Beginner Off-Road Trails
Near Mount Charleston, Nevada

Telephone Canyon Road connects highway 157 (Kyle Canyon) to 158 (Deer Creek Road). It is a 2-track trail that runs up a canyon wash in the forest and can shift with heavy rains. The trail surface is mostly loose gravel and rock. In the winter, it can have deep snow. There are some wash crossings wit...
Learn more about Telephone Canyon Road (530)

This trail starts in the Spring Mountains Recreational Area and ends in the Red Rock National Conservation Area managed by the BLM. The area within the BLM boundaries is known as the Harris Springs Recreation Area. The main purpose of this trail is to provide access to the Prospect Springs Road as w...
Learn more about Harris Springs Cutoff Road

This trail is a short forest service road that provides access from Deer Creek Road to State Route 156. In the trail, you can find small offshoots that provide opportunities for dispersed camping or day use recreation. This trail is a graded dirt road accessible by RVs and trailers; please note that...
Learn more about Champion Road

This trail is a short forest service road that provides access from the Sawmill Day Use Area to the Blue Tree Group Camp. In the trail, you can find small offshoots and cleared areas that provide opportunities for dispersed camping or day use recreation. This trail is only accessible by RVs and trai...
Learn more about Cardamine Road

The trail starts off of Kyle Canyon Rd (Highway 157) and takes you into Grapevine Canyon in Mount Charleston. 4WD is recommended. The first part of the trail is pretty easy with some sandy areas that lead to Grapevine Springs. This is a beautiful canyon with a lot of greenery, as you continue past t...
Learn more about Lucky Strike Road

This is one of many fast and flowy single-track trails in the Pahrump BLM desert. Lots of short and easy trails make up this trail system that can all be ridden in a day or two. This one is a mix of narrow dirt trails and gravel washes. It flows over a couple of ridge lines on small rolling desert h...
Learn more about Carpenter Canyon Trail

This is one of the longer trails in the Pahrump BLM riding area and is a fast and fun winding trail through a beautiful Joshua Tree Forest. The trail is a steady decline/incline the entire way and is mostly road width. It's mostly dirt with loose rocks, sections of gravel, some easy rock slab sectio...
Learn more about Elk Meadow

This section of the Middle Elk Meadow Trail is slightly more difficult than Part 1 due to a rockier surface, some small washouts, and lots of really low branches to watch out for sticking out over the trail. It winds in and out of a gravel wash with some loose rocks, and climbs out of the wash onto ...
Learn more about Middle Elk Meadow Part 2

This is a short trail on BLM in Pahrump with epic views of Joshua trees and the Spring Mountains. The trail starts on a wider dirt path beneath Joshua trees and pine trees, and winds in and out of gravel washes and over several small hills. The washes are mostly smooth, easy trails with no obstacles...
Learn more about Joshua Tree Wash

3Deer Creek has 2 sections: Deer Creek Road (FS 45560) and Deer Creek Spur Road (FS 45560A). This route begins on Lee Canyon Road (State Route 156) and heads South along Deer Creek. There is a parking area at Lee Canyon and Deer Creek Road, as well as a few other parking/camping spots in the first m...
Learn more about Deer Creek - FS 45560

This is an easy wash trail on Pahrump BLM land. It's a mix of a wide gravel wash and a wide dirt trail. It's consistently easy the whole way with no obstacles except for a couple of small washouts. On the west end, it dumps onto a road, or you can turn southeast before hitting the road and continue ...
Learn more about Middle Elk Meadow Part 1

Carpenter Wash Bypass can be ridden in connection with several other single-track trails in the Pahrump BLM for a fun day ride in the desert. Stage off of Carpenter Canyon Road, or connect to this trail from Wheeler Pass by some of the jeep roads in this area. The north end of the trail peels off of...
Learn more about Carpenter Wash Bypass

This is a short connector trail to connect Wheeler Wash to the Middle Elk Meadow single-track trail. It is mostly an easy and smooth gravel wash, with no difficult obstacles. It is a scenic trail with neat canyon rock wall features and beautiful Joshua trees. It's a shared-use trail with horseback r...
Learn more about Middle Elk Meadow Connector Trail

This is a short connector trail to connect Wheeler Pass Road to several other designated single-track trails in the Pahrump Riding Area. This trail starts as road width but narrows as it enters a wash, and is shared use with horseback riders. It's mostly a gravel surface on top of dirt and winds thr...
Learn more about 081 Bypass Trail

