Beginner Off-Road Trails Near Schurz, Nevada

The historic Pony Express Trail is one of the few domestic overland routes accessible to the public. This route follows, as closely as possible, the original trail ridden over 160 years ago on horseback. Make…
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Incredible vistas and solitude are the rewards for choosing Microwave Road. It is passenger car friendly and rated an Easy1. Microwave Road is a wide well-maintained gravel road that allows two cars to pass. Located…
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An historical trail with Petroglyphs at the end
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This route takes you to a Mercury Prospect. Not many remains of the old mining buildings, just a concrete floor. The main road is a well-groomed wash until it turn off onto an old mining…
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The route takes you from Sand Mt. Recreational Area to the Red Ant Mine. Red Ant Mine was an old tungsten mine. Not much of the infrastructure is left. There is a head frame, a…
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This route takes you from the trailhead located off Hwy 50, East of Silver Springs, Nevada to Six Mile Beach and loops back to the bridge over the Carson River below the Lahontan Reservoir Dam.…
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Clifton Flat is a valley known for herds of wild horses and herds of Pronghorn Antelope. The trailhead starts at the unlocked barbed wire wild horse protection gate. Make sure to properly close and latch…
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Lunchtime Rip is a short fun trail consisting of a sandy salt flat and packed dirt with many ruts and routes along with a short hill climb meeting up with Powerline Road. This a fun…
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Short loop following Desert Creek between Smith Valley, NV and Bridgeport, CA. Several campgrounds are located along the creek, and there's good fishing and hiking nearby. The road is mostly one vehicle wide along the…
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This main trail, located alongside the East Walker River, is a well-maintained/graded road that traverses through some stunning Nevada landscape. Something this trail has to offer is the Walker River State Recreation Area, which has…
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This road begins at Dayton, Nevada, and gradually rises in elevation from 4367' to 7128' into the Pine Nut Mountains and is located on mostly BLM lands. The trail starts off over a flat alluvial…
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This graded dirt county road begins at the Johnson Lane OHV Park located east of Minden, NV. As the road gradually ascends, it traverses alluvial plains covered in sage and low canyons with juniper trees.…
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This route takes you from the outskirts of Dayton, Nevada to Clifton Flats. The trail head starts at the unlocked wild horse protection gate. Make sure to properly close and latch the gate. The trail…
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Ground clearance isn't much of a concern, but there are a lot of sharp rocks, so passenger car tires will not do. This is a good side trip to other trails in the area. Vehicles…
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This is a busy trail, with beautiful fall colors and great vistas. There are sections of loose, rocky terrain and sections with softer dirt that may be whooped out. Most are shallow and smooth, so…
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This out and back, double-track, dirt trail mostly accommodates one-way traffic. It begins at Eastside Lane and gradually rises in elevation into the Wellington Hills, located in Toiyabe National Forest. There are vistas of Antelope…
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The route to Bodie Ghost Town, a remarkably preserved historic mining site tucked into the Eastern Sierra backcountry, is more than just a drive--it's a journey into the past. The trail to Bodie is mostly…
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Big Buck Meadows Trail follows the power line service road for about 1.5 miles. This portion of the trail consists of a single vehicle-wide trail with a few easy hairpin switchbacks. Ascending about 800 feet…
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The trail starts on Earthquake Road off of Highway 50. This is not a difficult trail as it follows dirt roads most of the way, but it provides some nice desert scenery and follows a…
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The Bodie High Desert Highway is a scenic and relatively easy off-pavement route that traverses the rolling high desert terrain just outside the historic Bodie Ghost Town area. This trail is often used to explore…
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Beginning at the Lake Topaz picnic area the graded dirt road becomes narrower and is single-vehicle wide. Ascending to 5,971 feet this is mostly a packed gravel trail. There are some steep and very rocky…
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This route takes you from the Mina area to Little Huntoon Valley. It is easy and can be completed in dry conditions with a 2WD full-size vehicle. You cross Garfield Flat where Aerojet General uses…
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The trail takes you by some of the sites in the Hot Springs Mountains. These sites include Eagle Rock, Eagle Salt Works site, an abandoned telecommunications building, Airway Beacon site, and a few mine sites.…
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The Narrows is a pole line road that runs between Fernley Nevada, and Winnemucca Lake. Winnemucca Lake is a dry lake bed in northwest Nevada that features the oldest known petroglyphs in North America. It…
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This trail can be accessed from the north off Camp Antelope Rd in Walker, California, or from the south off Highway 395 using Holy Climber Trail and Burcham Flat Road South. The northern approach features…
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Brunswick Canyon Road is fairly easy;85% of the trail is single vehicle wide with tight switchbacks. Mostly packed gravel trail with areas of loose rocks and a couple of water crossings. The Northern end of…
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This road takes you to the Utopian Mine located in the Pine Nut Mountains in Carson City County, Nevada. The graded dirt road is wide and flat for the first four miles. As you cross…
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This sand and pumice trail is one vehicle wide and lined with brush, offering 360-degree views of hills and mountains, including the Eastern Sierras and the Bodie Mountain area. The trail climbs 200 feet and…
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This 3-mile out-and-back trail starts at Burcham Flat North Road and quickly establishes its character as a narrow, technical route through varied terrain. The trail maintains a single vehicle width throughout, lined with grasses and…
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This route begins at the dirt section after 3.3 miles of paved road from Highway 167. The trail starts off high above Mono Lake with great views of the lake and the Eastern Sierras behind…
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