Beginner Off-Road Trails
Near Loleta, California

This road starts from the end of the Grapevine Creek Road - FS 4N20 and connects through to Lower South Fork Road. It is designated on the motor vehicle use map as for Highway Legal Vehicles only. It is narrower and rougher near FS 4N20, but it improves as it descends. The road is wide enough to me...
Learn more about Kerlin Creek Road - FS 3N14

This mostly gravel road begins from Lower South Fork Road and ends where it meets Kerlin Creek Road - FS 3N14 at the Forest Service property boundary. The road is initially a generous single lane, but becomes narrower and natural surface for the last couple of miles. The first several miles of the r...
Learn more about Grapevine Creek Road - FS 4N20

This single-lane gravel road begins at Hennessy Road - FS 5N40 and ends back at Underwood Mountain Road - FS 5N60. It has some erosion damage up to a foot deep and exposed embedded and loose rocks up to six inches high. The road travels through a mixed forest with quite a bit of undergrowth. There i...
Learn more about Round Knob Road - FS 5N27

This single-lane gravel road starts across FS 60 from Big Lake Road - FS 5N09. Patches of old pavement remain from years past, though they now serve more to channel and concentrate erosion than provide a usable road surface. The road has areas of erosion damage up to a foot deep, along with loose an...
Learn more about Hennessy Road - FS 5N40

This single-lane dirt road starts from Eltapom Road - FS 4N24 and connects through to Corral Bottom Road - FS 5N60. It goes through a mixed forest and open areas. The road has a few areas of erosion damage up to a foot deep, along with random loose rocks up to six inches in diameter. The road is too...
Learn more about Crewcut Road - FS 4N04

This single-lane road is mostly gravel with some natural surface areas. It is wide enough to meet another vehicle safely for most of its length. The road surface is mostly good, but it has some erosion damage and areas with loose, exposed embedded rocks up to a foot deep or higher. In August, Big La...
Learn more about Big Lake Road - FS 5N09

This single-lane gravel road begins from the paved Corral Bottom Road - FS 5N60. It ends at a locked gate about 4.5 miles in. The road is generally in good condition, but there are some areas of erosion damage around a foot deep. It also has some exposed embedded rocks and loose rocks up to six inch...
Learn more about Eltapom Road - FS 4N24

This single-lane road is mostly gravel with some areas of natural surface. It is wide enough to meet and pass another vehicle safely for much of its length, but does have sections too narrow for that. It has some erosion damage up to a foot deep and loose and exposed embedded rocks up to a foot high...
Learn more about Eagle Rock Road - FS 4N11

This single-lane gravel road begins and ends on the paved FS 5N60 road. The road surface is mostly good, with minor ruts and erosion damage. There are also a few places with rocks less than six inches high scattered across the road. The road travels through a mixed forest for most of its length, but...
Learn more about Clark Creek Loop - FS 4N25

This single-lane dirt road starts from Hyampom Road and climbs up to connect with the Butter Creek Road - FS 3N08. It is a shelf road for a significant part of its length. Some sections are too narrow to meet another full-size vehicle easily, but there are places to meet safely. The road has some ar...
Learn more about Camp Trinity Road - FS 3N20

This long, well-maintained trail descends through the forest, then levels out and continues toward the end of the route. Some fallen trees remain along the road, but most have been cut and moved out of the travel path. A few larger logs still require vehicles to drive over them, but they are managea...
Learn more about FS 1S01

This single-lane gravel road connects Corral Bottom - FS 47 to Eagle Rock - FS 4N11. The lower section is wide enough to meet and pass another vehicle safely, but parts of the upper section are pretty overgrown and narrow. The road goes through both mixed forest and an old burn area. The road surfac...
Learn more about Hayshed Creek Road - FS 4N05

This user-maintained, single-lane trail starts in relatively good condition but becomes increasingly obstructed by natural debris. The route starts with a significant downhill section before climbing back up, with numerous fallen and precariously positioned logs along the way. Following major storms...
Learn more about Swift Creek

This well-maintained trail is a pleasant and enjoyable route through a beautiful, green forest. It climbs steeply at the beginning before leveling out, making for an easier, more relaxed ride farther along. The route passes through a more open forest before entering a denser section, then opens up a...
Learn more about Sixteen

