Beginner Off-Road Trails Near Pe Ell, Washington

The Willapa hills are located within Pacific County, Washington. This trail runs through DNR commercial forestland and gives you the opportunity to see the beauty of the Willapa Hills. This trail is easy, primarily consisting…
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The E-Line trail cuts east to west through Capitol State Forest. Starting off of Bordeaux Paved Road, the E-Line is a hard-pack dirt road through typical Pacific Northwest forest. This wooded road has plenty of…
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The D-1000 splits off the main paved D-line and takes you into the heart of Capitol Forest. Immediately as you turn onto the road, you'll start to gain elevation as you look down on the…
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This trail is mostly a maintained road with gravel on top of dirt. There are narrow in most spots for one vehicle and side pull-offs, often for on coming vehicles. Roads are up and down…
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Approximately 10 minutes from Highway 12 in the heart of Capitol State Forest lies hundreds of miles of dirt and gravel trails. This is a quick and simple run along connector D-3000 and you can…
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Branching off the C-Line at Mount Molly Campground, the D-4000 road is a very well-traveled hard dirt-packed road. There are only a few potholes along this route that can easily be avoided by driving around…
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Deep in the middle of the 110,000-acre Capitol State Forest lies the C-Line Road, or the "C-Line Connector." Running east to west, this 6-mile trail section contains dozens of offshoots to other smaller trails leading…
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This is an easy trail if you stay on the main tracks--mostly gravel roads, with some asphalt mixed in. There are plenty of places to venture off the main track and find mud, tight technical…
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100% gravel and dirt, this trail connects the Rock Candy Mountain area to the Capitol State Forest "A Line" road. Mostly Forest Service and logging roads, the trails are fairly easy to use. There are…
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This is a great beginners' trail and still fun for novices. It follows a little bit of the creek and has a nice little spot to have a quick snack while sitting next to the…
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Hunt Creek is a 3-mile easy OHV trail that gently descends from south to north through dense forest. The trail features scattered loose rock, embedded root bands, and several road and wooden bridge crossings. It…
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This is the longest OHV trail in the Nicolai Mountain system at 3.4 miles. It offers a fun mix of terrain with big crisscrossing root bands, tight curves through dense forest, and embedded rocks or…
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This is an easy and flowy loop that adds some extra mileage off of Hunt Creek. It's a wide OHV trail through a forest of spruce and firs for 1.2 miles. Expect some large root…
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This trail is easy and comfortable, being mostly a narrow gravel road through a beautiful coastal forest. No hard obstacles, just use caution as traffic can be going in either direction and the road is…
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Cake Walk is an easy trail, leaving from the quarry staging area and immediately presenting multiple split lines that can be a bit confusing at first. Once on the main path, the trail stays relatively…
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This road will take you to the Rock Candy Trailhead and will pass other parking on the way there. This is a Washington Department of Natural Resources road in a state forest that is open…
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This short connector trail is less than half a mile long and offers a scenic route through thick mossy spruce trees. Similar to the terrain of Microwave, it includes muddy spots, large root bands, and…
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PC40 is a short and scenic connector trail linking Plympton Creek Trail to Plympton Ridge Road. It winds through a lush forest of Sitka spruce and Douglas fir, passing the stumps of a few massive…
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Radar Mainline is that main trail that has many offshoots to other trails within 30 minutes of Long Beach, WA. This is a relatively well groomed gravel road with few potholes and small patches of…
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PC20 is a short and easy connector trail that links the forest road to Plympton Creek trail. About a quarter mile long, it's mostly flat and gradual with a smooth surface and no obstacles. The…
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Off the main trail, you will hit A Line which ends at G Line and exits the large network of trails. About half way through the trail A line turns into G Line. This trail…
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This loop takes you through the primary logging routes of the Clatsop State Forest. Though it's a relatively easy drive, you'll be treated to a variety of scenery across the deep forests, open plains, and…
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Shaffer Road offers a scenic off-road route, providing an alternative to Apiary Road for travelers between Rainier and Vernonia, especially during its closures due to a washout at milepost 11. This route winds along the…
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This forest road connects Apiary Road with Pittsburg Road and is relatively level. It is, however, a typical logging road with potholes, washboard, and the occasional windfall tree in the way. This route begins on…
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This timberland traverse route offers a journey through lush landscapes of private timber company land and access to the pristine Tillamook State Forest. Adventurers are immediately greeted with a canopy of towering conifers and the…
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This is the main logging route into the heart of the Clatsop State Forest. This is an easy, scenic drive with numerous spurs to explore. Deadfall could be an issue in the shoulder seasons. Like…
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A quick little run right off of Sunset Highway (US Route 26) that traverses the lower portion of the Clatsop State Forest. Don't be fooled by the appearance of a loopback to the main road,…
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McGregor Road is accessed directly from Hwy 26 (Sunset Hwy) in the Tillamook Forest. At the northern end, it intersects with NoFo Road. It also intersects with Music Road and North Fork Wolf Creek Road.…
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NoFo Road is accessed from North Fork Wolf Creek Road, which is off from Highway 26 (Sunset Highway) in the Tillamook Forest. It's a typical Tillamook Forest road, relatively smooth, with washboards and potholes. There…
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FS 2340 is your classic Pacific-Northwest Forest Service Road, that happens to lead you to a historical landmark, High Steel Bridge. High Steel is a truss arch bridge that sits 375ft above the South Fork…
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