Beginner Off-Road Trails
Near Tecopa, California

This trail connects Chappo Spring, California, to California Highway 127 near Tecopa Hot Springs. It covers some unique terrain, including gravel washes and loamy soils. Since this route follows desert washes, the trail can be hard to follow at times. It is clearly marked with BLM signs about every ...
Learn more about Chappo Spring (BLM AR2350)

This route starts at Highway 178 and travels South along the West edge of the Nopah Range Wilderness to Chappo Spring. This 2-track trail is mostly hard-packed with gravel and a few washes. Use caution when approaching the washes as they can change over time from erosion caused by monsoon rains. The...
Learn more about Chappo Spring (BLM AR233)

This corrugated road is the only access to the Owls Hole mining area, which is known for--among other minerals--ramsdellite, which is used in lithium batteries. It is perhaps the most remote backcountry road in the park, with open vistas with unusual geologic formations. Also, watch for those milita...
Learn more about Owls Hole Springs

Saratoga Springs is an accessible yet remote desert route ideal for stock four-wheel-drive vehicles, SxSs, and high-clearance rigs looking to discover an unexpected wetland oasis in the southernmost reaches of Death Valley National Park. Spanning approximately 4 miles with a minimal elevation gain o...
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If you’re looking for a relaxed off-road outing with big views, this trail is a great choice. It’s an easy, scenic route that feels more like a desert cruise than a technical drive—ideal for a low-stress day or for bringing along newer drivers. The route is about 13 miles and takes roughly 2 hours ...
Learn more about Gold Valley Road - Willow Spring Spur

This route begins at Kingston Wash Road and ends at Mesquite Valley Road, following a mix of aging, broken pavement, gravel stretches, and sections of loose rock. Much of the drive is easy, making it an enjoyable run across varied terrain. Sweeping desert vistas are the norm on this route as you cli...
Learn more about Excelsior Mine Road

This is a fun trail from the south end of Pahrump out to Prairie Fire, formerly known as Front Sight Road. From Front Sight Rd you can go right and head towards Prairie Fire, head left towards Tecopa Highway, or go straight across the road to Cathedral Canyon. This is mostly an easy desert trail wit...
Learn more about Old Spanish Trail

The Pants Trail is probably one of the more popular trails in this trail system SE of Pahrump, NV. It's a fun and flowy 6-mile trail that has fewer loose rocks than the rest of the trails in the area. This is a faster trail because it's mostly smooth, straight, and flat. From the south trailhead, it...
Learn more about Pants Trail

This short single track is located in the BLM land southeast of Pahrump, NV as part of a bigger trail system full of fast, fun, and flowy single tracks. Starting from the west end of this trail, the trail departs from a graded jeep road where there is an abandoned red 5 horsepower lawnmower thing wi...
Learn more about 5 Horsepower Trail

This short trail is a mix of single track and road on BLM land that goes past the Front Site Firearms Training Institute. It's a mix of hard pack dirt with loose rock, graded jeep road, bentonite hills, and softer sandier trail. From the north end, it starts on a jeep road, but the single track peel...
Learn more about Front Site Overlook

A historical route at the southern end of Death Valley National Park. The route is 32 miles in length through one of the most remote and arid parts of Death Valley - be prepared. The HWER is a bit of a chameleon in that it can range from easily passable by a passenger car to completely impassable by...
Learn more about Harry Wade Exit Route - DVNP

The Andy Tk2 trail is a fast and flowy ride through a mix of soft bentonite dirt hills and hardpack single track. The trail flows up and over these hills and into ravines, through a wide open desert landscape full of small bushes and cacti. The south end of the trail begins at the intersection with ...
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The Ridge Trail is a single-track trail starting off of Sandy Valley Fwy, a jeep road that starts off of Tecopa Road, in the BLM area southeast of Pahrump, NV. The northern trailhead starts on soft bentonite dirt with a few whoops. It turns into a rocky wash and steadily starts to gain some elevatio...
Learn more about Ridge Trail

This trail is between Mountain Springs and Pahrump, just outside of Las Vegas a quick 45-minute drive west on N-160 Blue Diamond Highway. Which will turn into the Pahrump Valley Highway. Turning Left off the highway onto Tecopa we drove about a mile and the trailhead come up on your left. If you con...
Learn more about Hafen Spanish to Old Spanish

