Beginner Off-Road Trails
Near Knoxville, Arkansas

This semi-maintained gravel route offers a peaceful drive through the countryside of the Ozarks, with dense hardwoods and towering pines creating a scenic canopy for much of the route. As the road winds through the hills, it alternates between gentle curves and longer straight sections, providing oc...
Learn more about County Road 3706

Spring Lake Northern Access Road is a wide, well-maintained route that winds through scenic farmland, offering a peaceful and open drive. However, the trail surface is severely corrugated, particularly on the ascents and descents, making cautious driving essential to avoid vehicle damage. While the ...
Learn more about Spring Lake Northern Access Road

This maintained gravel route winds through a scenic corridor of mature hardwoods and pines, creating a shaded drive with occasional views beyond the forest canopy. Several homes are located along the route, so watch for pets near the roadway and be respectful of private property. Wildflowers can be ...
Learn more about North Web Road

This maintained gravel road offers a peaceful drive through the rolling hills of the Ozarks with no significant obstacles or technical challenges. The route is bordered by dense stands of mature hardwoods and tall pine trees that create long, natural walls of green on both sides of the road. In seve...
Learn more about County Road 3851

This scenic forest route follows a narrow, single-vehicle-wide track with very few places to pull over, so be prepared to yield if you encounter oncoming traffic. Towering hardwoods and pines create a peaceful, shaded drive, with sections where the tree canopy nearly encloses the road. The route win...
Learn more about Slover Creek

Little Bigger Road is an easy, well-maintained gravel road that serves as a primary access route into deeper trail systems near Mount Magazine, making it ideal for reaching more technical trails without much effort. It had been raining all night, so conditions were pretty wet, but the road held up w...
Learn more about Little Bigger Road

This trail is a short but punchy hill climb that offers a solid challenge with loose rock, shelves, and steep grades in a classic Ozark hardwood forest setting. The route features a steady climb with multiple technical sections, including rock shelves and ledges that require careful tire placement, ...
Learn more about FS 9066D

This maintained gravel route travels through a mix of wooded sections and open pastures, offering broad views of the surrounding Ozark countryside. Along the way, you'll pass a local church, several farms, and well-kept rural homes. Please be respectful of private property, reduce your speed near re...
Learn more about Minnow Creek Road

This maintained gravel route winds through a mix of hardwood forest, open pasture, and working farmland, providing a peaceful drive through the Ozarks. Most of the road is wide enough for two vehicles, with occasional narrow sections that still provide places to pull over and allow oncoming traffic ...
Learn more about Minnow Creek Road - 3611

This easy gravel route follows a well-maintained county road through a mix of mature hardwoods, pine forest, and open countryside. The road remains mostly two vehicles wide from end to end, making it a comfortable drive for full-size trucks and SUVs. Dense sections of forest create a tunnel-like can...
Learn more about County Road 3550

This maintained gravel route provides an easy drive through a diverse mix of open grassy fields and dense hardwood and pine forests. Long straightaways offer views toward the surrounding hills, while tree-lined sections create a secluded feel as the road winds through the countryside. The route is p...
Learn more about Ross Mountain

This easy gravel route travels through a mix of farmland and wooded corridors, offering a peaceful drive with views of working farmland and the surrounding countryside. Along the route, you'll pass grazing cattle, hay fields, and sections of mature forest that form a shaded canopy over the road. The...
Learn more about County Road 3491

This maintained gravel route provides an easy drive through a mix of open farmland and dense pine and hardwood forests. Near Rushing Road, the road is wide enough for two vehicles to pass comfortably before gradually narrowing to a single-lane gravel road with occasional pull-offs. Long straightaway...
Learn more about Worship Mountain

This maintained gravel county route provides an easy drive through the rural Ozarks, with the roadway generally remaining one vehicle wide but offering occasional pull-offs where oncoming traffic can safely pass. The route winds between mature hardwoods and towering pines, creating long, shaded corr...
Learn more about Melvin