This single-lane dirt and gravel road begins from Yellow Jacket Road - FS 2N18 and connects through to Slipthrough Road - FS 2N09, which in turn connects to Yellow Jacket Road - FS 2N18 and Indian Valley Road - FS 2N10. The road surface has areas of erosion damage up to a foot deep, along with expos...
Learn more about West Oak Road - FS 2N64

This single-lane dirt road starts from Hyampom Road and climbs up to meet the Grassy Mountain Road - FS 3N38. The road has places to meet another vehicle safely, but much of its length is too narrow to do that easily. It does have a couple of fairly tight switchbacks. The road has some areas of eros...
Learn more about Steep Road - FS 3N01

This single-lane gravel road connects Eagle Rock - FS 4N11 to Eagle Lookout - FS 4N11A near the old lookout site. It has places wide enough to meet and pass another vehicle safely, but many places are too narrow for that. It is pretty overgrown in some places, so pinstriping is possible for a full-s...
Learn more about Eagle Road - FS 4N32

This single-lane dirt road starts at the Indian Valley Road - FS 2N10. It connects through to the Oak Ridge Road - FS 2N23. It is wide enough to meet another vehicle safely in several spots, but it is too narrow to do that easily for much of its length. The road has several water bars, but they're n...
Learn more about Camp Carter Road - FS 2N22

This single-lane dirt road starts at the Oak Ridge Road - FS 2N32 Oak Ridge Rd and connects through to Indian Butter Tie Road - FS 2N01. It has sections that are wide enough to meet another vehicle safely and some areas too narrow to do that easily. There are some gentle water bars and erosion damag...
Learn more about Lost Road - FS 2N46

This single-lane dirt road starts from the Friend Mountain Road - FS 2N15and ends at a well-marked private property boundary. On some base maps, it is named Friend Lake Road, but it does not go through to the lake. It does intersect with the FS 1N40 road for a possible loop. The road has sections o...
Learn more about Friend Lake Road - FS 1N35

This mostly gravel road begins from Lower South Fork Road and ends where it meets Kerlin Creek Road - FS 3N14 at the Forest Service property boundary. The road is initially a generous single lane, but becomes narrower and natural surface for the last couple of miles. The first several miles of the r...
Learn more about Grapevine Creek Road - FS 4N20

This single-lane gravel road begins at Hennessy Road - FS 5N40 and ends back at Underwood Mountain Road - FS 5N60. It has some erosion damage up to a foot deep and exposed embedded and loose rocks up to six inches high. The road travels through a mixed forest with quite a bit of undergrowth. There i...
Learn more about Round Knob Road - FS 5N27

This single-lane gravel road starts across FS 60 from Big Lake Road - FS 5N09. Patches of old pavement remain from years past, though they now serve more to channel and concentrate erosion than provide a usable road surface. The road has areas of erosion damage up to a foot deep, along with loose an...
Learn more about Hennessy Road - FS 5N40

This single-lane dirt road starts from Eltapom Road - FS 4N24 and connects through to Corral Bottom Road - FS 5N60. It goes through a mixed forest and open areas. The road has a few areas of erosion damage up to a foot deep, along with random loose rocks up to six inches in diameter. The road is too...
Learn more about Crewcut Road - FS 4N04

This mostly gravel road begins from Lower South Fork Road and ends where it meets Kerlin Creek Road - FS 3N14 at the Forest Service property boundary. The road is initially a generous single lane, but becomes narrower and natural surface for the last couple of miles. The first several miles of the r...
Learn more about Grapevine Creek Road - FS 4N20

This single-lane gravel road begins at Hennessy Road - FS 5N40 and ends back at Underwood Mountain Road - FS 5N60. It has some erosion damage up to a foot deep and exposed embedded and loose rocks up to six inches high. The road travels through a mixed forest with quite a bit of undergrowth. There i...
Learn more about Round Knob Road - FS 5N27

This single-lane gravel road starts across FS 60 from Big Lake Road - FS 5N09. Patches of old pavement remain from years past, though they now serve more to channel and concentrate erosion than provide a usable road surface. The road has areas of erosion damage up to a foot deep, along with loose an...
Learn more about Hennessy Road - FS 5N40

This single-lane dirt road starts from Eltapom Road - FS 4N24 and connects through to Corral Bottom Road - FS 5N60. It goes through a mixed forest and open areas. The road has a few areas of erosion damage up to a foot deep, along with random loose rocks up to six inches in diameter. The road is too...
Learn more about Crewcut Road - FS 4N04