Beginner Off-Road Trails
Near Port Hueneme, California

This is the main access road into the Los Padres National Forest on the southwest side of the Frazier Mountain area. It leads to several other OHV trails and hiking trailheads, but eventually dead ends at a locked gate. From the north end, it begins as a winding paved road for the first 1.5 miles be...
Learn more about Mutau OHV - FS 7N03

This is a loop route that circles the peak of Alamo Mountain, providing amazing scenic views of the surrounding Sespe Wilderness. It is open to both street-legal vehicles and OHVs with a valid green sticker. The trail is single-vehicle wide and consists primarily of packed dirt with shallow erosion ...
Learn more about Alamo Mountain OHV - FS 8N01.3

It is a flowing trail accessible only to dirt bikes and quads. This one-way-only trail gives you a nice piece of mind that no one will be coming the other way around a corner. The first section is the most technical, with a short, steep uphill followed by a steep hillside traverse after. AAfterwarda...
Learn more about Tataviam Trail

The Jack Rabbit Trail is located within the Hungry Valley SVRA and can be accessed just off the street legal only, Gold Hill Road. You can stage at the Smith Forks Campground. The trail starts just West of the intersection of the Roadrunner Trail and the Gold Hill Road at GPS Coordinates N34.73197...
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Pipeline Road Southwest is a 1.8-mile Green Circle connector in the Hungry Valley SVRA. It starts at the fence on Gold Hill Road and runs northwest, connecting directly to Roadrunner Trail. The route is mostly sand with some rocky sections, though the rocks are small. Vegetation is heavy and overgro...
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The Schmidt Ranch Trail starts at the intersection with the Street Legal Gold Hill Road at GPS coordinates N34.72738° W118.89004° and is 1.4 miles long. This is a double-wide hard-pack trail with some sections of small whoops. The trail crosses the Cougar Trail at .07 miles. At 1.1 miles, the Maxey ...
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Maxey Ranch Road Spur is a short, easy 0.7-mile Green Circle connector in the Hungry Valley SVRA. It runs from paved Gold Hill Road over to Maxey Ranch Road across flat, lightly rolling desert with smooth sand and dirt the whole way. There are no rocks or obstacles, so a stock 4x4 or even a two-whee...
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Roadrunner Trail is an easy 2.56-mile Green Circle route in the Hungry Valley SVRA. It starts at a signed trailhead gate off Gold Hill Road and climbs gently north into a wide sand wash through open desert. The trail is open to full-size 4x4 and side-by-side rigs, quads, and dirt bikes, with soft sa...
Learn more about Roadrunner Trail South

This trail starts at the intersection of the Street Legal Gold Hill Road and the Flying W Trail, GPS coordinates N34.74516° W118.87287°. You can also start at the Edison Campground and run the trail South vs. North. The trail is 1.9 miles long and starts at the end of a wide sand wash that transiti...
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This is a point-to-point trail for dirt bike riders transitioning between the East Frazier Trail (dirt bikes only) and Frazier Mountain trails or an out-and-back trail for all other vehicles. The surface is primarily graded dirt, but there are occasional smaller embedded rocks, exposed tree roots, a...
Learn more about East Frazier Road - FS 8N24

The Maxey Ranch Road is located within the Hungry Valley SVRA. It is 1.7 miles long and begins at the intersections of The Meadows Trail and the Old Cottonwood Trails at GPS coordinates N34.75937° W118.89924°. While most of this trail is wide enough for two full-size vehicles to pass side by side,...
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Meadows Trail is a highly scenic, gentle 2.5-mile loop that begins directly off Old Cottonwood Trail and eventually forms an easy, pleasant connection back at Maxey Ranch Road. The backcountry route is mostly smooth, lightly graded, and beautifully surrounded by wide-open meadows and picturesque, gr...
Learn more about Meadows Trail - Upper Segment

Shelf road for the first half winding down into a pretty nice and quiet valley. There road is fairly easy but the shelf grade to the side of the first half is steep and may make novice drivers nervous. There is a large fallen tree towards the end that you could get around, however the road ends at a...
Learn more about Mill Canyon - FS 9N04

Probably the best views from any trail in the area, this road winds down the side of the mountain to a scrub bush flat with a few fire pits along the way. On the trip, you will cross a small creek that I think may be the only year-round running water in the area, but it is never more than a trickle....
Learn more about Seymour Creek - FS 8N05

