Beginner Off-Road Trails
Near Oregon Shores, Oregon

This is an easy trail/logging road with many offshoots and new things to explore. There is active logging, so it is best to drive this trail in the evenings or on the weekend and carry a CB radio if possible. The first ascent is steep but paved if you are entering near Hagelstein Park, so make sure ...
Learn more about Hagelquin Loop

This trail is a great route to get connected to dozens of amazing trails. Located near the Collier Logging Museum, this trail travels between open logged meadows and thick woods. The road surface is mainly gravel with some sections of sand. This trail offers an alternative route to Burnt Butte Pit, ...
Learn more about FS 9731000

Soloman (FS 4502) is an easy trail designed as an alternative route to Burnt Butte Pit. It is a very easy trail with minimal terrain obstacles, perfect for a low-stress drive. This alternative route to Burnt Butte has little traffic and is a good place to go to be on your own in the woods. Keep your...
Learn more about Soloman - FS 4502

This trail is super fun to take on the weekends, and offers a long loop which doesn't take you too far from Highway 97. A mixture of sand and dirt make this road very fun and in places challenging to drive on. This route is perfect for an afternoon drive, and takes you right back to where you starte...
Learn more about FS 4504000

Kirk Road is an easy trail that lends access to tons of fun offshoots. This trail is best travelled on the weekends due to logging activity throughout the week. The road is wide enough for 2 vehicles to allow for easy exploration and passing, and it is well-maintained during the warmer months. The m...
Learn more about Kirk Road

This is an amazing short trail stemming off shortly after Chiloquin if coming from Klamath. It is an easy ascent most months of the year with minimal ruts, but be cautious of heavy snow during the winter months. At the top of the rock pile on the right, you are offered amazing views in all direction...
Learn more about Burnt Butte Pit

This is a super fun offshoot from Kirk Road that gets you into thicker trees and more frequent wildlife. The trail is a combination of dirt and sand, making it a very fun texture to drive on through the fast and flowy sections. It does get very dusty during the summer. At the end of the trail, you w...
Learn more about Dry Springs Trail - FS 4331000

Wocus Bay Road is a gorgeous road that is fairly well-maintained. There are sections of ruts and larger roots, especially when accessing parking areas along the refuge. This road is generally secluded from log truck traffic; access to the refuge does increase civilian traffic. The main road composit...
Learn more about Wocus Bay Road

Skellock Pit is located in a phenomenal area, tucked a mile or two behind the Klamath Wildlife Refuge. If coming from the beginning of Kirk Road, there is a fallen tree near the end of the trail. It is easy to get around; however, it is on a blind corner, so take it slow near the end. In the middle ...
Learn more about Skellock Pit - FS 4300800

This trail is well-kept and provides an easy shortcut onto Kirk Road from Silver Lake Road. It is easily completable in 4WD vehicles and most 2WD vehicles as well. Although this trail is very smooth, it does contain skinny sections in which only 1 vehicle can pass. Offering views of the not-so-dista...
Learn more about FS 7620000

This trail is a forest road that starts off with some gravel and then transitions to dirt. The trail steadily climbs over 2,300 feet in elevation over approximately 5.6 miles. The trail is mostly one lane wide with places to pass, and some areas have overgrown vegetation and tight trees. As the trai...
Learn more about Hall's Point - FS 6400-200

This is a hard-packed, gravel-based forest road in the Prospect OHV area. The trail begins as you cross an old wooden bridge where there is minor wash. The trail gradually climbs around 500 feet in elevation over just under 7 miles. This is a main trail into the network of trails, and one end of the...
Learn more about FS 6400

This is a dirt-based forest road that climbs up to the White Point Lookout Tower. The trail is narrow and one vehicle wide, with overgrown vegetation most of the way. There are some small ledges and a couple of mud holes, but overall this is an easy trail that is suitable for any vehicle type, but e...
Learn more about White Point Lookout Trail

This is a gravel-based forest road in the Prospect OHV area. The trail gradually climbs nearly 1,400 feet in elevation, then drops the same amount over the course of 9.7 miles. The trail has minor ruts and wash, washboard, and some deep potholes but is overall an easy trail suitable for any vehicle ...
Learn more about Gravel Butte - FS 6600

