Beginner Off-Road Trails
Near Tuppers Plains, Ohio

This is Radcliff to Campbell Tunnel Vinton County Tunnel Loop West. This starts at Lake Hope in this section and runs counterclockwise south through Vinton county passing Campbell Tunnel which was recently closed through the Appalachian Foothills. Gas and food can be found along the way. Good for a ...
Learn more about Vinton County Tunnels Tour Part 2

This 22.8-mile point-to-point route offers a mild drive through historic Appalachian railway landmarks in Vinton County. Starting in Wilkesville, the route travels north through forested hills, connecting to the historic Moonville and Kings Hollow tunnels. The unpaved route is suitable for most stoc...
Learn more about Vinton County Tunnel Tour Part 3

This gravel route takes you through one of the nicest roads in the area. Once you start, you will head up a very steep gravel hill that will take you back to Hunterdon Cemetery. You will enter the wildlife preserve at the top of the steep hill and head down the windy gravel road that gets narrow at ...
Learn more about Hunterdon Road

If you like driving down back forest roads this is a good one and has a lot to offer from flowing creeks that follow the route to old graveyards and lots of history. You will find yourself traveling down into the forest through curvey gravel hills. A short drive later you will find a couple of littl...
Learn more about Bethel

This is a scenic drive that follows part of Goose Creek in Wirt County, West Virginia. The road is mainly gravel with a few dirt sections and some water crossings but nothing too rough. This road is an absolutely beautiful drive in the fall when the leaves are turning color. There is one stretch of ...
Learn more about County Route 2 - Wirt County

Vinton County Tunnels Tour Part 1 is an easy, scenic 15.3-mile off-road route through the historic Appalachian foothills of southeastern Ohio. Beginning at the Lake Hope State Park Lodge, this counterclockwise journey winds south through Vinton County's dense woodlands on primarily unpaved and grave...
Learn more about Vinton County Tunnels Tour Part 1

This trail will take you down a valley in Wayne National Forrest. Much of this trail is a gravel road but you will find sections of big rocks, creek water over the road, and even a small section of mud holes to get dirty. You first start out by traveling down a curvey gravel road with plenty of rock...
Learn more about Wildcat

This will take you out on a township road. It starts off on a narrow gravel road, shortly after you start the trail you will find a small section of muddy ruts to kick up some dirt. Once you get to the bottom of the hill you will come across a rushing creek crossing that has plenty of small side obs...
Learn more about Indian Run

Very Steep entry/exit on both ends. The creeks are always flowing and constantly changing the appearance of the roadway. Three sizeable concrete slab bridges span the waterways that wind in and out of the valley as you descend before going right back up again. The western valley ridgeline is very na...
Learn more about AEP Onion Creek - Allen Run 3 Creek Slab Bridges

If you're looking for a nice Sunday drive and don't want roll around town or out a paved road, and don't mind a little mud, then this trail is for you. You will start down a gravel road that is mixed with plenty of mud and some great views. You will end up going down some curvy narrow gravel road go...
Learn more about Township 269

You wouldn't know this road was even here without adventuring down some old gravel roads; it is packed full of history from the past. When you first approach a graveyard sits to your left that has been there for many, many years. As you start to travel down this narrow gravel road, you are filled w...
Learn more about Township 283

I started at the Big Musky Bucket in the Miners Memorial AEP Picnic area across the main road to a beautiful ridge line backroad with amazing expansive open views that remind me of traveling to the significant plains areas. The road is high-speed gravel and very wide and passes a civil war cemetery ...
Learn more about Miners Memorial (Big Muskie Bucket) across Dakota Plains - Junkyardtown

If you're into driving down some old back roads and running the outskirts of Wayne National Forest this trail has a lot to offer you. Even though it's an easy trail you will find yourself driving through gravel roads with all kinds of unique rock formations and some of the most beautiful trees. At s...
Learn more about Salem

