Beginner Off-Road Trails
Near Pagosa Springs, Colorado

Fawn Gulch road, along with the E and F branches, offer multiple spots for primitive dry camping with pull off spots as soon as you enter the San Juan National Forest. The first mile is private property. It is an easy road five miles up to the Coal Creek Trailhead. Fawn Gulch E and Fawn Gulch F will...
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Eight Mile Mesa Road (#651) will take you to the top of Eight Mile Mesa South of Pagosa Springs, Colorado with a network of trails leading to different points of the mesa. After turning off of Hwy 84, the road goes about a mile through a housing area with the USFS road starting at the Forest Service...
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Fawn Gulch E is the first branch road you will reach turning to the right. This was a great road for primitive dry campsites. Shortly down the road you will come to a closed gate. There are disturbed primitive sites on both sides of the gate in this area with views of the valley below. After passing...
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Fawn Gulch F was an interesting road and drive. When turning off of the main road the first 3/10 of a mile is a gravel-maintained road to the gate for Fawn Gulch Ranch. Here you make a hard-left turn to follow the Fawn Gulch F road as it changes to a rut road. Following the road for another 7/10 of ...
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Four Mile Falls, Four Mile Lake and Anderson trails are north on Four Mile road out of Pagosa Springs. These are very popular trails since they are so close to Pagosa Springs and traverse part of the Weminuche Wilderness. The road itself is part of a beautiful scenic loop drive when combined with P...
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Eight Mile Mesa C (#651C) forks left off the main road about 5 miles from the beginning of the USFS road. It's about 4.5 miles to the end where there were a few disturbed primitive campsites, as well as a few sites along the way. In late spring/early summer there are often plentiful wildflowers. The...
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Plumtaw road is a scenic drive through the Weminuche Wilderness north of Pagosa Springs. It goes through beautiful sections of the San Juan National Forest, with great views of Pagosa Peak. There are peaceful meadows and wildflowers all along the drive depending upon the season. Combining this road ...
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Eight Mile Mesa E (#651E) forks right with Eight Mile Mesa D (#651D) forking to the left at the end of the main Eight Mile Mesa Road, approximately 6.5 miles from the highway turnoff. This road goes through some large open meadows, which can be spectacular with wildflowers in season. At the very end...
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Eight Mile Mesa D (#651D) forks left with Eight Mile Mesa E (#651E) forking to the right at the end of the main Eight Mile Mesa road, approximately 6.5 miles from the highway turnoff. This road is a delightful drive through fields of flowers and trees to the end where you might be able to camp, but ...
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The Fork for Eight Mile Mesa A (#651A) is a short road to the right off of the main Eight Mile Mesa Road (#651). It leads you to the historic fire lookout tower site with views to the North towards Pagosa Springs and the San Juan mountains. The fire lookout tower is closed to the public, but the swe...
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Eight Mile Mesa B (#651B) forks to the left off of the main road about half a mile from the first fork to the right for Eight Mile Mesa A. It's just under a mile long and an easy rut road with a few rocks and some dips through pine trees and meadows of wildflowers in the late spring and early summer...
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This is a short connector trail designated for vehicles 50" or less. There is a pinch point on either end of the trail. It connects Brockover Road to Newt Jack Road. The mile-long trail is fast, flat, and straight. It's mostly smooth dirt between ponderosa pines, with infrequent sections of loose ro...
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Piedra Road will lead you north out of Pagosa Springs past the airport and a few neighborhoods. It eventually turns into a Forest Service road with two large parking areas and trailheads at the beginning. Here, you can park your trailers for ATVs or 6x6s and air down or up. The road will take you to...
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The east side of Stockdrive starts on Piedra Road at the Turkey Springs Trailhead, which is a dirt staging area. It goes west for less than 2 miles through a sparse forest of ponderosa pines, with grassy meadows, excellent views of the San Juan Mountains, and little bits of rock in the trail, but no...
