Beginner Off-Road Trails Near Tonopah, Nevada

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265 Camping Crossover

A sandy short dirt crossover with plenty of flat spots for dispersed camping featuring mountain and valley views. The road gets rutted in some spots and quite sandy in others. Do not attempt when wet.…
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Total Miles
2.2
Tech Rating
3 Easy
Best Time
Fa / Sp / Wi

Coyote Rd.

The route starts at Fish Lake hot springs. The water temp is 100 degrees, and the springs is a concrete tub that can fit 12 people comfortably. There are also vault toilets and camping available.…
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Total Miles
28.8
Tech Rating
1 Easy
Best Time
Sp / Su / Fa

Emigrant Pass from "The Crossing" to Silver Peak Road

Mostly an easy trail with amazing views from the top of the Emigrant pass summit. It can be sandy in spots, especially at wash crossings. You may see Bighorn Sheep and Burros in the area…
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Total Miles
14.5
Tech Rating
3 Easy
Best Time
Fa / Sp / Wi

Cabin run via McAfee Road

This trail is based primarily on an old mine road. It ends at some old bunk houses and there are options to drive or hike to see the rest of the mine buildings. You can…
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Total Miles
23.1
Tech Rating
2 Easy
Best Time
Sp / Su / Fa

Emigrant Trail to "The Crossing"

A pretty drive to get you from the highway back to a network of fun trails and some dispersed camping spots. The drive takes you all the way through rocky canyons and alongside marshy tall…
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Total Miles
10.1
Tech Rating
2 Easy
Best Time
Wi / Fa / Sp

Fish Lake Springs Rd.

This road gets vehicles from Fish Lake Hot Springs to the saloon in Dyer with minimal highway travel. The road is well traveled, graded and wide. Hot springs have open camping around the area with…
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Total Miles
16.1
Tech Rating
1 Easy
Best Time
Sp / Su / Fa / Wi

The Road to the Simon Lead Mine

The road to the Simon Lead mine is traveled via a well-maintained dirt road until the last 4 miles. The road then contains washed-out areas and narrow passages. According to https://www.nvexpeditions.com, small amounts of silver-lead…
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Total Miles
22.1
Tech Rating
3 Easy
Best Time
Su / Fa

Teeth Rattler to The Crossing

A very easy two-lane dirt road that is occasionally graded takes you back to "the crossing", which gives access to many other areas' trails. There are a few offshoots leading to some dispersed camping along…
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Total Miles
6.7
Tech Rating
1 Easy
Best Time
Wi / Fa / Sp

Chiatovitch Creek to Middle Creek

The lower trail is an easy grader with plenty of washboard and scattered rocks. It begins cutting through the neighborhood and while climbing offers amazing views of the valley below. Once you pass all the…
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Total Miles
11.1
Tech Rating
3 Easy
Best Time
Sp / Fa

The Easy Way Around Rock Creek

A nice easy graded single-track that gives access to the Inyo National Forest trail network. There are some dispersed camping spots along the way with established fire rings. It will get you around to the…
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Total Miles
3.2
Tech Rating
3 Easy
Best Time
Wi / Fa / Sp

Red Rock Quicksilver Mine

This easy trail takes you all the way to the mining complex to the east and the historic mining complex. There are many structures still standing and plenty of kiosks and information about the area.…
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Total Miles
1.3
Tech Rating
2 Easy
Best Time
Fa / Wi / Sp

Phinney Canyon Road

This easy, graded trail takes you from Highway 95 into the vast trail networks in the valley. Continuing past the recorded turn will take you all the way to the Death Valley park boundary. The…
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Total Miles
3.5
Tech Rating
2 Easy
Best Time
Wi / Fa / Sp

Mud Springs Road

This easy two-track trail takes you along the edge of the valley and to the mud water springs. There are lots of Burros in the area and even a falcon. The Mud Springs are just…
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Total Miles
6.3
Tech Rating
2 Easy
Best Time
Fa / Wi / Sp

Kingston Canyon Road

Kingston Canyon Road is a 10-mile gravel Forest Service road that climbs up into the Toiyabe Mountains from Kingston, Nevada. It accesses numerous campgrounds, Grove Lake, and is the northernmost access point for the Toiyabe…
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Total Miles
9.7
Tech Rating
2 Easy
Best Time
Sp / Su / Fa

Silver Canyon Road

Silver Canyon Road is a seasonal, one-lane road connecting Bishop, CA to the high alpine White Mountain Road and up to the Ancient Bristlecone Pine Forest. It is best run east to west in late…
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Total Miles
10.8
Tech Rating
2 Easy
Best Time
Su / Fa

