Beginner Off-Road Trails Near Leesville, Ohio

Shaler Road is primarily a graded gravel road with sections of dirt. It is an easy ride in the summer months. However, there is no winter maintenance. The road can become rutted and harder to…
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Williams Road is primarily a graded gravel road with sections of dirt. It is an easy ride in the summer months; however, there is no winter maintenance. During rain, snow, and ice, the road can…
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Ramage Road is primarily a graded gravel road with sections of dirt. It is an easy ride in the summer months. However, there is no winter maintenance. The road can become rutted and harder to…
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This trail is short, but VERY scenic and perfect for almost any Subaru-style vehicle. It is an excellent add-on trail in this area and is worth a run-through. Very uncharacteristic for Ohio, this trail has…
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Young Road is primarily a graded gravel road with sections of dirt. It is an easy ride in the summer months. However, there is no winter maintenance. The road can become rutted and harder to…
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Buck Run Road is primarily a graded gravel road with sections of dirt. It is an easy ride in the summer months. However, there is no winter maintenance. The road can become rutted and harder…
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This trail is one of my favorites! This track will take you along some of the best sights and open landscapes Ohio has to offer. If you are camping at one of the local dispersed…
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If you are someone that loves exploring new terrain and experiencing the true country living of Ohio, this is for you. This trail takes you by beautiful wildlife, farm animals, rustic houses, wide-open scenery, and…
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This short trail offers lots of great activities like hunting, HUGE clear lakes for fishing, and a dispersed camping area that is free to stay at throughout the Spring, Fall, and Summer seasons. This trail…
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This is a backroad connector route from Campground C to the Equine day-use area. It's a great little route through the woods and along a beautiful clear creek. You will pass by many wonderful ponds…
Learn more about AEP SandHollow Camp C to Equine Day use F no gates

Very Steep entry/exit on both ends. The creeks are always flowing and constantly changing the appearance of the roadway. Three sizeable concrete slab bridges span the waterways that wind in and out of the valley…
Learn more about AEP Onion Creek - Allen Run 3 Creek Slab Bridges

I started at the Big Musky Bucket in the Miners Memorial AEP Picnic area across the main road to a beautiful ridge line backroad with amazing expansive open views that remind me of traveling to…
Learn more about Miners Memorial (Big Muskie Bucket) across Dakota Plains - Junkyardtown

This route starts at Junkyard Town (a town owned by an entire family and appears to be an open-air private junkyard). The path winds through the countryside, crossing multiple steel bridges over Meigs Creek, and…
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This is a high-speed, secondary gravel road running along the Kokosing River. Expect to encounter significant changes in elevation, and some blind turns on the cliff edge. This area is public hunting so foraging for…
Learn more about Walhonding Hills Steel Bridge to 715 Batnest Loop

This is the eastern loop of Batnest Road back to Main Road 715. The nice twisty well-graded gravel road gets fairly steep in places. Hunting and fishing in the area with proper licensing, known for…
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This trail is a tertiary gravel road that winds through the Amish Community with significant changes in elevation and sharp terms. Be aware of oncoming vehicle horse and foot traffic in the area as it…
Learn more about Walhonding Hills Steel Bridge to Bridge of Dreams

These are some great winding country back roads going through Amish Country seeing several Amish lumber mills and roadside markets to purchase Amish produce and craft. With beautiful changes in elevation, some of these roads…
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Fantastic rolling gravel along Kokosing River. There are multiple springs for filling water along the southern edge of the route. Some sections to this can be very high speed if graded well. New canoe access…
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This is a narrow, graded winding gravel dirt mix that runs along the Kokosing River. Just after the roadside Springs, it changes Elevation to go up through a small patch of woods, and it drops…
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This is a short but exhilarating trail that takes you through Amish country. The trail starts on a gravel road and then narrows down into a dual-track trail. When traveling down the trail, there's private…
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Pelcher Road along Spring Run is very scenic with multiple hills and beautiful vistas with a surprise building at the end. Class 1 roadway may be very slippery during rains and should use caution on…
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Expect to go through one of the most scenic roads in Perry County. This trail is all gravel but very slick steep hills with sharp turns. Once you enter the trail you go down into…
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Lots of scenic wooded gravel roads. Quite a bit of up and down on the side loops as you come in and out of the valley. We were rewarded at the end of this trip…
Learn more about Valley and Cows

If you are looking for a quick adventure down a country road, this is one of many in the area. This route will take you out and through the woods, where you will see wildlife…
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This trail will take you down a valley in Wayne National Forrest. Much of this trail is a gravel road but you will find sections of big rocks, creek water over the road, and even…
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This route will take you down into the middle of some old mining area filled with ponds and peace. As you drive down the beginning of the gravel road, you will drive down into the…
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If you're looking for a nice Sunday drive and don't want roll around town or out a paved road, and don't mind a little mud, then this trail is for you. You will start down…
Learn more about Township 269

This is a scenic drive that follows part of Goose Creek in Wirt County, West Virginia. The road is mainly gravel with a few dirt sections and some water crossings but nothing too rough. This…
Learn more about County Route 2 - Wirt County

This will take you out on a township road. It starts off on a narrow gravel road, shortly after you start the trail you will find a small section of muddy ruts to kick up…
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This gravel route takes you through one of the nicest roads in the area. Once you start, you will head up a very steep gravel hill that will take you back to Hunterdon Cemetery. You…
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