Beginner Off-Road Trails Near Granger, Washington

Homestead Trail

This is a rough dirt and rocky trail leading to the remains of an old Homestead. On this route depending on the time of year you go through there are 2 water crossings but they…
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Total Miles
15.5
Tech Rating
3 Easy
Best Time
Fa / Su / Sp

Umptatum Ridge Road

Umtanum ridge road is a dirt road with a few deep rutted sections. There are multiple switchbacks as you continue up the hills and as you come down. There is a small bridge crossing with…
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Total Miles
12.9
Tech Rating
3 Easy
Best Time
Sp / Su / Fa

Wild Horse Monument

This is a relatively easy trail that takes you beyond the Wild Horse Monument and into BLM land. Overall, this is a GREAT trail to learn the basics of off-roading in a fun and safe…
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Total Miles
1.5
Tech Rating
3 Easy
Best Time
Sp / Su / Fa / Wi

Windfarm Adventure

This easy gravel road takes you through the Puget Sound Energy Wild Horse Wind Farm. A typical passenger car can handle this section with ease. Starting at the closed gate (season dependent), on the keypad,…
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Total Miles
4.9
Tech Rating
1 Easy
Best Time
Sp / Su / Fa

Quilomene Ridge Road

One-way route with beautiful views over Quilomene Ridge Road to a large camp spot on the banks of Columbia River north of Vantage, WA. This is a nice trip for a group as the camp…
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Total Miles
27.8
Tech Rating
3 Easy
Best Time
Su

Jackknife Ridge Road

Jackknife Ridge Road takes you from the Columbia River at Whiskey Dick Creek, up and over Jackknife Ridge. This recorded route ends at Skookumchuck Creek, which may or may not be passible depending on the…
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Total Miles
6.1
Tech Rating
3 Easy
Best Time
Sp / Su / Fa

Newlands Road

Newlands Road is a dusty roads with loose rocks. There are some uphill spots where loose rocks could be a problem, however for the most part it is just a dirt road. There are a…
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Total Miles
4.8
Tech Rating
2 Easy
Best Time
Sp / Su / Fa

Frenchman Coulee Tour

Most travelers explore the south side of Frenchman Coulee and completely overlook the solitude of the north side. The spur trails lead you to various vantage points along the coulee rim. Each of those spurs…
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Total Miles
2.7
Tech Rating
1 Easy
Best Time
Sp / Su / Fa / Wi

Bethel Ridge Tie Road

Slow going over a rough road of basalt rock. This road rises steeply from roughly 1700' at the Oak Creek Wildlife office off of Highway 12 to over 4000'. There is a seasonal gate at…
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Total Miles
6.8
Tech Rating
3 Easy
Best Time
Su / Fa

Oak Creek FR 1400 to Bear Lake

From Washington State Highway 12, approximately 2.25 miles from the SR 410/HWY 12 junction, the Oak Creek Road (FR 1400) begins, traveling West. The road is primarily gravel with patches of larger rocks, potholes, and…
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Total Miles
11.4
Tech Rating
1 Easy
Best Time
Sp / Su / Fa

Jones Road

Jones road has a few small obstacles, most of which have been cleared, but may require caution. For the most part, this trail is pretty easy going despite the incline. Snow would make it more…
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Total Miles
5.8
Tech Rating
2 Easy
Best Time
Sp / Su / Fa

Jump Off - NF1302

Jump Off road is a 12-mile Forest Service road that crosses the Tieton River at Windy Point and climbs quickly up onto and follows along Divide Ridge to reach Jump Off Lookout. The first 3-4…
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Total Miles
12.1
Tech Rating
2 Easy
Best Time
Sp / Su / Fa

Reynolds Creek Tie - C1201

Reynolds Creek Tie is a 4.5-mile forest service road that drops down from 5,400' at Divide Ridge to 3,400' at Reynolds Creek Road and then follows the creek down into Cowiche, Washington. It is semi-maintained…
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Total Miles
4
Tech Rating
2 Easy
Best Time
Sp / Su / Fa

Cleman Mountain

The Cleman Mountain trail is a relatively easy trail with great views. This trail is mainly a one vehicle wide road with lots of wide places to pass. The trail does not have many obstacles…
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Total Miles
6.1
Tech Rating
3 Easy
Best Time
Sp / Su / Fa

Meloy Canyon Road

This is a scenic, well-maintained forest service road climbing up to Bethel Ridge from Nile. Active logging has cleared the trees for amazing views of the surrounding foothills.
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Total Miles
6.1
Tech Rating
1 Easy
Best Time
Sp / Su / Fa

