Beginner Off-Road Trails
Near Lamar, Arkansas

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 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 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

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 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 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 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

This route begins as a well-maintained, two-vehicle-wide gravel road winding through mature hardwoods and pines before gradually climbing to higher ground. As you gain elevation, the forest gives way to open hillsides with sweeping views of the surrounding mountains and densely forested valleys, mak...
Learn more about County Road 4491

This maintained gravel road offers a peaceful drive through a mix of mature forest, open pasture, and gently rolling countryside. The route is primarily two vehicles wide with a smooth gravel surface and no significant obstacles, making it suitable for most high-clearance vehicles. A narrow one-lane...
Learn more about County Road 4410

This route is open to highway-legal vehicles and begins at the intersection of 3 other routes. The first mile follows a wide, well-maintained gravel forest road that provides ample room for two vehicles to pass. Beyond this point, the route narrows to a single-lane forest road as it winds through ma...
Learn more about Pleasant Ridge

This connecting route is open only to street-legal vehicles and primarily serves as a link between other forest roads. The trail follows a sustained climb or descent, depending on your direction of travel, with a generally wide road surface and good visibility. While there are no major obstacles, er...
Learn more about Griffith

Beginning just off Highway 21, this scenic forest road passes the Pleasant Hill Shooting Range before winding through the Ozark National Forest. The route follows a well-established dirt and gravel road with several stream crossings, gradual elevation changes, and sections of exposed rock. Although ...
Learn more about Mckay

Trail starts off from Harris - Shooting Range. There is a large parking area near the trailhead. The trail starts out wide and gets progressively narrower the farther you go. You will rail proceed up a steep hill with whoops and log crossings. There are two different areas off the trail where you ca...
Learn more about Remington - 94369A

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

Also known as Spadra Creek Loop, this maintained gravel road is primarily two vehicles wide and winds through a mix of mature hardwood and pine forest, open pastureland, and gently rolling hills. The route crosses Spadra Creek and offers occasional views of distant rock bluffs that add variety to th...
Learn more about County Road 4418

This maintained gravel route winds through a scenic blend of hardwood forest and quiet rural farmland, offering a peaceful drive with no major obstacles. Much of the road is lined by mature trees that form a shaded canopy, while other sections open to small fields, pastures, and scattered homes tuck...
Learn more about County Road 3365

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

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

Beginning just off Highway 21, this scenic forest road passes the Pleasant Hill Shooting Range before winding through the Ozark National Forest. The route follows a well-established dirt and gravel road with several stream crossings, gradual elevation changes, and sections of exposed rock. Although ...
Learn more about Mckay

This easy trail is a wide, mostly gravel road with intermittent rocky sections. Typically passable by two vehicles. Includes multiple water crossings, with one crossing reaching approximately 12 inches in depth. Shallow ruts running across the trail in several spots. Best used as a low-difficulty co...
Learn more about Spadra

Dripping Springs is a narrow, rutted, and rocky climb featuring a mix of loose rock, embedded stone, and short, steep grades. The trail gains approximately 1,000 feet in elevation when traveling south to north, with the majority of that elevation gain occurring on the southern half of the route. It ...
Learn more about Dripping Springs

This out-and-back route climbs around Katie Knob Mountain on a generally well-maintained gravel road. The trail is mostly single vehicle width but includes several pull-off areas where oncoming traffic can pass. Drivers will encounter a few minor washouts and rough spots where larger rocks have erod...
Learn more about Cazort Tower - FS 1403C

Beginning just off Highway 21, this scenic forest road passes the Pleasant Hill Shooting Range before winding through the Ozark National Forest. The route follows a well-established dirt and gravel road with several stream crossings, gradual elevation changes, and sections of exposed rock. Although ...
Learn more about Mckay

This easy trail is a wide, mostly gravel road with intermittent rocky sections. Typically passable by two vehicles. Includes multiple water crossings, with one crossing reaching approximately 12 inches in depth. Shallow ruts running across the trail in several spots. Best used as a low-difficulty co...
Learn more about Spadra

Dripping Springs is a narrow, rutted, and rocky climb featuring a mix of loose rock, embedded stone, and short, steep grades. The trail gains approximately 1,000 feet in elevation when traveling south to north, with the majority of that elevation gain occurring on the southern half of the route. It ...
Learn more about Dripping Springs

This is an out-and-back route that begins on a smooth, well-maintained gravel road winding through a beautiful stand of tall pines and mixed hardwoods. As the route progresses, the forest opens into an active logging area where freshly cleared sections, stacks of cut timber, and logging equipment be...
Learn more about FS 94381B