Beginner Off-Road Trails
Near San Carlos, Arizona

This trail is just off Ellsworth Road and takes you right to Bulldog Canyon trail. Most of it is a sandy wash that weaves around the Arizona desert. Expect some canyon walls, with one rocky section and a dirt and rock hill halfway through the trail. You will need a code to access this trail. The cod...
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A relatively flat, bumpy trail leads to the First Water Trailhead and access to the beautiful Superstition Wilderness. Four-wheel drive is not required, however, several washes exist on the trail that are prone to drastic flash flooding. Please monitor weather patterns before use. There is no overni...
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Rolls Road is an easy 7.1-mile point-to-point trail within the Tonto National Forest, perfect for beginner offroaders, side-by-sides, and high-clearance four-wheel-drive vehicles seeking a fun desert escape. Beginning from the staging area off Four Peaks Road (Forest Road 143), the trail heads south...
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Peralta road is an easy, graded dirt road. Although the road is not challenging, it still leads to great views and has plenty of turn-offs for dispersed camping. If you are into hiking, this road ends at a trailhead for miles of great hiking. The trailhead has a restroom, but it can be crowded.
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This route begins and ends off of FDR 13 looping South through a large chunk of the Rolls OHV area accommodating access to several other trails. Use this as a connector, or enjoy it as a stand-alone. It is primarily a sand-bottomed wash. Monitoring weather before arrival is recommended, as flash flo...
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This is a short leisurely cruise through the desert. It is great for beginners, sightseeing, or testing out new parts. Parts of this trail pass through Arizona Trust Land, so a pass is required. The vast majority of this trail is a single-lane dirt road, with a few wash crossings. The highlight of t...
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FDR 1811 is one of many sandy wash roads available in the Rolls OHV off-road area, comprised primarily of sand and flowing turns. The route is an alternative connection between FDR 1813 and FDR 13. This trail has been re-routed east of its original track for restoration efforts. Flash flooding and i...
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This is a short 2.6-mile point-to-point trail in the Rolls OHV trail network. It connects MT-13 on the north end to FDR-1863 on the south end. This is a narrow twisting sand wash with high hills on both sides. The road surface is loose and deep sand and gravel with high-banked tight turns. The trail...
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398 is a longer powerline trail in the Tonto National Forest near Camp Creek, Arizona. It's a main route from the west entrance to this OHV area off of North 14th Street and runs east, accessing tons of 4x4 trails before ending at an overlook of the canyon that is Camp Creek. A lot of it is a wide a...
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You can take this short single track from the staging area off of North 14th Street to access the Powerline Trail, which will take you to the many other off-roading trails in this zone of the Tonto National Forest. The trail is a mile-long meander through the green desert landscape full of saguaros ...
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This is a fun and quick trail with great views, perfect for a relaxing trail ride. The northern half of this trail brings you up onto a fin with spectacular views of both the Sycamore area and the 4 Peaks Wilderness, giving it its name. There are several steep climbs/descents on this half of the tra...
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Trail 160C is an out and back trail that heads due West from the intersection of 160B and 1089. This trail dead ends at a locked gate that is the habitat for Desert Nesting Bald Eagles and does not connect to the Verde River. This trail is mostly through an open desert setting with many loose baseba...
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Cottonwood Road is a rough and rocky double-track into the Four Peaks Wilderness. The route is continuous loose rock until the Soldier Camp Trailhead, where it gives way to some easier dirt road driving. There are minor switchback turns, climbs, and ascents, however, the trail is not difficult, as i...
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This is a short ATV trail in the Tonto National Forest that accesses hundreds of miles of trails near Camp Creek, Arizona. Although accessible by ATV, it's more like a single track and is mostly ridden by dirt bikes because it's pretty narrow. It goes flat and straight through green desert terrain w...
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1109 is a short and wide dirt Jeep road in a wide-open desert full of massive saguaro cacti. It has uneven ground, ruts, bumps, and rutted corners;it crosses sandy washes and goes past a massive saguaro with a trail sign next to it. It's very easy, with only a couple of spots with slight uphills. Th...
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This is a short 2.8-mile point-to-point trail in the Rolls OHV trail network. It connects Cline Cabin Road (4 Peaks Road) on the north end to MT-13 on the south end. The road surface is hard-packed dirt with a thin top layer of sand and gravel. It is incredibly "whooped up" with big dry puddle holes...
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This is the new entrance trail to the Tonto National Forest Desert Vista OHV Area as of October 2024. The entrance used to be farther north, but after the closure due to fires, the USFS built a new entrance trail to the system. This trail is difficult to find from the trail system, so look for the S...
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2123 is a fun and scenic trail in the Tonto National Forest near Camp Creek, Arizona. It's a wide rim trail that runs east to west above a little canyon. This area is pretty popular for UTVs and dirt bikes. The trail is generally pretty easy and straight. It has lots of whoops, ruts, uneven ground, ...
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This is a 3.4-mile-long loop off of the powerline trail in the Tonto National Forest that is a mix of washes and fast dirt trail through the desert. It is mostly pretty easy except for one slightly harder climb out of the wash at the southern apex of the loop. You'll go up this climb if going clockw...
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The Narrows is a short ATV trail through the Tonto National Forest near Camp Creek that is a unique little oasis in the desert. It goes through a canyon with tall dirt walls and embedded rock at the bottom of the canyon. It goes through some tight bushes and under a big palm tree that is really uniq...
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This trail is just off Ellsworth Road and takes you right to Bulldog Canyon trail. Most of it is a sandy wash that weaves around the Arizona desert. Expect some canyon walls, with one rocky section and a dirt and rock hill halfway through the trail. You will need a code to access this trail. The cod...
Learn more about Bulldog Wash

