Beginner Off-Road Trails Near Winterhaven, California

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South Levee to Yuma

South Levee Road to Yuma is a wide elevated road with many washboards and several deep potholes. It follows along the Gila Aqueduct until reaching the Colorado River. The confluence is a popular river access…
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Total Miles
11.4
Tech Rating
Best Time
Sp / Fa / Wi / Su

Picacho State Park Trail

Picacho State Park Road is easy to get to and is mainly loose gravel and washes. It is a two-lane at first then turns into a one-lane. The southern part starts wide, then gets narrow…
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Total Miles
14
Tech Rating
Best Time
Sp / Su / Fa / Wi

Barney Oldfield Road

Barney Oldfield Road is a mixed surface road of gravel, sand, and rock. Most of this road runs through a wash, the sand can be deep in areas, and these spots are prone to flash…
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Total Miles
16
Tech Rating
Best Time
Sp / Su / Fa

Pilot Knob

Pilot Knob connects Pilot Knob Long Term Visitors Area with Ogilby Road. This sandy remote route is deep with loose sand to the west until meeting up with the powerline road which is better maintained…
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Total Miles
5
Tech Rating
Best Time
Sp / Fa / Wi

Valley of the Names

Valley of the Names is a really cool road, for miles, there are rocks that people have moved and created little sayings and names! It is a cool thing to see! The road is mostly…
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Total Miles
4
Tech Rating
Best Time
Su / Fa / Sp

506

Road 506 is another road that has some really cool rock writing that people have left over the years, it is a cool area to check out as well as camp. It runs through Bureau…
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Total Miles
5.8
Tech Rating
Best Time
Su / Sp / Fa

AZ Peace Trail Laguna Ridge Hill Bypass

This easy wide section of the Arizona Peace Trail runs alongside the large irrigation canal. There seem to be people fishing in the canal, so be aware of how much dust you kick up. It's…
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Total Miles
6.5
Tech Rating
Best Time
Sp / Fa / Wi

Ryan's

Ryan's Trail is a fun dirt bike trail across the Laguna Hills that is mostly fast and flowy, and ideal for riders of all skill levels. It follows a narrow singletrack across small rolling hills,…
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Total Miles
2.2
Tech Rating
Best Time
Sp / Fa / Wi

Bart

Bart is a fun desert singletrack meandering between the base of small desert hills, side-hilling along the edge, and across the tops of the low hills. It is a narrow path on a packed, loose…
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Total Miles
0.7
Tech Rating
Best Time
Wi / Sp / Fa

West Side (Easy)

West Side starts on the edge of one of the dirt roads in the Laguna Hills, and goes across a flat desert terrain that is packed loose rock. There are several rock "goal posts" that…
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Total Miles
1.2
Tech Rating
Best Time
Wi / Sp / Fa

Moon Rocks

This trail is accessed halfway through Ryan's and connects out to another dirt road. It follows the spine of a hill as a narrow single track, side-hilling on the edge of the hill, riding past…
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Total Miles
0.9
Tech Rating
Best Time
Wi / Sp / Fa

AZ Peace Trail Mittry Lake Leg

This is a super easy graded washboard section of the Arizona Peace Trail. There are plenty of dispersed camping spots all along the trail and lakeside. Be sure to keep an eye out for "Day…
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Total Miles
7.1
Tech Rating
Best Time
Sp / Fa / Wi

Short Wheelbase

Short Wheelbase road is a gravel and sandy road that has very large washouts that dip down, a long wheelbase vehicle would have a hard time and may find themselves dragging their rear ends. These…
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Total Miles
4
Tech Rating
Best Time
Sp / Su / Fa

Flynnagain

Flynnagain is a fun 1.5-mile-long singletrack on the southern portion of the Laguna Hills trail system. The north entrance is marked with the name of the trail, and it rides across a barren hilltop full…
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Total Miles
1.3
Tech Rating
Best Time
Sp / Wi / Fa

Backyard

Backyard is a short dirt bike trail that connects Bart to Bird Pole. It's about a half mile long, and follows a narrow single track across the base of rolling desert hills, on a smooth…
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Total Miles
0.5
Tech Rating
Best Time
Wi / Sp / Fa

BLM 920

This trail starts just off Ogilby Road, just north of Highway 80, and heads toward Pasadena Mountain to the east with Imperial Dunes to the west, while Mohawk Peak in Mexico can be seen to…
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Total Miles
2.5
Tech Rating
Best Time
Wi / Fa / Sp