This easy gravel route provides a quiet drive with frequent tree-lined sections that create a scenic canopy overhead. The road is maintained throughout and remains smooth with no technical obstacles, making it suitable for any vehicle. Although the route is primarily one vehicle wide, there are nume...
Learn more about County Road 3546

This maintained county road transitions from a smooth dirt surface on one end to well-maintained gravel on the other, making it an easy and relaxing drive through the Ozark countryside. Near County Road 3867, the road narrows to approximately one vehicle wide, although there are several locations wh...
Learn more about Rushing Road

Very short trail out to the popular Buzzard's Rock overlook. The trail is accessible by OHV (ATV, UTV, MX) only and not legal for any other vehicle type. The trail goes past a very large campsite and pond called Huckleberry Pond. The trail can be very slimy and muddy during wet weather. There is a r...
Learn more about Buzzard's Rock (Huckleberry Pond) - Trail 96022B

Shoal Creek Road is an easy, well-maintained gravel route that follows Shoal Creek and provides access to dispersed camping and nearby trail systems. It’s a great entry-level drive with scenic creek crossings and access to more adventurous trails at the far end. Maintained gravel road getting to Sho...
Learn more about Shoal Creek - FS 1604

This well-maintained graded gravel route winds through a mix of dense hardwood forest and scattered private properties, offering a quiet drive with plenty of Ozark scenery. Approximately half of the route is only wide enough for a single vehicle, though periodic pull-offs provide room for oncoming t...
Learn more about County Road 3880

This maintained gravel road provides an easy drive through a mix of mature hardwood forest, pines, and small clearings that show evidence of past logging activity. The road is generally one vehicle wide, although there are numerous pull-offs and wider sections where oncoming traffic can safely pass....
Learn more about County Road 3841

Spring Lake Northern Access Road is a wide, well-maintained route that winds through scenic farmland, offering a peaceful and open drive. However, the trail surface is severely corrugated, particularly on the ascents and descents, making cautious driving essential to avoid vehicle damage. While the ...
Learn more about Spring Lake Northern Access Road

Little Bigger Road is an easy, well-maintained gravel road that serves as a primary access route into deeper trail systems near Mount Magazine, making it ideal for reaching more technical trails without much effort. It had been raining all night, so conditions were pretty wet, but the road held up w...
Learn more about Little Bigger Road

This trail is a short but punchy hill climb that offers a solid challenge with loose rock, shelves, and steep grades in a classic Ozark hardwood forest setting. The route features a steady climb with multiple technical sections, including rock shelves and ledges that require careful tire placement, ...
Learn more about FS 9066D

Very short trail out to the popular Buzzard's Rock overlook. The trail is accessible by OHV (ATV, UTV, MX) only and not legal for any other vehicle type. The trail goes past a very large campsite and pond called Huckleberry Pond. The trail can be very slimy and muddy during wet weather. There is a r...
Learn more about Buzzard's Rock (Huckleberry Pond) - Trail 96022B

Spring Lake Northern Access Road is a wide, well-maintained route that winds through scenic farmland, offering a peaceful and open drive. However, the trail surface is severely corrugated, particularly on the ascents and descents, making cautious driving essential to avoid vehicle damage. While the ...
Learn more about Spring Lake Northern Access Road

Little Bigger Road is an easy, well-maintained gravel road that serves as a primary access route into deeper trail systems near Mount Magazine, making it ideal for reaching more technical trails without much effort. It had been raining all night, so conditions were pretty wet, but the road held up w...
Learn more about Little Bigger Road

This trail is a short but punchy hill climb that offers a solid challenge with loose rock, shelves, and steep grades in a classic Ozark hardwood forest setting. The route features a steady climb with multiple technical sections, including rock shelves and ledges that require careful tire placement, ...
Learn more about FS 9066D

Very short trail out to the popular Buzzard's Rock overlook. The trail is accessible by OHV (ATV, UTV, MX) only and not legal for any other vehicle type. The trail goes past a very large campsite and pond called Huckleberry Pond. The trail can be very slimy and muddy during wet weather. There is a r...
Learn more about Buzzard's Rock (Huckleberry Pond) - Trail 96022B