Beginner Off-Road Trails
Near Katherine, Arizona

Grab your bathing suit and paddleboard because Telephone Cove in the Lake Mead Recreation Area is the place to relax and enjoy the water. Both routes--North and South--are wide, maintained dirt roads from the pavement to the parking lots. Both the North and the South have bathroom facilities, dumpst...
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Powerline Road (South), Route 2, is a point-to-point dirt trail that begins and ends off of Princess Cove Road. The trail follows the powerline towers and offers beautiful views of the surrounding desert and the Colorado River to the west. For the most part, it is a mild and easy-going dirt trail. H...
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Arrowhead Cove Road, Route 2A, is an out-and-back trail from Powerline Road South to the water's edge of Arrowhead Cove. The trail follows a wash bed and is easy-going with no major obstacles or challenging sections. Due to the wash, avoid this trail in flash flooding conditions. There is vegetation...
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This trail is on the southern end of Lake Mojave. This end of the Lake Mead National Recreation Area has an entrance station and lake use fees. Lake Mead passes can be purchased online or at one of the entrance stations. Entrance fees are $25 per vehicle;admit a private non-commercial vehicle for 1-...
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This is a fun trail out to a small mine on BLM land. It picks up off Katherine Mine Trail, an extensive open graded trail. Watch for ruts and small cross washes on either end of the trail. This trail heads towards some exciting rock formations around the middle of this trail. These rock formations d...
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The Stonehouse Trail is a single-wide dirt road that winds through desert hills in the Lake Mead National Recreation Area and passes by an old stone house ruin. The road is not technical but has some pretty sandy sections and a couple of rutted areas that require a 4WD with high clearance. The road ...
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Spur to Davis Camp (West), also known as Buck Wash Road, is allegedly part of the Arizona Peace Trail system. It begins just east of Bullhead City and there are a dozen trails/options to reach this particular trail. If following the AZPT highlight on OnX, it begins off of McCormick Boulevard. Right ...
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This is a loop trail out to a multi-tier mine. The trail enters and exits from the Katherine Mine Trail. Getting out to the mine, the trail is a sandy wash that crosses other sandy washes. Once at the mine, it is a choose-your-own-adventure to explore the mine. A couple of fingers of the trail drive...
Learn more about Choose An Adventure Mine to Powerlines

This trail starts from the lower wash on the Princess Cove Trail. It heads up a narrow, loose, rocky hill. The trail surface is rocky and bumpy for a while, running along the top of the ridge before dropping down a steep hill into a sandy wash. There are some rockier ledges to navigate in the middle...
Learn more about Princess 4x4 Telephone Line Trail

This is another fun loop trail in a section of BLM land just outside the Lake Mead National Recreation Area. Off-highway travel is allowed outside the Rec Area. This trail can be picked up at a turn on the pavement just outside of a neighborhood. Keep an eye out for it. It looks like it's just a was...
Learn more about Cave Mine Mountain Site

This is overall a low technical difficulty route with one spot that would not be recommended for anything other than a dirt bike or skilled four-wheeler. It generally follows the large power lines west. Starting from Tropicana RV/Oversize vehicle parking lot, the route is very easy and flat terrain ...
Learn more about Bridge Canyon to Laughlin Single Track

