Beginner Off-Road Trails Near Idanha, Oregon

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Lucky Butte Lakes

Depending on your starting location, North or South, either end of this trail is an great place to start. There are plenty of campsites and day use areas to stage your group in or just…
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Total Miles
21.4
Tech Rating
3 Easy
Best Time
Su / Sp / Fa

ENO - NF Road 2676

ENO or NF Road 2676 connects McKenzie Highway to Santiam Highway and is a relaxing drive down a windy gravel road through the Willamette National Forest. There are scenic lava rocks and a couple of…
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Total Miles
5.7
Tech Rating
1 Easy
Best Time
Su

Latiwi Creek

Latiwi Creek road runs through the Willamette National Forest and is an access road to Houserock Falls Trailhead and House Rock Campground. The road is a single-lane road, with spots to pull over, downed trees…
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Total Miles
9.6
Tech Rating
1 Easy
Best Time
Sp / Fa / Su

River to Sky

These are fun, wide and remote trails from Metolius river to Three Finger Jack area.
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Total Miles
11.7
Tech Rating
2 Easy
Best Time
Sp / Su / Fa

Gordon Lakes

Gordon Lakes is a short typically unmaintained gravel road, that has been worn down over the years, so in spots, it can be muddy when wet and has a few smaller potholes. The road runs…
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Total Miles
2.6
Tech Rating
1 Easy
Best Time
Sp / Su / Fa

Green Ridge

This is a 75-mile gravel connector route between Madras, OR and Suttle lake. This route passes through Lake Billy Chinook State Park before climbing into the forest and dropping steeply down to the Metolius River.…
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Total Miles
60.1
Tech Rating
2 Easy
Best Time
Su / Fa

Abbot Butte Loop

This route provides amazing views of Mt. Jefferson and the open hillsides that were hit by a big burn years ago. The route starts out fairly tight, making it not recommended for full-size rigs or…
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Total Miles
8.5
Tech Rating
3 Easy
Best Time
Sp / Su / Fa / Wi

Gordon

Gordon road is a no camping area with signs posted at the beginning. The road offers gravel and a natural mixed surface, that is single wide with room to pull over for vehicles to pass,…
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Total Miles
14.3
Tech Rating
1 Easy
Best Time
Sp / Su / Fa

Trapper Creek

Trapper Creek Road #1516 runs through the Willamette National Forest. It is an easy single-lane road, with a few small turnouts. The surface is a mix consisting mostly of gravel and natural surface, in some…
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Total Miles
6.5
Tech Rating
1 Easy
Best Time
Sp / Su / Fa

Quentin Creek

Quentin Creek road number 1513 runs through the Willamette National Forest. It is an easy gravel road with some areas that get steep and curvy. This road is not short of thick beautiful trees and…
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Total Miles
7.3
Tech Rating
1 Easy
Best Time
Sp / Su / Fa

Cache Mountain - NF 2067900

Tight Forest Service road that leads from the Old Santiam Wagon Road up to the summit of Cache Mountain at 5800'. Many of the roads in this area are overgrown with manzanita bushes that will…
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Total Miles
3.6
Tech Rating
3 Easy
Best Time
Su / Fa

Cook Creek

Cook Creek road runs through the Willamette National Forest, it is an easy gravel road that has been overgrown in some spots. There are a few sections of this road that has big rocks that…
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Total Miles
2.9
Tech Rating
1 Easy
Best Time
Sp / Su / Fa

Boulder Creek

Boulder Creek Road is a wide single-car road, with enough room to pass two cars if need be. It runs through the Willamette National Forest. Sections of the road and winding, and other sections are…
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Total Miles
7.4
Tech Rating
1 Easy
Best Time
Su / Sp / Fa

Lower Cross District Trail

Wide, graded cinder Forest Service Road with occasional rocky sections. This road runs North - South between historic McKenzie Highway and the historic Old Santiam Road. Spur roads to the West dead-end shortly at the…
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Total Miles
5.6
Tech Rating
1 Easy
Best Time
Su / Fa / Sp

La Dee Flats

Area consisting of many 4x4 and ATV trails that branch off of main roads. The road itself is gravel with many potholes. During the winter, snow will cover a majority of the area allowing for…
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Total Miles
4.1
Tech Rating
3 Easy
Best Time
Sp / Su / Fa / Wi

