Beginner Off-Road Trails
Near Sheridan, Wyoming

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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Little Tongue is a short, scenic side spur off Black Mountain in the Bighorn National Forest, offering a moderately challenging trek for four-wheel-drive vehicles and SxSs looking for scenic overlooks and a taste of rocky terrain. Spanning approximately 3.3 miles, this trail features an elevation ra...
Learn more about Little Tongue

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 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

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

The Woodchuck is an approachable yet scenic three-mile trail in the Bighorn National Forest that serves as a key connector between Big Goose Road (Forest System Road 26) and Antelope Valley. Best suited for high-clearance four-wheel-drive vehicles, SxSs, and ATVs, this point-to-point route offers an...
Learn more about The Woodchuck

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

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

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

Hunt Mountain Road is a scenic 22.6-mile high-elevation traverse across the backbone of the northern Bighorn Mountains, perfect for high-clearance four-wheel-drive vehicles, SxSs, and dirt bikes looking for breathtaking views and access to more remote terrain. Ranging between 8,978 and 10,027 feet i...
Learn more about Hunt Mountain Road

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)

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

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

This road starts at US-16 from Road 403, about 15 minutes west of Buffalo. It begins at a swing-arm barricade next to the 366 marker and the posted mud warning sign, then follows a mellow two-track across open grassland. Expect cattle grazing right alongside the road, so take it slow and give them r...
Learn more about Cull Watt

The road leaves US-16 between Buffalo and Ten Sleep and rolls through a beautiful open meadow, passing a handful of wide-open, quiet dispersed campsites before reaching a green pipe gate. The gate marks the start of the seasonal closure, so be sure to check closure dates before heading out. Past th...
Learn more about Grouse Mountain Meadow

This is a short, five-minute out-and-back trail located off Highway 16, with a couple of beautiful dispersed campsites along the way. Any standard vehicle should be able to complete it under dry conditions. There is one tiny creek crossing, but no obstacles. The road runs alongside cabins that are o...
Learn more about Cabin Road Trail

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 is a graded gravel road that turns off US-16 in the Bighorn National Forest at the Middle Fork Campground sign and cattle guard. The road runs through dense spruce and lodgepole forest along the Middle Fork of Clear Creek, passing the developed campground sites with picnic tables and fire rings...
Learn more about Middle Fork Campground Road

Located about 15 miles from the center of Buffalo, this trail begins directly off Highway 16. The main dirt road is suitable for most vehicles under dry conditions and leads to beautiful dispersed campsites. Several other trails branch off left from Circle Park, offering access to more areas to expl...
Learn more about Circle Park

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

Little Tongue is a short, scenic side spur off Black Mountain in the Bighorn National Forest, offering a moderately challenging trek for four-wheel-drive vehicles and SxSs looking for scenic overlooks and a taste of rocky terrain. Spanning approximately 3.3 miles, this trail features an elevation ra...
Learn more about Little Tongue

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 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

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

Little Tongue is a short, scenic side spur off Black Mountain in the Bighorn National Forest, offering a moderately challenging trek for four-wheel-drive vehicles and SxSs looking for scenic overlooks and a taste of rocky terrain. Spanning approximately 3.3 miles, this trail features an elevation ra...
Learn more about Little Tongue

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 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