Beginner Off-Road Trails Near Marietta-Alderwood, Washington

Blanchard Mountain is a 3.8-mile out-and-back trail ending at Salish Overlook. The road surface is well-maintained and passable by any vehicle. Some potholes and washboarding will slow down cars and trucks. This is a popular…
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Trail 230 is one of several short motorcycle trails in the Whistle Lake Area. It's a wide dirt path with a few embedded rock surfaces, embedded boulders, and big roots, but it is overall a…
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Middle Fork Nooksack is a 12.6-mile out-and-back gravel road located east of Deming and ending at Ridley Creek Trailhead. The road surface gets procedurally rougher, starting as a wide gravel road with some potholes and…
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Florence FSR runs along the west side of Stave Lake. There is a Dam and Generating Station on Stave Lake that you can cross if you want to explore the east side of the lake.…
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Jam is the first ATV trail that most riders will take out of the Walker Valley Staging Area. It exits the parking area on a wooden bridge to start the trail and goes one mile…
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Walker Valley Mainline is primarily a graded gravel and dirt road with a few sections of ungraded gravel. It is an easy ride in the summer months; however, there is no winter maintenance. During times…
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Tooler is a 2-mile long short and fast singletrack in the Walker Valley ORV Area. It is accessed through Pats ATV Trail and is likely a more popular trail as it is close to the…
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This is a 1.4 mile long very curvy ATV trail. The south end starts at a patch of blackberries before going across a wooden bridge. It's a wide trail that tightly winds through thick cedar…
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Cavanaugh is a 1.3-mile long ATV trail that has some fun features like harder rocky sections, and big mud puddles. It climbs up from the end of the Webfoot single track, up to a wooden…
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This is a curvy, eroded trail that is fairly easy to navigate. The trail is very muddy during the wetter times of the year and dusty during the dry months. There are a few rock…
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I-5 is a mile-long single track in the Walker Valley ORV Area, that is easy the whole way, with one additional rock slab obstacle that makes it slightly more difficult. The south end starts with…
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Webfoot is a short and easy single track through the southwest end of the Walker Valley ORV Area. It's .7 miles long, and very easy the whole way. It's accessed from the staging area through…
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Coyote is about a 1 mile-long 48" ATV Trail in the Walker Valley ORV Area. The north end starts at the south end of the Tooler Single Track. It starts underneath tall and skinny pine…
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SMC is a 1.3-mile-long dirt bike trail through the Walker Valley ORV Area. It is an easy single track, with small features like roots, low embedded rocks, and somewhat steep sections, but is overall still…
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Doug's Loop is a short and easy ATV trail in the Walker Valley ORV Area. The north end starts out in a logging area with lots of fallen trees. Most of the trees that have…
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Langley's Legacy is a short ATV Trail for vehicles 48" or less. It connects DNR Road 17 to Bear Creek Mainline Road in the Walker Valley ORV Area. It's very short, and mostly easy, but…
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Finney-Cumberland Road/NF17 is a point-to-point trail leading west to east which leaves and then reconnects with South Skagit Highway. At its current condition, this trail is passable only to capable SUVs and better, due to…
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Kim & Monica's is a 1.6-mile-long ATV trail designated for 48" or less vehicles. It goes through a forest full of tall skinny red alder trees, sword ferns, red cedars, and Douglas firs. It's decently…
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Judy's Grade is an easier ATV Trail in the Walker Valley ORV Area (designated for vehicles 48" or less). It's less than a mile long and is consistently wide. The west end starts off of…
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This 14-mile out-and-back trail climbs up to the canyon Ridgeline and ends at the canyon ridge trailhead (motorcycle trail). This trail gives great views of Bald Mountain and the Canyon valley area. There is a…
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This short trail will take you along the Lost Creek Forest Service Road terminating at Salsbury Lake Recreation Site. The trail is well maintained for the majority of the trip, with some sections prone to…
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This 6.2 mile out and back trail used to run along the Nooksack River and then up the Wells Creek Valley, but a washout on the road around 3.4 miles in has closed the upper…
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This 15.2 miles out and back trail heads up to the Damfino Lakes Hiking Trailhead, which becomes a multi-use trail from 1 AUG to 30 SEP for horses and motorcycles. This road gives excellent views…
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Forest Service Road 1775 is a scenic off-road route tucked into the lush foothills of the North Cascades, offering an approachable yet rewarding drive for overland explorers and weekend adventurers. The road begins as a…
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This 5.4 mile out and back trail once accessed several backcountry hiking trails and views of the glaciers on Mt. Baker. This road has been washed out by the creek in multiple areas and has…
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Church Mountain Road is an easy 5-mile round-trip gravel road that provides access to the Church Mountain hiking trailhead. From the trailhead, the hiking trail is approximately 8 miles round-trip with a ~3,800 feet elevation…
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Lake Cavanaugh Road is a point-to-point wide gravel road that connects Lake Cavanaugh and SR530. This trail is well-maintained and open to all vehicle traffic, however, some larger vehicles will find some of the switchbacks…
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This 24.4-mile out-and-back trail runs along Wells Creek and ends at the Cougar Divide Trailhead. This trail has many beautiful views of Mt. Baker and the surrounding canyons. Nooksack Falls is the most popular waterfall…
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This gravel/dirt road goes to Chehalis Lake south point, where Skwellepil Recreational Site is located. The road is very well graded for the first 10-12 km, then it's becoming more rough and bumpy on the…
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West Harrison forest service road in British Columbia is a well used route. There are many recreational sites and wild camping locations along the way. The road, while easily driven, is rough with many areas…
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