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 with some drops that require a clearance of 12" plus if you want to prevent leaving paint behind. This are...
Learn more about Little Tongue

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 this counterclockwise, there is a fairly steep section at the end that will challenge 2WD vehicles. Running in a...
Learn more about Nickel Creek Spur

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 on a mountain bike, on horseback, or by foot. There are several great trails to choose from. There is very little (if any) cell service...
Learn more about Nickle Creek

Red Grade Road traverses Bighorn National Forest from its eastern boundary near Big Horn, Wyoming to US-14 in the center of the forest, providing access to numerous views of the Cloud Peak Wilderness and additional trails and recreation opportunities. The trail is well-graded dirt with a few rocky a...
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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. Some hills have loose rock which could make traction difficult after a good rain. Many of the dead end offshoot trails...
Learn more about Fools Creek Trails

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. The road itself is a little rocky, but most 2WD vehicles will be fine.
Learn more about Garden of the Gods

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 some large rock to go over, but it's not too difficult. For the most part the trail consists of gravel and rock and ...
Learn more about Bull Owen

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 road drops off into a difficult, narrow, and rocky section immediately before the locked gate and there is no place to turn...
Learn more about Lookout Mountain Road

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 being a beautiful high country lake. The road is primarily dirt with a few rocks and low spots that can be mud holes w...
Learn more about Duncan Lake

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 can see much of the Bighorn Mountains to the south as well as the tops of the Absaroka Ran...
Learn more about Hunt Mountain Road

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 ways to get down to Antelope Valley. Here you can find some additional mud that may test out your tires or 4 wheel drive.
Learn more about The Woodchuck

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 but there is only one place you go over the rocks where it requires good ground clea...
Learn more about Copmans Tomb - Grouse Creek (Trails 216 & 219)

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 an overlook of the Big Horn Basin. This area has some 50" trails, but many are wide enough for a full...
Learn more about Grouse Creek (FSR 205)

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 early July, and the trail was mostly dry. There was still a bit of mud in the shady parts, under the pine trees, but ...
Learn more about Grouse Creek Overlook Spur

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, the near-distance Copman Tomb (the yellowish/white rock cliff), and the Big Horn Basin to the west. This trail ...
Learn more about Long Park (FSR 209)

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 a couple of gates, and because they use this country for summer cattle and sheep grazing leases, please close any gat...
Learn more about Sunlight Mesa (FSR207)

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 from Burgess Junction. You travel north and east, reaching almost 10,000 feet in elevation. The trail includes some ste...
Learn more about Fools Creek (FSR 178) - Ice Creek (FSR 142)

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 down, which makes for great views and looks at the root system of the trees.
Learn more about Paint Rock

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 mountain to camp, so it is a wide trail but be on the watch for oncoming or slower vehicles.
Learn more about Burgess

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 short on elevation. Because of the higher area and lack of trees the wind will surely feel stronger when you are up her...
Learn more about Bald Mountain

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 with some drops that require a clearance of 12" plus if you want to prevent leaving paint behind. This are...
Learn more about Little Tongue

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 this counterclockwise, there is a fairly steep section at the end that will challenge 2WD vehicles. Running in a...
Learn more about Nickel Creek Spur

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 on a mountain bike, on horseback, or by foot. There are several great trails to choose from. There is very little (if any) cell service...
Learn more about Nickle Creek

Red Grade Road traverses Bighorn National Forest from its eastern boundary near Big Horn, Wyoming to US-14 in the center of the forest, providing access to numerous views of the Cloud Peak Wilderness and additional trails and recreation opportunities. The trail is well-graded dirt with a few rocky a...
Learn more about Red Grade Road

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 with some drops that require a clearance of 12" plus if you want to prevent leaving paint behind. This are...
Learn more about Little Tongue

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 this counterclockwise, there is a fairly steep section at the end that will challenge 2WD vehicles. Running in a...
Learn more about Nickel Creek Spur

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 on a mountain bike, on horseback, or by foot. There are several great trails to choose from. There is very little (if any) cell service...
Learn more about Nickle Creek

Red Grade Road traverses Bighorn National Forest from its eastern boundary near Big Horn, Wyoming to US-14 in the center of the forest, providing access to numerous views of the Cloud Peak Wilderness and additional trails and recreation opportunities. The trail is well-graded dirt with a few rocky a...
Learn more about Red Grade Road