This is a hard-packed gravel forest road that runs alongside the river for a while. The trail climbs nearly 900 feet in elevation before dropping over 1,200 feet. There are multiple switchbacks with some ledges, but the road is wide enough to pass any oncoming vehicles. Along the way, there is some ...
Learn more about FS 6510

This is a hard-packed, gravel forest road that gradually climbs over 2,100 feet of elevation over 9.3 miles. The trail begins in forested areas, but as you near the top/end, it opens up with meadows. The trail has some switchbacks and ledges, is narrow in places with room to pass, and camping is all...
Learn more about FS 6515 West

This route serves as a functional and scenic corridor cutting through the Lower Klamath National Wildlife Refuge. Designed primarily to provide access for waterfowl hunters to the refuge and the northern reaches of the Modoc National Forest, the trail offers a direct line of sight into the diverse w...
Learn more about Sheepy East Hunter Access Road

This is a dirt-based forest road that leads to the Mount Stella Lookout Tower. The trail starts off wide enough for two vehicles and gravel-based, then transitions to dirt-based where there is an open gate. The trail becomes narrow and one vehicle wide with no room to pass. There is rock garden and ...
Learn more about Mount Stella Lookout Trail

This is a hard-packed, gravel-based forest road that climbs nearly 1,400 feet in elevation before dead-ending at the boundary of Crater Lake National Park. At the beginning of the trail, you are in a burned forest area and cross over a creek that the trail runs parallel with for a while. There is a ...
Learn more about FS 6535-900

This is a gravel-based trail that gradually climbs nearly 1,800 feet in elevation and then descends 1,000 feet. The trail is relatively smooth with a few potholes here and there, and one end has a section that has ruts and washouts up to a foot deep. The trail runs along the border of Crater Lake Na...
Learn more about FS 6535

This is an easy trail/logging road with many offshoots and new things to explore. There is active logging, so it is best to drive this trail in the evenings or on the weekend and carry a CB radio if possible. The first ascent is steep but paved if you are entering near Hagelstein Park, so make sure ...
Learn more about Hagelquin Loop

This trail is a great route to get connected to dozens of amazing trails. Located near the Collier Logging Museum, this trail travels between open logged meadows and thick woods. The road surface is mainly gravel with some sections of sand. This trail offers an alternative route to Burnt Butte Pit, ...
Learn more about FS 9731000

Soloman (FS 4502) is an easy trail designed as an alternative route to Burnt Butte Pit. It is a very easy trail with minimal terrain obstacles, perfect for a low-stress drive. This alternative route to Burnt Butte has little traffic and is a good place to go to be on your own in the woods. Keep your...
Learn more about Soloman - FS 4502

This trail is super fun to take on the weekends, and offers a long loop which doesn't take you too far from Highway 97. A mixture of sand and dirt make this road very fun and in places challenging to drive on. This route is perfect for an afternoon drive, and takes you right back to where you starte...
Learn more about FS 4504000

This is an easy trail/logging road with many offshoots and new things to explore. There is active logging, so it is best to drive this trail in the evenings or on the weekend and carry a CB radio if possible. The first ascent is steep but paved if you are entering near Hagelstein Park, so make sure ...
Learn more about Hagelquin Loop

This trail is a great route to get connected to dozens of amazing trails. Located near the Collier Logging Museum, this trail travels between open logged meadows and thick woods. The road surface is mainly gravel with some sections of sand. This trail offers an alternative route to Burnt Butte Pit, ...
Learn more about FS 9731000

Soloman (FS 4502) is an easy trail designed as an alternative route to Burnt Butte Pit. It is a very easy trail with minimal terrain obstacles, perfect for a low-stress drive. This alternative route to Burnt Butte has little traffic and is a good place to go to be on your own in the woods. Keep your...
Learn more about Soloman - FS 4502

This trail is super fun to take on the weekends, and offers a long loop which doesn't take you too far from Highway 97. A mixture of sand and dirt make this road very fun and in places challenging to drive on. This route is perfect for an afternoon drive, and takes you right back to where you starte...
Learn more about FS 4504000