Beginner Off-Road Trails
Near Washam, Wyoming

This trail starts off Wyoming Highway 530 and heads West towards Flaming Gorge, where it dead-ends at an intersection with Pipeline West Trail. This trail is a well-maintained gravel road that is wide enough for two vehicles except for the short climb up from the end of the trail, at which point it ...
Learn more about Pipeline Access - FS 60164

This trail is a short out-and-back trail that leads from Wyoming Highway 530 east to the shoreline of Flaming Gorge Reservoir. This trail is a well-maintained gravel road that is two vehicles wide throughout, with the only caution being that at the end of the trail, a metal pole has been placed, and...
Learn more about Twin Bridges

This trail is an out-and-back trail that goes from Wyoming Highway 530 west to a boat launch and parking area on the shore of Flaming Gorge Reservoir. This trail is a well-maintained gravel road that is two vehicles wide throughout. This trail provides views of the surrounding landscape as well as t...
Learn more about Anvil Draw - FS 60001

This trail is a short out-and-back trail that heads north from Pipeline West Trail down to the shore of Flaming Gorge. This trail is an easy trail as it heads across the flats with a few sections with small rocks to navigate as it crosses over some small hilltops. This trail dead-ends right on the l...
Learn more about Pipeline Complex - FS 60086

This trail is an out-and-back trail that splits off of Anvil Draw and heads Southeast to the shore of Flaming Gorge, where it runs parallel through the shoreline brush for a ways before it dead-ends at a small point on the lake. This trail is well maintained up until it reaches the shoreline, at whi...
Learn more about Badger West - FS 60160

This trail is an out-and-back trail that starts at Utah Highway 44 and heads East to a scenic overlook of Flaming Gorge. This trail is a smooth, well-maintained road that is two vehicles wide throughout, with plenty of room to turn around and park at the overlook. Be sure to watch out for livestock ...
Learn more about Dowds Mountain - FS 10094

This trail is located within Flaming Gorge National Recreation Area. Haystack South Trail is an amazing spot to camp or to enjoy a day at the lake in isolation away from camper trailers & crowds. The trail will take you out to the end of a peninsula in the middle of the lake with beautiful views of ...
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This is a short out-and-back trail that runs from Wyoming Highway 530 east to the shoreline of Flaming Gorge Reservoir. This trail is a well-maintained gravel road that stays two vehicles wide throughout before it dead-ends at a turnaround that is sometimes used as a campsite right on the shoreline ...
Learn more about Haystack Butte Road - FS 60003

This is a short spur off of Hickerson Park to Birch Creek trail that travels up to the top of Ute Mountain to an old fire lookout. This fire lookout allows public access to come up to the top of the tower and look around when there is an employee present. The trail is a well-maintained dirt road tha...
Learn more about Ute Mountain Lookout - FS 10005

Deep Creek Road offers an easy and scenic dirt-and-gravel route through Utah’s Ashley National Forest, making it perfect for beginners, overland campers, and families seeking a relaxed mountain drive. Connecting Highway 44 on the east with Forest Road 218 on the west, this well-maintained corridor w...
Learn more about Deep Creek RD

This trail is a short spur off the Hickerson Park - Birch Creek trail that heads to Sheep Creek Lake. This trail is a smooth, well-maintained dirt road that is one vehicle wide with places to pass along the trail. The trail travels across a field following a canal to the lake, where it does a loop a...
Learn more about Sheep Creek Lake - FS 10009

This trail is a short spur off of Hickerson Park to Birch Creek trail that heads South to Browne Lake, where it dead-ends at a parking lot and boat launch. The trail is a well-maintained gravel road with places to pass other vehicles throughout the trail. The trail starts down in a canyon along the ...
Learn more about Browne Lake - FS 10096

Holmes Crossing - Road 60004, is a gravel road in great condition that will take you to the public boat launch as well as a network of dirt roads giving access to many dispersed campsites. This road has gravel and remains able to be traveled during or after rain where many of the other connecting ro...
Learn more about Holmes Crossing

Pipeline East is an easy, scenic 5.6-mile out-and-back route perfect for beginners, campers, and those looking to access the shores of Flaming Gorge Reservoir. Starting near Antelope Flat Road, this gravel and dirt track descends roughly 417 feet from a high point of 6,453 feet down to the reservoir...
Learn more about Pipeline East

