Beginner Off-Road Trails Near Mina, Nevada

The road to the Simon Lead mine is traveled via a well-maintained dirt road until the last 4 miles. The road then contains washed-out areas and narrow passages. According to https://www.nvexpeditions.com, small amounts of silver-lead…
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This is a fairly short route that takes you to Douglas Camp, an area of several mines. It loops out through Rebel Canyon. There are active mining claims if you continue up towards Thunder Mountain,…
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The route is easy to drive and can be done with almost any vehicle. However, if conditions are wet or snowy, the route is much more difficult. This is a nice half-day trip with several…
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This route takes you from the Mina area to Little Huntoon Valley. It is easy and can be completed in dry conditions with a 2WD full-size vehicle. You cross Garfield Flat where Aerojet General uses…
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A pretty drive to get you from the highway back to a network of fun trails and some dispersed camping spots. The drive takes you all the way through rocky canyons and alongside marshy tall…
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This is an old borax harvesting route on the west side of the Fish Lake Playa outside of the town of Dyer, Nevada. This trail offers a fairly easy way around the playa and a…
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Mostly an easy trail with amazing views from the top of the Emigrant pass summit. It can be sandy in spots, especially at wash crossings. You may see Bighorn Sheep and Burros in the area…
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This is a nice easy-graded single-track that gives access to the Inyo National Forest trail network. There are some dispersed camping spots along the way with established fire rings. It will get you around to…
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This road gets vehicles from Fish Lake Hot Springs to the saloon in Dyer with minimal highway travel. The road is well traveled, graded and wide. Hot springs have open camping around the area with…
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The route starts at Fish Lake hot springs. The water temp is 100 degrees, and the springs is a concrete tub that can fit 12 people comfortably. There are also vault toilets and camping available.…
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This very easy two-lane, occasionally graded dirt road takes you back to "the crossing", which gives access to many other areas' trails. There are a few offshoots leading to some dispersed camping along the way.…
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This easy trail takes you all the way to the mining complex to the east and the historic mining complex. There are many structures still standing and plenty of kiosks and information about the area.…
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The lower trail is an easy grader with plenty of washboard and scattered rocks. It begins cutting through the neighborhood and while climbing offers amazing views of the valley below. Once you pass all the…
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A sandy short dirt crossover with plenty of flat spots for dispersed camping featuring mountain and valley views. The road gets rutted in some spots and quite sandy in others. Do not attempt when wet.…
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The trail starts on Earthquake Road off of Highway 50. This is not a difficult trail as it follows dirt roads most of the way, but it provides some nice desert scenery and follows a…
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This is a nice easy trail that takes you from Cold Springs station to the ghost town of Berlin. Berlin is a State park, OHV friendly, and also has an Ichthyosaur shed with fossils. The…
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This trail is based primarily on an old mine road. It ends at some old bunk houses and there are options to drive or hike to see the rest of the mine buildings. You can…
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This short trail looked like a great adventure to explore the Black Canyon. But it ended just over a mile due to private property. It appears a rancher bought a small section of the canyon's…
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This trail climbs 2,500 feet in just over ten miles. It starts at Black Canyon Road, just off the 120 highway. It is a fairly graded trail, but be cautious of ruts from rain/snow runoff,…
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This trail is just over nine miles and climbs over 2000 feet into the Glass Mountains. It tops out at 8682 feet. The trail offers stunning views through the picturesque rock formations of McGee Canyon.…
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Adobe Ranch Road (FS 1N17) is a wide and easy route that serves as the main eastern access to Crooked Meadow East. The trail follows the gentle contours of Adobe Canyon, offering open views across…
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This sand and pumice trail is one vehicle wide and lined with brush, offering 360-degree views of hills and mountains, including the Eastern Sierras and the Bodie Mountain area. The trail climbs 200 feet and…
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Fish Slough Road is a 19-mile long (End to End), 3-vehicle-wide road, and depending on the time of the year, it could be evenly graded or can have washboards of varying degrees. There are amazing…
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This five-mile trail connects the McGee Canyon Trail to the Sawmill Road Trail. Starting at McGee Canyon (7217 feet) the trail climbs 1340 feet to Sawmill Road Trail (8559 feet). The sandy trail has a…
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The road is typically graded depending on the time of the year. It's mostly crushed dirt with a few small broken rocks along the trail. The east-to-west trail can be run in either direction. The…
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Crooked Meadow East offers a scenic and varied drive through a mix of pine and aspen forest with views that open toward the valley below. Beginning from Adobe Ranch Road (FS 1N17), the trail climbs…
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This gravel road is restricted to street-legal vehicles only, with no ATVs permitted. The route is 2.5 vehicles wide and lined with short brushes along with some taller bushes and trees, providing ample 360-degree views…
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The route takes you from Sand Mt. Recreational Area to the Red Ant Mine. Red Ant Mine was an old tungsten mine. Not much of the infrastructure is left. There is a head frame, a…
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This Forest Service road rises 500 feet into the lush forest. Parts of the trail are dirt with a few short, small, rocky sections. The main hazards are ruts on the sides of the trail…
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This route takes you to a Mercury Prospect. Not many remains of the old mining buildings, just a concrete floor. The main road is a well-groomed wash until it turn off onto an old mining…
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