Beginner Off-Road Trails Near Spencer, Idaho

This is a short Forest Service Road that leads to a trailhead. There are a few dispersed campsites along this road. But the road itself is pretty rough and narrow, so those campsites are not…
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This route is easy most of the time with a few places that have some large rocks and hills. The trail is open to 50-inch vehicles and is a great ride with amazing views. You…
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This road, signed as FS 021 on the ground, is a well-maintained gravel road up to its intersection with the Middle Threemile Road (FS 477). Beyond that intersection, the road narrows, deteriorates, and becomes more…
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This trail is a ridgeline trail along its entire 3.5-mile length. Most of that ridgeline is free from timber, so there are abundant opportunities for sweeping panoramic views. The trail tops out at about 7,500…
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This is a lovely little 3.6-mile loop trail that is convenient to the Stoddard Creek campground and the dispersed campsites along Stoddard Creek Road. It twists and turns through impressive stands of large fir trees…
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This is a nice, wide logging road that is suitable for high clearance vehicles. There are a few rocky ruts that need to be navigated carefully, but in general, it is an easy and relaxed…
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This road is a well-maintained dirt road up to the Forest Service boundary. Beyond that, the road is heavily rutted and presents some moderate challenges to travel. The road follows the creek and passes through…
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This road provides a delightful trip through a beautiful mixture of dense stands of fir, huge patches of aspen, and open meadows. The road is a one-lane dirt track with several sections badly rutted with…
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This road travels up the Camas Creek drainage for about 4 miles. What is surprising is the visual impact of the foliage to be seen from the road. The mixture of conifers, aspen, and willow…
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This trail takes off from the end of the Camas Creek Road and steadily climbs to the Continental Divide at an elevation of 8,167 feet. The lower portion of the road winds its way through…
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This is a fairly typical Forest Service gravel road up the Pete Creek drainage. The mixture of vegetation types in this drainage provides a stunning visual experience. This is a really nice easy drive and…
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The first 7 miles of this BLM road travel through a very dense beautiful mixed conifer forest. After breaking out of the forested area, the road continues to gently descend through open hilly grasslands until…
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This route is a series of Forest Service roads provided to assist visitors from the end of the West Modoc Creek Trail to the service road on Interstate 15. From that point, travelers can find…
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This short 1.3-mile trail leads from the end of the Pete Creek Road north to the Continental Divide. It goes through some dense timberland and occasionally breaks out into meadowlands at its upper end. The…
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This trail is the seamless extension of Trail 1013. It follows a ridgeline that begins the descent into the Modoc Valley and eventually to the access road to Interstate 15. The trail starts out in…
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Easy, yet extremely remote route through the historic Centennial Valley. Highlights include the Red Rock Lakes Wildlife Refuge with a chance to view many important waterfowl species, including the trumpeter swan, which was once near…
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This easy and scenic route connects Montana's Centennial Valley and Ruby River Reservoir. Along its path, you'll pass a well-known bison ranch, trace portions of the Ruby River, and spend most of your trip flanked…
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The terrain is pockmarked with collapsed lava tubes and lava domes that have come to form the hills and valleys of this area. While the trail is relatively moderately traversed, lava rock pops out of…
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This is a fun short ride up a beautiful mountain trail with some fantastic views. Depending upon the time of year, there will be flowers and deep green grasses. Later in the year, the Quaking…
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This is the southeastern portion of this long Forest Service Road through the upper plateau area of the Gravelly Range. On the northern end of this section, you will be mesmerized by the beauty of…
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This is an exciting adventure with some great views, trail obstacles, and two lakes that had fish rising to get the numerous bugs, due to the approaching thunderstorm when we were there. Be aware, this…
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If you're not careful, you will drive past this trail from either end. The only thing marking a trail on the Eureka Basin end is a very old FS sign that informs you that this…
Learn more about Fish Creek Ridge Road (FS 9626)

Smooth, flat, and loose gravel is what this route is all about. It's super wide with no washboard. There is access to the St. Antony Sand Dunes Open Area off this trail. These access trails…
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The Civil Defense Cave trail is a well-maintained, grated road for the first 4 miles until the turn off of Crooked Road onto Civil Defense Cave Road. The last mile is not grated but still…
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First of all, it's closer to three miles, but maybe they first ran it on foot, and it seemed shorter. This is a fun trail that is mostly traveled by cattle. It is a sandy…
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This road is actually a connector between Gravelly Range Road and Centennial Divide Road. Like Gravelly, this road has some spectacular views, and on the southern end, you will drop off the upper mesa at…
Learn more about Eureka Basin Road (FS 347)

Mahogany Peak is an out-and-back trail, or you can return on another route if so chosen. You start at the air-down spot right off of the highway and work your way up into Chandler Canyon.…
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The trail starts near Saint Anthony Sand Dunes in open desert cattle land. The route, then takes you through forests by the Island Park Reservoir, and ends by following between the road and Henrys Fork.…
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This nearly 12-mile route accesses a ridgeline known as the White Pine Ridge. It is almost a continuous, but relatively gentle, climb from about 6,700 feet to just a little more than 9,000 feet. At…
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Montana is "Big Sky Country," and driving this road makes that phrase meaningful and personal. This road, labeled FS 8261, travels along a broad open ridge at an elevation of about 8,000 feet. The 360-degree…
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