Beginner Off-Road Trails Near Loomis, Washington

This trail is mostly gravel state and county roads leading through the Sinlahekin Wildlife Refuge. It goes up the steep Chopaka Grade overlooking Palmer Lake and Palmer Mountain (historic gold mining country) and to Chopaka…
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This is part of the WABDR (Section 5) and is therefore often trafficked by ADV riders and other adventurists. Please use caution. This section of trail is a nice wide dirt road - wide enough…
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This trail connects with the Chopaka Lake Trail as well as local state and county roads in the Conconully and Loomis areas, with many mines in the area and quite a few lakes and campgrounds,…
Learn more about Loomis Forest Nine Mile

If you take this road West from Loomis, it will be patchy pavement/dirt until reaching the start of this recording track where it turns to dirt. Once there, the trail is an easy and wide…
Learn more about Northern Toats Coulee Road

This is an offshoot trail from Toats Coulee Road that leads to a dozen other trails in the area. It connects Toats Coulee to Skull and Crossbones. It's an easy and wide dirt road through…
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This four-mile section of two-track leads you along and around the Skull and Crossbones Ridgeline and eventually connects back to South Fork Toats Coulee Road. Talk about a beautiful shelf trail with views down the…
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This is another section of the (South Fork) Toats Coulee Road through the Loomis State Forest. It connects to NF 39 - Meadows Toats. The trail itself is an easy two-track that is wide enough…
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This nearly nine-mile section of the NF 39 trail leads to/from the Tiffany Springs Campground / Tiffany Lake. This is an easy, 2WD friendly, mountain dirt road - complete with the typical washboards and small…
Learn more about NF 39 (North) - Meadows-Toats

This route is a part of the WABDR (Section 5) and is therefore often trafficked by ADV riders. Please use caution. The trail from Highway 20 begins as a gentle and easy dirt road -…
Learn more about FR 2045 - Loup Loup Canyon Road

This twelve-mile section of the NF 39 trail leads to/from the Tiffany Springs Campground/Tiffany Lake back to the main road (NF 37). It's a beautiful, winding trail through the Okanogan National Forest that offers overlook…
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Burnell Lake Road is close to the town of Oliver. There is a lot of activity on the route with a small climb in order to reach the recreational campsite along the lake. The road…
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Turning North off of Forest Road 42, this trail weaves and winds its way upward into the Okanogan National Forest. The trail begins as a nice wide road but the higher up the mountainside, the…
Learn more about NF 4235 - Starvation Mountain

As an alternative mountain route, this is a seven-mile loop through the forest. The Northern section is immensely overgrown and narrow, with fallen trees on/over trail likely, and where pin-striping from brushing vegetation is guaranteed.…
Learn more about Forest Road 4235-100

This is a combination of Forest Road 4225 (South Beaver) and 4200 (South Fork Salmon). This route takes you into the Okanogan National Forest, leading to several other off-shoot trails and trailheads. At the beginning…
Learn more about FR 4225 - 42

From Highway 20, this is the route to take to reach Buck Mountain/Fire lookout tower. The trail begins as a nice wide two-track that weaves and winds its way up through the Loup Loup National…
Learn more about Lower Buck Mountain

This is a scenic shelf trail that connects Road 1631 and Road 1637. There is one steeper hill grade on the western end of the trail and a handful of longer and gradual hill grades…
Learn more about Lester Road

If you're looking for an alternate road option from Highway 20 into the Okanogan National Forest, here is one. It's an easy, 2WD friendly, dirt road - complete with the typical washboards and small bumpy…
Learn more about Balky Hill Road - 1637

Route follows active logging FSR Stirling Creek south of highway 3 and turns off onto Old Joe spur road at approximately the 19.5 km mark. The route continues through a section of the west side…
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This trail is mostly gravel with rocky sections. It does get narrow in spots, and it takes you on a breathtaking shelf road with amazing views of the valley below, ending at an old abandoned…
Learn more about Lower French Mine

This trail is a great adventure with great photo opportunities of the valley below and an old abandoned mine you can drive into! Please use great caution; this is an old abandoned mine with lots…
Learn more about Upper French Mine

Route is a spur off of the Stirling Creek FSR ending at a decommissioned tower at an elevation of 2000 meters. The last half of the route is heavily cross-ditched. The ditches are not deep…
Learn more about Pole Cutter FSR

John's Creek is a spur road off Stirling Creek FSR at about the 3.5 km mark. Stirling Creek FSR is well-maintained and radio-controlled due to active logging in the area. John's Creek Road is not…
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This is a gentle and easy forest road that connects Twisp River Road and Patterson Lake Road. It is 2WD friendly with nothing difficult or technical to note. The worst of it was washboarded sections…
Learn more about NF 4410 - Thompson Road

This six-mile trail is one long continual hill climb/descent that leads up to the Black Pine Lake Campground/Lake. There are warning signs at the top: "Narrow Steep Road", and "No Trailers" due to the steep…
Learn more about Poorman Creek Road (NF 4300300)

From off of Little Bridge Creek trail, this nearly five-mile trail weaves and winds its way up Thompson Ridge, eventually ending atop a wide-open lookout spot. The trail begins as a spacious two-track and is…
Learn more about Cow Creek Road 4415040

Sometimes trails lead to spectacular destinations and other times they have the promise of leading to something and end up going nowhere. Newby Creek trail is one of those routes that unfortunately doesn't lead to…
Learn more about Newby Creek (4350100)

Forest Service Road 5225 offers a scenic, easy off-road drive through the central Washington backcountry. The main road is a well-maintained dirt and gravel surface, suitable for most high-clearance vehicles, and winds through a mix…
Learn more about Flagg Mountain Loop - FS 5225

Taurus (Bull) FSR is gravel surfaced, with the level of maintenance being directly related to the amount of Forestry activity in the area. It is generally an easy drive up the initial switchbacks from highway…
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Turning North off of Twisp River Road, this nearly seven mile trail leads deep into Okanogan National Forest. There is a posted warning sign: "Entering Burned Area. Increased risk of flooding, fallen trees, rocks, and…
Learn more about FR 4415 - Little Bridge Creek

The Hungry Mountain Trail begins 1 mile west of the Methow River, where Gold Creek Road meets Forest Service Road 4330/South Fork Gold Creek. The easy-going route is made up of gravel, crushed granite, and…
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