Beginner Off-Road Trails
Near Lyman, Wyoming

This is a Wyoming dirt trail that winds through BLM land and National Forest. Beginning with smooth dirt roads, the trail gradually transitions into challenging sections with deep ruts and rocky paths, making for a rough ride. The trail can become impassable when muddy and wet. Along the way, you mi...
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China Meadows (FS 80072) is a scenic, easy-rated off-road route deep in Utah’s Wasatch National Forest, ideal for overlanders, families, and beginners looking for a peaceful high-country escape. This mellow trail leads into the heart of the Evanston-Mountain View Ranger District, ending at the China...
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This trail is a 9.5-mile trail that runs between China Meadows and Red Mountain trails. The trail starts on both ends as a well-maintained, wide gravel road before it becomes narrower and rougher. Most of the trail is not horrible, with just shallow ruts and small rocks, but there are a couple of sh...
Learn more about Cottonwood - FS 40013

This graded road is wide enough for two vehicles to pass and smooth enough for passenger cars. It leads to the old townsite of Piedmont, Wyoming, where a few historic buildings remain. Structures on one side of the road are private and closed to the public, while those on the other side are open to ...
Learn more about Piedmont Road - CR 173

This short spur branches off of Louse Creek and heads East through the trees to where it enters a clearing and ends at a small loop. At the end are a viewpoint of the surrounding landscape, a couple of picnic tables, as well as an informative sign that points out stuff in the surrounding landscape ...
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This trail runs from just across the Wyoming border, following Henry's Fork River down to where it ends at Henry's Fork trailhead. This trail is a well-maintained gravel road with room to pass other vehicles through most of the trail. Once you pass by the turn heading to Hole in the Rock, the trail ...
Learn more about Henrys Fork - FS 80077

This trail is a short out-and-back spur that leads to the top of Red Mountain, where there is a small turnaround with space to park and view the surrounding area. The trail up to the top is a little rough and narrow as it climbs through the trees, with loose rock scattered throughout the trail, as w...
Learn more about Red Mountain Lookout - FS 80132

This trail is a 4-mile-long out-and-back trail that branches off of Red Mountain and heads Northeast to where it ends at a gate. This trail is a well-maintained gravel road that is wide enough for two vehicles to comfortably pass. As it heads North and crosses into Wyoming, there are many signs of o...
Learn more about Louse Creek - FS 80155

This trail runs from the Wyoming state line to Hoop Lake, passing by Hole in the Rock, which is easily viewed from the road as you approach from the North. This trail is well-maintained and stays 2 vehicles wide throughout the trail, with only some shallow ruts and small rocks in the trail. This tra...
Learn more about Hoop Lake - FS 80078

This trail branches off of Gilbert Creek heading East and starts as a relatively easy trail, being a smooth one-lane road traveling through some meadows and trees, but transitions into being tighter and rockier as it turns to the North and follows the ridgeline. The trail ends after a short descent ...
Learn more about Johnson Meadow - FS 80207

This is an easy gravel road that runs between Mirror Lake Highway and Meeks Cabin Reservoir. The road is two vehicles wide for the whole trail and is well maintained with no obstacles other than some washboard that you will need to watch for. The road is scenic and has many side trails that you can ...
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Red Mountain Trail is 7 miles long and travels between China Meadows and Henry's Fork. This trail is a wide, well-maintained gravel trail with no obstacles as it passes over the ridge to Henry's Fork. There is plenty of room for vehicles to pass each other along the trail, but be sure to watch out f...
Learn more about Red Mountain - FS 80017

A good mix of valley vistas and alpine mountain travels, this road arcs along the Northern perimeter of Poison Mountain.The most unique characteristic of this road is the incredible diversity of scenery depending on what time of year you travel. In the Spring, the valley floors spreading out below t...
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This trail is an easy trail as it heads North from Blacks Fork to China Meadows, running alongside the West Fork Smiths Fork River. The trail is mostly easy going with some small potholes and shallow ruts, with the hardest area being just South of Suicide Park, where the trail crosses a clearing whe...
Learn more about West Fork Smiths Fork - FS 80074