Pioneer Road

A mostly easy trail, except for the last 100 yards that complete the trail to the mine. There is plenty of room for oncoming traffic, and the trail is well graded. 2 bars LTE at…
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Total Miles
3.8
Tech Rating
2 Easy
Best Time
Wi / Fa / Sp

Bullfrog Historic Mining Distric

A great day trip out of Beatty, NV. Explore a ton of mines and a ghost town. This loop is approximately 50 miles, and you'll pass some really unique geological formations. There is one section…
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Total Miles
82.9
Tech Rating
2 Easy
Best Time
Sp / Fa / Wi

Lunar Crater National Backcountry Byway

The Byway itself it around 20 miles total, and is a point-to-point, U-shaped dirt road with two entrance/exit points marked by signs off Nevada Highway 6. You'll experience a mostly flat, graded road with a…
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Total Miles
17.1
Tech Rating
3 Easy
Best Time
Sp / Su / Fa

Gold Bar Road

This trail starts out easy with a graded two-lane washboard dirt road by the private Big Red Art Barn. Look, but please don't touch. It also appears people camp in the parking lot by the…
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Total Miles
5
Tech Rating
2 Easy
Best Time
Wi / Fa / Sp

Rainbow Mountain Road

A mostly east trail that begins or ends at the Rhyolite ghost town on the western end of the trail. The ghost town is somewhat preserved with many structures still standing and lots to explore,…
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Total Miles
3.8
Tech Rating
3 Easy
Best Time
Wi / Fa / Sp

Big Creek Road - NF-012

From its junction with Kingston Canyon Road at 8,740' at Kinston Summit, Big Creek drops steeply into Big Creek Canyon and follows its namesake to the North down out of the Toiyabe mountains. Portions of…
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Total Miles
3.5
Tech Rating
3 Easy
Best Time
Sp / Su / Fa

Rhyolite Ghost Town

This is a fairly easy trail with the exception of Secret Pass, which can be bypassed easily with other trails nearby. Secret Pass has short, steep grades that are rocky and tight in various sections.…
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Total Miles
48
Tech Rating
3 Easy
Best Time
Sp / Fa

Pony Express Trail

The historic Pony Express Trail is one of the few domestic overland routes accessible to the public. This route follows as closely as possible to the original trail ridden over 160 years ago on horseback.Make…
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Total Miles
463.7
Tech Rating
3 Easy
Best Time
Sp / Su / Fa

Saline Valley Road

Death Valley is famous for its barren valleys and soaring vistas, but few people wander into its more remote regions like Saline Valley. The road into this area is dirt, and often heavily corrugated and…
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Total Miles
74.5
Tech Rating
2 Easy
Best Time
Sp / Fa / Wi

North Fork Big Creek Road - NF43012

The North Fork Big Creek Road climbs 2,700' up out of Big Creek Canyon onto a hilltop summit at 8,800'. It is a little-used, unmaintained gravel road that gets steep at times, and low range…
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Total Miles
2.7
Tech Rating
3 Easy
Best Time
Sp / Su / Fa

Old Railroad Grade Road

The Western section of the road is well-graded and more than two cars wide. Once one transitions onto the two-track near the airport the trail gets rocky with a few washout transitions. One specifically is…
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Total Miles
3.9
Tech Rating
2 Easy
Best Time
Wi / Fa / Sp

Black Rock Lava Flow

Did you know that Hawaii is not the only place to explore lava fields? But would you have guessed that one is in the middle of Nevada? This area of Nevada is actually part of…
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Total Miles
3.1
Tech Rating
1 Easy
Best Time
Sp / Su / Fa / Wi

Slippin N Scramblin

This unmaintained, two-mile mining road connects from the top of North Fork Big Creek to South Fork Birch Creek in the Toiyabe Mountains. It sees little use other than the occasional hunter or oddball explorer.…
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Total Miles
1.7
Tech Rating
3 Easy
Best Time
Sp / Su / Fa

Pole Line Road

This trail is the main Pole line heading south out of town from Beatty and its more local dirt trails. This road takes you along the power lines and down toward two interesting abandoned mining…
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Total Miles
6.6
Tech Rating
3 Easy
Best Time
Wi / Fa / Sp

South Fork Birch Creek Road - NF43243

Climbing up out of Birch Creek Canyon to join Dry Canyon Road at almost 9,000', this road is a well-maintained gravel Forest Service road. It features a small number of level dispersed camping spots with…
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Total Miles
1.8
Tech Rating
2 Easy
Best Time
Sp / Su / Fa