Beginner Off-Road Trails
Near Johnson Siding, South Dakota

6617 is a mellow and easy single track that meanders through the sparse pine tree forest in the Black Hills. The east side starts at a metal grate pinch point, and then it meanders through the trees and meadows. There are big boulders lining the trail, and small rocks you must ride over, but a lot o...
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6321 goes gradually downhill for 1.6 miles through the Black Hills, connecting the 6339 and 6310 single tracks. This trail is pretty easy, with sections of small loose rocks and narrow sections through grassy meadows and sparse pine trees. It has lots of tight turns through the trees, sections with ...
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6310 is an easy dirt bike trail through the Black Hills. Part of it is a really wide path through the pine forest, but it also narrows up through the grassy meadow. It starts at the staging area on Norris Peak Lane, which is a small dirt parking lot. If staging here, you'll need to take this trail t...
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This is a short segment of 6660 that continues after the Devil's Head segment. It's a mile-long single track with small rocks in the trail, roots across the trail, and bigger loose rocks. There are sections that are smoother and easier as it winds through the rolling Black Hills. The western end end...
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This is a 1.1-mile connector single track that departs from 6305, crosses a powerline trail, and then connects back up to 6305, so it could be used to make a loop or take an alternate route instead of riding the same trail out and back. It's relatively easy the whole way, with easy features such as ...
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This trail is nestled right below the Pactola Reservoir Dam. It's an easy trail to run with some cool sights to see. You will pass a homestead and some cabins, so remember to drive slowly and be respectful. This is a dirt trail with some small rocks. There's very good fishing below the dam and in th...
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6301 is a SXS trail for vehicles 62" or less. The south end starts on the north side of Highway 44, at a dirt turn-off from the highway. This is a great way for dirt bikers to access the single tracks in the Bogus Trail system, or SXS drivers to access the many forest service roads and SXS trails to...
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This an easier very scenic trail that takes you from Nemo Road over to Highway 44. Some smaller rock-rutted uneven road that can be messy in the rain. One major obstacle that has a steep drop down and a narrow steep grade out. Does get narrow when you are running beside the harder section of Flat Na...
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6306 is part of the vast Bogus Jim trail system. 6306 is a very tame gravel road with some occasional small rock obstacles. This trail is open all year, so be mindful that conditions such as snow, rain, and ice, can affect the condition of the road and can potentially make it more challenging to nav...
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6333 is a short one-mile SXS trail through the Bogus Trail System west of Rapid City, South Dakota. It's easy for the entire route but does have a few embedded rocks that are decent sized in the middle of the trail, making it a bumpy ride, but that does not increase the difficulty, as most any SXS v...
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Connecting to the "Cheerios" Bypass Raspberry Ridge is a narrow semi-rocky trail best enjoyed by those with high clearance vehicles. Steep and narrow descents and ascents are full of rocks and boulders making the trail technical, but fun even to new drivers. Raspberry Ridge begins after a single-tra...
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This high-clearance trail leads to the historic Victoria Lake Dam recreation area. Although rated a 2/10, clearance is recommended due to embedded rocks along the route. The trail ends at a turnaround with a 62-inch width-restricted UTV trail branching off. The destination highlights the history tha...
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Victoria 10 is a longer single track, 4.4 miles, through the Black Hills, that is of easy difficulty although it has some easy rock features. It's a long windy trail that would be great for beginners learning to ride rocky single track. This trail is unique compared to some of the surrounding trails...
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Victoria 12 is an easy dirt bike trail, but it has become faint in spots and will require some route finding in order to ride the entire trail. The south end starts in a grassy meadow as a skinny trail, crossing some mud puddles, and flowing over rolling grassy hills covered in widely separated pine...
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Trail #6307 is located within the vast Bogus Jim trail system. This trail is relatively easy to navigate, but there are many loose and rocky obstacles along the path. This trail is open all year long, but be mindful of how weather/seasonal conditions can make this track challenging, such as snow and...
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Victoria 162 is a road that lands you onto Victoria 159 (commonly the main road through the Victoria trail system) or a way to access other roads/trails. Not only is this an incredibly scenic drive, but this area is also a common place for firearms enthusiasts. Be extra mindful of people and vehicle...
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Victoria 06 meanders through a sparse pine tree forest, through really wide open meadows and dispersed trees, for 1 mile starting and ending on Forest Service road 6715. It crosses some chunky outcroppings of rock in the ground that are across the trail, but they are low and easy to get over, not li...
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Victoria 09 is a short and easy single track through the Victoria Trail System. It's mostly a wide path, full of small loose rocks, that goes through grassy meadows under widely separated pine trees in a sparse pine forest. There are bigger chunks of rock in the trail, and you have to ride over embe...
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This route is a southern alternative to riding Merritt Estes Road and Nemo Road. Erskine Gulch Road is just north of where Duran meets with Nemo Road, so you can use this instead of riding gravel/paved roads to/from Merritt Estes. Bogus Jim is a maintained gravel road whereas Duran is a single-vehic...
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This 2.4-mile-long single track through the Black Hills starts right at the intersection of Bogus Jim Road (FS 202) and 642, across from a big meadow used for staging or dispersed camping. The trail goes southeast and ends on a dirt road, and can easily be connected to 6305 and other similarly easy ...
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This trail is nestled right below the Pactola Reservoir Dam. It's an easy trail to run with some cool sights to see. You will pass a homestead and some cabins, so remember to drive slowly and be respectful. This is a dirt trail with some small rocks. There's very good fishing below the dam and in th...
Learn more about Below Pactola Dam

6301 is a SXS trail for vehicles 62" or less. The south end starts on the north side of Highway 44, at a dirt turn-off from the highway. This is a great way for dirt bikers to access the single tracks in the Bogus Trail system, or SXS drivers to access the many forest service roads and SXS trails to...
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This an easier very scenic trail that takes you from Nemo Road over to Highway 44. Some smaller rock-rutted uneven road that can be messy in the rain. One major obstacle that has a steep drop down and a narrow steep grade out. Does get narrow when you are running beside the harder section of Flat Na...
Learn more about Flat Nastys

6306 is part of the vast Bogus Jim trail system. 6306 is a very tame gravel road with some occasional small rock obstacles. This trail is open all year, so be mindful that conditions such as snow, rain, and ice, can affect the condition of the road and can potentially make it more challenging to nav...
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This trail is nestled right below the Pactola Reservoir Dam. It's an easy trail to run with some cool sights to see. You will pass a homestead and some cabins, so remember to drive slowly and be respectful. This is a dirt trail with some small rocks. There's very good fishing below the dam and in th...
Learn more about Below Pactola Dam

6301 is a SXS trail for vehicles 62" or less. The south end starts on the north side of Highway 44, at a dirt turn-off from the highway. This is a great way for dirt bikers to access the single tracks in the Bogus Trail system, or SXS drivers to access the many forest service roads and SXS trails to...
Learn more about 6301

This an easier very scenic trail that takes you from Nemo Road over to Highway 44. Some smaller rock-rutted uneven road that can be messy in the rain. One major obstacle that has a steep drop down and a narrow steep grade out. Does get narrow when you are running beside the harder section of Flat Na...
Learn more about Flat Nastys

6306 is part of the vast Bogus Jim trail system. 6306 is a very tame gravel road with some occasional small rock obstacles. This trail is open all year, so be mindful that conditions such as snow, rain, and ice, can affect the condition of the road and can potentially make it more challenging to nav...
Learn more about Bogus 6306