Upper Wheeler Wash offers an easy, highly scenic descent through a wide, meandering dry wash basin, making it ideal for beginners and scenic cruisers in four-wheel-drive vehicles, SxSs, and dirt bikes. This 4.1-mile route drops approximately 1,060 feet from its starting elevation of 5,365 feet down ...
Learn more about Upper Wheeler Wash

Wallace Canyon Road is a scenic mountain climb on the west side of the Spring Mountains that offers four-wheel-drive enthusiasts and SxS riders a gradual but rewarding ascent with stunning desert vistas. Starting on Bureau of Land Management (BLM) land east of Pahrump, Nevada, this 6.6-mile route cl...
Learn more about Wallace Canyon Road

This trail is a short connector trail very similar to the other trails in the area, made up of a mix of dirt with loose rock and gravel washes. There are some bigger loose rocks in the middle of the trail to watch out for, and the trail is surrounded by Joshua Trees and Yucca. It's a slight decline ...
Learn more about Carpenter Bypass

Ride this fun and flowy singletrack in connection with Roosters Course and Carpenter Bypass, among other single-track trails on the Pahrump BLM, to make a fun day ride. This recreation area is made up of several short single tracks off of Carpenter Canyon Road and Wheeler Pass that can all be ridden...
Learn more about Cactus Trail

This short trail runs from Lovell Canyon Road to Highway 160. You can go in either direction, though I went from Highway 160 to Lovell Canyon. You turn off the highway right onto this trail, and there are no gates or barriers to entry at the time of this writing. If you are headed towards Vegas from...
Learn more about Lovell Wash Road

Carpenter Wash is one of many designated dirt bike trails in the BLM desert to the east of Pahrump, Nevada. Most of the trails are easy, fast, and flowy with a mix of dirt and gravel washes, and the trail system is great for beginners. Visit in winter for warm sunny days and to avoid the summer heat...
Learn more about Carpenter Wash

Telephone Canyon Road connects highway 157 (Kyle Canyon) to 158 (Deer Creek Road). It is a 2-track trail that runs up a canyon wash in the forest and can shift with heavy rains. The trail surface is mostly loose gravel and rock. In the winter, it can have deep snow. There are some wash crossings wit...
Learn more about Telephone Canyon Road (530)

This trail starts in the Spring Mountains Recreational Area and ends in the Red Rock National Conservation Area managed by the BLM. The area within the BLM boundaries is known as the Harris Springs Recreation Area. The main purpose of this trail is to provide access to the Prospect Springs Road as w...
Learn more about Harris Springs Cutoff Road

The trail starts off of Kyle Canyon Rd (Highway 157) and takes you into Grapevine Canyon in Mount Charleston. 4WD is recommended. The first part of the trail is pretty easy with some sandy areas that lead to Grapevine Springs. This is a beautiful canyon with a lot of greenery, as you continue past t...
Learn more about Lucky Strike Road

3Deer Creek has 2 sections: Deer Creek Road (FS 45560) and Deer Creek Spur Road (FS 45560A). This route begins on Lee Canyon Road (State Route 156) and heads South along Deer Creek. There is a parking area at Lee Canyon and Deer Creek Road, as well as a few other parking/camping spots in the first m...
Learn more about Deer Creek - FS 45560

Telephone Canyon Road connects highway 157 (Kyle Canyon) to 158 (Deer Creek Road). It is a 2-track trail that runs up a canyon wash in the forest and can shift with heavy rains. The trail surface is mostly loose gravel and rock. In the winter, it can have deep snow. There are some wash crossings wit...
Learn more about Telephone Canyon Road (530)

This trail starts in the Spring Mountains Recreational Area and ends in the Red Rock National Conservation Area managed by the BLM. The area within the BLM boundaries is known as the Harris Springs Recreation Area. The main purpose of this trail is to provide access to the Prospect Springs Road as w...
Learn more about Harris Springs Cutoff Road

The trail starts off of Kyle Canyon Rd (Highway 157) and takes you into Grapevine Canyon in Mount Charleston. 4WD is recommended. The first part of the trail is pretty easy with some sandy areas that lead to Grapevine Springs. This is a beautiful canyon with a lot of greenery, as you continue past t...
Learn more about Lucky Strike Road

3Deer Creek has 2 sections: Deer Creek Road (FS 45560) and Deer Creek Spur Road (FS 45560A). This route begins on Lee Canyon Road (State Route 156) and heads South along Deer Creek. There is a parking area at Lee Canyon and Deer Creek Road, as well as a few other parking/camping spots in the first m...
Learn more about Deer Creek - FS 45560