Circle Canyon Trail is a brief, highly welcoming 1.0-mile backcountry access road starting right off the paved Gold Hill Road. This beautifully clear, wide two-track features an exceptionally smooth, well-graded dirt surface that playfully cuts across vast, open desert flats populated by scattered n...
Learn more about Circle Canyon Trail

Red Tail Canyon is a short, incredibly scenic 1.1-mile two-way connector trail that treats off-road explorers to a highly enjoyable canyon run. Starting directly off Rattler Trail, the route consists of a mixed-dirt path that gracefully meanders through rolling desert hills under wide, unobstructed ...
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This is a point-to-point trail leading from Lockwood Valley Rd to the top of the Frazier Mountain, where there is an old abandoned Lookout Tower and Cellular Commuication structures. From Lockwood Valley Rd, the trail begins as an asphault road as it passes by Forest Service headquarter buildings an...
Learn more about Frazier Mountain Rd - FS 8N04

Short fun route for dirt bikes and quads. Halfway, there is a great vista that overlooks the south end of the park. This is a two-way trail, so keep an eye out for oncoming traffic and low-hanging branches. The trail is fun in both directions, with a climb first, then downhill on the second half as ...
Learn more about Coyote Trail

This is a relatively easy dirt road just outside Santa Clarita. It is usually low-traffic, and the main road doesn't even require 4x4. There are however several side trails (mostly short) that are steep, rutted, and require 4x4 and in some cases a rear locker. There are plenty of turnouts and viewpo...
Learn more about San Francisquito Motorway

The Sterling Canyon Trail can be accessed from the North by taking the Old Cottonwood Trail for .15 of a mile (GPS Coordinates N34.77932° W118.88355°), or from the South at the Intersection with the street-legal Gold Hill Road (GPS coordinates N34.76662° W118.87774°). The trail is 1.9 miles in leng...
Learn more about Sterling Canyon Trail

This is the main access road into the Los Padres National Forest on the southwest side of the Frazier Mountain area. It leads to several other OHV trails and hiking trailheads, but eventually dead ends at a locked gate. From the north end, it begins as a winding paved road for the first 1.5 miles be...
Learn more about Mutau OHV - FS 7N03

This is a loop route that circles the peak of Alamo Mountain, providing amazing scenic views of the surrounding Sespe Wilderness. It is open to both street-legal vehicles and OHVs with a valid green sticker. The trail is single-vehicle wide and consists primarily of packed dirt with shallow erosion ...
Learn more about Alamo Mountain OHV - FS 8N01.3

It is a flowing trail accessible only to dirt bikes and quads. This one-way-only trail gives you a nice piece of mind that no one will be coming the other way around a corner. The first section is the most technical, with a short, steep uphill followed by a steep hillside traverse after. AAfterwarda...
Learn more about Tataviam Trail

The Jack Rabbit Trail is located within the Hungry Valley SVRA and can be accessed just off the street legal only, Gold Hill Road. You can stage at the Smith Forks Campground. The trail starts just West of the intersection of the Roadrunner Trail and the Gold Hill Road at GPS Coordinates N34.73197...
Learn more about Jack Rabbit Trail

This is the main access road into the Los Padres National Forest on the southwest side of the Frazier Mountain area. It leads to several other OHV trails and hiking trailheads, but eventually dead ends at a locked gate. From the north end, it begins as a winding paved road for the first 1.5 miles be...
Learn more about Mutau OHV - FS 7N03

This is a loop route that circles the peak of Alamo Mountain, providing amazing scenic views of the surrounding Sespe Wilderness. It is open to both street-legal vehicles and OHVs with a valid green sticker. The trail is single-vehicle wide and consists primarily of packed dirt with shallow erosion ...
Learn more about Alamo Mountain OHV - FS 8N01.3

The Jack Rabbit Trail is located within the Hungry Valley SVRA and can be accessed just off the street legal only, Gold Hill Road. You can stage at the Smith Forks Campground. The trail starts just West of the intersection of the Roadrunner Trail and the Gold Hill Road at GPS Coordinates N34.73197...
Learn more about Jack Rabbit Trail

Pipeline Road Southwest is a 1.8-mile Green Circle connector in the Hungry Valley SVRA. It starts at the fence on Gold Hill Road and runs northwest, connecting directly to Roadrunner Trail. The route is mostly sand with some rocky sections, though the rocks are small. Vegetation is heavy and overgro...
Learn more about Pipeline Road Southwest