Beginner Off-Road Trails Near Gardendale, Alabama

Mostly a gravel road with a few potholes and light washes in places. Scenic views midway through the trail. Awesome wooden bridge to cross and take spectacular pictures with your vehicle. Great place to swim…
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Trail 406A is best started from the top of Hagans Hill, but can be started down the trail a little further on 406, but there is a switchback to turn to keep on trail 406A,…
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Trail 301 is a very long trail that connects you to a lot of shorter, harder trails. It has a lot of off-camber areas and some large step-down ledges that are one and two feet…
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Trail 300 Main is a practical and accessible route that connects to many one-way trails in the 300-series system. At the start, there is a bridge and creek where you can stop and explore the…
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Trail 406 had one ledge area that was about 1-2' ledges to climb at the Hagans Hill area. This was the bypass to Hagans Hill. Most of this trail is just dirt with some muddy…
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Trail 406B was a short trail that takes you to the bottom of Lunchtime. This is where you start Lunchtime, which is a difficult rock climb trail with steep grades, but trail 406b is not…
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Trail 308 was a long trail with a couple of muddy areas and a couple of deeper mud holes. There were several areas with a grade that weren't entirely super steep. Overall, this trail was…
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Trail 304 was an easier trail with a couple of rock obstacles and a couple of ruts that were about 2-3 feet tall. There are a couple of muddy areas to work through. When you…
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Big Hill Bypass is a practical and reliable trail for those avoiding the more challenging sections of the park. Its consistent surface and moderate traffic make it a favorite for travelers seeking a smooth and…
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Trail 407H has some long steep grades both up and down along this trail. It did not have any major rock obstacles or mud obstacles, but you will need to be aware of loose rocks.…
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Horseshoe Bend is a wooded trail that has an uphill grade on the first part all the way to the halfway point and downhill for the remainder of the trail. There are no major ruts…
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Turkey Hill is a mostly dirt trail with some small ruts on both sides of the trail. The first part of the trail was an upward grade with some 1 to 2 foot ledges along…
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Blacksmith Road is a one-way trail starting at the southeast corner of Landing Zone 5 and connecting back to the east end of the same area. This easy trail offers flat terrain through a wooded…
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Ash road is a wooden trail. It is a very skinny trail with a couple of switchbacks. It starts out with a very deep rut, over 2' deep on the left side of the trail.…
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Trail 407C starts on trail 407 and ends on trail 407D. You will need to make a right turn at the end of the trail. There are arrows pointing you in that direction. There is…
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Snake Road goes along the outside of Ash Road. It is very overgrown towards the end of the trail. The middle section of the trail has some rutted areas along the path. This trail is…
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This trail is by the cell tower, and is another way that used to fully take you up to the cell tower. This is now a dead-end trail, but it does have a lot of…
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Trail 410 is an all-dirt trail with a steep grade going downwards for the whole trail. There are no difficult rock obstacles, and only one ledge to go down that is about 1 foot tall.…
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Trail 307 is a wooded route with several off-camber sections and a couple of switchbacks. Some ruts reach about two feet deep but can be straddled to cross, and there are no major rock or…
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Trail 409B is a dirt trail with one steep grade at the last half of the trail. This whole trails goes from south to north and the grade is upwards. There is a rut on…
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Trail 408 starts out as an easier trail and then towards the end it has some steeper grades and some ruts to work around, as well as a few rock obstacles. The last half of…
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Trail 422A was an easy trail through an all-wooded area. There were some muddy spots along the trail, but nothing deep, probably even dry during the summer months. There were no major obstacles along this…
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Termulis was a steep grade upwards with no major rock obstacles and no major ledges. It was a rutted-out path up a steep grade. This trail starts by all the other competition hills off the…
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Trail 405D is a one-way, hard-packed dirt trail that branches off from Baldie 44 approximately halfway down its route. The trail heads north from Baldie 44 and is known for its challenging layout, featuring numerous…
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Trail 303 starts off as just a dirt trail along a creek. It does not have any major obstacles to begin with, about half way through the trail it does have a steep grade up…
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Trail 403 takes you from the main access trail to Trail 300, which is another main trail for this side of the park. There is a creek crossing and a couple of mud holes along…
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Trail 405B starts midway down the hill on the main access trail and ends at the helicopter site. This trail had a rut that varied in depth from 1' to 3' along the whole trail.…
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Trail 405A is a one-way route starting at Landing Zone 6, featuring a hard-packed dirt surface with occasional water holes that may vary in depth depending on weather conditions. The trail's tight turns and closely…
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407E is an easy trail in an all-wooded area. There were some tight areas to make turns in, and it had a couple of mud holes, but nothing over 12 inches deep. This trail is…
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Bobby's world is a trail with a steep grade upwards with several turns in it and a couple of 1 foot rock obstacles during the route. This trail starts off the main access trail by…
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