Beginner Off-Road Trails Near West Alexander, Pennsylvania

Shaler Road is primarily a graded gravel road with sections of dirt. It is an easy ride in the summer months. However, there is no winter maintenance. The road can become rutted and harder to…
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Ramage Road is primarily a graded gravel road with sections of dirt. It is an easy ride in the summer months. However, there is no winter maintenance. The road can become rutted and harder to…
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Buck Run Road is primarily a graded gravel road with sections of dirt. It is an easy ride in the summer months. However, there is no winter maintenance. The road can become rutted and harder…
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Williams Road is primarily a graded gravel road with sections of dirt. It is an easy ride in the summer months; however, there is no winter maintenance. During rain, snow, and ice, the road can…
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Young Road is primarily a graded gravel road with sections of dirt. It is an easy ride in the summer months. However, there is no winter maintenance. The road can become rutted and harder to…
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Halstead Hill Road is a gravel road that is fairly easy with a small hill and a few washboards. A few ninety-degree and one hundred and eighty-degree turns. No real hazards other than occasionally down…
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This is an easy and well-maintained gravel and dirt road route from the Burgettstown area towards Bavington, where you can link up with the other trails. Expect muddy roads if it's recently rained. The area…
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Knowlton is a compacted gravel road that is either muddy or dusty. The route passes through Hillman State Park and is a heavily wooded area passing through a reclaimed strip mine. The road accesses some…
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The highlight of this trail is the short travel from Pittsburgh that lets you travel on some dirt in a reasonable amount of time. If it's rained in the past several days, expect to see…
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This route follows a maintained gravel road through the Raccoon Creek Hunting Area. The surface is primarily gravel with a firm base and occasional minor puddles, depending on recent weather. The road is generally wide…
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This is an easy trail which is the gravel section of Old Mill Road between Fox Chapel Road and Indianola Road in Fox Chapel and Indiana Township Pennsylvania in the Northern Greater Pittsburgh Suburbs. The…
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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.…
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This is a compacted gravel super highway now that'll take you from the Mt. Pleasant area to the top of the ridge. This road has been totally rebuilt with drainage and grading. It passes through…
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Cucumber Road runs through the Picnic Area parallel to Cucumber Run Falls and can be completed as a loop. There are several picnic sites on both sides of the trail. It is one vehicle wide…
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This 5.2 mile trail starts by turning off U.S. Route 40. It runs along the border and then into Ohiopyle State Park. The trail begins after turning onto Dinner Bell - Ohioyple Road and turns…
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Lake Road is a gravel road that stretches from one end to the other of the Oneida Valley Dam. The road is closed in the winter and can often have downed trees. There is fishing…
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This is a wide-open trail for the first half, then when you crest the top, it becomes a nice wooded route with a long descent towards Melcroft. This is another sneak route on dirt to…
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This 5.6 mi trail starts by turning off Sugarloaf Road and runs along the border of Ohiopyle State Park. It begins after turning onto Taylor Road and eventually transitions into Beaver Creek Road and New…
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This is definitely one of the rougher legal roads in the Laurel Highlands. This section definitely prefers a dual transfer case and high clearance, definitely at the time of posting. This is a steep and…
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Obstacles under 12" on the trail, including small ledges. The trail is fairly well maintained and is mostly one vehicle wide but the trail has plenty of pull-offs if you encounter oncoming vehicles. There was…
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Bidwell Road is an out-and-back to the Ghost Town of Bidwell. Everything has been removed except the old steps to the courthouse. This route is a long, steep downhill road with several water crossings. Some…
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This is one of the most technical of the trails in Laurel State Park/Forbes State Forest. The trail is mostly dirt and rough gravel. It is quite narrow in some sections and expects to be…
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John Henry Road is found along 653 in Laurel Ridge State Park. This 2.5 mile trail is surrounded by the State Forest which is mostly a mix of dirt and gravel. A majority of the…
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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…
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This is a cool little through trail that'll connect you from Triple Creek, just off the backside of Seven Springs, up towards Gary Run, that'll drop you off in proximity to Cole Run Falls and…
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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…
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This trail is one of my favorites! This track will take you along some of the best sights and open landscapes Ohio has to offer. If you are camping at one of the local dispersed…
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This short trail offers lots of great activities like hunting, HUGE clear lakes for fishing, and a dispersed camping area that is free to stay at throughout the Spring, Fall, and Summer seasons. This trail…
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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…
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This trail can be run in either direction, but this description starts from the north end at the following coordinates: 38.91771, -80.08878. There's Civil War battle history regarding the bridge that crossed the Middle Fork…
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