Beginner Off-Road Trails Near Parowan, Utah

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Second Left Hand

This trail starts off with an immediate water crossing. It's wide but no more than a foot deep. The trail then takes you up the canyon as a wide dirt road. This quickly changes into…
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Total Miles
5.6
Tech Rating
3 Easy
Best Time
Sp / Su / Fa

Red Creek Road (FR30078)

Red Creek Road is a maintained Forest Service Road that is traveled frequently to Red Creek Reservoir from Paragonah. The route also leads to many other mountain roads and can be used as a connector…
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Total Miles
8.2
Tech Rating
2 Easy
Best Time
Sp / Su / Fa

Markagunt Plateau

Starting from Highway 143, the trail starts out as a nice forest service dirt road. Roughly 4 miles in it turns into a single-lane dirt track as it descends the plateau. The trail becomes very…
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Total Miles
9.7
Tech Rating
3 Easy
Best Time
Sp / Su / Fa

Markagunt Plateau-Clear Creek FS 30050

Markagunt Plateau-Clear Creek FS 30050 is a 4-mile point-to-point or out-and-back (depending upon vehicle size) trail located in Iron County, Utah, within the Cedar City Ranger District of the Dixie National Forest. The trailhead starts…
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Total Miles
3.8
Tech Rating
3 Easy
Best Time
Sp / Su / Fa

Navajo Point

This trail begins with a smooth path that meanders through a beautiful forest, offering plenty of pull-off spots for camping along the way. While there are sections with a steep incline, the trail also features…
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Total Miles
2.4
Tech Rating
Best Time
Sp / Su / Fa

Brian Head Peak Observatory

The Brian Head Peak Observatory is roughly a 6-mile round trip on a smooth graded dirt road. The trail begins in a meadow and ramps slowly up the mountain to the summit where you have…
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Total Miles
2.5
Tech Rating
1 Easy
Best Time
Sp / Su / Fa

Sugar Loaf Mountain

This trail features a beautiful forest pass with a wide road, offering several camping spots along the way. As you navigate, you'll encounter small creeks and experience some steep inclines, particularly on the northwest section…
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Total Miles
3.5
Tech Rating
Best Time
Sp / Su / Fa

Panguitch Lake - Scenic Route

Travel on I-15 to exit 82. On the east side of the interstate to north on to frontage road. Continue north on the frontage road till you come upon the back side of the rest…
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Total Miles
30
Tech Rating
2 Easy
Best Time
Sp / Su / Fa

Caddy Creek/Little Valley

While Climbing Horse Valley/Markagunt Plateau Caddy Creek will turn to the left. This will be a class 2 road providing beautiful scenery and amazing views. This is mainly gravel with some creek crossings. Check weather…
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Total Miles
5.2
Tech Rating
2 Easy
Best Time
Sp / Su / Fa

Birch Spring Pass Creek - BLM32000.3

If you're looking for a fun trail with amazing views of massive lava fields this is it. You will be riding through forested areas with some very large meadows that boast of great flowers in…
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Total Miles
18
Tech Rating
3 Easy
Best Time
Sp / Su / Fa

Lava Camp Road

This is a trail that would be best used for either dry camping or getting away from the traffic to rest and relax. It is a pretty easy dirt and gravel road. There are a…
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Total Miles
0.8
Tech Rating
3 Easy
Best Time
Su / Fa

Sandy Caddy Creek Loop

Sandy Caddy Creek Loop starts as a class 2 trail that winds up to a view to overlooks the town of Panguitch, Utah. The trails continue traveling on top of the mountain top and turn…
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Total Miles
13.8
Tech Rating
3 Easy
Best Time
Sp / Su / Fa

Webster Flat

This trail features a smooth, easy dirt road accessible off Highway 14, marked by a sign directing you to Webster Flat. Enjoy a scenic drive surrounded by stunning Aspens, with a wide enough path for…
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Total Miles
1.8
Tech Rating
Best Time
Sp / Su / Fa

Gooseberry Point

An easy trail through the trees to a nice viewpoint in the Cedar mountains. The trail is a two track winding through the Pinon and Juniper trees. At the time of mapping, there was a…
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Total Miles
1.6
Tech Rating
2 Easy
Best Time
Sp / Su / Fa

