Beginner Off-Road Trails
Near Shelter Cove, California

As you enter from this northern part of the trail, you'll be surrounded by trees covered in moss, beautiful views of the ocean peaking in through the trees, and well-grated gravel. There are parts of the trail that are narrow with some wash-out sections and some drop-off sections on the west side of...
Learn more about Usal Road (Northern Portion)

This is a steep one-lane dirt road that is not very heavily used and is reasonably well maintained by the county. On about sixty percent of the trail, two rigs can slowly and carefully pass by each other, thirty percent will require one of the two rigs to move out of the way and the rest will requir...
Learn more about Usal Road (Southern Portion)

This single-lane natural surface road is mostly dirt with sections of gravel. It begins at Bear Wallow Road - FS 1S14 and connects through to V-Springs Road - FS 1N14. The surface is mostly smooth with a few areas of ruts and erosion damage around six inches deep and a few random loose rocks up to s...
Learn more about Little Bear Wallow Road - FS 1N15

This single-lane gravel road begins from Bear Wallow Road - FS 1S14 and goes through to Post Mountain Road - FS 2N07. The route is open only to highway-legal vehicles. The road is mostly smooth, with some spots of erosion damage up to a foot deep. There were also some random loose rocks up to six in...
Learn more about Copper Mine Road - FS 1N12

This single-lane dirt road starts at the Copper Mine Road - FS 1N12 and ends at the Bear Wallow Road - FS 1S14. It does continue across this road, but is gated. The road has a few spots of erosion damage up to a foot deep, along with exposed embedded rocks and loose rocks up to six inches high. It i...
Learn more about Grouse Prairie Road - FS 1N05

This single-lane dirt road starts from the Post Flume Road - FS 1N13 and connects to Copper Mine Road - FS 1N12. It has places to meet another vehicle safely, but much of it is too narrow or overgrown to do that easily. There are a few spots with low overhead clearance. The route is open to all vehi...
Learn more about North Rattlesnake Road - FS 1N03

Mendocino County Road 500 connects the east end of Caspar Orchard Road (at a location known locally as 'Scales') to California Route 20, and is located entirely within the Jackson Demonstration State Forest. At one time, this was an active logging road, and an occasional logging truck could be encou...
Learn more about Mendocino County Road 500

This single-lane natural surface road is mostly dirt with some sections of gravel. It begins at Bear Wallow Road - FS 1N14 and connects through to Naufus Creek Road - FS 1N09 near its intersection with Post Mountain Road - FS 2N07. The road has areas of erosion damage up to a foot deep and exposed e...
Learn more about V-Springs Road - FS 1N14

This single-lane dirt road starts at Naufus Creek Road - FS 1N09 near its intersection with the Bear Wallow Road - FS 1S14 and connects through to the Post Mountain Road - FS 2N07. The road has some areas of erosion damage up to a foot deep, but it is otherwise in good condition. It has places wher...
Learn more about Plumb Road - FS 1N26

This single-lane dirt road starts and ends at the Copper Mine Road - FS 1N12. It is a bit overgrown in places and has a couple of spots with low overhead clearance. Pin striping is possible for a full-size vehicle. There are also a few places with erosion damage up to a foot deep, along with exposed...
Learn more about North Post Creek Road - FS 1N02

This single-lane dirt road starts at Copper Mine Road - FS 1N12 and connects through to Bear Wallow Meadow Road - FS 1N10. The first part of the road is a generous single lane and pretty smooth. That character changes after the intersection with FS 1N39. From there, it is narrower and a bit overgrow...
Learn more about Post Road - FS 1N29

This single-lane dirt road starts from Plumb Road - FS 1N26 and connects through to Post Mountain Road - FS 2N07. The road surface is mostly in good condition, with some areas of erosion damage a bit over a foot deep. It was a little overgrown in some places, but not too bad yet. There were a few ra...
Learn more about Ponder Road - FS 1N25

This single-lane dirt road starts from the Friend Mountain Road - FS 2N15and ends at a well-marked private property boundary. On some base maps, it is named Friend Lake Road, but it does not go through to the lake. It does intersect with the FS 1N40 road for a possible loop. The road has sections o...
Learn more about Friend Lake Road - FS 1N35

This short single-lane dirt road starts from Bear Wallow Road - FS 1S41 and connects through to Ponder Road - FS 1N25. The road surface was in good condition with only minor erosion damage up to six inches deep. There are some places wide enough to meet another vehicle safely, but much of the road i...
Learn more about Skip Road - FS 1N28

