Beginner Off-Road Trails Near Hysham, Montana

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Drop Tube Part 2

Drop Tube Trail is a rolling single track through large open fields of the Custer National Forest. With beautiful open vistas and large meadows, the views are incredible. On this trail, there are no obstacles…
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Total Miles
1.7
Tech Rating
2 Easy
Best Time
Sp / Su / Fa

Red Top Hill Road

Red Top Hill road is a single-lane rock road leading to the Tarter Ranch at its terminus. This beautiful road winds and rolls to the South, giving tremendous vista views of Montana's prairies and buttes…
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Total Miles
4
Tech Rating
1 Easy
Best Time
Sp / Su / Fa

FSR 47792

Montana Road 47792 is a rutted, mud track that meanders through the Montana Countryside and Custer National Forest. This road isn't much of one at all, but more like a rutted track through the high…
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Total Miles
4
Tech Rating
3 Easy
Best Time
Sp / Su / Fa

Drop Tube Part 1

Drop Tube Trail is a rolling single track through large open fields of the Custer National Forest. With beautiful open vistas and large meadows, the views are incredible. On this trail there are no obstacles…
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Total Miles
3.6
Tech Rating
2 Easy
Best Time
Sp / Su / Fa

Little Horn

Shorter trail off of Alt. 14 but not short on sight seeing. This trail passes along Dayton Gulch and the Little Bighorn River ultimately coming to a dead end unless you want to switch to…
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Total Miles
20.3
Tech Rating
3 Easy
Best Time
Sp / Su / Fa

Sheep Mountain

This is a longer drawn out trail that starts out in Devils Canyon and takes you all the way to Montana. The first section of the trail is a gradual climb on gravel, but after…
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Total Miles
20.3
Tech Rating
3 Easy
Best Time
Fa / Su

Wilbur Creek Cutoff Road

Wilbur Creek Cutoff Road is a beautiful relaxing trail that gently meanders through the rolling hills of the Custer National Forest. You'll see mule deer and cattle grazing along this road as well as groves…
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Total Miles
4.7
Tech Rating
1 Easy
Best Time
Sp / Su / Fa

FSR 47782

Montana Road 47782 is a rutted, mud track that meanders through the Montana countryside and Custer National Forest. This road isn't much of one at all, but more like a rutted track through the high…
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Total Miles
1.1
Tech Rating
3 Easy
Best Time
Sp / Su / Fa

FSR 47781

Montana Road 47781 isn't much of one at all, but more like a rutted track through the high grassland of Montana. With views of buttes and forest, the road proved challenging after rain and snow,…
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Total Miles
1.1
Tech Rating
3 Easy
Best Time
Sp / Su / Fa

Acton Recreation Area

There are approximately 6.5 miles of roads used for motorized use in this area. Although not very technical, the roads provide off-roaders of all skill level an area to practice and explore on their mountain…
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Total Miles
3.4
Tech Rating
2 Easy
Best Time
Sp / Su / Fa

Fools Creek Trails

A spur from the main Burgess trail that is narrower and more suited to ATV or SXS, but still passable with a 4x4. Steeper hills to climb and descend with small to medium size rocks.…
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Total Miles
35.6
Tech Rating
3 Easy
Best Time
Sp / Su / Fa

Lemonade Road Part 1

Lemonade Road is a red dirt road that winds and weaves its way up, over, around, and through a section of the Custer National Forest. There are no obstacles on this single-lane wide road, and…
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Total Miles
7
Tech Rating
1 Easy
Best Time
Sp / Su / Fa

Lemonade Road Pt 2

The Southern section of Lemonade Road is a single-lane dirt road that heads uphill (North) toward the heart of the Custer National Forest. While rough and well-traveled, the road has no obstacles on it, though…
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Total Miles
3.2
Tech Rating
2 Easy
Best Time
Sp / Su / Fa

