Beginner Off-Road Trails
Near Puryear, Tennessee

Forest Service Road 403 intersects with FSR 230 in the southwestern section of Land Between the Lakes and is a part of the Forest Service Road System at LBL. The trailhead is marked with a small numbered sign. The trail takes a southwesterly route and ends at the shoreline of Kentucky Lake in Lost B...
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Forest Service Road 401 is a very short but fairly technical descent toward the shoreline of Kentucky Lake. The trailhead is marked, intersects with FSR 230 or Fort Henry Road, and descends to the west and south. A beautifully wooded landscape shows a bit of use on this trail. The trail consists of ...
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Forest Service Road 236, nestled in the southwestern corner of the Land Between the Lakes, offers a scenic and engaging experience for off-road enthusiasts. With its starting point at the crossroads of FSR 230 and 236, the trail meanders southeast towards Highway 79, presenting a mix of gravel, dirt...
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Fun trail, lots of puddling, and ways to get your vehicle dirty. Few washouts and slippery areas. There is a tricky spot roughly halfway through where your left side will be much lower than the right side. It does just end at an opening and does not continue past. Good spot to turn around and do it ...
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This is another short but fun route for the beginner. This trail is great for learning your vehicle, picking lines, and developing a better understanding of how your vehicle handles obstacles. The trailhead is marked and is at the intersection of FSR 206 and heads west, descending to the shoreline o...
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Morgan Cemetery Road FSR 222 is a rough gravel forestry road through the southern Tennessee section, center area of the peninsula, within the Land Between the Lakes National Recreation Area. It features a gravel road that takes a beating from the weather and paired with the lack of maintenance, has ...
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Starts off easy going, small washouts and puddle crossings. The bottoms of the crossings are not muddy and pretty solid. About halfway through, you encounter a 30-degree downward incline. Massive washouts and slippery, loose rock. Spotter advised. Nice little trail through the woods that ends at a p...
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Tharpe Road FSR 221 is a gravel forestry road through southern Tennessee, the center section of the peninsula, within the Land Between the Lakes National Recreation Area. It features a gently and well maintained gravel road going over rolling hills, from the Woodland Trace on the east side to the FS...
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The Tharpe Hollow / Whitford Cemetery Road FS 384, is a gravel and natural dirt forest service road through the southern Tennessee section, Lake Barkley side of Land Between the Lakes National Recreation Area. The road leads east off the Woodland Trace, at first giving the feeling it is a basic grav...
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Ginger Bay Road FS 205 is a gravel forestry road through the southern Tennessee section, centrally located heading west to the Kentucky Lake side of Land Between the Lake National Recreation Area. It is a generally smooth gravel road connecting from the east at the south Bison Range and the Woodland...
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FS 204 is a mix of gravel and dirt road that dead ends with a closed FS road, requiring users to turn around. Along the road, you will pass a house that was the last inhabited home within LBL. Further up the road, there is a cemetery where the homeowner was laid to rest.
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Jones Creek Road takes you to to a primitive campsite and a paved boat ramp on Lake Kentucky. The trail is a gravel forestry road with some soft sand spots that can turn into mud holes after heavy rain. Usually a very easy road. The land between the Lakes is a 170,000-acre inland peninsula. Approxim...
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George Watson Road takes you to to a primitive Boat Ramp on Lake Barkley. The trail is a gravel forestry road with some soft sand spots that can turn into mud holes after heavy rain. This trail is ususally a very easy road. The Land between the Lakes is an 170,000-acre inland peninsula. Approximatel...
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The Fox Hollow Bottoms FSR 219 is a gravel forestry road through the southern Tennessee section, Lake Barkley side, of Land Between the Lake National Recreation Area. To differ from the other half of Fox Hollow, the Bottoms traverses alongside the feeder creeks that lead to the Fox Hollow bay area o...
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The Fox Hollow Hill FSR 218 is a gravel forestry road through the southern Tennessee section, Lake Barkley side, of Land Between the Lake National Recreation Area. This road features rolling hills and beautiful tree lines, with minimal water collection spots on the road surface and occasional mild s...
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Mays Hollow Road FS 343 is a natural-improved forestry road through the southeast corner of the southern Kentucky section, Kentucky Lake side, of the Land Between the Lakes National Recreation Area. This trail is placed along the hillside leading from Eagle Point ridge top to the south Turkey Bay sh...
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This trail is part of the Land Between the Lakes Forestry Road System. It starts its southern leg at Woodlands Trace National Scenic Byway (also known as The Trace), heads east along the northern shore of Neville Bay, and turns north to eventually connect with Linton Ferry Road. At the time of this ...
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Redd Hollow Road FS 171 is a gravel forestry route through the southwest corner of the Kentucky section, Kentucky Lake side, of the Land Between the Lakes National Recreation Area. This route is simple, coming off the ridge top where the Woodland Trace road lays, and following gradually downhill to ...
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The 1 to 2 Road, is a semi-maintained creek gravel and dirt primary road, with natural tendencies, connecting point to point from the 1 intersection to the 2 intersection in Turkey Bay OHV, within the Land Between the Lakes National Recreation Area. Its official ID is part of Forestry M01. After get...
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Gatlin Point South FSR 227 is a gravel forestry road through the southeast corner of the southern Tennessee section, Lake Barkley side, of the Land Between the Lake National Recreation Area. This road features small rolling hills and beautiful treelines, with minimal water collection spots on the ro...
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Fun trail, lots of puddling, and ways to get your vehicle dirty. Few washouts and slippery areas. There is a tricky spot roughly halfway through where your left side will be much lower than the right side. It does just end at an opening and does not continue past. Good spot to turn around and do it ...
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Starts off easy going, small washouts and puddle crossings. The bottoms of the crossings are not muddy and pretty solid. About halfway through, you encounter a 30-degree downward incline. Massive washouts and slippery, loose rock. Spotter advised. Nice little trail through the woods that ends at a p...
Learn more about Bear Creek Road

