Beginner Off-Road Trails
Near Southgate, Florida

This is an easy, graded hard-pack trail, easily driven with a regular automobile without 4-wheel drive capabilities. Many nature trails that can be walked. Several gates have to be accessed to enter the Wildlife Management Area (WMA). The first gate just off Toledo Blade Boulevard is an automatic ga...
Learn more about Orange Hammock WMA

This trail is located within the Babcock-Webb Wildlife Management Area. The Florida Fish & Wildlife Commission requires a $3 per person or $6 per vehicle for daily use fee. Some exceptions may apply to those who hold a current WMA Permit from FWC, check with FWC and download the specific WMA regulat...
Learn more about Tram Grade

This trail is located within the Babcock-Webb Wildlife Management Area. The trail is an out-and-back trail located off Tram Grade. This trail varies in width, and areas that are single vehicle wide has plenty of flat grass or dirt areas to pull off to allow passing. The trail is a mixture of soft di...
Learn more about B3

Seaboard Grade North is a compacted dirt trail. Potholes, ruts, minor whoops, and small obstacles may be experienced. The trail may go unmanaged following storms or rain events. The majority of the trail is one vehicle wide, with scattered areas having slightly wider shoulder areas. These widened sh...
Learn more about Seaboard Grade North

Tuckers Grade starts at the Babcock-Webb Wildlife Management Area (WMA), then transitions to a two-lane wide compacted lime rock road after passing the shooting ranges. The two-lane wide road continues to approximately Seaboard Grade. After Seaboard, there is a separate entry gate that is locked wh...
Learn more about Tuckers Grade

This trail is located within the Babcock-Webb Wildlife Management Area. The Florida Fish & Wildlife Commission requires a daily use fee of $3 per person or $6 per vehicle. Some exceptions may apply to those holding a current WMA Permit from FWC; check with FWC and download the specific WMA regulatio...
Learn more about Yucca Penns-Road 3

This trail is located within the Babcock-Webb Wildlife Management Area. The Florida Fish & Wildlife Commission requires a $3 per person or $6 per vehicle for daily use fee. Some exceptions may apply to those who hold a current WMA Permit from FWC; check with FWC and download the specific WMA regulat...
Learn more about Road 1 - Babcock-Webb WMA

Tram Grade East is a compacted rock and dirt trail. Potholes, ruts, and some minor whoops may be experienced. The trail may go unmanaged following storms or rain events. The majority of the trail is one vehicle wide, with scattered areas having slightly wider shoulder areas. These widened shoulders ...
Learn more about Tram Grade East

This trail is located within the Babcock-Webb Wildlife Management Area. The Florida Fish & Wildlife Commission requires a $3 per person or $6 per vehicle for daily use fee. Some exceptions may apply to those who hold a current WMA Permit from FWC; check with FWC and download the specific WMA regulat...
Learn more about Road 2 - Babcock-Webb WMA

This is an easy scenic drive. There is a very good chance of observing some wildlife or cattle along this trail. It can be completed in its entirety in 2WD and without the need of having a high-clearance vehicle. The trail is open all year, however, this is an active wildlife management area where s...
Learn more about Babcock-Yucca Pens Unit Road 3

This is an easy scenic drive. There is a very good chance of observing some wildlife or cattle along this trail. It can be completed in its entirety in 2WD and without the need to have a high-clearance vehicle. The trail is open all year, however, this is an active wildlife management area where sea...
Learn more about Seminole Grade

This trail is located within the Babcock-Webb Wildlife Management Area. The Florida Fish & Wildlife Commission requires a $3 per person or $6 per vehicle for daily use fee. Some exceptions may apply to those who hold a current WMA Permit from FWC, check with FWC and download the specific WMA regulat...
Learn more about Oilwell Grade

This trail is located within the Babcock-Webb Wildlife Management Area. The Florida Fish & Wildlife Commission requires a $3 per person or $6 per vehicle for daily use fee. Some exceptions may apply to those who hold a current WMA Permit from FWC, check with FWC and download the specific WMA regulat...
Learn more about Seaboard Grade

This trail will require a high-clearance vehicle in select areas and 4WD during certain times of the year. There is a very good chance of observing bald eagles, deer, alligators, and wild hogs along this trail. The trail is open all year, however, this is an active wildlife management area where sea...
Learn more about Outhouse Court

