Beginner Off-Road Trails
Near Laketown, Utah

Depending on the direction of travel, this trail travels from the town of Meadowville, near Bear Lake, into Cache National Forest, or it travels from Cache National Forest to Meadowville. It is an easy drive to get from the forest down to the south end of Bear Lake and back again. Nothing technical ...
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This route is a great spur-off from the Hardware Ranch to Bear Lake Trail. The trail allows an easy and less traveled route into the Peter Sinks area from the small and quaint town of Randolph. The views are expansive and the area offers plenty of other trails to venture on.
Learn more about Randolph to Peter Sinks Road

Kearl Pond trail is an easy-graded trail that will lead you to some breathtaking vistas. This trail begins at Hell's Hollow within the Hardware Ranch trail system. You'll head east and climb on top of a small mountain range and follow a few saddles. While doing so, make sure to view the valleys and ...
Learn more about Kearl Pond

This easy, scenic dirt road spans just over one mile in the Wasatch-Cache National Forest, making it an ideal route for stock SUVs and high-clearance vehicles looking to explore historic Utah backcountry. The trail gently climbs from an elevation of approximately 6,695 feet to 6,879 feet, navigating...
Learn more about Elk Valley Guard Station

This trial offers scenic vistas from both the canyon and the summit. There is alternative access to/from Randolph and Little Creek Campground up to the Shoshone trail system and Garden City/Bear Lake areas via connecting trails. The trail ranges from smooth fast graded dirt to rocky/cobble with no r...
Learn more about Old Canyon Trail

Twin Creeks is a great little spot in Logan Canyon that is also one of the least visited areas in the canyon. The dirt road is open to all vehicles, but is rarely driven. A car would not make it, but most any 4x4 high-clearance vehicle could. Any ATV or dirt bike could do the trail with ease, and wo...
Learn more about Twin Creeks Road to Bubble Spring

Temple Fork and Old Ephraim's Grave is a scenic 4.9-mile point-to-point offroad trail in the Uinta-Wasatch-Cache National Forest. Following Forest Road 007 southeast along Temple Fork Creek, the route climbs from 5,790 to 6,654 feet through Logan Canyon's aspen groves, pine forests, and wildflower-f...
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Hell's Hollow trail is an easy-graded trail that takes you through some amazing scenery branching off of the main Hardware Ranch trail system. This trail begins at Dip Hollow heading northeast on a full-width trail toward Lodgepole Canyon. You'll wind through an amazing rocky canyon, surrounded by u...
Learn more about Hell's Hollow

This is a scenic full-width road that will take you to the Idaho border, where this route continues. As you progress up the basin, you will pass through forests, past the river that winds down the valley, and many campsites along the road. There are places to easily access the river along the route....
Learn more about Franklin Basin Utah Section

This forest service road takes you up a short road to the top of Red Spur Mountain and has signs at the turnoff from Old Canyon Trail. The road starts off with some small rocks and ruts that any vehicle with decent ground clearance can handle without needing a 4x4. After that initial rough part, you...
Learn more about Red Spur

This well-maintained graded road runs from Highway 39 to Old Canyon and Curtis Creek Guard Station. From the end of the road, you can either go back the way you came or go down the mountain differently. There is tons of dispersed camping throughout the road as it winds through the forest and clearin...
Learn more about Curtis Creek Road (FR059)

This trail travels from Logan Canyon to the top of Cowley Canyon. From the top of Cowley Canyon, there are several trails that branch off allowing exploration of Cache National Forest. The trail itself is an easy cruise with no technical sections. The trail is one vehicle wide with several pull outs...
Learn more about North Fork Cowley Canyon-Herd Hollow - FS 20047

The route is mapped as an out-and-back trail yet offers numerous side trails for those seeking adventure. It represents the pinnacle of the Crawford Mountains near Randolph, UT, beginning in a deep canyon and culminating at the mountain chain's summit, Rex Peak. There are several closed mines along ...
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This well-maintained access road is about 6.5 miles long. It begins from Fish Haven Idaho, located on the West side of the pristine shores of Bear Lake and T's into Beaver Green Canyon Road. It follows a stream and offers a variety of dispersed camping sites. Many of them are tucked away in pine and...
Learn more about Fish Haven Canyon