Deer Valley Loop

This trail is loose gravel, winding through towering pines and rolling meadows. It connects to Highway 14 at both ends of the trail and is an excellent area for camping at either end. Beware of…
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Total Miles
4.8
Tech Rating
2 Easy
Best Time
Su / Fa

Tebbs Hollow/Sandy Creek - FS 2900, 3200.1.19

This trail section begins at the Spry Cemetery. This is a historic cemetery and is worth the stop to walk around and see the family names of many who risked everything to homestead this area.…
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Total Miles
14
Tech Rating
Best Time
Sp / Fa / Su

Kolob Terrace Road

Kolob Terrace Road is a 15.2-mile point-to-point improved dirt road rated 2 of 10. Kolob Terrace Road will be closed during winter months and open in late spring after the snow melts and the road…
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Total Miles
14.5
Tech Rating
2 Easy
Best Time
Sp / Su / Fa

Lake View Loop

This trail is an offshoot of Deer Valley Road just off Highway 14. It climbs to a high point where you can view Navajo Lake through the birch and pine trees. In summer, the trail…
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Total Miles
1.7
Tech Rating
2 Easy
Best Time
Su / Fa

Lava Field View

Take a leisurely drive north off Highway 14 through a meadow bordering a giant field of black lava rock. The trail takes you right up close to the lava rocks, where you can explore, touch,…
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Total Miles
2
Tech Rating
3 Easy
Best Time
Su / Fa

North Fork Country Road

North Fork Country Road is a 26.5-mile point-to-point trail rated 2 of 10 located in Kane County, Utah. This trail is a county-maintained dirt track that runs north/south and connects Highway 9 (Zion National Park…
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Total Miles
25.3
Tech Rating
2 Easy
Best Time
Sp / Su / Fa / Wi

Henrie Connector

This mile-and-a-half trail connects Tommy Loop and Henrie Knolls. At one point, the trail crosses a black rock lava field. Open to SXS or smaller machines. Nothing too challenging about this route, but there are…
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Total Miles
1.4
Tech Rating
2 Easy
Best Time
Fa / Su

Tommy Loop to Henrie Knolls

This five-mile loop weaves and winds its way through the Dixie National Forest. Primitive camping was noted along the southern part (Tommy Loop) of the route, so it is open to all sized vehicles. There…
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Total Miles
4.8
Tech Rating
3 Easy
Best Time
Su / Fa

Cascade Falls Pink Cliff BLM 30054

Cascade Falls Pink Cliff BLM 30054 is a 2.8-mile out-and-back trail rated 2 of 10 located in Kane County, Utah. This is a destination trail that leads to amazing views of Zion National Park and…
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Total Miles
2.6
Tech Rating
2 Easy
Best Time
Sp / Su / Fa

Tommy Loop Access

This short trail connects from Tommy Loop trail to USFS Rd 067 (Mammoth Creek Road). There were camp spots noted at both ends of the trail, so full-sized vehicles (and campers) are able to drive…
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Total Miles
1.2
Tech Rating
2 Easy
Best Time
Fa / Su

Spry Cemetery - FS 2100, 2750, 2800

This is a portion of what can be combined with two other trails to make a fun loop of approximately 45 miles of trails, all rated in the easy category. This trail starts on the…
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Total Miles
11.2
Tech Rating
Best Time
Su / Fa / Sp / Wi

Arrowhead Trail

This trail starts in the flat lands with beautiful desert scenery for miles around, with a two-lane maintained road but sand can be washed out by floods so always keep in mind weather conditions. The…
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Total Miles
45.5
Tech Rating
2 Easy
Best Time
Fa / Su / Sp / Wi

Mammoth Cave Road

Mammoth Cave Road is a 2.5-mile out-and-back trail rated 2 of 10 located in Garfield County, Utah. This is a destination trail that leads to a series of lava tubes that create underground tunnels. This…
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Total Miles
2.4
Tech Rating
2 Easy
Best Time
Sp / Su / Fa / Wi

Duck Creek Way

Open to SXS (72") or smaller machines, this easy trail is the OHV route in/out of town (Duck Creek Village). It also connects to several other trails and hiking trailheads in the area. The trail…
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Total Miles
3.4
Tech Rating
1 Easy
Best Time
Fa / Su