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The west end of South Brockover starts on Turkey Springs Road. It goes along the rim of a mesa, overlooking the mountains, intersects with Circle T, and continues east on an easy two-track. The majority of this trail is pretty easy. It has intermittent sections of loose rock and chunky embedded laye...
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The east end of this trail starts on Turkey Springs Road, and it switchbacks up towards Chris Mountain Road. The trail is a tight two-track between scraggly gambel oak branches and pine trees. Although the switchbacks are pretty wide, they are often covered in loose rock and ruts, making them a bit ...
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The north end of Circle T starts on Monument Park East Road at a big trail sign. It heads south, riding through big open grassy meadows. The trail is pretty flat for the entire route, not gaining much elevation, and staying very gradual, with a bit of loose rock. It rides through a sparse forest wit...
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East Fork Road has two very different sections. This lower section is a well maintained graded road suitable for most vehicles. They recommend a higher clearance vehicle, yet compact cars were on this road as well. Even graded and maintained there will be large potholes larger than 4' in size. Also ...
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Snow Ranch Road - FS 628 is a dirt road that begins near the National Forest entrance from Turkey Springs Road. The beginning of this dirt road is very well-maintained, but as you progress further, it becomes rocky and uneven in some areas. There is also a low-water concrete crossing near the end o...
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The Blanco River road runs off of Hwy 64 between Pagosa Springs and Chama, NM. As you drive along the Blanco River there are four pull off spots for primitive dry camping along the river. At the end of the road is a very nice group campground which is available by reservation. It is situated along t...
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Fawn Gulch road, along with the E and F branches, offer multiple spots for primitive dry camping with pull off spots as soon as you enter the San Juan National Forest. The first mile is private property. It is an easy road five miles up to the Coal Creek Trailhead. Fawn Gulch E and Fawn Gulch F will...
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Eight Mile Mesa Road (#651) will take you to the top of Eight Mile Mesa South of Pagosa Springs, Colorado with a network of trails leading to different points of the mesa. After turning off of Hwy 84, the road goes about a mile through a housing area with the USFS road starting at the Forest Service...
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Eight Mile Mesa C (#651C) forks left off the main road about 5 miles from the beginning of the USFS road. It's about 4.5 miles to the end where there were a few disturbed primitive campsites, as well as a few sites along the way. In late spring/early summer there are often plentiful wildflowers. The...
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Eight Mile Mesa E (#651E) forks right with Eight Mile Mesa D (#651D) forking to the left at the end of the main Eight Mile Mesa Road, approximately 6.5 miles from the highway turnoff. This road goes through some large open meadows, which can be spectacular with wildflowers in season. At the very end...
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Fawn Gulch road, along with the E and F branches, offer multiple spots for primitive dry camping with pull off spots as soon as you enter the San Juan National Forest. The first mile is private property. It is an easy road five miles up to the Coal Creek Trailhead. Fawn Gulch E and Fawn Gulch F will...
Learn more about Fawn Gulch-Fr Rd 666

Eight Mile Mesa Road (#651) will take you to the top of Eight Mile Mesa South of Pagosa Springs, Colorado with a network of trails leading to different points of the mesa. After turning off of Hwy 84, the road goes about a mile through a housing area with the USFS road starting at the Forest Service...
Learn more about Eight Mile Mesa Rd-USFS Rd #651

Eight Mile Mesa C (#651C) forks left off the main road about 5 miles from the beginning of the USFS road. It's about 4.5 miles to the end where there were a few disturbed primitive campsites, as well as a few sites along the way. In late spring/early summer there are often plentiful wildflowers. The...
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Eight Mile Mesa E (#651E) forks right with Eight Mile Mesa D (#651D) forking to the left at the end of the main Eight Mile Mesa Road, approximately 6.5 miles from the highway turnoff. This road goes through some large open meadows, which can be spectacular with wildflowers in season. At the very end...
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