Beginner Off-Road Trails
Near Piperton, Tennessee

The Island Forty Road, is a dirt based road that traverses into the Shelby Wildlife Management Area which is part of the greater Meeman-Shelby State Park. The road is mostly dirt with a few patches of old gravel here and there, there is high potential the road will easily softened when rain or wet c...
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This trail is in the Arkabutla Lake Bottoms. This part of the lake does not flood due to the shutdown of the dam. The terrain is fairly flat with some small ruts, but nothing major. The trail does retain some water and makes it swampy in areas, but it's always pretty shallow and passable. Make sure ...
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The trail starts at the Pleasant Hill Public Use Area. Follow the boat ramp to the end where there's a dirt trail and go south. Follow it around until you see the trail veering to the left. You will enter the woods from there on a good trail and follow it through rolling hills, small ditch crossings...
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Start off in a wide area outside the parking area. From there, take the trail riding along the creek banks. It can be muddy at times, but it's hard ground. About half a mile down the trail, the trail becomes sandy. There are 2 small ditches to cross with very shallow water running in them. The ditch...
Learn more about Hickahala Creek Trail

Starts as a hard ground trail entering the woods with shallow puddles and ruts. Ruts are not deep on this trail, so they're manageable. There is a small creek named Wolf Creek. It is shallow and not too soft. The rest of the trail goes deep into the woods through various rolling hills, but none too ...
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The Ernest Rice Road is a gravel access road to the Wildlife Management Area of the same name. It features an easy to traverse gravel road on the northern side of the area, expect course gravel in sections, potholes, and mild water collection in spots, the parking areas are also a little soft where ...
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This trail is in the Arkabutla Lake Bottoms. This part of the lake does not flood due to the shutdown of the dam. The terrain is fairly flat with some small ruts, but nothing major. The trail does retain some water and makes it swampy in areas, but it's always pretty shallow and passable. Make sure ...
Learn more about Hurricane Creek Trail

The trail starts at the Pleasant Hill Public Use Area. Follow the boat ramp to the end where there's a dirt trail and go south. Follow it around until you see the trail veering to the left. You will enter the woods from there on a good trail and follow it through rolling hills, small ditch crossings...
Learn more about Crawford's Point Trail

Start off in a wide area outside the parking area. From there, take the trail riding along the creek banks. It can be muddy at times, but it's hard ground. About half a mile down the trail, the trail becomes sandy. There are 2 small ditches to cross with very shallow water running in them. The ditch...
Learn more about Hickahala Creek Trail

Starts as a hard ground trail entering the woods with shallow puddles and ruts. Ruts are not deep on this trail, so they're manageable. There is a small creek named Wolf Creek. It is shallow and not too soft. The rest of the trail goes deep into the woods through various rolling hills, but none too ...
Learn more about Wolf Creek Trail

This trail is in the Arkabutla Lake Bottoms. This part of the lake does not flood due to the shutdown of the dam. The terrain is fairly flat with some small ruts, but nothing major. The trail does retain some water and makes it swampy in areas, but it's always pretty shallow and passable. Make sure ...
Learn more about Hurricane Creek Trail

The trail starts at the Pleasant Hill Public Use Area. Follow the boat ramp to the end where there's a dirt trail and go south. Follow it around until you see the trail veering to the left. You will enter the woods from there on a good trail and follow it through rolling hills, small ditch crossings...
Learn more about Crawford's Point Trail

Start off in a wide area outside the parking area. From there, take the trail riding along the creek banks. It can be muddy at times, but it's hard ground. About half a mile down the trail, the trail becomes sandy. There are 2 small ditches to cross with very shallow water running in them. The ditch...
Learn more about Hickahala Creek Trail

Starts as a hard ground trail entering the woods with shallow puddles and ruts. Ruts are not deep on this trail, so they're manageable. There is a small creek named Wolf Creek. It is shallow and not too soft. The rest of the trail goes deep into the woods through various rolling hills, but none too ...
Learn more about Wolf Creek Trail