This route takes you from the Black Rock Desert playa through the Kamma Mountain Range and the Rye Patch Reservoir. Along this route, you will find hot springs, rock-hounding spots, and old placer mines. The… Learn more about Kamma Mountains
Total Miles
68.5
Tech Rating
2
Easy
Best Time
Fa / Su / Sp
Buena Vista Valley
This is a fast route that will get you from the trailhead to the Stillwater Range. Both ends of this route have some interesting mercury mines that still have structures and the furnaces used to… Learn more about Buena Vista Valley
Total Miles
16.9
Tech Rating
3
Easy
Best Time
Wi / Fa / Su / Sp
Dodge-Ford Mine
This is a quick spur off Coal Canyon Road to the Dodge-Ford iron mine. The road is a well-maintained gravel road that leads to an open pit mine. The pit is 200ft deep with water… Learn more about Dodge-Ford Mine
Total Miles
2.4
Tech Rating
3
Easy
Best Time
Fa / Sp / Su
Lovelock Cave
This flat gravel road is well maintained. Lovelock Cave was in use as early as 2580 BC but was not intensively inhabited until around 1000 BC. People occupied Lovelock Cave for over 4,000 years. The… Learn more about Lovelock Cave
Total Miles
8.9
Tech Rating
1
Easy
Best Time
Fa / Su / Sp
Boyer Ranch
This trail has a lot of washboards, rocked gravel/dirt roads. You can go a comfortable 40 MPH, if you air down, the ride can be smoother. This takes you below the old ranch homestead of… Learn more about Boyer Ranch
Total Miles
28.7
Tech Rating
3
Easy
Best Time
Sp / Su / Fa / Wi
Dixie Valley Tanks
There are 20+ military tanks left out in the desert of Dixie Valley. The road is flat and graveled. A car will have no problems. The tanks were placed on old homesteads by the Navy… Learn more about Dixie Valley Tanks
Total Miles
10.8
Tech Rating
1
Easy
Best Time
Sp / Su
Black Rock Playa
This route explores the Black Rock Playa, and then exits to the north and connects to the High Rock Canyon route to the west, or the Summit Lake Reservation route that continues north into Oregon.… Learn more about Black Rock Playa
Total Miles
55.1
Tech Rating
2
Easy
Best Time
Fa
Hot Spring Hill to Mount Lewis
This route takes you from just outside of Eureka Nevada at Hot Spring Hill to Mount Lewis. The route starts out taking you to Bartine Hot Springs, a funny little heart-shaped hot springs that in… Learn more about Hot Spring Hill to Mount Lewis
Total Miles
105.7
Tech Rating
2
Easy
Best Time
Su / 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… Learn more about Pony Express Trail
Total Miles
463.7
Tech Rating
3
Easy
Best Time
Sp / Su / Fa
Nightingale Mine
These are old mining roads that weave their way through what was once the Nightingale Mine. Active in the 40s the mine was perusing Tungsten ore for the war effort. The are still a few… Learn more about Nightingale Mine
Total Miles
3.9
Tech Rating
3
Easy
Best Time
Fa / Su / Sp
Winnemucca Lake East Shore Caves
The route starts out on the north end of the dry lake bad. The road runs alongside a high-voltage power line so it is well-maintained. However, it is built on the sandy ancient shoreline that… Learn more about Winnemucca Lake East Shore Caves
Total Miles
12.2
Tech Rating
3
Easy
Best Time
Fa / Sp / Su
Winnemucca Lake School Buses
The route takes you along the east side of the dry lake bed and up into the Nightingale Range. Up in the hills are two, 1950s school buses that were used to transport workers to… Learn more about Winnemucca Lake School Buses
Total Miles
13
Tech Rating
3
Easy
Best Time
Fa / Su / Sp
Little High Rock Canyon
Little High Rock Canyon is a mix of washboard and two-track trail that travels diagonally across to High Rock Canyon and Soldier's Meadow. This trail is a better choice for those wanting a more exciting… Learn more about Little High Rock Canyon
Total Miles
32.5
Tech Rating
3
Easy
Best Time
Sp / Su / Fa
Six Mile Beach Trail
This route takes you from the trailhead located off Hwy 50, East of Silver Springs, Nevada to Six Mile Beach and loops back to the bridge over the Carson River below the Lahontan Reservoir Dam.… Learn more about Six Mile Beach Trail
This trail is only suitable during dry weather. This is a connector route connecting Black Rock Playa to Oregon's Alvord Playa and Steens Mountain through the Summit Lake Indian Reservation. This route is generally graded… Learn more about Summit Lake Reservation Route
Total Miles
97.2
Tech Rating
1
Easy
Best Time
Fa
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… Learn more about South Fork Birch Creek Road - NF43243
Total Miles
1.8
Tech Rating
2
Easy
Best Time
Sp / Su / Fa
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.… Learn more about Slippin N Scramblin
Total Miles
1.7
Tech Rating
3
Easy
Best Time
Sp / Su / Fa
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… Learn more about North Fork Big Creek Road - NF43012
Total Miles
2.7
Tech Rating
3
Easy
Best Time
Sp / Su / Fa
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… Learn more about Big Creek Road - NF-012
Total Miles
3.5
Tech Rating
3
Easy
Best Time
Sp / Su / Fa
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… Learn more about Kingston Canyon Road
Total Miles
9.7
Tech Rating
2
Easy
Best Time
Sp / Su / Fa
Clifton Flat Trail
Clifton Flat is a valley known for herds of wild horses and herds of Pronghorn Antelope. The trailhead starts at the unlocked barbed wire wild horse protection gate. Make sure to properly close and latch… Learn more about Clifton Flat Trail
Total Miles
11
Tech Rating
3
Easy
Best Time
Sp / Su / Fa / Wi
Dry Lakes Loop
The trail starts at a cattle guard after you leave the staging area. The first few miles are soft sand with little to no obstruction. The area to the north side of the trail is… Learn more about Dry Lakes Loop
Total Miles
20.4
Tech Rating
3
Easy
Best Time
Sp / Su / Fa / Wi
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