complex - FS 60086

This is a short section of ATV trail through a forest of pines and sagebrush, riding across a low hilltop. The two-track is mostly dirt, with small embedded rocks, shallow ruts and dips, and gradual curves. It goes through some wide open meadows on the hilltop that have nice views, then goes through...
Learn more about Little Brush Creek #153

McKee Ridge - FS 10254 is an easy out-and-back route in the Ashley National Forest, rated 2/10. It serves as the access point to the Limber Flag Yurt on McKee Ridge. The road is a single lane with a mix of dirt and rocks. Recently, both sides of the trail were clear-cut for road construction, improv...
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Range Study Loop is a 2/10 rated single width out and back looped dirt trail in the Ashley National Forest. Surface consistency is generally smooth dirt, with a rocky cobble descent at its southern end. The trail can be very muddy after precipitation, which can occur unexpectedly at its altitude. Th...
Learn more about Range Study Loop - FS 10217

Diamond Mountain Road, also known as FS 10048, is a point-to-point route that winds along the east side of Ashley National Forest, stretching in an east-west direction. It is rated 1/10 given normal circumstances, but road conditions after precipitation can increase this rating. It is 2 lanes wide f...
Learn more about Diamond Mountain Road - FS 10048

Rifle Range Road (FS 10542) is a 1/10 out-and-back trail in Flaming Gorge Recreation Area. While its name and predominant claim to fame are a public shooting range, the geology in the canyon is worth the short trip out and back. The road is easily passable by all vehicles and is generally rocky dirt...
Learn more about Rifle Range Road - FS 10542

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 is an out-and-back gravel washboard track on a small peninsula, but there are a few fun ATV trails and routes on it. Other th...
Learn more about Pipeline East

This is a primitive section of powerline trail that is accessible from the Red Spring Campground. It doesn’t connect to the rest of the trail system except via US Highway 191, for which you must be street legal. The trail is unmarked and a bit overgrown, entering the pine trees from the entrance of ...
Learn more about Don Hatch Memorial #1160

Trail 212 is a 2-mile-long easy ATV trail through the Ashley National Forest. The north end is a continuation of the road section of FS 212. It turns into ATV designation at the intersection with Trail 25, and continues south. It goes through the forest on a wide two-track covered in a light layer o...
Learn more about Big Park Lake Park #212

Rifle Range Road (FS 10542) is a 1/10 out-and-back trail in Flaming Gorge Recreation Area. While its name and predominant claim to fame are a public shooting range, the geology in the canyon is worth the short trip out and back. The road is easily passable by all vehicles and is generally rocky dirt...
Learn more about Rifle Range Road - FS 10542

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 is an out-and-back gravel washboard track on a small peninsula, but there are a few fun ATV trails and routes on it. Other th...
Learn more about Pipeline East

East McKee is an unmaintained point-to-point dirt trail rated 2/10 in the Ashley National Forest. It is a single-lane dirt trail that runs generally parallel to and to the east of US 191. It is a varied surface, and at all times one lane wide. Variations in surface range from smooth dirt to heavily ...
Learn more about East McKee - FS 10045

Pothole - FS 10256 is an out-and-back trail rated 3/10 in Ashley National Forest. Its name comes from Pothole Creek, which runs alongside it, but it also fits the trail’s rugged surface. This two-track path features a long stretch of holes, dips, and deep mud pits. After navigating the first half, i...
Learn more about Pothole - FS 10256