Beginner Off-Road Trails Near Orange Blossom, California

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Red Hills Road/Serpentine loop

Red Hills Recreation (BLM) area is a scenic day use only location. There are tons of hiking trails in the area, as well as the Serpentine Loop Trail which is a mild to moderate trail…
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Total Miles
2.7
Tech Rating
Best Time
Sp / Fa / Su

American Camp Lookout

This is a super pretty drive as it descends into the canyons and back up to the mountaintops. On your way to the lookout, you will drive through the Italian Bar/Lost Dutchman Mining Camp, which…
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Total Miles
8.5
Tech Rating
Best Time
Su / Sp / Fa

Lug Nut Ledge

Lug Nut Ledge is a short but fun trail with moderate obstacles, including rocky sections, rutted sections, and water crossings. The namesake Lug Nut Ledge features a mild rock step that requires good tire placement…
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Total Miles
1.2
Tech Rating
Best Time
Sp / Su

Stanislaus Forebay

This a very easy trail and is mostly forest roads that zig-zag up the hill to the Forebay. This can be accessed from many ways whether it be from Columbia, Twain Harte, or Camp 9.…
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Total Miles
6.6
Tech Rating
Best Time
Sp / Su / Fa

Forebay to American Camp

This trail is a connector between the American Camp Lookout and the Forebay trail. Connect all these 3 trails for a fun weekend or day trip full of adventure and fishing/exploring! There is a creek…
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Total Miles
4.5
Tech Rating
Best Time
Sp / Su / Fa

Keltz Mine

This trail is steep, overgrown, and narrow. Typically home to lots of poison oak and fallen trees but the reward at the end is totally worth it! Keltz Mine road takes you down to the…
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Total Miles
2.5
Tech Rating
Best Time
Sp / Su / Fa

Boneyard Road - FS 1S07

This trail starts just off Highway 120, located 2.7 miles east of the Groveland District Ranger Office, and begins as a 1.5-vehicle-wide gravel trail with some sand sections. Lined with Ponderosa pine trees and bushes,…
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Total Miles
3.1
Tech Rating
Best Time
Su / Fa / Sp

Candy Rock Road

As of May 26, 2023. This road is accessible by vehicles of higher clearance than sedans. This is due to the fire road are not as flat and maintained as Google Maps makes it out…
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Total Miles
1.1
Tech Rating
Best Time
Sp / Su / Fa

Candy Rock Road P.2

As of May 26, 2023. This road is accessible by vehicles of higher clearance than sedans. This is because the fire roads are not as flat and maintained as Google Maps makes them out to…
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Total Miles
1.2
Tech Rating
Best Time
Sp / Su

Wagner Ridge Road - FS 2S08

This trail climbs over 600 feet and drops almost 1,200 feet across just over 5 miles of diverse terrain that spans BLM land and Stanislaus National Forest, though it begins on private land requiring respectful…
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Total Miles
4.9
Tech Rating
Best Time
Su / Fa / Sp

16EV243

This is a short dirt bike only trail that connects the ATV trail 16EV223 with the singletrack 16EV407, near the Deer Creek Staging Area. Taking this trail cuts off having to go back to Italian…
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Total Miles
0.3
Tech Rating
Best Time
Sp / Fa

16EV251

This is a short spur off of 16EV223. It winds through the forest, and has a couple of downed logs on the trail. It probably doesn't get ridden as much since it's just a short…
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Total Miles
0.3
Tech Rating
Best Time
Sp / Fa

16EV407

This trail starts right near the Deer Creek staging area, behind a gate that gets closed for seasonal use. It starts off pretty easy, being a decently wide single track, weaving between tons of cut…
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Total Miles
1.5
Tech Rating
Best Time
Sp / Fa

16EV249

This is a quarter-mile-long spur that starts and ends off of the ATV trail 16EV223. The north end starts out in a dry grassy hilltop, then it descends through a forest of tall pines, manzanitas,…
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Total Miles
0.3
Tech Rating
Best Time
Fa / Sp

