Beginner Off-Road Trails Near Garden City, Utah

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Hardware Ranch to Bear Lake

This really fun trail starts at Hardware Ranch and heads up past Old Ephraim's Grave up to Peter Sinks Rd. It eventually goes underneath Hwy 89 and drops into Garden City on Bear Lake. Be…
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Total Miles
34.8
Tech Rating
3 Easy
Best Time
Sp / Su

Fish Haven Canyon

This well-maintained access road is about 6.5 miles long. It begins from Fish Haven Idaho, located on the West side of the pristine shores of Bear Lake and T's into Beaver Green Canyon Road. It…
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Total Miles
6
Tech Rating
1 Easy
Best Time
Sp / Su / Fa

C-46 Plane Crash Site

Near Beaver Mountain Ski Resort begins a route that hugs the outline of Beaver Creek. Near the top of the canyon, it swings out southeasterly by Beaver Creek Campground and then winds up a short…
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Total Miles
6.4
Tech Rating
3 Easy
Best Time
Su / Fa

Red Sinks

This is a 50" trail that offers a good variety of heavily forested areas and summits out on top with amazing views to the East down to Bear Lake. It also winds through fields of…
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Total Miles
3.1
Tech Rating
3 Easy
Best Time
Sp / Su / Fa

Kearl Pond

Kearl Pond trail is an easy-graded trail that will lead you to some breathtaking vistas. This trail begins at Hell's Hollow within the Hardware Ranch trail system. You'll head east and climb on top of…
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Total Miles
9.3
Tech Rating
2 Easy
Best Time
Sp / Su / Fa

Old Logan Road

This route is mostly an extension of the Peter Sinks geographic formation carved in an elongated bowl shape from glacial activity near the summit of the mountain range. The result is a miles-long pastoral-like swath…
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Total Miles
4
Tech Rating
2 Easy
Best Time
Sp / Su / Fa

Randolph to Peter Sinks Road

This route is a great spur-off from the Hardware Ranch to Bear Lake Trail. The trail allows an easy and less traveled route into the Peter Sinks area from the small and quaint town of…
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Total Miles
29.8
Tech Rating
2 Easy
Best Time
Su / Fa

Beaver Green Canyon

This scenic trail begins in St. Charles, Idaho, and leads through oak and pine trees, taking you out of the valley. The trail follows a well-graded, full-width gravel road to Pat's Hollow, the site of…
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Total Miles
10.9
Tech Rating
2 Easy
Best Time
Su / Fa

Twin Creeks Road to Bubble Spring

Twin Creeks is a great little spot in Logan Canyon that is also one of the least visited areas in the canyon. The dirt road is open to all vehicles, but is rarely driven. A…
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Total Miles
3.2
Tech Rating
3 Easy
Best Time
Su / Fa

Big Creek Lake

This is a 1.5-mile spur off of Beaver Creek Canyon Road. It offers a few good vistas over Egan Basin and has a few terrain sections that are slightly challenging, but provide variety and interest…
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Total Miles
1.5
Tech Rating
3 Easy
Best Time
Su / Sp / Fa

Temple Fork and Old Ephraim's Grave

This is a nice forest road in Logan Canyon that ends at the historic gravesite of the last and most famous Grizzly Bear to roam Logan Canyon and likely all of Utah.
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Total Miles
4.6
Tech Rating
3 Easy
Best Time
Wi / Sp

Boss Canyon

Boss Canyon is a very scenic 50" only side trail located off of the Franklin Basin road between Logan Canyon, Utah, and Cub River, Idaho. The trail is in the trees much of the time…
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Total Miles
4.5
Tech Rating
Best Time
Su / Sp / Fa / Wi

Elk Valley Guard Station

An easy dirt road to the Elk Valley guard station. During the ride, you will pass a really cool beaver dam. You do have to pass through a gate, just be mindful and close it…
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Total Miles
1
Tech Rating
3 Easy
Best Time
Sp / Su / Fa

Hell's Hollow

Hell's Hollow trail is an easy-graded trail that takes you through some amazing scenery branching off of the main Hardware Ranch trail system. This trail begins at Dip Hollow heading northeast on a full-width trail…
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Total Miles
2.8
Tech Rating
2 Easy
Best Time
Su / Sp / Fa

