Beginner Off-Road Trails Near Golden Shores, Arizona

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Topock Slot Canyon

From Window Rock, proceed west to Topock and hang a right. The trail winds along a ridge line before diving into a nice, tight slot canyon. Longer wheelbase vehicles will have a bit of a…
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Total Miles
3.2
Tech Rating
Best Time
Sp / Fa / Wi

AZ Peace Trail Segment Lake Havasu to Kingman

This 19.7-mile point-to-point trail is a small segment of the Arizona Peace Trail, a 675-mile off-road trail through western Arizona. This segment takes you from Golden Shores to Bullhead City on Lake Havasu to the…
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Total Miles
18.7
Tech Rating
Best Time
Sp / Su / Fa / Wi

Mojave & Milton Historic Railroad

This trail runs to the historic Middletown Railroad site from the Arizona Peace Trail. The historic Milltown Railroad site is about halfway along the trail between the AZPT and the town of Mojave Valley. There…
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Total Miles
5
Tech Rating
Best Time
Sp / Fa / Wi

Milltown Old Rail Line Trail

This trail begins from a turn-off of the Mojave & Milton Historic Railroad Trail. The trail follows parts of the old Milltown Rail Line. All that remains of the old rail line are dirt berms…
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Total Miles
6.6
Tech Rating
Best Time
Sp / Fa / Wi

Yellowstone North HN79

Yellowstone North is a scenic desert trail that winds through sandy terrain scattered with small rocks, and offers a blend of geological interest and sweeping views. Early on, the route takes you through a wide…
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Total Miles
4
Tech Rating
Best Time
Wi / Fa / Sp / Su

South Spur Loop to Oatman

This trail is a spur section of the AZPT trail. One end of the trail has access from Highway 10, close to the town of Oatman. This trail is rocky and bumpy. None of the…
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Total Miles
3.5
Tech Rating
Best Time
Sp / Fa

Goat Hill

Goat Hill ties into trails 4335 and 4338, weaving through a classic Baja desert setting filled with desert ironwood, creosote, and towering ocotillo. The route travels in and out of multiple washes with a surface…
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Total Miles
4.4
Tech Rating
Best Time
Wi / Fa / Sp

HN452

BLM HN452 may be short, but it plays a key role in connecting several of the region's major trail systems--including Yellowstone, HN127, HN101, 4335, and the Goat Hill trails. This rugged connector winds its way…
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Total Miles
1
Tech Rating
Best Time
Su / Sp / Fa / Wi

BLM 4341

BLM 4341 traces the edge of Highway 95 but offers a far more rugged experience than anything you'll find on pavement. This desert trail carves through a landscape of creosote, cactus, and scrub, running alongside…
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Total Miles
3.2
Tech Rating
Best Time
Su / Sp / Fa / Wi

HM 127

HM127 begins just over half a mile from the Love's Travel Stop off Highway 95, entering the route from the wide-open desert flats. The trail quickly shifts from partially paved remnants to a mix of…
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Total Miles
3.2
Tech Rating
Best Time
Wi / Fa / Sp

Hn042

This trail is more primitive and remote and will require good route-finding skills. On the west end, it starts in a wide sandy wash. It turns into a scenic sand wash lined with tall rock…
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Total Miles
1.2
Tech Rating
Best Time
Wi / Sp / Fa

Ridgeline Trail

Ridgeline is a newer trail that punches above its weight in both elevation and scenery. Starting in a wash, the route climbs steadily up a ridgeline, gaining height quickly and offering expansive 360-degree views of…
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Total Miles
0.7
Tech Rating
Best Time
Su / Fa / Wi / Sp

RV Oasis Bypass West

RV Oasis Bypass West skirts the southern edge of a growing RV community and offers a more rugged alternative for travelers looking to connect trails without backtracking. This short but tough bypass includes a mix…
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Total Miles
0.9
Tech Rating
Best Time
Fa / Su / Sp / Wi

Green Quartz Mine (7936)

This is an out-and-back loop trail that leads you to the Green Quartz Mine. Despite its name, this underground mining operation wasn't seeking quartz at all, but rather gold and silver. This route is on…
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Total Miles
1.2
Tech Rating
Best Time
Sp / Su / Fa / Wi

