Beginner Off-Road Trails
Near Onton, Kentucky

The Cadiz Campground Trail begins within Shawnee National Forest at Cadiz Campground, a primitive-style campground that offers designated campsites with fire pits, restroom facilities, and a water fill spigot. The route starts as a maintained gravel road and provides easy access from within the camp...
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An easy bypass to some hills and ravines of Trail 1, Trail 1A provides access to Trail 4 for dirt bikes and horses. Part of the trail is a former haul road from when Interlake was a coal mine. It's mostly rock, doesn't see much traffic, and is only 0.31 miles.
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This enjoyable roller coaster like loop trail is just off Trail 1 not far from the parking lot. It starts at the Trail 6 sign, then takes a one-way trail, 6A. That will end with an easy out (not included in submission) or continue to another one-way trail, 6B. It makes a loop trail with some tigh...
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Trail 5 BF Goodrich Trail is a good scenic trail with seating next to the ponds on the trail. This trail is located at Interlake SRA park in southwestern Indiana close to Evansville. This is a 1.3-mile stock family-friendly trail with rolling hills and a few small mudholes. For those that want a cha...
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River to River Trail is a gravel route within Shawnee National Forest that provides access to backcountry hiking and equestrian trails. The road is generally easy to follow and travels through a more remote section of the forest, offering a quieter experience for those looking to explore beyond main...
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Trail 1 is the main access trail in the Interlake Off-Road State Recreation Area and is a loop that starts/stops at the first parking area inside the park. It is mostly rock/hard pack and can be traveled in about any weather. There are several other trails off to the sides of varying difficulty, as ...
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Whoopie Cat Lake Trail is a gravel road within Shawnee National Forest that leads to a quiet lake access point with a small gravel boat ramp and parking area. The route is easy to follow and consists of typical forest gravel terrain. The launch area is best suited for small boats, kayaks, canoes, an...
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Trail 2 is the northern loop of easy trails. The trail varies from rocky, to road-like gravel, to mud. It connects to some of the more difficult trails and northern challenge areas in the off-road. There is an extension off Trail 2 to access the more difficult trails, 2B and 2C. The trail wanders on...
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Trail 2D(Easy) is an easy-rated loop trail off the main loop for this area of the park, Trail 2. Trail 2D(easy) is a wooded section that shares an area with an ATV-only trail marked as 2D(intermediate). The trail goes around the perimeter of a challenge area with some short steep climbs and larger...
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High Knob Trail is a gravel route within Shawnee National Forest that travels through an equestrian campground before climbing to a scenic overlook. Drivers should use caution when passing through the campground area, yielding to horses and minimizing speed and dust. The trail gradually gains elevat...
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Crossroad Church Road (FS 123), or as it was formerly, the Old Kentucky Route 289, once paved, is now a broken pavement, mended with gravel forest service road, through the northeast corner of the Kentucky section, Lake Barkley side, of the Land Between the Lakes National Recreation Area. The road s...
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Lady Cemetery FSR 128 is a simple gravel forestry road that is in the Land Between The Lakes National Recreation Area. It traverses over rolling hills, minor washboarding, natural rocks poking through the surface, and potholes, in spots the road may fade into being partially dirt. It is located in t...
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Goose Ridge Trail is a gravel route within Shawnee National Forest that offers a straightforward out-and-back drive through forest terrain. The road is generally easy to follow, with some ruts that may develop after rainfall and occasional tree limbs overhanging the route. This trail provides a rela...
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Kuttawa Landing FSR 127 is a gravel forestry road that travels to the northernmost point of the Land Between The Lakes Recreation Area. It features mild rutting, gravel turning to mud in places, small water collection spots, and a few small grades leading you back to a boat landing/ramp, on the nort...
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The Rimshot FSR 124 is a forestry gravel road through Land Between The Lakes National Recreation Area. The road is partially well maintained on the southern end with the northern half showing decent wear and degradation. The road fades into partial dirt in a few areas and includes medium grades, min...
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The Davenport Bay FSR 127B is a degrading old back top road that leads to the water's edge in Land Between The Lakes National Recreation Area. The road at one point must have been a decent blacktop road leading to the water for boat launching but has degraded heavily to give a unique offroading expe...
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Bethlehem Cemetery Road (FS 122) is a Forest Service Road, paved for the first 0.6 mile western section, transforming next into a 1-mile-long gravel eastern section, placed in the northeast corner of the Kentucky section, Lake Barkley side, of the Land Between the Lakes National Recreation Area. The...
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Stephens Chapel Road--415 is an extremely historic route that navigates directly to one of the last original standing structures within Land Between the Lakes National Recreation Area. The Road is a mix of dirt and gravel and is somewhat maintained. The church remains despite the 2021 tornadoes rava...
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The Eagle Mountain Fire Road is a gravel service road through the Eagle Mountain area in the most northern section of the Hidden Springs sector of Shawnee National Forest. The road acts as a main artery road that most of the other trails in the area are connected to or even loop back to. It is mostl...
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Green Branch Road - FS 409 is a natural-improved forest service road through the center-east Kentucky section, Lake Barkley side, of the Land Between the Lakes National Recreation Area. The FS 409, has annual seasonal closure from 3/27 to 5/5 for Turkey Hunting Season. The road starts with a dual en...
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An easy bypass to some hills and ravines of Trail 1, Trail 1A provides access to Trail 4 for dirt bikes and horses. Part of the trail is a former haul road from when Interlake was a coal mine. It's mostly rock, doesn't see much traffic, and is only 0.31 miles.
Learn more about Trail 1A

This enjoyable roller coaster like loop trail is just off Trail 1 not far from the parking lot. It starts at the Trail 6 sign, then takes a one-way trail, 6A. That will end with an easy out (not included in submission) or continue to another one-way trail, 6B. It makes a loop trail with some tigh...
Learn more about 6A &6B loop

Trail 5 BF Goodrich Trail is a good scenic trail with seating next to the ponds on the trail. This trail is located at Interlake SRA park in southwestern Indiana close to Evansville. This is a 1.3-mile stock family-friendly trail with rolling hills and a few small mudholes. For those that want a cha...
Learn more about Trail 5 BF Goodrich Trail

Trail 1 is the main access trail in the Interlake Off-Road State Recreation Area and is a loop that starts/stops at the first parking area inside the park. It is mostly rock/hard pack and can be traveled in about any weather. There are several other trails off to the sides of varying difficulty, as ...
Learn more about Trail 1

An easy bypass to some hills and ravines of Trail 1, Trail 1A provides access to Trail 4 for dirt bikes and horses. Part of the trail is a former haul road from when Interlake was a coal mine. It's mostly rock, doesn't see much traffic, and is only 0.31 miles.
Learn more about Trail 1A

This enjoyable roller coaster like loop trail is just off Trail 1 not far from the parking lot. It starts at the Trail 6 sign, then takes a one-way trail, 6A. That will end with an easy out (not included in submission) or continue to another one-way trail, 6B. It makes a loop trail with some tigh...
Learn more about 6A &6B loop

Trail 5 BF Goodrich Trail is a good scenic trail with seating next to the ponds on the trail. This trail is located at Interlake SRA park in southwestern Indiana close to Evansville. This is a 1.3-mile stock family-friendly trail with rolling hills and a few small mudholes. For those that want a cha...
Learn more about Trail 5 BF Goodrich Trail

Trail 1 is the main access trail in the Interlake Off-Road State Recreation Area and is a loop that starts/stops at the first parking area inside the park. It is mostly rock/hard pack and can be traveled in about any weather. There are several other trails off to the sides of varying difficulty, as ...
Learn more about Trail 1