Beginner Off-Road Trails Near Ranchester, Wyoming

This is a side spur off of Black Mountain that will require turning around or continuing non-motorized. While it's not very steep, there is a stretch of the trail that is nothing but large rock…
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A spur from the main Burgess trail that is narrower and more suited to ATV or SXS, but still passable with a 4x4. Steeper hills to climb and descend with small to medium size rocks.…
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This is a spur off of Nickle Creek. It is not maintained and can get rutted and muddy. However, the rutted sections can be straddled, and the muddy areas have bypasses. If you are driving…
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This is an easy out and back that ends at a closed gate. The road is a maintained gravel road easily driven with a 2WD car. At the end of the road, you can continue…
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This is an easy out-and-back road that leads to a locked gate. The road does get a little rocky here and there, but the biggest challenge of this road is the last 50 yards. The…
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This is a great trail that's mostly dirt but has some muddy areas that are seasonal or weather dependent. This is a partial side spur off of Big Goose and is one of the best…
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Long connecting trail with many spurs that can be taken. This trail is primarily gravel, but some areas do have rocks breaking the surface. It is also traveled by those making their way into the…
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This is a fairly good road, for an unmaintained road, from Highway 14 to Duncan Lake. There are many scenic views along the way, and the small lake is stocked for fishing as well as…
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This is an easy out-and-back road. The road ends at a locked gate where the trees begin. The road continues on into the trees, but can only be accessed by mountain bike, horseback, or foot.…
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Side spur that connects Hwy 14 to Hunt Mountain Road. This trail has some water crossing which is hard rocky bottom and is typical for the area. There is also a gradual slope that has…
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Hunt Mountain Road makes a scenic traverse across the backbone of the northern Bighorn Mountains. The rough lane ranges between 9,000 and 10,000 feet, giving a commanding view of the region. On clear days, you…
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You travel south from Hunt Mountain Road and go generally southwest and then southeast along Grouse Creek, ending up at an overlook of Antelope Butte Ski Area. The trail winds through some incredible rock formations…
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This trail goes southwest from the Copman Tomb to Grouse Creek Trail and goes up to just over 9700 feet in elevation at an overlook of Grouse Creek. The flowers were in full bloom in…
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The trail is passable by any high-clearance 4x4 and has lots of motorcycle traffic. It has rock fields, open meadows, dense forest coverage, and a couple of ponds. A windstorm recently knocked hundreds of trees…
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Are the wide open spaces calling to you? This fantastic area in the Big Horn Mountains, west of Sheridan, Wyoming, has wide open spaces! Grouse Creek Trail takes you south from Hunt Mountain Road to…
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Fools Creek to Ice Creek Trail starts near where Highway 14A crosses the North Tongue River. You can access it from Hunt Mtn Rd (with only a short ride on the the pavement) or down…
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Between Grouse Creek and Sunlight Mesa, high in the Big Horn Mountains of Wyoming, you find Long Park (FSR 209). With a view to the south in the far distance of Cloud Peak Wilderness Area,…
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This is a longer drawn out trail that starts out in Devils Canyon and takes you all the way to Montana. The first section of the trail is a gradual climb on gravel, but after…
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Shorter trail off of Alt. 14 but not short on sight seeing. This trail passes along Dayton Gulch and the Little Bighorn River ultimately coming to a dead end unless you want to switch to…
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Sunlight Mesa drops from 9500 feet to just under 8000 feet in elevation, and it moves southwest from Hunt Mtn Rd to an overlook of the Big Horn Basin and Lovell down below. There are…
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This is a 32-mile trek through the foothills of the Big Horn mountains. This is a National Back Country Byway that crosses mostly BLM land, parallels private land and crosses private land several times but…
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A long gravel stretch that has some medium rock spread through some of the higher areas of the trail. This trail passes along the South side of the peak of Bald mountain but is not…
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This trail goes through beautiful Bighorn Mountain meadows. There are numerous camping sites...just park your camper anywhere and stay for 2 weeks for free. You won't see neighbors anywhere close, and you're very likely to…
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From Highway 16, west of Buffalo, you take the Sheep Mountain Road to the lookout. It's an easy ride with spectacular views at the top. The fire lookout facility sits at 9600 feet in the…
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The canyon is a spectacular sight, and one of the best nature attractions in Northeast Wyoming. The road that winds through the canyon is lined with steep cliffs on both sides and immense boulders. Crazy…
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This beautiful drive connects the southern Bighorn National Forest to the small community of Mayoworth. The road's steep grades are almost as impressive as the scenery. Up high, you'll pass patchy forests, broad meadows, and…
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An easy trail through wide-open prairie land that seems to stretch to the horizon. Pronghorn, coyote, and rabbits are often seen. Cell service is spotty but available in more than 50% of the trail. Sunrise…
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A scenic dirt trail that follows a winding path along the edge of the badlands cliff ridge overlooking the river valley. The trail traverses prairie grassland and eroded badlands canyons with spectacular colors and rock…
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The Reanus Cone Trails are winding single tracks that lead through the mixed pine of the Custer National Forest to a couple of immense meadows. In these high meadows, you might see wild turkeys, a…
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Reanus Cone Road is a single-lane wide dirt track that leads up and over the Reanus Cone, a geological feature in Powder River County, Montana. This road weaves upward through beautiful pines and grassland to…
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