Old Canyon Trail

This trial offers scenic vistas from both the canyon and the summit. There is alternative access to/from Randolph and Little Creek Campground up to the Shoshone trail system and Garden City/Bear Lake areas via connecting…
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Total Miles
19.7
Tech Rating
2 Easy
Best Time
Sp / Su / Fa

Paris Ice Cave

Paris Ice Cave is a small cave in the Bear River Mountains that is a very popular destination to those visiting nearby Bear Lake. It can easily be done in a day with a visit…
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Total Miles
10
Tech Rating
3 Easy
Best Time
Sp / Su / Fa / Wi

Litz Basin

Litz Basin trail is a fun spur off of Sugar Creek trail. It's an easy, fast, flowy trail that takes you into Litz Basin. It comes to a dead end in the Basin, but it's…
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Total Miles
2
Tech Rating
3 Easy
Best Time
Sp / Su / Fa

Cowley Canyon-Herd Hollow - FS 20047

This is a fairly tame trail that connects the Mount Logan Trail to the Left Hand Fork Trail or vice versa, depending on the direction of travel. Most of this trail travels through private property,…
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Total Miles
4.7
Tech Rating
Best Time
Sp / Su / Fa

Baxter Sawmill Road

Baxter Sawmill Road traverses the mountains, starting with Hardware Ranch and going to Old Canyon Trail. The road is periodically graded and develops medium-sized ruts from time to time. The road is primarily hardpacked dirt…
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Total Miles
8.8
Tech Rating
2 Easy
Best Time
Su / Fa

Red Spur

This forest service road takes you up a short road to the top of Red Spur Mountain and has signs at the turnoff from Old Canyon Trail. The road starts off with some small rocks…
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Total Miles
1
Tech Rating
2 Easy
Best Time
Su / Fa

High Line Trail

Nice 50" trail with great views. The trail is hard packed dirt for the most part. There are some hills with loose gravel but not too bad, very little shade on this trail.
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Total Miles
3.2
Tech Rating
3 Easy
Best Time
Fa / Su

Curtis Creek Road (FR059)

This well-maintained graded road runs from Highway 39 to Old Canyon and Curtis Creek Guard Station. From the end of the road, you can either go back the way you came or go down the…
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Total Miles
15.8
Tech Rating
2 Easy
Best Time
Sp / Su / Fa

Birch Creek Road 407

Birch Creek Road connects the Cub River Road to the community of Mink Creek on State Route 36. The byway allows access to the German Dugway and Telegraph roads. This is an unimproved forest road…
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Total Miles
8.5
Tech Rating
2 Easy
Best Time
Sp / Su / Fa

Lower Cub River Trail

The Cub River Trail starts at the Albert Moser Trailhead in the Cub River area. This 50-inch trail parallels the Cub River Road. The trail flows through the sagebrush and scrub maples intermingled with open…
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Total Miles
2.3
Tech Rating
3 Easy
Best Time
Sp / Su / Fa

6 Bit Springs Road

This is a short 2 mile trail that branches off of Curtis Creek Road and goes to the trailhead for the hike to 6 Bit Springs. The trail is wide enough for one vehicle and…
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Total Miles
1.8
Tech Rating
2 Easy
Best Time
Su / Fa

Running Water Spring Road

This is a scenic road that travels between Curtis Creek Road and 6 Bit Springs Road. There are no major obstacles on this road other than some small ruts and rocks. The trail starts by…
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Total Miles
2.2
Tech Rating
2 Easy
Best Time
Su / Fa

Blacksmith Fork Scenic Drive

This paved road goes through a narrow and scenic canyon with great mountain views ending at Hardware Ranch which is well known for the large elk herd that lives there and is fed all winter.…
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Total Miles
15
Tech Rating
1 Easy
Best Time
Sp / Su / Fa / Wi

Ant Flat Road Utah

The Ant Flat Road is a pleasant and easy mountain drive that runs between Monte Cristo in Ogden Valley and Hardware Ranch in Cache County. The road is well graded making it very easy for…
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Total Miles
13.8
Tech Rating
1 Easy
Best Time
Sp / Su / Fa / Wi