Strawberry Loop

This seven-mile loop through Dixie National Forest is a very scenic route. Towards the middle of the trail is a stunning overlook of the Pink Cliffs, which resemble the rock features found in Bryce Canyon…
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Total Miles
6.6
Tech Rating
2 Easy
Best Time
Fa / Su

Ponderosa Loop

The Ponderosa Loop is a fairly easy and fun loop that weaves and winds its way through the Dixie National Forest. There are a couple of large rocky sections throughout the trail, as well as…
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Total Miles
4.3
Tech Rating
2 Easy
Best Time
Fa / Su

ATV Trails Near Parowan, Utah

Second Left Hand

This trail starts off with an immediate water crossing. It's wide but no more than a foot deep. The trail then takes you up the canyon as a wide dirt road. This quickly changes into…
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Total Miles
5.6
Tech Rating
3 Easy
Best Time
Sp / Su / Fa

Red Creek Road (FR30078)

Red Creek Road is a maintained Forest Service Road that is traveled frequently to Red Creek Reservoir from Paragonah. The route also leads to many other mountain roads and can be used as a connector…
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Total Miles
8.2
Tech Rating
2 Easy
Best Time
Sp / Su / Fa

Markagunt Plateau

Starting from Highway 143, the trail starts out as a nice forest service dirt road. Roughly 4 miles in it turns into a single-lane dirt track as it descends the plateau. The trail becomes very…
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Total Miles
9.7
Tech Rating
3 Easy
Best Time
Sp / Su / Fa

Markagunt Plateau-Clear Creek FS 30050

Markagunt Plateau-Clear Creek FS 30050 is a 4-mile point-to-point or out-and-back (depending upon vehicle size) trail located in Iron County, Utah, within the Cedar City Ranger District of the Dixie National Forest. The trailhead starts…
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Total Miles
3.8
Tech Rating
3 Easy
Best Time
Sp / Su / Fa

Navajo Point

This trail begins with a smooth path that meanders through a beautiful forest, offering plenty of pull-off spots for camping along the way. While there are sections with a steep incline, the trail also features…
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Total Miles
2.4
Tech Rating
Best Time
Sp / Su / Fa

Sugar Loaf Mountain

This trail features a beautiful forest pass with a wide road, offering several camping spots along the way. As you navigate, you'll encounter small creeks and experience some steep inclines, particularly on the northwest section…
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Total Miles
3.5
Tech Rating
Best Time
Sp / Su / Fa

UTV/Side-by-Side Near Parowan, Utah

Second Left Hand

This trail starts off with an immediate water crossing. It's wide but no more than a foot deep. The trail then takes you up the canyon as a wide dirt road. This quickly changes into…
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Total Miles
5.6
Tech Rating
3 Easy
Best Time
Sp / Su / Fa

Red Creek Road (FR30078)

Red Creek Road is a maintained Forest Service Road that is traveled frequently to Red Creek Reservoir from Paragonah. The route also leads to many other mountain roads and can be used as a connector…
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Total Miles
8.2
Tech Rating
2 Easy
Best Time
Sp / Su / Fa

Markagunt Plateau

Starting from Highway 143, the trail starts out as a nice forest service dirt road. Roughly 4 miles in it turns into a single-lane dirt track as it descends the plateau. The trail becomes very…
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Total Miles
9.7
Tech Rating
3 Easy
Best Time
Sp / Su / Fa

Markagunt Plateau-Clear Creek FS 30050

Markagunt Plateau-Clear Creek FS 30050 is a 4-mile point-to-point or out-and-back (depending upon vehicle size) trail located in Iron County, Utah, within the Cedar City Ranger District of the Dixie National Forest. The trailhead starts…
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Total Miles
3.8
Tech Rating
3 Easy
Best Time
Sp / Su / Fa

Navajo Point

This trail begins with a smooth path that meanders through a beautiful forest, offering plenty of pull-off spots for camping along the way. While there are sections with a steep incline, the trail also features…
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Total Miles
2.4
Tech Rating
Best Time
Sp / Su / Fa

Sugar Loaf Mountain

This trail features a beautiful forest pass with a wide road, offering several camping spots along the way. As you navigate, you'll encounter small creeks and experience some steep inclines, particularly on the northwest section…
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Total Miles
3.5
Tech Rating
Best Time
Sp / Su / Fa