Lower Mud Lake Road

Lower Mud Lake Road is primarily a dirt and gravel road with limited obstacles. There are some rutted sections, and some descents contain loose rocks, but it's very easy going for the most part. Be…
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Total Miles
6
Tech Rating
2 Easy
Best Time
Sp / Su / Fa

Bethel Ridge Road - NF1500

The twenty-five miles of Bethel Ridge Road climbs up and over Bethel Ridge from Highway 12 to State Route 410 just to the East of the William O Douglas Wilderness. This road is also part…
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Total Miles
24
Tech Rating
2 Easy
Best Time
Sp / Su / Fa

Oak Creek - NF 1400

Gravel Forest Service Road connects down to Bear Lake from Bethel Ridge in the Wenatchee National Forest. This area ranges from 4500-6000', so it is generally snowbound from December until mid-June. This area was devasted…
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Total Miles
3.7
Tech Rating
2 Easy
Best Time
Su / Fa

Whiskey Dick Scenic Overlook Trail

This is an extremely rough rocky dirt road. The road goes by several different reservoirs and dams. It has very scenic views from on top of a ridge line looking down at the Columbia River…
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Total Miles
13
Tech Rating
2 Easy
Best Time
Sp / Su / Fa

Barber Springs Road

Barber Springs Road is a 4-mile, semi-maintained gravel and rock Forest Service road (no FS road #?) connecting Manastash Road up to Manastash Ridge Road and it's adjacent ORV trails at roughly 5200'. This is…
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Total Miles
4
Tech Rating
2 Easy
Best Time
Sp / Su / Fa

Manastash Road - NF3100

This is the middle 8-mile section of the longer 15-mile Manastash Road that travels up to Manastash Ridge from Ellensburg WA. It is a wide, well-maintained gravel Forest Service road. This is a segment of…
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Total Miles
7.4
Tech Rating
1 Easy
Best Time
Sp / Su / Fa

Bald Mountain Road - NF1701

Called both Bald Mountain and Rocky Flat, this ten-mile gravel forest service road climbs from 2,000' at State Route 410 just outside of Nile, WA up to 5,200' where it connects with Manastash Ridge road…
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Total Miles
9.8
Tech Rating
1 Easy
Best Time
Sp / Su / Fa

Lost Lake

Lost Lake is an easy gravel road that runs through the Wenatchee National Forest. One of the camping spots has access to a dirt bike trail and is right at Lost Lake, which offers fishing…
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Total Miles
7.1
Tech Rating
1 Easy
Best Time
Sp / Su / Fa

Milk Creek

Milk Creek is an easy gravel road that runs through the Wenatchee National Forest, some sections of the road has spotty cellphone service. There are a couple of camp spots, and some even are big…
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Total Miles
2.6
Tech Rating
1 Easy
Best Time
Sp / Su / Fa

PineHaus - NF1304

Forest Service road NF1304 doesn't seem to have a name. I call it Pinehaus as it crosses both Pine Creek and Hause Creek as they drain down from Bethel Ridge above. It is an easy…
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Total Miles
4.3
Tech Rating
1 Easy
Best Time
Sp / Su / Fa

Bethel Ridge Road 15

Travel this well-maintained gravel road to access dispersed camping and Bethel Ridge. You will likely run into snow before late spring or early summer.
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Total Miles
6.4
Tech Rating
1 Easy
Best Time
Sp / Su / Fa

Spencer Creek

Spencer Creek road runs through the Wenatchee National Forest, it is a gravel and natural surface easy road. There are both small and big camping spots along this route, some big enough for 4 or…
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Total Miles
3.2
Tech Rating
1 Easy
Best Time
Sp / Su / Fa

Fish Creek

Fish Creek is an overall easy gravel road, that runs through the Wenatchee National Forest. A section of it has been blocked off for larger vehicles as there is a short section that gets tight…
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Total Miles
2.3
Tech Rating
3 Easy
Best Time
Sp / Su / Fa

Pine Tree

Pine Tree road number 1241 runs through the Wenatchee National Forest, it is an easy gravel surface road. At one spot on the road the trees open up and you can see rimrock lake. Thick…
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Total Miles
4.1
Tech Rating
1 Easy
Best Time
Sp / Su / Fa

Bethel Ridge Road West

Bethel Ridge offers some of the most incredible views of Mount Adams and Mount Rainier available in Washington. Rough terrain and moderately deep holes limit this ridge to vehicles with good ground clearance, but many…
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Total Miles
2
Tech Rating
3 Moderate
Best Time
Su / Fa