15EV111

This is a wide and easy ATV trail that goes through the southwest corner of the Interface OHV trail system for 1.7 miles. This one is mostly just a wide access corridor that accesses several…
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Total Miles
1.6
Tech Rating
Best Time
Sp / Fa

15EV65

This is a very easy ATV trail that is less than half a mile long, and has no technical elements. It is very wide, smooth, straight and fast, making it ideal for riders of all…
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Total Miles
0.4
Tech Rating
Best Time
Sp / Fa

16EV258

This short trail goes into a thick forested corridor as it departs from trail 16EV407. The trail is covered in a lot of bony and sharp loose rocks, climbing up a dry and sun-exposed hillside,…
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Total Miles
0.4
Tech Rating
Best Time
Sp / Fa

FS 2S37

This trail is a 3.5-mile out-and-back trail that drops almost 700 feet and climbs over 100 feet in just under 2 miles. The trail sometimes runs along shelf roads lined with trees and brush, providing…
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Total Miles
1.6
Tech Rating
Best Time
Fa / Su / Sp

16EV257

The east end of this trail starts on the forest road 3N63, and it goes west for 1.5 miles, meandering through gradual hills and descents in a pine forest. There are a lot of downed…
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Total Miles
1.4
Tech Rating
Best Time
Sp / Fa

15EV63

This is a short and easy trail in the Interface Trail System that winds through the forest. Its east entrance starts on FS 5N41Y and it zig zags west for 1.2 miles. The beginning has…
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Total Miles
1.1
Tech Rating
Best Time
Sp / Fa

15EV73

This is a wide and easy ATV trail that starts out on the south end lined with small manzanita shrubs and under towering pine trees. It has small loose rocks and shallow ruts, gradually ascending…
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Total Miles
0.8
Tech Rating
Best Time
Sp / Fa

16EV136

This trail starts on the west side with a semi-steep hill climb up into the forest, then winds on a narrow path between a tight corridor of manzanita trees. It turns right at an intersection,…
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Total Miles
1.2
Tech Rating
Best Time
Sp / Fa

15EV55

The east end of this trail starts at the intersection with 15EV56 and 15EV106, and goes across a sun-exposed and grassy hilltop with some flat layers of embedded rock in the trail, covered in small…
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Total Miles
1.3
Tech Rating
Best Time
Sp / Fa

15EV105

This is a wide and easy ATV trail that cuts through the middle of the Interface OHV trail system, acting as an easy access route to access several other trails. It has minor loose rock…
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Total Miles
1.7
Tech Rating
Best Time
Sp / Fa

16EV272

This is a short and easy trail that is easily accessible near the Deer Creek Staging Area, making it a good option for beginner riders not too far from the staging. It's only .6 miles…
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Total Miles
0.5
Tech Rating
Best Time
Sp / Fa

15EV58

This short dirt bike trail weaves between a tight corridor of oaks and shrubs, with towering pine trees. It meanders along the hillside through the tight bushes, often overgrown and whacking you in the face…
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Total Miles
0.6
Tech Rating
Best Time
Sp / Fa

Tolumne Road/120 Bypass

This 5-mile point-to-point trail runs along HWY 120. The trail runs along the ridge of the Tolumne River Valley and gives excellent views of the valley below. The trail is mostly one vehicle with shallow…
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Total Miles
4.8
Tech Rating
Best Time
Su / Fa

15EV68

15EV68 is a short and easy dirt bike trail that mostly just curves through the forest on a narrow single track on smooth dirt for .7 miles. The trail goes through several previously cut logs,…
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Total Miles
0.6
Tech Rating
Best Time
Sp / Fa

15EV109

This is a short and easy ATV trail that doesn't have any major obstacles, but is a bit tighter in the trees. From the east end, it goes through a narrow tree corridor tightly lined…
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Total Miles
0.5
Tech Rating
Best Time
Sp / Fa

