Beginner Off-Road Trails
Near Harrison, Idaho

This is a very nice easy drive through some beautiful thick forest. The road is mostly wide enough for easy passing and is mostly smooth. There are good views of the valleys and the rest of the mountain range. This is a great alternate route from Harrison to Carlin Bay for 4-wheel vehicles as well a...
Learn more about Carlin Creek/Carrill Ridge

This is an easy backcountry route between Harrison and Beauty Bay. The route takes you through lots of dense forest and cedars with filtered views into the Rose Lake area. This route can be done with any type of vehicle as it is on well-maintained FS roads.
Learn more about Beauty Bay/Harrison

Mount Coeur d'Alene (439) is a single-width road that begins off East Burma Road and heads east up Mount Coeur d'Alene. After the peak of Mount Coeur d'Alene, it continues towards Red Horse Mountain, ending near Beauty Saddle at a large 4-way intersection with plenty of room to park and some breatht...
Learn more about Mount Coeur d'Alene (439)

The Beauty Creek Divide Trail is southeast of the city of Couer d'Alene. The trail has multiple viewpoints of the mouth of the Couer d'Alene River. There are a couple of dispersed camp sights and wide pullouts to allow other users to get by. there are some rutty areas and steep cliffside sections. R...
Learn more about Beauty Creek Divide Trail

This is a very nice route through the mountains from the Rose Lake area to the top of 4th of July Pass. The climb out of Kalarney Lake has some amazing views of the small lakes on the valley floor. Once you cross over the ridge, you are greeted by great views of the surrounding mountains. The road ...
Learn more about Kalarney Lake to 4th of July

This road starts out fairly easy but is progressively more challenging as you get deeper into the woods. If you can make it at least halfway, you'll be rewarded with a few breathtaking views of Lake Coeur d'Alene and other nearby mountains. Pay attention to the drive as these views are fleeting! Roa...
Learn more about Beauty-Cedar (1575)

This is a gradual and easy ATV route running north from the southern boundary of the ORV park. It begins as a wide, dry, and dusty path that traverses grassy slopes and sparse pine forest, maintaining a fairly straight and level course with only minor elevation changes. The trail is well-suited for ...
Learn more about Straight Shot

This trail is a 1-mile easy OHV route that runs north to south through the center of the ORV park. It travels through a mix of grassy meadows and pine forest, with a wide and open layout that narrows slightly in places but remains suitable for ATVs. The trail is dry and dusty with light rutting alon...
Learn more about Easy Going

Marie Saddle (413) takes you into the Coeur d'Alene National Forest from the Fourth of July Pass area. The road is a fairly easy climb and in decent shape in the summer and fall. This is one of many "entrances" into the Coeur d'Alene National Forest and will lead you to a network of several other tr...
Learn more about Marie Saddle (413)

This route travels north through the Coeur d'Alene National Forest, just north of the Wolf Lodge area. It begins at Meyers Saddle and ends at Fernan Saddle, which is a large staging area with ample parking and a few intersecting trails. The road is a fairly easy climb and in decent shape. This is on...
Learn more about Blue Creek (499)

This route starts out from the 4th of July Pass recreation parking lot and takes you through Curran Saddle over to Marie Saddle Road #412. From there, it's just 2.3 miles back to North Fork Coeur d'Alene River #209, which is a main route back towards town or I-90. This is one of many entrances to g...
Learn more about 4th July - Copper Creek - 3097

This is an easy two-track open to vehicles less than 50". It leaves from the parking area on Nettleman Road and goes through a gate. It's an old repurposed road now used by ATVs. The trail is a wide gravel flat path, with a gradual incline as you go north. It has lots of curves through the pine tree...
Learn more about Canfield OHV

This 2.8-mile-long dirt bike trail leaves from the west end from the bottom of Trail 1 and is much easier than Trail 1. It goes along a shelf of a hillside, on an easy single track that is not too narrow and a bit wider in spots. Then it goes along an open hillside with scattered pine trees. It's mo...
Learn more about Canfield Mountain - Trail A (West)

Most of this trail is on a paved twisty road leading up into the Panhandle National Forest. The pavement ends at the top of the hill and spiderwebs into several dirt trails. Horse Ridge Trail is the furthest left at the top. It runs back along the ridge just above the paved section of the trail. ...
Learn more about Horse Ridge Trail