Hyde Park Mine

Just north of the town of Logan is Hyde Park. There are little trails over this hill. From big hill climbs to just easy trails. You can expect to see deer in this area. If…
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Total Miles
2.5
Tech Rating
2 Easy
Best Time
Sp / Su / Fa / Wi

Midland #3309

Midland #3309 is a 5.1-mile-long ATV trail that begins at the Emigration Winter Sports Parking Area and travels south through a mix of forest and open hillsides. The trail starts as a wide, easy dirt…
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Total Miles
4.8
Tech Rating
3 Easy
Best Time
Su / Fa

ATV Trails Near Garden City, Utah

Hardware Ranch to Bear Lake

This really fun trail starts at Hardware Ranch and heads up past Old Ephraim's Grave up to Peter Sinks Rd. It eventually goes underneath Hwy 89 and drops into Garden City on Bear Lake. Be…
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Total Miles
34.8
Tech Rating
3 Easy
Best Time
Sp / Su

Fish Haven Canyon

This well-maintained access road is about 6.5 miles long. It begins from Fish Haven Idaho, located on the West side of the pristine shores of Bear Lake and T's into Beaver Green Canyon Road. It…
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Total Miles
6
Tech Rating
1 Easy
Best Time
Sp / Su / Fa

C-46 Plane Crash Site

Near Beaver Mountain Ski Resort begins a route that hugs the outline of Beaver Creek. Near the top of the canyon, it swings out southeasterly by Beaver Creek Campground and then winds up a short…
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Total Miles
6.4
Tech Rating
3 Easy
Best Time
Su / Fa

Red Sinks

This is a 50" trail that offers a good variety of heavily forested areas and summits out on top with amazing views to the East down to Bear Lake. It also winds through fields of…
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Total Miles
3.1
Tech Rating
3 Easy
Best Time
Sp / Su / Fa

Kearl Pond

Kearl Pond trail is an easy-graded trail that will lead you to some breathtaking vistas. This trail begins at Hell's Hollow within the Hardware Ranch trail system. You'll head east and climb on top of…
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Total Miles
9.3
Tech Rating
2 Easy
Best Time
Sp / Su / Fa

Old Logan Road

This route is mostly an extension of the Peter Sinks geographic formation carved in an elongated bowl shape from glacial activity near the summit of the mountain range. The result is a miles-long pastoral-like swath…
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Total Miles
4
Tech Rating
2 Easy
Best Time
Sp / Su / Fa

UTV/Side-by-Side Near Garden City, Utah

Hardware Ranch to Bear Lake

This really fun trail starts at Hardware Ranch and heads up past Old Ephraim's Grave up to Peter Sinks Rd. It eventually goes underneath Hwy 89 and drops into Garden City on Bear Lake. Be…
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Total Miles
34.8
Tech Rating
3 Easy
Best Time
Sp / Su

Fish Haven Canyon

This well-maintained access road is about 6.5 miles long. It begins from Fish Haven Idaho, located on the West side of the pristine shores of Bear Lake and T's into Beaver Green Canyon Road. It…
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Total Miles
6
Tech Rating
1 Easy
Best Time
Sp / Su / Fa

C-46 Plane Crash Site

Near Beaver Mountain Ski Resort begins a route that hugs the outline of Beaver Creek. Near the top of the canyon, it swings out southeasterly by Beaver Creek Campground and then winds up a short…
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Total Miles
6.4
Tech Rating
3 Easy
Best Time
Su / Fa

Kearl Pond

Kearl Pond trail is an easy-graded trail that will lead you to some breathtaking vistas. This trail begins at Hell's Hollow within the Hardware Ranch trail system. You'll head east and climb on top of…
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Total Miles
9.3
Tech Rating
2 Easy
Best Time
Sp / Su / Fa

Old Logan Road

This route is mostly an extension of the Peter Sinks geographic formation carved in an elongated bowl shape from glacial activity near the summit of the mountain range. The result is a miles-long pastoral-like swath…
Learn more about Old Logan Road
Total Miles
4
Tech Rating
2 Easy
Best Time
Sp / Su / Fa

Randolph to Peter Sinks Road

This route is a great spur-off from the Hardware Ranch to Bear Lake Trail. The trail allows an easy and less traveled route into the Peter Sinks area from the small and quaint town of…
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Total Miles
29.8
Tech Rating
2 Easy
Best Time
Su / Fa