RV Oasis Bypass East

RV Oasis Bypass East serves as a rugged bypass linking Highway 95 to the HN127 and Yellowstone trail systems. While it's a practical route for accessing deeper trail networks, don't let the "connector" label fool…
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Total Miles
0.5
Tech Rating
Best Time
Su / Sp / Fa / Wi

Washboard Wash

Washboard Wash is part of the Havasu to Kingman connector trail and is best accessed from the south trailhead off State Highway 95 north of Lake Havasu City. You will need to air down if…
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Total Miles
4.5
Tech Rating
Best Time
Fa / Wi

Yellowstone South

Rattleback Trail is a rough-and-ready segment that runs parallel to Highway 95, offering a slow, technical ride through well-worn desert terrain. Originally a connector, the southern mile is now signed as closed, requiring a northern…
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Total Miles
2.5
Tech Rating
Best Time
Wi / Su / Sp / Fa

Hn067

This 2-mile-long dirt bike trail starts behind a campsite off Blankenship Road, which is very busy with campers in prime season (winter). The majority of this route is a very primitive single track and is…
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Total Miles
1.8
Tech Rating
Best Time
Wi / Sp / Fa

Havasu Heights to Stagecoach Ranch Trails

This is an easy SxS run/moderate Jeep run that is a pathway to Stagecoach Ranch Trails. The terrain is light with few obstacles and easy clearance. There are a few wash crossings that have departure…
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Total Miles
17.8
Tech Rating
Best Time
Sp / Fa / Wi

Highway 95 Parallel Trail

This is an unmarked dirt bike trail that parallels Highway 95 and takes you from Blankenship Road towards Havasu. It is road-width and is easy to follow the whole way, although it is not marked…
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Total Miles
0.8
Tech Rating
Best Time
Wi / Sp / Fa

Bypass AZ Peace Trail Bullhead City to Oatman Medium

This trail goes from Bullhead City to the AZPT Bullhead City to Oatman Bypass Easy trail, a wide graded road. Once on the graded road, it's easy to make it to the historic town of…
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Total Miles
5.5
Tech Rating
Best Time
Sp / Fa

White Chief Mine

This is a short out-and-back sandy trail to the White Chief Mine. The trail picks up from historic Route 66 outside Oatman. The beginning of this trail is a wide sandy wash. The surface is…
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Total Miles
1.1
Tech Rating
Best Time
Wi / Fa / Sp

Oatman Quarry AZ Peace Trail to Linda Mine Cutover

This is a cutover trail that links the Linda Mine to the Quarry on the Bypass AZPT Bullhead to Oatman Medium trail. This is a slightly more challenging route with loose hill climbs and some…
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Total Miles
2.1
Tech Rating
Best Time
Sp / Fa

Camp Mojave to Linda Mine

This out-and-back trail crosses the AZPT trail and connects to a network of trails, allowing for different loop trail options. It is one of the easier trails to access from the town of Fort Mojave,…
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Total Miles
5
Tech Rating
Best Time
Sp / Fa

Alkali Spring

This 10-mile out-and-back trail takes you into the Warm Spring Wilderness Area to Alkali Spring. This is one of only two roads that goes into this portion of the Black Mountains. The trail is single-vehicle…
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Total Miles
5.7
Tech Rating
Best Time
Sp / Fa / Wi

AZ Peace Trail to Linda Mine and Memorial

This trail out to the Linda Mine and Memorial can be run as an out-and-back or it can be connected to other trails at the mine to create a loop. Starting this trail from the…
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Total Miles
2.1
Tech Rating
Best Time
Sp / Fa

X Marks the Spot from Linda Mine

This out-and-back trail connects the Linda Mine and Memorial to a neat dispersed campsite with a view over Bullhead City. The trail is technical and close to the mine. It has a couple of steep…
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Total Miles
1.8
Tech Rating
Best Time
Sp / Fa

AZ Peace Trail Bullhead to Oatman Bypass Easy

This easy, wide, well-maintained dirt trail connects Bullhead City to the historic town of Oatman. The trail is graded regularly and is wide enough for two vehicles to pass. One section goes through a mountain…
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Total Miles
8.5
Tech Rating
Best Time
Sp / Fa

Sterling to AZ Peace Trail

This trail begins in town on the edge of a neighborhood and connects to the AZPT trail. It picks up off of East Sterling Road in a turn and heads out into the desert. The…
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Total Miles
3.2
Tech Rating
Best Time
Sp / Fa