This is a nice scenic leisurely loop through Pinewood flats and wetland/marsh areas. The trail is evenly graded limestone material, that can be loose and unraveled in some portions of the trail. The trail width varies, but most of the trail is wide enough for two vehicles. This trail does pass throu...
Learn more about Dead Hog Grade

This trail is located within the Babcock-Webb Wildlife Management Area. Road 6 intersects with Tram Grade East at the north end and Tuckers Grade at the southern end. Gates at Tram Grade or Tuckers Grade leading out to this trail may be closed and locked during certain periods of the year. Check the...
Learn more about Road 6

Road 7 intersects with Tuckers Grade and heads southward. This trail is a single vehicle-wide trail. It is composed of a mix of compacted rock and dirt, with some muddy sections. Scattered sections of rutting and potholes will be experienced. Some short, shallow mudholes are possible. Some shallow w...
Learn more about Road 7

Tenoroc Mine Road is located within the Tenoroc Wildlife Management Area (WMA). This WMA is situated in Polk County, outside of Lakeland. Tenoroc WMA is open to public recreational use year-round, Friday through Monday from 6am to 8pm. A daily use permit is required to access the WMA. On the road le...
Learn more about Tenoroc Mine Road

Paddling Trail Road is located within the Tenoroc Wildlife Management Area (WMA). This WMA is situated in Polk County, outside of Lakeland. Tenoroc WMA is open to public recreational use year-round, Friday through Monday from 6am to 8pm. A daily use permit is required to access the WMA. On the road ...
Learn more about Paddling Trail Road

Dove Field Road is located within the Tenoroc Wildlife Management Area (WMA). This WMA is situated in Polk County, outside of Lakeland. Tenoroc WMA is open to public recreational use year-round, Friday through Monday from 6am to 8pm. A daily use permit is required to access the WMA. On the road lead...
Learn more about Dove Field Road

This trail is located within the Babcock-Webb Wildlife Management Area. The Florida Fish & Wildlife Commission requires a $3 per person or $6 per vehicle for daily use fee. Some exceptions may apply to those who hold a current WMA Permit from FWC, check with FWC and download the specific WMA regulat...
Learn more about Tram Grade

Seaboard Grade North is a compacted dirt trail. Potholes, ruts, minor whoops, and small obstacles may be experienced. The trail may go unmanaged following storms or rain events. The majority of the trail is one vehicle wide, with scattered areas having slightly wider shoulder areas. These widened sh...
Learn more about Seaboard Grade North

Tuckers Grade starts at the Babcock-Webb Wildlife Management Area (WMA), then transitions to a two-lane wide compacted lime rock road after passing the shooting ranges. The two-lane wide road continues to approximately Seaboard Grade. After Seaboard, there is a separate entry gate that is locked wh...
Learn more about Tuckers Grade

Tram Grade East is a compacted rock and dirt trail. Potholes, ruts, and some minor whoops may be experienced. The trail may go unmanaged following storms or rain events. The majority of the trail is one vehicle wide, with scattered areas having slightly wider shoulder areas. These widened shoulders ...
Learn more about Tram Grade East

This trail is located within the Babcock-Webb Wildlife Management Area. The Florida Fish & Wildlife Commission requires a $3 per person or $6 per vehicle for daily use fee. Some exceptions may apply to those who hold a current WMA Permit from FWC, check with FWC and download the specific WMA regulat...
Learn more about Tram Grade

This trail is located within the Babcock-Webb Wildlife Management Area. The trail is an out-and-back trail located off Tram Grade. This trail varies in width, and areas that are single vehicle wide has plenty of flat grass or dirt areas to pull off to allow passing. The trail is a mixture of soft di...
Learn more about B3

Seaboard Grade North is a compacted dirt trail. Potholes, ruts, minor whoops, and small obstacles may be experienced. The trail may go unmanaged following storms or rain events. The majority of the trail is one vehicle wide, with scattered areas having slightly wider shoulder areas. These widened sh...
Learn more about Seaboard Grade North

Tuckers Grade starts at the Babcock-Webb Wildlife Management Area (WMA), then transitions to a two-lane wide compacted lime rock road after passing the shooting ranges. The two-lane wide road continues to approximately Seaboard Grade. After Seaboard, there is a separate entry gate that is locked wh...
Learn more about Tuckers Grade