This trail is a tight and rocky trail that follows the ridgeline running North to South. The trail start can be a little hard to spot while traveling down Blacks Fork to China Meadows Trail, so I would recommend having your map open, watching for the trailhead, which will be just after or before a c...
Learn more about Ridge Road - FS 80076

This trail is a short out-and-back spur trail off of Hole in the Rock to Henrys Fork that heads South to where it dead-ends at the Middle Beaver hiking trailhead. This trail is a smooth and well-maintained road with only a few rocks and ruts to watch out for. Along the trail, there are a couple of o...
Learn more about Upper Middle Beaver - FS 80164

This trail is a well-maintained gravel road that runs North to South following Gilbert Creek. This trail is 2 vehicles wide throughout, with the only areas of caution being the 2 bridges, where some larger potholes have formed at the ends of the bridge, as well as the many intersecting trails that c...
Learn more about Gilbert Creek - FS 80075

This trail runs from the end of China Meadows and heads South past a small pond down to where the trail splits at the beginning of the trailhead campground. This trail is well maintained with only a few small potholes on the trail, with the hardest part being a shallow water crossing that can be loc...
Learn more about China Meadows Trailhead - FS 80125

This trail runs between Henrys Fork and Hoop Lake Trails, where it splits just before the trailhead on Henrys Fork and just before Hole in the Rock on Hoop Lake. This trail is mostly well-maintained, but there are sections in the middle where the trail has become a little rutted out, as well as a se...
Learn more about Hole in the Rock-Henry's Fork - FS 80082

This trail is an easy trail that takes you between Blacks Fork River and China Meadows. This trail is a well-maintained 2 vehicle wide gravel road that gradually narrows and transitions to natural surface as it heads West towards North Slope Road, where, towards the end, it is narrower and has some ...
Learn more about Blacks Fork - China Meadows - FS 80073

This is a Wyoming dirt trail that winds through BLM land and National Forest. Beginning with smooth dirt roads, the trail gradually transitions into challenging sections with deep ruts and rocky paths, making for a rough ride. The trail can become impassable when muddy and wet. Along the way, you mi...
Learn more about 57 Route - Willow Creek

China Meadows (FS 80072) is a scenic, easy-rated off-road route deep in Utah’s Wasatch National Forest, ideal for overlanders, families, and beginners looking for a peaceful high-country escape. This mellow trail leads into the heart of the Evanston-Mountain View Ranger District, ending at the China...
Learn more about China Meadows

This graded road is wide enough for two vehicles to pass and smooth enough for passenger cars. It leads to the old townsite of Piedmont, Wyoming, where a few historic buildings remain. Structures on one side of the road are private and closed to the public, while those on the other side are open to ...
Learn more about Piedmont Road - CR 173

This trail runs from just across the Wyoming border, following Henry's Fork River down to where it ends at Henry's Fork trailhead. This trail is a well-maintained gravel road with room to pass other vehicles through most of the trail. Once you pass by the turn heading to Hole in the Rock, the trail ...
Learn more about Henrys Fork - FS 80077

This is a Wyoming dirt trail that winds through BLM land and National Forest. Beginning with smooth dirt roads, the trail gradually transitions into challenging sections with deep ruts and rocky paths, making for a rough ride. The trail can become impassable when muddy and wet. Along the way, you mi...
Learn more about 57 Route - Willow Creek

China Meadows (FS 80072) is a scenic, easy-rated off-road route deep in Utah’s Wasatch National Forest, ideal for overlanders, families, and beginners looking for a peaceful high-country escape. This mellow trail leads into the heart of the Evanston-Mountain View Ranger District, ending at the China...
Learn more about China Meadows

This graded road is wide enough for two vehicles to pass and smooth enough for passenger cars. It leads to the old townsite of Piedmont, Wyoming, where a few historic buildings remain. Structures on one side of the road are private and closed to the public, while those on the other side are open to ...
Learn more about Piedmont Road - CR 173

This trail runs from just across the Wyoming border, following Henry's Fork River down to where it ends at Henry's Fork trailhead. This trail is a well-maintained gravel road with room to pass other vehicles through most of the trail. Once you pass by the turn heading to Hole in the Rock, the trail ...
Learn more about Henrys Fork - FS 80077