This is a loop trail from the easy main trail, Katherine Mine Trail. One end of the loop is more heavily traveled than the other. The entire trail is a loose, sandy wash trail. The trail loops around a large mountain and heads into a beautiful canyon. The canyon is relatively short, but the rock for...
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The Nevada Telephone Cove Road is inside the Lake Mead National Recreation Area boundary and starts just off State Route 163 a few miles outside of Laughlin, Nevada. This is a well-trafficked and reasonably maintained double-wide dirt road winding through the Mohave desert hillside leading to Teleph...
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This excellent point-to-point trail picks up off Highway 68 From the Katherine Heights Townhomes complex. The trail begins behind the neighborhood. The trail heads north through some mountains and then turns west towards the Colorado River. This area is heavily used and shows signs of regular gradin...
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Christmas Tree Pass is a fun, dirt road adventure in the hills above the Colorado River on the Arizona/Nevada border. It is named for a tree on the trail that is decorated with christmas ornaments. This is a relatively easy drive, with the occasional need for 4Lo on the east section when the sand is...
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To the East of Bullhead City, Secret Pass Slot Canyon is an out-and-back wash trail that leads adventurers to a drivable slot canyon. The trail begins as a wide open, sandy wash basin, consisting of several trails that all lead in the same direction. Most, if not all of them, are washboarded for the...
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Buck Wash Road is a 3 mile point-to-point, two-track trail that parallels Highway 68. From the Black Mountains westward, it is a beautiful hilltop track that rollercoasters its way back to civilization. For the most par,t it is a mild and easy-going dirt trail. There are a handful of brief rocky sec...
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Mead Davis Power Road is a rocky, dusty, sandy, rutted, washed-out road. Some sections require a short wheelbase high clearance vehicle, otherwise, its an easy road 4x4 is highly recommended. There is a chance for water crossings when in the rainy seasons and flash floods. The road runs through both...
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Slot Canyon Bypass is a point-to-point trail that traverses the ridgeline above Secret Pass Slot Canyon. Starting at the western end, the trail begins in the sandy, canyon wash, climbing up and back out into the desert landscape. The trail is predominantly an easy-going dirt two-track with a short h...
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This 3-mile point-to-point stretch of the AZPT connects from Silver Creek Road (155) to Bullhead City, paralleling the Black Mountains to the east and the city to the west. The trail is like a desert rollercoaster, weaving through washes and climbing/descending several hills. The hills vary with dif...
Learn more about Bullhead City AZ Peace Trail

Powerline Road (South), Route 2, is a point-to-point dirt trail that begins and ends off of Princess Cove Road. The trail follows the powerline towers and offers beautiful views of the surrounding desert and the Colorado River to the west. For the most part, it is a mild and easy-going dirt trail. H...
Learn more about Powerline Road (South) - 2

Arrowhead Cove Road, Route 2A, is an out-and-back trail from Powerline Road South to the water's edge of Arrowhead Cove. The trail follows a wash bed and is easy-going with no major obstacles or challenging sections. Due to the wash, avoid this trail in flash flooding conditions. There is vegetation...
Learn more about Arrowhead Cove Road - 2A

This is a fun trail out to a small mine on BLM land. It picks up off Katherine Mine Trail, an extensive open graded trail. Watch for ruts and small cross washes on either end of the trail. This trail heads towards some exciting rock formations around the middle of this trail. These rock formations d...
Learn more about Middle Mine Fun

The Stonehouse Trail is a single-wide dirt road that winds through desert hills in the Lake Mead National Recreation Area and passes by an old stone house ruin. The road is not technical but has some pretty sandy sections and a couple of rutted areas that require a 4WD with high clearance. The road ...
Learn more about Stonehouse Trail

Grab your bathing suit and paddleboard because Telephone Cove in the Lake Mead Recreation Area is the place to relax and enjoy the water. Both routes--North and South--are wide, maintained dirt roads from the pavement to the parking lots. Both the North and the South have bathroom facilities, dumpst...
Learn more about Telephone Cove

Powerline Road (South), Route 2, is a point-to-point dirt trail that begins and ends off of Princess Cove Road. The trail follows the powerline towers and offers beautiful views of the surrounding desert and the Colorado River to the west. For the most part, it is a mild and easy-going dirt trail. H...
Learn more about Powerline Road (South) - 2

Arrowhead Cove Road, Route 2A, is an out-and-back trail from Powerline Road South to the water's edge of Arrowhead Cove. The trail follows a wash bed and is easy-going with no major obstacles or challenging sections. Due to the wash, avoid this trail in flash flooding conditions. There is vegetation...
Learn more about Arrowhead Cove Road - 2A

This is a fun trail out to a small mine on BLM land. It picks up off Katherine Mine Trail, an extensive open graded trail. Watch for ruts and small cross washes on either end of the trail. This trail heads towards some exciting rock formations around the middle of this trail. These rock formations d...
Learn more about Middle Mine Fun