Beginner Off-Road Trails Near Rockford, Idaho

The route takes you from Springfield, Idaho to Big Southern Butte via part of Goodale's Cutoff. For a brief history of the cutoff see below. This trail is best ridden in the spring when the…
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Bear Trap Cave is one of many lave caves located in southeast Idaho. This trail begins from Coffee Point and winds southwest across the desert to the Bear Trap cave. It is a relatively easy-going…
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This route will take you from the main highway to Big Southern Butte. If you have not been to Big Southern Butte, it is worth the trip. The butte is one of the largest volcanic…
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This is a cutoff road from Cedar Butte to Big Southern Southside. You can access the old Goodale's Cutoff trail (Webb Springs trail), Big Southern Springfield Road headed south, or Atom Cox Well Road headed…
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Noise ORV is single track trail loop and features whoops, volcanic rock, sand, and hard dirt. It can get quite dusty, so the best times to ride are early in the morning or after it…
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This trail is just outside of Pocatello. It goes into the National Forest, so there is some free camping in this area. On this trail, you will gain 3,000 feet in elevation. You start down…
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This route is easily passable by any overland rig and most family SUVs. It takes you through a mix of private cattle ranches and public land. You will pass through rolling sagebrush hills and several…
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This is an amazing ride. It is intermittently covered with decomposing granite for traction and can be fairly rough. It is well maintained as it still has a working tower. Sheer drop-offs are not for…
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This route takes you from Idaho Falls up Bone Road, past the Bone Store, and up the Wolverine Canyon. It is a fun ride to take all year round for a Sunday drive or a…
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Houtz Canyon from the Rockland side is a great off-road adventure for all vehicles, but it can become narrow due to brush. The BLM provides plenty of parking at the start of the trail. The…
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This dirt road follows the route from Bear Trap Cave to Crystal Ice Caves and King's Bowl. The route can be traveled in either direction, as it is accessed by various BLM roads and trails.…
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This trail is an easy trail and a more scenic and fun route to Fall Creek Falls. Fall Creek Falls is a beautiful waterfall where Fall Creek meets the South Fork of the Snake River.…
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This trail from Rockland, Idaho, via Green Canyon to Sheep Canyon, will take you from the high desert landscape and dry farms of southern Idaho up into the trees of the Sawtooth National Forest. The…
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This route takes you from Bone Road to the Caribou Loop. It is in a gorgeous valley with mountains to the West that stay green year-round and are very pretty as the leaves turn in…
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Market Canal Road is a simple trail that takes you through the sagebrush just west of the Menan Butte. The trail is wide and mostly flat with sections of lava rock and sand but offers…
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Jump Off Peak is best accessed through wood canyon, by way of Arco. Wood Canyon itself is fairly tight and narrow, but once you reach the cutoff to the peak you will be on top…
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This is an odd little trail out through a valley outside of Arco. It's just off the main highway, and the turn-off is at a funny angle that is easily missed. If you are looking…
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This 10-mile track, each way, takes you into Wood Canyon, under the shadow of Howe Peak. Nearby peaks include the Howe Peak Ridge and Jumpoff Peak. Most of the trail is in the Challis National…
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This is the most easily runnable Public-Land only route from 10 Mile Pass / Indian Creek area to the Cow Camp area. It is all dirt starting from the Indian Creek trailhead off of 10-mile…
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This trail is a graded gravel cutoff road between Blackfoot Reservoir Road and Bone / Grays Lake Road. It is a generally smooth road through a mix of private cattle ranches and public land. It…
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Horsethief Canyon is roughly 20 miles out of Arco, Idaho, and if you follow Arco Pass, including all of the side spurs, this is a full-day trip round-trip track. You go deep into the Challis…
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This track connects the Arco Pass Road to Wood Canyon Trail to the Arco Pass to Hurst Canyon Trail. You are in the Challis National Forest at elevations between 6300 and 7800. If you're here…
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This 1.6-mile track takes you a little further into Horsethief Canyon and then down into Spur #6, deep in the Challis National Forest. Elk and deer are plentiful at different times of the year. The…
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This route takes you next to the Caribou Range just outside of Idaho Falls. The ride starts with beautiful, sweeping views of Gray's Lake outlet, which is lush and green well into August and is…
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The road to Bear Trap Cave follows the Minidoka-Arco Road. The road changes conditions frequently depending on weather and the amount of traffic. It is an easy road but can be muddy and washboarded at…
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This 2-mile track takes you deeper into Horsethief Canyon and out Spur #5. You are at about 6700 feet in the Challis National Forest, where the opportunities for wildlife viewing are abundant. This is an…
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This 30-mile RT track takes you north out of Arco, Idaho, past the abandoned Potter Ranch, up Sheep Camp Road, and through Brier Canyon to Hurst Canyon. You gain 2000 feet in elevation, and if…
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This 3-mile track goes from Arco Pass to Hurst Canyon Trail further into the Challis National Forest. Opportunities to see wildlife increase the further into the National Forest you go. If you're here in the…
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This trail leads to the Natural Arch, which is only visible if you hike up to it. The 2-hour completion time includes the hike at the end. You're in the Challis National Forest at about…
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This 2-mile track takes you further down the Arco Pass Road to the Iron Creek Spur into Corral Canyon. The views are amazing, the wildlife is plentiful, and the scenery is hard to beat. You're…
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