Powerline Wash ATV Trail

This is a short ATV trail through the Arizona State Trust Land east of Highway 95, north of Havasu. It goes under some powerlines, in a medium-width wash, with lots of tracks and whoops and…
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Total Miles
1.3
Tech Rating
Best Time
Wi / Sp / Fa

ATV Trails Near Golden Shores, Arizona

Topock Slot Canyon

From Window Rock, proceed west to Topock and hang a right. The trail winds along a ridge line before diving into a nice, tight slot canyon. Longer wheelbase vehicles will have a bit of a…
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Total Miles
3.2
Tech Rating
Best Time
Sp / Fa / Wi

AZ Peace Trail Segment Lake Havasu to Kingman

This 19.7-mile point-to-point trail is a small segment of the Arizona Peace Trail, a 675-mile off-road trail through western Arizona. This segment takes you from Golden Shores to Bullhead City on Lake Havasu to the…
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Total Miles
18.7
Tech Rating
Best Time
Sp / Su / Fa / Wi

Mojave & Milton Historic Railroad

This trail runs to the historic Middletown Railroad site from the Arizona Peace Trail. The historic Milltown Railroad site is about halfway along the trail between the AZPT and the town of Mojave Valley. There…
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Total Miles
5
Tech Rating
Best Time
Sp / Fa / Wi

Milltown Old Rail Line Trail

This trail begins from a turn-off of the Mojave & Milton Historic Railroad Trail. The trail follows parts of the old Milltown Rail Line. All that remains of the old rail line are dirt berms…
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Total Miles
6.6
Tech Rating
Best Time
Sp / Fa / Wi

South Spur Loop to Oatman

This trail is a spur section of the AZPT trail. One end of the trail has access from Highway 10, close to the town of Oatman. This trail is rocky and bumpy. None of the…
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Total Miles
3.5
Tech Rating
Best Time
Sp / Fa

Green Quartz Mine (7936)

This is an out-and-back loop trail that leads you to the Green Quartz Mine. Despite its name, this underground mining operation wasn't seeking quartz at all, but rather gold and silver. This route is on…
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Total Miles
1.2
Tech Rating
Best Time
Sp / Su / Fa / Wi

UTV/Side-by-Side Near Golden Shores, Arizona

Topock Slot Canyon

From Window Rock, proceed west to Topock and hang a right. The trail winds along a ridge line before diving into a nice, tight slot canyon. Longer wheelbase vehicles will have a bit of a…
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Total Miles
3.2
Tech Rating
Best Time
Sp / Fa / Wi

AZ Peace Trail Segment Lake Havasu to Kingman

This 19.7-mile point-to-point trail is a small segment of the Arizona Peace Trail, a 675-mile off-road trail through western Arizona. This segment takes you from Golden Shores to Bullhead City on Lake Havasu to the…
Learn more about AZ Peace Trail Segment Lake Havasu to Kingman
Total Miles
18.7
Tech Rating
Best Time
Sp / Su / Fa / Wi

Mojave & Milton Historic Railroad

This trail runs to the historic Middletown Railroad site from the Arizona Peace Trail. The historic Milltown Railroad site is about halfway along the trail between the AZPT and the town of Mojave Valley. There…
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Total Miles
5
Tech Rating
Best Time
Sp / Fa / Wi

Milltown Old Rail Line Trail

This trail begins from a turn-off of the Mojave & Milton Historic Railroad Trail. The trail follows parts of the old Milltown Rail Line. All that remains of the old rail line are dirt berms…
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Total Miles
6.6
Tech Rating
Best Time
Sp / Fa / Wi

South Spur Loop to Oatman

This trail is a spur section of the AZPT trail. One end of the trail has access from Highway 10, close to the town of Oatman. This trail is rocky and bumpy. None of the…
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Total Miles
3.5
Tech Rating
Best Time
Sp / Fa

Green Quartz Mine (7936)

This is an out-and-back loop trail that leads you to the Green Quartz Mine. Despite its name, this underground mining operation wasn't seeking quartz at all, but rather gold and silver. This route is on…
Learn more about Green Quartz Mine (7936)
Total Miles
1.2
Tech Rating
Best Time
Sp / Su / Fa / Wi