Rolls Road is an easy 7.1-mile point-to-point trail within the Tonto National Forest, perfect for beginner offroaders, side-by-sides, and high-clearance four-wheel-drive vehicles seeking a fun desert escape. Beginning from the staging area off Four Peaks Road (Forest Road 143), the trail heads south...
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Peralta road is an easy, graded dirt road. Although the road is not challenging, it still leads to great views and has plenty of turn-offs for dispersed camping. If you are into hiking, this road ends at a trailhead for miles of great hiking. The trailhead has a restroom, but it can be crowded.
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This route begins and ends off of FDR 13 looping South through a large chunk of the Rolls OHV area accommodating access to several other trails. Use this as a connector, or enjoy it as a stand-alone. It is primarily a sand-bottomed wash. Monitoring weather before arrival is recommended, as flash flo...
Learn more about FDR 1863 South Loop

This route begins and ends off of FDR 13 looping South through a large chunk of the Rolls OHV area accommodating access to several other trails. Use this as a connector, or enjoy it as a stand-alone. It is primarily a sand-bottomed wash. Monitoring weather before arrival is recommended, as flash flo...
Learn more about FDR 1863 South Loop

This is a short leisurely cruise through the desert. It is great for beginners, sightseeing, or testing out new parts. Parts of this trail pass through Arizona Trust Land, so a pass is required. The vast majority of this trail is a single-lane dirt road, with a few wash crossings. The highlight of t...
Learn more about Top Of The World

FDR 1811 is one of many sandy wash roads available in the Rolls OHV off-road area, comprised primarily of sand and flowing turns. The route is an alternative connection between FDR 1813 and FDR 13. This trail has been re-routed east of its original track for restoration efforts. Flash flooding and i...
Learn more about FDR 1811

This is a short 2.6-mile point-to-point trail in the Rolls OHV trail network. It connects MT-13 on the north end to FDR-1863 on the south end. This is a narrow twisting sand wash with high hills on both sides. The road surface is loose and deep sand and gravel with high-banked tight turns. The trail...
Learn more about MT-1808