Beginner Off-Road Trails Near Glendale, Arizona

This is a dirt-covered service road that is regularly maintained. It's a fun, easy route for getting to different areas. There's nothing technical about this trail aside from a couple of sandy washes. Note of…
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Trail 47030 begins directly off Carefree Highway (Arizona Highway 74), just before the turnoff to Castle Hot Springs Road. Enter through the gate marked "Keep Gate Closed." From here, the route connects to several neighboring…
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Castle Hot Springs is a natural hot spring that has an intriguing history as a health resort. In operation since 1896, the original Castle Hot Springs resort was destroyed by fire in 1976. Under new…
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Trail 47029 begins at the top of the hill off Trail 47030. The route opens with relatively easy terrain and offers scenic views of the lake to the north and Highway 74 to the south.…
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Trail 47028, known as Morgan City Wash, branches to the right directly from Trail 47029. This route follows a simple sandy and rocky wash with several small rock obstacles that provide optional play areas for…
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The trail starts right off Castle Hot Springs Road, with a convenient area to air down and prep before hitting the trail. You'll immediately descend into the wash and begin your journey on Trail 47019.…
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This Is one of the five (5) Exit/Entrance points from Carefree Highway R89 - Use this trail if other Gates are locked. This leads to Wrangler's Nest Trail, West Vistancia Loop, Twin Buttes Trails, and…
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This East Passage takes you to an alternative exit in the event the Carefree Highway R87 Trail Gate is Locked (This trail is 1 Mile Long from the end of Wrangler's Nest Trail to Carefree…
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A quick, short little section of trail that connects Lake Pleasant road to Saguaro Way trail, which leads to a shooting area. There is nothing terribly technical about this route aside from a couple of…
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This section of trail weaves its way through the beautiful desert and leads to a shooting area at the North end. It also connects to a handful of other trails. There are a couple of…
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The north end of this trail starts in a wash at the edge of private property. It goes south in the wide, sandy, and gravelly wash lined with spiky bushes. It departs from the wash…
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Trail 31098 begins off Trail 31047 "Hellgate Wilderness Trail". This in-and-out trail runs on Bureau of Land Management and Arizona State Trust Land. Make sure you have your permit as you cross into the State…
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This is a short but easy ATV trail through the BLM land south of Buckeye, Arizona. It's a wide road-width trail for the whole route. It's very easy the whole way, except it has wash…
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This is an easier dirt bike trail in the Boulders OHV Area. The north end starts off with a hill climb up to the top of the rolling hills, and continues as a narrow ridge…
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This is a short high-clearance primitive road that starts off of North New River Road and connects to Shoemaker Spring. It's uneven and bumpy, with deep ruts that are filled in with round softball-sized rocks.…
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3200 is a shortcut between two halves of the Quail Springs Loop. This trail is more ridden and beat in. It's a hardpack dirt surface with some loose rocks, some steeper grades, and ruts on…
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This is a short ATV trail through BLM land south of the town of Buckeye, Arizona. It's a wide easy two-track for the entire route, winding between the bushes, in a barren desert terrain. It…
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This is a short dirt bike trail that is more like an old road. It's road-width the entire way, and it's a gravelly surface over rolling hills. The trail is covered in loose rock, and…
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This is a road-width trail for dirt bikes. It's mostly very easy the whole route, but does have some slightly off-camber spots as it goes around the hillsides. The trail is covered in loose rock…
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This trail is a two-track width for the 1.4-mile route. It starts at an unmarked entrance on both ends on a mid-width path, narrower than a Jeep trail, between the bushes. It has some big…
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This short section of trail is more narrow and therefore is only open to small utility SXS and smaller. No full-size trucks or SXS's. Nothing too technical on this trail, aside from one section with…
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This mid-width desert trail, ideal for 50" vehicles, starts in the Boulders OHV Area and goes into BLM and Arizona State Trust Land for 2.7 miles. It's a typically fast and flowy ATV trail, with…
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This is an easy but faint, short dirt bike trail near Buckeye, Arizona. Both entrances are unmarked and hidden, and you'd only know to ride it if you had a map. There are only a…
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This is a relatively easy route. This is perfect for bypassing any accident on the I-10 between Miller Road and Sun Valley Parkway. Towards the west end, it will be somewhat paved for a short…
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This is a short segment of narrow trail through the Boulders OHV Area that is most ideal for motorcycles. It goes over a rolling desert terrain of small hills with a few moderate hill climbs.…
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This trail starts in a wide sandy wash that is white gravelly sand and smooth, between the dirt bluffs and bushes. The sand is deep in spots. It has big sweeping corners, but also fast…
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Trail 28002 begins off Cow Creek Road and takes you along the scenic ridgelines of rolling desert hills within BLM-managed land. This extra-wide trail is designed to accommodate the large rock slabs and steep inclines…
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The south end of this trail peels off from the climb on 31038. It starts off as a narrow singletrack, with not many tracks, and looks less trafficked. It goes through a couple of overgrown…
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Starts off as a rock smooth road and eventually turns into a dirt road. The track has a few spots of eroded, washed-out washes that cross the trail, so be cautious if traveling at speed.…
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Table Mesa Road provides primary access to the Table Mesa Recreation Area and its network of OHV trails. It is primarily a washboard gravel road, though washouts and ruts can be present on occasion. While…
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