Ten Mile Creek Road

Ten Mile Creek Road is a single-lane red dirt road that rolls through pasture, meadow, and the dense pines of the Custer National Forest. There are no obstacles on this road, though some sections of…
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Total Miles
5.4
Tech Rating
1 Easy
Best Time
Sp / Su / Fa

Reanus Cone Trail Part 2

Reanus Cone Road is a single-lane wide dirt track that leads up and over the Reanus Cone, a geological feature in Powder River County, MT. This road weaves upward through beautiful pines and grassland to…
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Total Miles
3.2
Tech Rating
2 Easy
Best Time
Sp / Su / Fa

Burgess

Long connecting trail with many spurs that can be taken. This trail is primarily gravel, but some areas do have rocks breaking the surface. It is also traveled by those making their way into the…
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Total Miles
24
Tech Rating
2 Easy
Best Time
Sp / Su / Fa

Reanus Cone Trail Part 1

The Reanus Cone Trails are winding single tracks that lead through the mixed pine of the Custer National Forest to a couple of immense meadows. In these high meadows, you might see Wild Turkeys, a…
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Total Miles
4.2
Tech Rating
2 Easy
Best Time
Sp / Su / Fa

Burnt Timber Ridge Road

Burnt Timber Ridge Road (2849) is one of many ways to access the Wild Horse Range located in the Pryor Mountains. The majority of the road is within the Wilderness Study Area (WSA). During the…
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Total Miles
10.8
Tech Rating
3 Easy
Best Time
Sp / Su / Fa

Crooked Creek Road

Crooked Creek Road (1017) is one of the many access routes to the top of the Pryor Mountains. Crooked Creek Road is accessed from the south either by Helt Road (1016) Gyp Spring Road (1015)…
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Total Miles
14.6
Tech Rating
1 Easy
Best Time
Sp / Su / Fa

Helt Road

One of the many access routes to the Pryor Mountains, is Helt Road, leaving Warren, MT. Top off your tank in Bridger, MT and head south on Highway 310 to mile marker 5. Turn left…
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Total Miles
18.7
Tech Rating
2 Easy
Best Time
Sp / Su / Fa

Gyp Springs Road

Gyp Springs Road provides a quick access between Hwy 310 at Warren, Montana to Hwy 37, northeast of Lovell, Wyoming, which leads to the southern end of the Bighorn Canyon National Recreation Area. Gyp Springs…
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Total Miles
8.5
Tech Rating
1 Easy
Best Time
Sp / Su / Fa / Wi

Calypso Trail

This trail is very easy when dry. It takes you through amazing scenery of the Terry Badlands. There are a few steep spots where it would be sketchy if conditions are wet. The trail consists…
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Total Miles
8.1
Tech Rating
3 Easy
Best Time
Su

South Railbed Road

South Railbed Road leads south along the Pryor Mountain front to Warren, MT. Windmills are abundant in this area, known as the Pryor Mountain Wind Project. South Railbed Road is well maintained and accessible by…
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Total Miles
8.4
Tech Rating
1 Easy
Best Time
Sp / Su / Fa / Wi

South Pryor Mountain Road

South Pryor Mountain road will lead to South Railbed Road which eventually leads to Warren, MT. Windmills are abundant in this area known as the Pryor Mountain Wind Project. South Pryor Mountain Road is a…
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Total Miles
2.7
Tech Rating
1 Easy
Best Time
Sp / Su / Fa / Wi

Pryor Mountain Road

One of the many access routes to the Pryor Mountains, is Pryor Mountain Road, south of Bridger, MT. Top off your tank in Bridger and head south. Approximately 1.25 miles south on Highway 310 after…
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Total Miles
11.7
Tech Rating
1 Easy
Best Time
Sp / Su / Fa / Wi

Cottonwood Road

Cottonwood Road, located between Highway 310 and Highway 72, south of Bridger, Montana, provides motorized and OHV access to over 100 square miles of BLM and State land. Bobcat Pass Road, to the west, is…
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Total Miles
19.2
Tech Rating
2 Easy
Best Time
Sp / Su / Fa / Wi