This single-lane dirt road starts from Bear Wallow Rd - FS 1S14 and ends at FS 1N35. It has some areas of erosion damage around a foot deep. There is a climb with somewhat abrupt water bars around a foot high. It also has some exposed embedded rocks and loose rocks up to a foot high. The road is wid...
Learn more about Friend Ranch Road - FS 1N40

This single-lane dirt road begins from Post Mountain Road - FS 2N07 and connects through to Bear Wallow Road - FS 1S14. It has some sections of gravel and some minor ruts and erosion damage around six inches deep in the natural surface areas. There were also a few exposed embedded rocks and loose ro...
Learn more about Naufus Creek Road - FS 1N09

This single-lane dirt and gravel road begins from Yellow Jacket Road - FS 2N18 and connects through to Slipthrough Road - FS 2N09, which in turn connects to Yellow Jacket Road - FS 2N18 and Indian Valley Road - FS 2N10. The road surface has areas of erosion damage up to a foot deep, along with expos...
Learn more about West Oak Road - FS 2N64

This single-lane dirt road starts at Post Mountain Road - FS 2N07 and connects through to Copper Mine Road - FS 1N12. The road surface has sections of gravel and rock, but is mostly dirt with areas of erosion damage and ruts around a foot deep. Several spots look like they were mud holes in wet weat...
Learn more about Bear Wallow Meadow Road - FS 1N14

This single-lane dirt road starts from Red Mountain Motorway - FS 9N73. It is blocked by several downed trees just shy of 4 miles in. The road surface has some exposed embedded rocks and loose rocks up to a foot high. The road is wide enough to meet another vehicle safely for most of its length, but...
Learn more about Creek Road - FS 29N57

This single-lane dirt road starts from the Post Mountain Road - FS 2N07 and connects through to the paved Indian Valley Rd - FS 2N10. It gets pretty narrow and overgrown with low overhead clearance as well. Pin striping would be probable for a full-size vehicle. The road is too narrow for full-size...
Learn more about Enemy Road - FS 2N13

This single-lane natural surface road is mostly dirt with sections of gravel. It begins at Bear Wallow Road - FS 1S14 and connects through to V-Springs Road - FS 1N14. The surface is mostly smooth with a few areas of ruts and erosion damage around six inches deep and a few random loose rocks up to s...
Learn more about Little Bear Wallow Road - FS 1N15

This single-lane dirt road starts at the Copper Mine Road - FS 1N12 and ends at the Bear Wallow Road - FS 1S14. It does continue across this road, but is gated. The road has a few spots of erosion damage up to a foot deep, along with exposed embedded rocks and loose rocks up to six inches high. It i...
Learn more about Grouse Prairie Road - FS 1N05

This single-lane dirt road starts from the Post Flume Road - FS 1N13 and connects to Copper Mine Road - FS 1N12. It has places to meet another vehicle safely, but much of it is too narrow or overgrown to do that easily. There are a few spots with low overhead clearance. The route is open to all vehi...
Learn more about North Rattlesnake Road - FS 1N03

Mendocino County Road 500 connects the east end of Caspar Orchard Road (at a location known locally as 'Scales') to California Route 20, and is located entirely within the Jackson Demonstration State Forest. At one time, this was an active logging road, and an occasional logging truck could be encou...
Learn more about Mendocino County Road 500

This single-lane natural surface road is mostly dirt with sections of gravel. It begins at Bear Wallow Road - FS 1S14 and connects through to V-Springs Road - FS 1N14. The surface is mostly smooth with a few areas of ruts and erosion damage around six inches deep and a few random loose rocks up to s...
Learn more about Little Bear Wallow Road - FS 1N15

This single-lane dirt road starts at the Copper Mine Road - FS 1N12 and ends at the Bear Wallow Road - FS 1S14. It does continue across this road, but is gated. The road has a few spots of erosion damage up to a foot deep, along with exposed embedded rocks and loose rocks up to six inches high. It i...
Learn more about Grouse Prairie Road - FS 1N05

This single-lane dirt road starts from the Post Flume Road - FS 1N13 and connects to Copper Mine Road - FS 1N12. It has places to meet another vehicle safely, but much of it is too narrow or overgrown to do that easily. There are a few spots with low overhead clearance. The route is open to all vehi...
Learn more about North Rattlesnake Road - FS 1N03

Mendocino County Road 500 connects the east end of Caspar Orchard Road (at a location known locally as 'Scales') to California Route 20, and is located entirely within the Jackson Demonstration State Forest. At one time, this was an active logging road, and an occasional logging truck could be encou...
Learn more about Mendocino County Road 500