Trail 6 in the Canfield Trail System is a short connector trail between the D and A singletracks. This one is 1.3 miles long and very easy. The north end goes past a gate, then starts out like a shelf on the side of a mountain, but is wide. It's more like an old road in the beginning. It's pretty sm...
Learn more about Canfield Mountain- Trail 6

Trail B is an easy single track in the Canfield Trail System, although long and windy. From the west end, it starts as a narrow single track through trees and bushes. It's smooth and easy in the beginning but it does have a few mud puddles. The trail traverses along the side of a mountain, almost li...
Learn more about Canfield Mountain - Trail B

These are single track trails that are part of the Canfield trail system. Penn is a one-way up trail and Cave is a one-way down trail. Penn is a sustained climb that is mostly smooth, but does have some ruts and whoops. Cave has small jumps which can be aired out or easily rolled over. Due to being ...
Learn more about Penn Trail, Cave Trail Loop

This 5.6-mile segment of Trail A is a long and windy single track in the Canfield Trail System. It's wide and smooth coming from the east end. It has narrower sections later with more pieces of rock in the trail. It goes along a shelf, winding along the side of the mountain. It's like an old shelf r...
Learn more about Canfield Mountain - Trail A (East)

This short single track starts at the intersection with dirt bike trails 1562 and Trail A. It begins as a narrow single track through the pine trees. The trail goes on what looks like an old shelf road, following the edge of a mountain that has, over time, become overgrown and turned into a single t...
Learn more about 1562N

This is an easy ATV trail that starts off of East Fernan Lake Road and is used to access the Canfield trail system. There's no parking area at the south end of the trail, just an open gate leading to the dirt trail. It's a really easy two-track-width trail that is a mix of dirt, small rocks, and gra...
Learn more about Dry Gulch Bypass OHV

This is a very nice easy drive through some beautiful thick forest. The road is mostly wide enough for easy passing and is mostly smooth. There are good views of the valleys and the rest of the mountain range. This is a great alternate route from Harrison to Carlin Bay for 4-wheel vehicles as well a...
Learn more about Carlin Creek/Carrill Ridge

This is an easy backcountry route between Harrison and Beauty Bay. The route takes you through lots of dense forest and cedars with filtered views into the Rose Lake area. This route can be done with any type of vehicle as it is on well-maintained FS roads.
Learn more about Beauty Bay/Harrison

Mount Coeur d'Alene (439) is a single-width road that begins off East Burma Road and heads east up Mount Coeur d'Alene. After the peak of Mount Coeur d'Alene, it continues towards Red Horse Mountain, ending near Beauty Saddle at a large 4-way intersection with plenty of room to park and some breatht...
Learn more about Mount Coeur d'Alene (439)

The Beauty Creek Divide Trail is southeast of the city of Couer d'Alene. The trail has multiple viewpoints of the mouth of the Couer d'Alene River. There are a couple of dispersed camp sights and wide pullouts to allow other users to get by. there are some rutty areas and steep cliffside sections. R...
Learn more about Beauty Creek Divide Trail

This is a very nice easy drive through some beautiful thick forest. The road is mostly wide enough for easy passing and is mostly smooth. There are good views of the valleys and the rest of the mountain range. This is a great alternate route from Harrison to Carlin Bay for 4-wheel vehicles as well a...
Learn more about Carlin Creek/Carrill Ridge

This is an easy backcountry route between Harrison and Beauty Bay. The route takes you through lots of dense forest and cedars with filtered views into the Rose Lake area. This route can be done with any type of vehicle as it is on well-maintained FS roads.
Learn more about Beauty Bay/Harrison

Mount Coeur d'Alene (439) is a single-width road that begins off East Burma Road and heads east up Mount Coeur d'Alene. After the peak of Mount Coeur d'Alene, it continues towards Red Horse Mountain, ending near Beauty Saddle at a large 4-way intersection with plenty of room to park and some breatht...
Learn more about Mount Coeur d'Alene (439)

The Beauty Creek Divide Trail is southeast of the city of Couer d'Alene. The trail has multiple viewpoints of the mouth of the Couer d'Alene River. There are a couple of dispersed camp sights and wide pullouts to allow other users to get by. there are some rutty areas and steep cliffside sections. R...
Learn more about Beauty Creek Divide Trail