This trail is kinda tricky to find and you might miss it if you're not paying attention. You will need to turn off of Salem Hollow on a dirt and gravel road. It's a very narrow road with a lot of curves and turns. As you start on the trail, it will take you deep into Wayne National Forest. There are...
Learn more about Dugen

This route starts at Junkyard Town (a town owned by an entire family and appears to be an open-air private junkyard). The path winds through the countryside, crossing multiple steel bridges over Meigs Creek, and eventually turns left, crossing a multitude of low-water concrete bridges that will be u...
Learn more about Junkyard Town - low water bridges along Onion Creek - Hackney

If you are looking for a quiet, scenic drive just outside the city of Marietta, this is it. Peggs Fork Road takes you through the hollow across three small creek crossings to Milltown Hill Road. There is plenty of hiking and public hunting nearby in Wayne National Forest.
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Rock Run is a shortcut gravel road that will take you off the pavement and down some old back road that will take you longer to get where you are going, but worth the views you will see. When you turn on Rock Run, you'll continue straight into a section of Wayne National Forest with a piece of hist...
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Town Highway 319 takes you down into what feels like the middle of nowhere without traveling too far from the main road. At the beginning of the road is what locals know as “the swing,” which has been there for years and lets riders swing off the bank over the road. This narrow gravel road continues...
Learn more about Town Highway 319

Expect to go through one of the most scenic roads in Perry County. This trail is all gravel but very slick steep hills with sharp turns. Once you enter the trail you go down into a nice little creek crossing that flows when the water is higher. After that, you will continue down until you hit a fork...
Learn more about Helmick Mill Covered Bridge

Town Highway 162 takes you down a narrow gravel road with some cool things to see. Once off the main road, the route continues along loose gravel to a small bridge with a sharp turn just beyond it. Take your time and look around while heading uphill, as old historic ruins are being taken over by ove...
Learn more about Town Highway 162

This is a scenic drive that follows part of Goose Creek in Wirt County, West Virginia. The road is mainly gravel with a few dirt sections and some water crossings but nothing too rough. This road is an absolutely beautiful drive in the fall when the leaves are turning color. There is one stretch of ...
Learn more about County Route 2 - Wirt County

If you're into driving down some old back roads and running the outskirts of Wayne National Forest this trail has a lot to offer you. Even though it's an easy trail you will find yourself driving through gravel roads with all kinds of unique rock formations and some of the most beautiful trees. At s...
Learn more about Salem

Rock Run is a shortcut gravel road that will take you off the pavement and down some old back road that will take you longer to get where you are going, but worth the views you will see. When you turn on Rock Run, you'll continue straight into a section of Wayne National Forest with a piece of hist...
Learn more about Rock Run

Expect to go through one of the most scenic roads in Perry County. This trail is all gravel but very slick steep hills with sharp turns. Once you enter the trail you go down into a nice little creek crossing that flows when the water is higher. After that, you will continue down until you hit a fork...
Learn more about Helmick Mill Covered Bridge

This is a scenic drive that follows part of Goose Creek in Wirt County, West Virginia. The road is mainly gravel with a few dirt sections and some water crossings but nothing too rough. This road is an absolutely beautiful drive in the fall when the leaves are turning color. There is one stretch of ...
Learn more about County Route 2 - Wirt County

This trail will take you down a valley in Wayne National Forrest. Much of this trail is a gravel road but you will find sections of big rocks, creek water over the road, and even a small section of mud holes to get dirty. You first start out by traveling down a curvey gravel road with plenty of rock...
Learn more about Wildcat

This will take you out on a township road. It starts off on a narrow gravel road, shortly after you start the trail you will find a small section of muddy ruts to kick up some dirt. Once you get to the bottom of the hill you will come across a rushing creek crossing that has plenty of small side obs...
Learn more about Indian Run

If you're into driving down some old back roads and running the outskirts of Wayne National Forest this trail has a lot to offer you. Even though it's an easy trail you will find yourself driving through gravel roads with all kinds of unique rock formations and some of the most beautiful trees. At s...
Learn more about Salem