Al's Street is a 5-mile single track on the north side of Tecopa Road in the BLM land southeast of Pahrump, NV. The south end of the trail is accessed off of Front Site Road and starts right at the edge of the pavement. There isn't a staging area right at the trailhead, so you'll most likely want to...
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Ride this fun short single track to connect the Ridge Trail to the Pants Trail and make a fun day ride in this trail system southeast of Pahrump, NV. This is a narrow single track with a mix of soft dirt and hard-packed dirt covered in small loose sharp rocks. Some sections of the trail are smooth a...
Learn more about Shorts Trail

This short single track is a fun ride in the Pahrump BLM through a wide-open desert landscape full of Yucca and Joshua Trees. It's a fast and flowy single track that is mostly smooth and easy. It crosses several sudden dips into ravines that you have to watch out for. The south end of this trail com...
Learn more about Andy Tk3

Pants Trail East is one of several fast and fun desert single tracks in this trail system SE of Pahrump, NV accessed off of Tecopa Road. This one is very similar to Pants Trail and can be ridden in connection with the Pants Loop and Andys TK2 and 3 for a fun loop. From the north end of the trail, it...
Learn more about Pants Trail East

The Pant's Loop is one of the longer trails in this trail system, starting off of Cathedral Canyon Road and ending on Pahrump Road. It's a fast desert trail running through a Joshua Tree Forest with rugged desert mountains on all sides of you. The trail is narrow; only a foot wide or tire wide at pa...
Learn more about Pants Loop

This is a short connector trail used to connect the Ridge Trail to the Pants Loop. Although only 3 miles long, it runs through a variety of terrain, including a mix of soft dirt, sandier dirt, and hard-packed dirt with loose rock. It dips in and out of rocky ravines and washes and also runs elevated...
Learn more about Ridge Connector

This trail connects Chappo Spring, California, to California Highway 127 near Tecopa Hot Springs. It covers some unique terrain, including gravel washes and loamy soils. Since this route follows desert washes, the trail can be hard to follow at times. It is clearly marked with BLM signs about every ...
Learn more about Chappo Spring (BLM AR2350)

This route starts at Highway 178 and travels South along the West edge of the Nopah Range Wilderness to Chappo Spring. This 2-track trail is mostly hard-packed with gravel and a few washes. Use caution when approaching the washes as they can change over time from erosion caused by monsoon rains. The...
Learn more about Chappo Spring (BLM AR233)

This corrugated road is the only access to the Owls Hole mining area, which is known for--among other minerals--ramsdellite, which is used in lithium batteries. It is perhaps the most remote backcountry road in the park, with open vistas with unusual geologic formations. Also, watch for those milita...
Learn more about Owls Hole Springs

This route begins at Kingston Wash Road and ends at Mesquite Valley Road, following a mix of aging, broken pavement, gravel stretches, and sections of loose rock. Much of the drive is easy, making it an enjoyable run across varied terrain. Sweeping desert vistas are the norm on this route as you cli...
Learn more about Excelsior Mine Road

This trail connects Chappo Spring, California, to California Highway 127 near Tecopa Hot Springs. It covers some unique terrain, including gravel washes and loamy soils. Since this route follows desert washes, the trail can be hard to follow at times. It is clearly marked with BLM signs about every ...
Learn more about Chappo Spring (BLM AR2350)

This route starts at Highway 178 and travels South along the West edge of the Nopah Range Wilderness to Chappo Spring. This 2-track trail is mostly hard-packed with gravel and a few washes. Use caution when approaching the washes as they can change over time from erosion caused by monsoon rains. The...
Learn more about Chappo Spring (BLM AR233)

This corrugated road is the only access to the Owls Hole mining area, which is known for--among other minerals--ramsdellite, which is used in lithium batteries. It is perhaps the most remote backcountry road in the park, with open vistas with unusual geologic formations. Also, watch for those milita...
Learn more about Owls Hole Springs

This route begins at Kingston Wash Road and ends at Mesquite Valley Road, following a mix of aging, broken pavement, gravel stretches, and sections of loose rock. Much of the drive is easy, making it an enjoyable run across varied terrain. Sweeping desert vistas are the norm on this route as you cli...
Learn more about Excelsior Mine Road