This trail branches off at the top of Cowley Canyon. It is an amazing drive through aspens and pine trees with epic views of the valley below. The trail itself is not difficult, but it is narrow in places. There are places to pull off and let people pass if necessary. Don't rush this beautiful drive...
Learn more about Marie Spring - FS 20147

This is a fairly tame trail that connects the Mount Logan Trail to the Left Hand Fork Trail or vice versa, depending on the direction of travel. Most of this trail travels through private property, so be mindful and respectful of that. Also, be on the lookout for free-range cattle and sheep in the a...
Learn more about Cowley Canyon-Herd Hollow - FS 20047

This is a scenic road that travels between Curtis Creek Road and 6 Bit Springs Road. There are no major obstacles on this road other than some small ruts and rocks. The trail starts by winding through some small hills before changing scenery and traveling through forests and small meadows. The trail...
Learn more about Running Water Spring Road

Baxter Sawmill Road traverses the mountains, starting with Hardware Ranch and going to Old Canyon Trail. The road is periodically graded and develops medium-sized ruts from time to time. The road is primarily hardpacked dirt with a section of deeper sand, but the surface becomes highly loose with de...
Learn more about Baxter Sawmill Road

This is a short 2 mile trail that branches off of Curtis Creek Road and goes to the trailhead for the hike to 6 Bit Springs. The trail is wide enough for one vehicle and has some shallow ruts but is a little overgrown once you pass the turn for Running Water Springs Road. This trail dead ends at a g...
Learn more about 6 Bit Springs Road

This is a 50" trail that offers a good variety of heavily forested areas and summits out on top with amazing views to the East down to Bear Lake. It also winds through fields of vegetation and sagebrush that undulates through a couple of saddles on the ridge of the mountain range.
Learn more about Red Sinks

Depending on the direction of travel, this trail travels from the town of Meadowville, near Bear Lake, into Cache National Forest, or it travels from Cache National Forest to Meadowville. It is an easy drive to get from the forest down to the south end of Bear Lake and back again. Nothing technical ...
Learn more about Temple Canyon

This route is a great spur-off from the Hardware Ranch to Bear Lake Trail. The trail allows an easy and less traveled route into the Peter Sinks area from the small and quaint town of Randolph. The views are expansive and the area offers plenty of other trails to venture on.
Learn more about Randolph to Peter Sinks Road

Kearl Pond trail is an easy-graded trail that will lead you to some breathtaking vistas. This trail begins at Hell's Hollow within the Hardware Ranch trail system. You'll head east and climb on top of a small mountain range and follow a few saddles. While doing so, make sure to view the valleys and ...
Learn more about Kearl Pond

This easy, scenic dirt road spans just over one mile in the Wasatch-Cache National Forest, making it an ideal route for stock SUVs and high-clearance vehicles looking to explore historic Utah backcountry. The trail gently climbs from an elevation of approximately 6,695 feet to 6,879 feet, navigating...
Learn more about Elk Valley Guard Station

Depending on the direction of travel, this trail travels from the town of Meadowville, near Bear Lake, into Cache National Forest, or it travels from Cache National Forest to Meadowville. It is an easy drive to get from the forest down to the south end of Bear Lake and back again. Nothing technical ...
Learn more about Temple Canyon

This route is a great spur-off from the Hardware Ranch to Bear Lake Trail. The trail allows an easy and less traveled route into the Peter Sinks area from the small and quaint town of Randolph. The views are expansive and the area offers plenty of other trails to venture on.
Learn more about Randolph to Peter Sinks Road

Kearl Pond trail is an easy-graded trail that will lead you to some breathtaking vistas. This trail begins at Hell's Hollow within the Hardware Ranch trail system. You'll head east and climb on top of a small mountain range and follow a few saddles. While doing so, make sure to view the valleys and ...
Learn more about Kearl Pond

This easy, scenic dirt road spans just over one mile in the Wasatch-Cache National Forest, making it an ideal route for stock SUVs and high-clearance vehicles looking to explore historic Utah backcountry. The trail gently climbs from an elevation of approximately 6,695 feet to 6,879 feet, navigating...
Learn more about Elk Valley Guard Station