Jones Creek Road takes you to to a primitive campsite and a paved boat ramp on Lake Kentucky. The trail is a gravel forestry road with some soft sand spots that can turn into mud holes after heavy rain. Usually a very easy road. The land between the Lakes is a 170,000-acre inland peninsula. Approxim...
Learn more about Jones Creek Road

George Watson Road takes you to to a primitive Boat Ramp on Lake Barkley. The trail is a gravel forestry road with some soft sand spots that can turn into mud holes after heavy rain. This trail is ususally a very easy road. The Land between the Lakes is an 170,000-acre inland peninsula. Approximatel...
Learn more about George Watson Road

Starts off easy going, small washouts and puddle crossings. The bottoms of the crossings are not muddy and pretty solid. About halfway through, you encounter a 30-degree downward incline. Massive washouts and slippery, loose rock. Spotter advised. Nice little trail through the woods that ends at a p...
Learn more about Bear Creek Road

FS 204 is a mix of gravel and dirt road that dead ends with a closed FS road, requiring users to turn around. Along the road, you will pass a house that was the last inhabited home within LBL. Further up the road, there is a cemetery where the homeowner was laid to rest.
Learn more about FS - 204

Jones Creek Road takes you to to a primitive campsite and a paved boat ramp on Lake Kentucky. The trail is a gravel forestry road with some soft sand spots that can turn into mud holes after heavy rain. Usually a very easy road. The land between the Lakes is a 170,000-acre inland peninsula. Approxim...
Learn more about Jones Creek Road

George Watson Road takes you to to a primitive Boat Ramp on Lake Barkley. The trail is a gravel forestry road with some soft sand spots that can turn into mud holes after heavy rain. This trail is ususally a very easy road. The Land between the Lakes is an 170,000-acre inland peninsula. Approximatel...
Learn more about George Watson Road