16EV247

The east end of this trail starts at the end of 16EV133 as more of a continuation of the trail, and it goes through a tight tree corridor on a ridgeline with a bit of…
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Total Miles
1.5
Tech Rating
Best Time
Sp / Fa

ATV Trails Near Orange Blossom, California

American Camp Lookout

This is a super pretty drive as it descends into the canyons and back up to the mountaintops. On your way to the lookout, you will drive through the Italian Bar/Lost Dutchman Mining Camp, which…
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Total Miles
8.5
Tech Rating
Best Time
Su / Sp / Fa

Stanislaus Forebay

This a very easy trail and is mostly forest roads that zig-zag up the hill to the Forebay. This can be accessed from many ways whether it be from Columbia, Twain Harte, or Camp 9.…
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Total Miles
6.6
Tech Rating
Best Time
Sp / Su / Fa

Forebay to American Camp

This trail is a connector between the American Camp Lookout and the Forebay trail. Connect all these 3 trails for a fun weekend or day trip full of adventure and fishing/exploring! There is a creek…
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Total Miles
4.5
Tech Rating
Best Time
Sp / Su / Fa

Keltz Mine

This trail is steep, overgrown, and narrow. Typically home to lots of poison oak and fallen trees but the reward at the end is totally worth it! Keltz Mine road takes you down to the…
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Total Miles
2.5
Tech Rating
Best Time
Sp / Su / Fa

Boneyard Road - FS 1S07

This trail starts just off Highway 120, located 2.7 miles east of the Groveland District Ranger Office, and begins as a 1.5-vehicle-wide gravel trail with some sand sections. Lined with Ponderosa pine trees and bushes,…
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Total Miles
3.1
Tech Rating
Best Time
Su / Fa / Sp

Candy Rock Road

As of May 26, 2023. This road is accessible by vehicles of higher clearance than sedans. This is due to the fire road are not as flat and maintained as Google Maps makes it out…
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Total Miles
1.1
Tech Rating
Best Time
Sp / Su / Fa

UTV/Side-by-Side Near Orange Blossom, California

American Camp Lookout

This is a super pretty drive as it descends into the canyons and back up to the mountaintops. On your way to the lookout, you will drive through the Italian Bar/Lost Dutchman Mining Camp, which…
Learn more about American Camp Lookout
Total Miles
8.5
Tech Rating
Best Time
Su / Sp / Fa

Stanislaus Forebay

This a very easy trail and is mostly forest roads that zig-zag up the hill to the Forebay. This can be accessed from many ways whether it be from Columbia, Twain Harte, or Camp 9.…
Learn more about Stanislaus Forebay
Total Miles
6.6
Tech Rating
Best Time
Sp / Su / Fa

Forebay to American Camp

This trail is a connector between the American Camp Lookout and the Forebay trail. Connect all these 3 trails for a fun weekend or day trip full of adventure and fishing/exploring! There is a creek…
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Total Miles
4.5
Tech Rating
Best Time
Sp / Su / Fa

Keltz Mine

This trail is steep, overgrown, and narrow. Typically home to lots of poison oak and fallen trees but the reward at the end is totally worth it! Keltz Mine road takes you down to the…
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Total Miles
2.5
Tech Rating
Best Time
Sp / Su / Fa

Boneyard Road - FS 1S07

This trail starts just off Highway 120, located 2.7 miles east of the Groveland District Ranger Office, and begins as a 1.5-vehicle-wide gravel trail with some sand sections. Lined with Ponderosa pine trees and bushes,…
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Total Miles
3.1
Tech Rating
Best Time
Su / Fa / Sp

Candy Rock Road

As of May 26, 2023. This road is accessible by vehicles of higher clearance than sedans. This is due to the fire road are not as flat and maintained as Google Maps makes it out…
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Total Miles
1.1
Tech Rating
Best Time
Sp / Su / Fa