Beginner Off-Road Trails Near Porter, Washington

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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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 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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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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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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Weaving and winding through the Olympic National Forest, Forest Road 2350 is a beautiful and easy mountain trail that connects with "FS2340 to Spider Lake". It's a nice and wide trail - not overgrown with…
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Just southeast of Brown Creek Campground is where Planters Loop begins. You can run the loop in either direction and enjoy the beautiful forest scenery all the same. Sadly the view out and down the…
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This route follows FS 2340 to Spider Lake. Once you arrive, you may be looking for spiders but don't miss this beautiful little lake nestled in the middle of the Olympic Mountains. It is unclear…
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This 20.1 mile point-to-point trial goes past Dusky Point (trail to top is very overgrown and difficult to pass) and ends at Spoon Creek Falls. This trail gives amazing views of the valleys in Olympic…
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Forest Road 2394 leads to a hiking trailhead and passes the Le Bar horse camp. The trail progressively becomes more and more overgrown and was even narrow for a dirt bike further up. Low hanging/fallen…
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This short adventure takes you up FSR 23 on a short hike that leads to the amazing 100' roaring waterfall of Spoon Creek. This route is a great launching point for many Olympic National Forest…
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This 12.8-mile trail passes through the Church Creek area. One can start from the East Wynoochee Lake trail or from the Spoon Creek Falls Adventure trail. The trail passes over the ridge line and gives…
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This 5.9-mile point-to-point trail goes along the east side of Wynoochee Lake with access to several other trails. This trail is a maintained forest service road that is easily passable by any 2WD, AWD, or…
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The Donkey Creek Road cutoff is a way to quickly get from Highway 101 at Humptulips to Wynoochee Lake. This route is the unpaved section of Donkey Creek Road, with little to no cell reception…
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This is a main trail that connects to several other trails in the area, as well as connects to Lilliwaup Creek Campground, Big Creek Campground, and Big Creek Trailhead. Because of this it is a…
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This 10.2 out-and-back trail takes you along the west side of Lake Wynoochee and ends where the road was washed out several years ago and is now a dispersed camping site. The last part of…
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This 10.4-mile point-to-point trail takes you along the east side of the east fork Humptulips River Valley. This trail is mostly single-vehicle with multiple areas for turn-outs. There are several dispersed camping locations along this…
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This is the perfect getaway! This trail is a steady climb on loose gravel for most of the trip. There are no real "obstacles" for the 4WD enthusiast, but there are fallen trees, low overhanging…
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Turning North off of Forest Road 24, this trail leads to Mt. Ellinor Lower Trailhead. The trail does not continue past the endpoint, as it appears on the map. Rather it ends at a parking…
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This short offshoot trail from NF 2419 leads to Mt. Ellinor Upper Trailhead. Short as it is, this trail has had some erosion damage that could be challenging for lower-clearance vehicles looking to reach the…
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Beginning trail from the West: what begins as a wide and easy shelf two-track trail slowly becomes more and more narrow with overgrowth. Full-size vehicles are highly discouraged and will certainly receive paint damage. Some…
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This 13.1-mile out-and-back trail takes you up to Cougar Mountain. The first part of the trail runs along a small creek, then goes along the mountainside up to the top of Cougar Mountain. There is…
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Dry Copper Creek Road is located in the Olympic National Forest north of Shelton, Washington. The road is loose gravel with some washout areas from rock slides, with water runoff coming down and across the…
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