Beginner Off-Road Trails Near Swan Valley, Idaho

This trail is an easy trail and a more scenic and fun route to Fall Creek Falls. Fall Creek Falls is a beautiful waterfall where Fall Creek meets the South Fork of the Snake River.…
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This route is a fun beginner route that makes a loop up Rash Canyon. You can start at either the South Fork Fall Creek Motorized Vehicle trailhead at 43.39266, -111.45023, or you can start at…
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South Grove Creek is a 2-mile-long dirt bike single track in the Targhee National Forest, climbing nearly 1,000 feet from east to west between the Grove Creek Motorized Trailhead and the Big Hole Crest Trail.…
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Jensen 058 Forest Road is a well-maintained service road through Caribou-Targhee National Forest. Beautiful views, make sure to bring a camera and mosquito repellant. Cell services coverage is limited. Seasonal: Open to ATV, dirt bikes,…
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North Grove Creek is a lightly used 1-mile ATV trail located in Targhee National Forest, offering a bit of exploratory mileage from the Grove Creek Motorized Trailhead. The southern entrance is marked only by a…
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Elk Creek Road is a continuous slow uphill climb with beautiful views of the Caribou National Forest. Elk Creek is one lane wide with a few pulls off along the dirt road. This is a…
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This trail is a main trail/feeder route for other Forest Service trails. Popular with elk hunters, it is passable in any 4x4. Most of the trail is dirt, with a few rocky sections and small…
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South Horseshoe is a nearly 6-mile-long dirt bike trail that offers a scenic and flowing ride, well-suited for newer riders. The route features curvy, mountain bike-style singletrack with smooth dirt, benched corners, wide lines, and…
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This route takes you next to the Caribou Range just outside of Idaho Falls. The ride starts with beautiful, sweeping views of Gray's Lake outlet, which is lush and green well into August and is…
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Nickerson Grove is an easy ATV trail that starts at the Long Ridge Motorized Trailhead, which is accessed through private land--riders should stay on the road and respect property boundaries. The two-track trail begins at…
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The route begins at Poison Flats Trailhead, climbs to Poison Flats, and follows the trail to Long Canyon Road. Cut off to the weather station and park at the pond below. Walk up to the…
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This route will take you off Brockman Road to the Gray's Lake Outlet Area. It is a very grassy area that is home to fish, sandhill cranes, and lots of other birds, as it is…
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This road is highly visited, and worth the trip in winter (snowmobile only) and in Spring, Summer, and Fall. At the end of this ORV trail, you will learn about 1860s Caribou City Mining Town…
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This route takes you from Bone Road to the Caribou Loop. It is in a gorgeous valley with mountains to the West that stay green year-round and are very pretty as the leaves turn in…
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This is a short little side trail to an old miner's cabin, homemade sleuth, outhouse, and root cellar off the Caribou City Trail. Be careful when entering these dwellings and leave no trace. This trail…
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This trail is a graded gravel cutoff road between Blackfoot Reservoir Road and Bone / Grays Lake Road. It is a generally smooth road through a mix of private cattle ranches and public land. It…
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Fun trail for all levels of riding. In the spring and early summer the trail has lots of deep run-offs, ruts, mudholes and dispersed creek water. There are two major, year around, water crossing which…
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You just completed Pat Canyon and you will see a gate. Public access is permitted beyond the gate. The trail meanders along the west side of the Black Mountain with 3.5 miles of easy switchbacks…
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Upper Crankshaft is a maintained counter clock, single-track. Signs are posted for your safety. Do not ride it in the opposite direction. This trail can get super dusty in the summer months. Flows nicely through…
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Old Palisades can be taken from the Town of Alpine to the Palisades Reservoir instead of taking Old Alpine Road. Since this trail is adjacent to many homes, keep speed to 15 miles per hour…
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Arm Pump is a 4.2-mile-long single-track trail that winds through scenic meadows and groves of slender aspen trees. The trail is narrow in places, bordered by tall grasses and wildflowers during the summer months. It…
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This is a 3.1-mile-long segment of the larger 9.4-mile Crankshaft Loop, which allows one-way travel and should be ridden in the clockwise direction. This section is characterized by smooth, fast-flowing singletrack that winds through open…
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Kickstart is a short 0.3-mile-long loop designed for beginner riders, particularly kids. The trail begins with smooth, fast-flowing single track and travels through flat open meadows. The dirt is hard-packed and easy to ride, and…
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Gear Down is a 1.4-mile-long loop that offers an easy ride through forested areas and open meadows filled with tall grass and wildflowers. The trail has a few small climbs with embedded rocks and mildly…
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Forest Service Road 286 is about 3.5-mile long with beautiful vistas of Star Valley, Wyoming, and the Palisades Reservoir. There are fire pits and a campsite along the first mile near Deer Creek. Bring bug…
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This route takes you from Idaho Falls up Bone Road, past the Bone Store, and up the Wolverine Canyon. It is a fun ride to take all year round for a Sunday drive or a…
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This trail has two important notes. First is that it is only open to 50" ATV's or smaller. Second is that it is seasonal : open July 1st through August 10th. This trail offers beautiful…
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Poison Creek is a 2-mile-long singletrack trail that climbs gradually from north to south, gaining approximately 600 feet in elevation. The north end of the trail begins at a small trailhead off Wilson Fall Creek…
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Wally World is a 1.6-mile-long narrow singletrack trail located within the Munger trail system. The route passes through tall grasses, wildflowers, and groves of slender aspen trees, offering expansive views of the mountains and the…
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This route is easily passable by any overland rig and most family SUVs. It takes you through a mix of private cattle ranches and public land. You will pass through rolling sagebrush hills and several…
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