This trail runs from Wyoming Highway 530 East to where it ends at an intersection with other roads that head down to Flaming Gorge. This trail starts as a smooth gravel road, but as you come down off the hilltop, it becomes less maintained, with small rocks and ruts in the trail, as well as being ov...
Learn more about South Bend - FS 60006

This trail branches off of Hickerson Park - Birch Creek trail and heads North to where it dead-ends at the parking lot and boat ramp for Long Park Reservoir. This trail is a well-maintained gravel road that has no major obstacles and stays two vehicles wide for most of the trail. This trail travels ...
Learn more about Long Park Reservoir - FS 10014

This trail is an out-and-back trail that splits from Leidy Peak and heads North to where it dead-ends at the bottom of a hill. This trail starts as a well-maintained road until you pass the Forest Service-managed yurt, at which point the trail becomes rougher, with lots of larger dips in the road th...
Learn more about Summit Park - FS 10026

This is a very well-maintained and frequently traveled road that brings you to the beautiful and majestic Spirit Lake. Even though the road begins as a wide, 2-lane road, it begins to narrow and become increasingly more winding the closer it gets to Spirit Lake. However, it is still a flat, graded r...
Learn more about Spirit Lake

Rifle Range Road (FS 10542) is a 1/10 out-and-back trail in Flaming Gorge Recreation Area. While its name and predominant claim to fame are a public shooting range, the geology in the canyon is worth the short trip out and back. The road is easily passable by all vehicles and is generally rocky dirt...
Learn more about Rifle Range Road - FS 10542

This trail runs from the end of Dagget County Road 1 Southeast to the Sheep Creek Geologic Loop near Flaming Gorge. This trail is a well-maintained gravel road that remains wide enough for vehicles to pass each other comfortably throughout. The only obstacle on the trail is a one-lane bridge at the ...
Learn more about Hickerson Park-Birch Creek - FS 10221

This trail starts off Wyoming Highway 530 and heads West towards Flaming Gorge, where it dead-ends at an intersection with Pipeline West Trail. This trail is a well-maintained gravel road that is wide enough for two vehicles except for the short climb up from the end of the trail, at which point it ...
Learn more about Pipeline Access - FS 60164

This trail is a short out-and-back trail that leads from Wyoming Highway 530 east to the shoreline of Flaming Gorge Reservoir. This trail is a well-maintained gravel road that is two vehicles wide throughout, with the only caution being that at the end of the trail, a metal pole has been placed, and...
Learn more about Twin Bridges

This trail is an out-and-back trail that goes from Wyoming Highway 530 west to a boat launch and parking area on the shore of Flaming Gorge Reservoir. This trail is a well-maintained gravel road that is two vehicles wide throughout. This trail provides views of the surrounding landscape as well as t...
Learn more about Anvil Draw - FS 60001

This trail is a short out-and-back trail that heads north from Pipeline West Trail down to the shore of Flaming Gorge. This trail is an easy trail as it heads across the flats with a few sections with small rocks to navigate as it crosses over some small hilltops. This trail dead-ends right on the l...
Learn more about Pipeline Complex - FS 60086

This trail starts off Wyoming Highway 530 and heads West towards Flaming Gorge, where it dead-ends at an intersection with Pipeline West Trail. This trail is a well-maintained gravel road that is wide enough for two vehicles except for the short climb up from the end of the trail, at which point it ...
Learn more about Pipeline Access - FS 60164

This trail is a short out-and-back trail that leads from Wyoming Highway 530 east to the shoreline of Flaming Gorge Reservoir. This trail is a well-maintained gravel road that is two vehicles wide throughout, with the only caution being that at the end of the trail, a metal pole has been placed, and...
Learn more about Twin Bridges

This trail is an out-and-back trail that goes from Wyoming Highway 530 west to a boat launch and parking area on the shore of Flaming Gorge Reservoir. This trail is a well-maintained gravel road that is two vehicles wide throughout. This trail provides views of the surrounding landscape as well as t...
Learn more about Anvil Draw - FS 60001

This trail is a short out-and-back trail that heads north from Pipeline West Trail down to the shore of Flaming Gorge. This trail is an easy trail as it heads across the flats with a few sections with small rocks to navigate as it crosses over some small hilltops. This trail dead-ends right on the l...
Learn more about Pipeline Complex - FS 60086