Green Mountain Road

This is one of the main roads heading up to Goat Mountain. There are many spur roads you can take off of Green Mountain Road; just make sure to check the status of gate closures.…
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Total Miles
4.9
Tech Rating
1 Easy
Best Time
Wi / Fa / Su / Sp

Upper Cross District Trail - NF 103000

Mostly graded cinder Forest Service Road looping off of the Lower Cross District Trail. This road skirts the edge of the Mount Washington Wilderness and leads to spurs that dead-ends along the wilderness boundary. This…
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Total Miles
5.2
Tech Rating
2 Easy
Best Time
Sp / Su / Fa

Scott Creek

Scott Creek is an easy very smooth gravel road that takes you through the Willamette National Forest, there are a couple of good spots to pull off to camp along the route, and some areas…
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Total Miles
14.3
Tech Rating
1 Easy
Best Time
Sp / Su / Fa

Green Mountain Gravel Pits

This route takes you off the main Green Mountain Road, up Green Mountain Middle Road, and to a few gravel pit areas. The route provides a few views of the city of Colton and other…
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Total Miles
1.4
Tech Rating
1 Easy
Best Time
Sp / Su / Fa / Wi

Quarry Head Trail

This is a trail to the small quarry before the main quarry. Rough roads cut by winter snow may make 4x4 a requirement. Winter months bring deeply rutted snowbanks that will force you into potholes.…
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Total Miles
2.5
Tech Rating
3 Easy
Best Time
Wi / Fa / Su / Sp

Green Ridge Lookout Tower

This is a gravelly dirt road that takes you up to Green Ridge Lookout Tower where you will see incredible views of the Cascade Mountain Range. Once at the top there is plenty of parking.…
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Total Miles
6.1
Tech Rating
1 Easy
Best Time
Su / Sp / Fa

OHV Abbott Road Quarry

This sneaky hidden side trail opens up to another bigger quarry play area. It's short; it's sweet. But good to know how to find it since you can pass right over it. There is a…
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Total Miles
0.2
Tech Rating
2 Easy
Best Time
Sp / Su / Fa / Wi

Abbott Road 6410 Quarry Split

Turn to follow Abbott road towards the quarry. Here the difficulty kicks it up a notch. Deep ruts and pits are hard to judge in the winter months due to puddling. Most are safe; some…
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Total Miles
0.8
Tech Rating
3 Easy
Best Time
Sp / Su / Fa / Wi

Abbott Road 4610

This road takes you up the mountain past the La Dee Flats staging area out towards the quarries. The staging area has raised loading docks for loading and unloading trailers. Goes past the La Dee…
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Total Miles
6.8
Tech Rating
3 Easy
Best Time
Wi / Fa / Su / Sp

Prairie Farm Creek

This route will take you up to Prairie Farm Creek and the top side of Green Ridge. The route provides many camping opportunities with an abundant amount of other spur trails you can branch off…
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Total Miles
7.7
Tech Rating
2 Easy
Best Time
Sp / Su / Fa / Wi

Buck Mountain

Buck Mountain road is an easy gravel/natural surface mixed-surface road, with some sections that have a gradual yet steep incline. The road runs through the Willamette National Forest, which has a pretty view on clear…
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Total Miles
7.3
Tech Rating
1 Easy
Best Time
Su / Sp / Fa

Thoughtful Lunch Trail

This is a super easy, dirt and mud trail that leads to a beautiful viewpoint and camp spot. Gorgeous tree covered hills with large devastating burn patches show the harsh reality of the forest fires.…
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Total Miles
1
Tech Rating
2 Easy
Best Time
Sp / Su / Fa / Wi

NF-115

Gravel Forest Service road winding through a landlocked section of the Deschutes National Forest above the Deschutes River. This section is accessible from the South and is surrounded by the nearby Jefferson Wilderness and Warm…
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Total Miles
8.1
Tech Rating
1 Easy
Best Time
Su / Fa

NF-1130300

Tight Forest Service road winding through the landlocked section of the Deschutes National Forest above the Deschutes River. This road parallels nearby NF-113 but is much more interesting route to travel. It varies in elevation…
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Total Miles
3
Tech Rating
2 Easy
Best Time
Su / Fa

Squawback Ridge - NF119000

This gravel Forest Service road winds through a landlocked section of the Deschutes National Forest above the Deschutes River. This section is accessible from the South and is surrounded by the nearby Jefferson Wilderness and…
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Total Miles
10.2
Tech Rating
1 Easy
Best Time
Su / Fa