Beginner Off-Road Trails
Near Hayden, Idaho

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)

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

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

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

1562 is the main thoroughfare for ATVs through the Canfield Trail System that goes all the way East to West along the north end of the trail system. This is a 3.4-mile-long segment of the ATV trail that is easy with no obstacles and is probably used mostly by dirt bikers and mountain bikers to acces...
Learn more about South Canfield OHV

This is a wide and easy dirt bike trail in the Coeur d'Alene National Forest. It's fast and flowy and goes underneath a bunch of trees like through a tunnel. It's a smooth dirt surface with little pieces of gravel and rock on the surface. It goes through a lush forest of ferns and pine trees, and yo...
Learn more about Canfield Mountain- Trail 11

Looking to check out the entire Rathdrum Prairie area? This is a great, scenic route featuring excellent views of the towns of Coeur d'Alene, Hayden, Athol, Rathdrum, and out to Post Falls. You also are treated to excellent vistas of Hayden Lake and the surrounding mountains. If you're new to the ar...
Learn more about CDA-Hayden Lake View Route

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 2.8-mile-long easy 50" trail through the Canfield Trail System near Coeur d'Alene, Idaho. It has no obstacles, just smooth wide dirt going through a pine tree forest. There are a few old logs down that have been cut, but there's always the potential for more downfall in the early season. T...
Learn more about Dry State OHV

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

Combination of dirt and gravel trail that twists through the forest with distant views out to Lake Hayden. There are a couple of dispersed campsites on the side of the trail. There is also one dispersed campsite just off the main trail that is a short 4x4 high clearance drive out to a spot on the ...
Learn more about Horse Ridge Clop Clop

A beautiful drive down from the Fernando Saddle. If coming from the top of the saddle, you will enjoy expansive views and pass a few trails to explore. As you get to the valley below, you are welcomed by stunning green meadows and beautiful backwoods ranch properties. It feels like you are in anothe...
Learn more about Blue Ridge Views

This is a mostly paved section of trail providing access to a network of other trails in the area. It begins at a large open staging area with multiple trailheads, this area is good for parking any trucks with SXS or Moto trailers. Fernan Saddle trail is mostly forested with a few areas opening up...
Learn more about Fernan Saddle

This well-graded trail follows what appears to be an old mining rail track. The grade is easy, but after years of travel, when wet, have created some decent-sized potholes and some rocky sections. There are a few dispersed campsites along the way, and you cross and run along the creek bed in a few s...
Learn more about Railroad Grade

Singletrack trail to connect Hayden Creek to the Spades Mountain Trails. The trail begins 5 miles up Hayden Creek Road from the end of the pavement. There is a parking area at the trailhead, although most people choose to ride the road to the trailhead. It can get heavy use. It is a 2-way trail, so ...
Learn more about Hell's Canyon

This is a middle trail used to link up to other trails in the area. It's also part of a nice loop if taken from Fernan Saddle and connected up to Horse Ridge Clop Clop and Horse Ridge. This is a well-maintained grated dirt trail. There has been lots of forest thinning and management in the area. ...
Learn more about Hayden Lake Divide

From the top, the road is wide and smooth with great views of the valley and surrounding mountains. Towards the bottom, the road gets steeper and more rough but drops into the creek valley which is heavily wooded and lush. Some camping spots along the creek have nice shade.
Learn more about Canyon Fork Creek Road

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

1562 is the main thoroughfare for ATVs through the Canfield Trail System that goes all the way East to West along the north end of the trail system. This is a 3.4-mile-long segment of the ATV trail that is easy with no obstacles and is probably used mostly by dirt bikers and mountain bikers to acces...
Learn more about South Canfield OHV

Looking to check out the entire Rathdrum Prairie area? This is a great, scenic route featuring excellent views of the towns of Coeur d'Alene, Hayden, Athol, Rathdrum, and out to Post Falls. You also are treated to excellent vistas of Hayden Lake and the surrounding mountains. If you're new to the ar...
Learn more about CDA-Hayden Lake View Route

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

Looking to check out the entire Rathdrum Prairie area? This is a great, scenic route featuring excellent views of the towns of Coeur d'Alene, Hayden, Athol, Rathdrum, and out to Post Falls. You also are treated to excellent vistas of Hayden Lake and the surrounding mountains. If you're new to the ar...
Learn more about CDA-Hayden Lake View Route

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

Combination of dirt and gravel trail that twists through the forest with distant views out to Lake Hayden. There are a couple of dispersed campsites on the side of the trail. There is also one dispersed campsite just off the main trail that is a short 4x4 high clearance drive out to a spot on the ...
Learn more about Horse Ridge Clop Clop

A beautiful drive down from the Fernando Saddle. If coming from the top of the saddle, you will enjoy expansive views and pass a few trails to explore. As you get to the valley below, you are welcomed by stunning green meadows and beautiful backwoods ranch properties. It feels like you are in anothe...
Learn more about Blue Ridge Views