Beginner Off-Road Trails
Near Lame Deer, Montana

Red Top Hill road is a single-lane rock road leading to the Tarter Ranch at its terminus. This beautiful road winds and rolls to the South, giving tremendous vista views of Montana's prairies and buttes in the middle of the Custer National Forest. You'll find no obstacles along this road, or campsit...
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Drop Tube Trail is a rolling single track through large open fields of the Custer National Forest. With beautiful open vistas and large meadows, the views are incredible. On this trail, there are no obstacles over 12", though you might encounter mud puddles and standing water in the road at some of ...
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Montana Road 47792 is a rutted, mud track that meanders through the Montana Countryside and Custer National Forest. This road isn't much of one at all, but more like a rutted track through the high grassland of Montana. With views of buttes and forest, the road proved challenging after rain and snow...
Learn more about FSR 47792

Drop Tube Trail is a rolling single track through large open fields of the Custer National Forest. With beautiful open vistas and large meadows, the views are incredible. On this trail there are no obstacles over 12", though you might encounter mud puddles and standing water in the road at some of t...
Learn more about Drop Tube Part 1

Montana Road 47781 isn't much of one at all, but more like a rutted track through the high grassland of Montana. With views of buttes and forest, the road proved challenging after rain and snow, leaving nothing but deep mud ruts and slick grasses for traction. There are no campsites off of this road...
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Montana Road 47782 is a rutted, mud track that meanders through the Montana countryside and Custer National Forest. This road isn't much of one at all, but more like a rutted track through the high grassland of Montana. With views of buttes and forest, the road proved challenging after rain and snow...
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Wilbur Creek Cutoff Road is a beautiful relaxing trail that gently meanders through the rolling hills of the Custer National Forest. You'll see mule deer and cattle grazing along this road as well as groves of mixed pine. While this is a wide road with pullouts for passing, the clay may turn muddy a...
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Yager Butte Trail is a series of trails that surround Yager Butte. The Southern section, from the lookout South, is much rougher single track with mud and hill climbs and descents. It's a stark difference between the South and the North, where red dirt roads gently wind through open meadows and fiel...
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The Southern section of Lemonade Road is a single-lane dirt road that heads uphill (North) toward the heart of the Custer National Forest. While rough and well-traveled, the road has no obstacles on it, though mud puddles might make this trail challenging after rain or snow. You might see wild turke...
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Lemonade Road is a red dirt road that winds and weaves its way up, over, around, and through a section of the Custer National Forest. There are no obstacles on this single-lane wide road, and on your journey, you might see Mule Deer and other wildlife. The views of the Buttes and meadows are gorgeou...
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The Reanus Cone Trails are winding single tracks that lead through the mixed pine of the Custer National Forest to a couple of immense meadows. In these high meadows, you might see wild turkeys, a prairie dog or two, and mule deer along your way. This relaxing drive has a few mud holes, but no obsta...
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Reanus Cone Road is a single-lane wide dirt track that leads up and over the Reanus Cone, a geological feature in Powder River County, Montana. This road weaves upward through beautiful pines and grassland to travel large meadows and grassland at its summit. Primitive camping is available, especiall...
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Ten Mile Creek Road is a single-lane red dirt road that rolls through pasture, meadow, and the dense pines of the Custer National Forest. There are no obstacles on this road, though some sections of slick mud and loose gravel. While no official campsites exist, there are plenty of areas for trailer ...
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This is a side spur off of Black Mountain that will require turning around or continuing non-motorized. While it's not very steep, there is a stretch of the trail that is nothing but large rock with some drops that require a clearance of 12" plus if you want to prevent leaving paint behind. This are...
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This is an easy out and back that ends at a closed gate. The road is a maintained gravel road easily driven with a 2WD car. At the end of the road, you can continue on a mountain bike, on horseback, or by foot. There are several great trails to choose from. There is very little (if any) cell service...
Learn more about Nickle Creek

This is a spur off of Nickle Creek. It is not maintained and can get rutted and muddy. However, the rutted sections can be straddled, and the muddy areas have bypasses. If you are driving this counterclockwise, there is a fairly steep section at the end that will challenge 2WD vehicles. Running in a...
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A spur from the main Burgess trail that is narrower and more suited to ATV or SXS, but still passable with a 4x4. Steeper hills to climb and descend with small to medium size rocks. Some hills have loose rock which could make traction difficult after a good rain. Many of the dead end offshoot trails...
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Red Grade Road traverses Bighorn National Forest from its eastern boundary near Big Horn, Wyoming to US-14 in the center of the forest, providing access to numerous views of the Cloud Peak Wilderness and additional trails and recreation opportunities. The trail is well-graded dirt with a few rocky a...
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This is an easy out-and-back road. The road ends at a locked gate where the trees begin. The road continues on into the trees, but can only be accessed by mountain bike, horseback, or foot. The road itself is a little rocky, but most 2WD vehicles will be fine.
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Red Top Hill road is a single-lane rock road leading to the Tarter Ranch at its terminus. This beautiful road winds and rolls to the South, giving tremendous vista views of Montana's prairies and buttes in the middle of the Custer National Forest. You'll find no obstacles along this road, or campsit...
Learn more about Red Top Hill Road

Drop Tube Trail is a rolling single track through large open fields of the Custer National Forest. With beautiful open vistas and large meadows, the views are incredible. On this trail, there are no obstacles over 12", though you might encounter mud puddles and standing water in the road at some of ...
Learn more about Drop Tube Part 2

Montana Road 47792 is a rutted, mud track that meanders through the Montana Countryside and Custer National Forest. This road isn't much of one at all, but more like a rutted track through the high grassland of Montana. With views of buttes and forest, the road proved challenging after rain and snow...
Learn more about FSR 47792

Drop Tube Trail is a rolling single track through large open fields of the Custer National Forest. With beautiful open vistas and large meadows, the views are incredible. On this trail there are no obstacles over 12", though you might encounter mud puddles and standing water in the road at some of t...
Learn more about Drop Tube Part 1

Red Top Hill road is a single-lane rock road leading to the Tarter Ranch at its terminus. This beautiful road winds and rolls to the South, giving tremendous vista views of Montana's prairies and buttes in the middle of the Custer National Forest. You'll find no obstacles along this road, or campsit...
Learn more about Red Top Hill Road

Drop Tube Trail is a rolling single track through large open fields of the Custer National Forest. With beautiful open vistas and large meadows, the views are incredible. On this trail, there are no obstacles over 12", though you might encounter mud puddles and standing water in the road at some of ...
Learn more about Drop Tube Part 2

Montana Road 47792 is a rutted, mud track that meanders through the Montana Countryside and Custer National Forest. This road isn't much of one at all, but more like a rutted track through the high grassland of Montana. With views of buttes and forest, the road proved challenging after rain and snow...
Learn more about FSR 47792

Drop Tube Trail is a rolling single track through large open fields of the Custer National Forest. With beautiful open vistas and large meadows, the views are incredible. On this trail there are no obstacles over 12", though you might encounter mud puddles and standing water in the road at some of t...
Learn more about Drop Tube Part 1