Pipeline Cutoff

This trail is a shortcut from Ogilby Road connecting to BLM 920. The surface is hard-packed sand and gravel and has been recently graded, providing excellent conditions. You'll cross various small drainage washes that are…
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Total Miles
3.1
Tech Rating
Best Time
Fa / Wi / Sp

Ryan's Trail

Ryan's Trail is a 2.2 mile point to point trail within the Laguna Hills area. This trail turns off of the Laguna Ridge Trail and drops down into a wash crosses the Laguna Ridge trail…
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Total Miles
2.1
Tech Rating
Best Time
Sp / Fa / Wi

Johnnie Walker

Johnnie Walker is a fun singletrack through the Laguna hills that has a mix of side-hilling, spine riding, and rocky washes. It descends gradually from east to west, dropping almost 300 feet in elevation over…
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Total Miles
1.6
Tech Rating
Best Time
Wi / Sp / Fa

LCR1827

LCR 1827 is a 4.1 mile out and back trail that starts off the Laguna Ridge trail and ends at Gila Gravity Main Canal. This is a great side trip to have lunch at the…
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Total Miles
3.9
Tech Rating
Best Time
Sp / Fa / Wi

1831

This is a fun, almost 2-mile-long dirt bike trail that rides atop a ridge line in the Laguna Hills near Laguna, Arizona. The northern half of the trail has several segments of side-hilling that are…
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Total Miles
1.8
Tech Rating
Best Time
Wi / Sp / Fa

Sidewinder Road

Connecting Ogilby Road to Sidewinder Road to Picacho Wash trail, this graded, sandy road stretches 2.5 vehicle widths, providing generous room for navigation. Power lines overhead provide a reliable reference throughout the journey. The route…
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Total Miles
2.3
Tech Rating
Best Time
Wi / Fa / Sp

Picnic Table

This is a fun single track through the Laguna Hills that takes you to a picnic table with a scenic view of the surrounding mountains. From the west end, the trail drops down from a…
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Total Miles
1.3
Tech Rating
Best Time
Wi / Sp / Fa

662

Road Number 662 is a mix surface of gravel, rock, and sand, with some sections more rutted and washed out. Some of these trails have steep inclines and some large rocks. Also, be aware this…
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Total Miles
7.3
Tech Rating
Best Time
Sp / Fa / Su

Sandy

This area is prone to flooding, some sections of this road either drive in a wash or through one, please be careful in the rainy season. The road runs through Bureau Land Management, in sections,…
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Total Miles
3.5
Tech Rating
Best Time
Sp / Su / Fa

Champagne

Champagne is a short trail through the Laguna Hills that continues southeast after the Picnic Table Trail. The trail is almost a mile long, and overall gains a hundred feet of elevation as it rides…
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Total Miles
0.7
Tech Rating
Best Time
Wi / Sp / Fa

LCR1845

LCR1845 is a 2-mile point-to-point trail in the Laguna Hills area. This is a great side trail when traveling the Laguna Ridge trail or AZPT. LCR1845 takes you off the ridge lines and drops you…
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Total Miles
1.9
Tech Rating
Best Time
Sp / Fa / Wi

AZ Peace Trail The Fields To The Abandoned Bus Stop

This easy section of the Arizona Peace Trail is a unique sight along the route. It starts in the fields and canals and crosses the highway as it cuts through the large concrete and gravel…
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Total Miles
4.8
Tech Rating
Best Time
Sp / Fa / Wi

852

Big open views with plenty of spots to pull over and camp. This road runs through Bureau Land Management, it is a mix surface of gravel, road, and sand, with some sections more rutted, rocky,…
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Total Miles
5.2
Tech Rating
Best Time
Su / Sp / Fa

North Shore One

This bumpy out and back provides excellent access to the north shore fee area for camping and water activities. The trail's end features many great spots with shady trees, nice places to camp, pit toilets,…
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Total Miles
2.5
Tech Rating
Best Time
Sp / Fa

ATV Trails Near Winterhaven, California

South Levee to Yuma

South Levee Road to Yuma is a wide elevated road with many washboards and several deep potholes. It follows along the Gila Aqueduct until reaching the Colorado River. The confluence is a popular river access…
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Total Miles
11.4
Tech Rating
Best Time
Sp / Fa / Wi / Su

Picacho State Park Trail

Picacho State Park Road is easy to get to and is mainly loose gravel and washes. It is a two-lane at first then turns into a one-lane. The southern part starts wide, then gets narrow…
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Total Miles
14
Tech Rating
Best Time
Sp / Su / Fa / Wi

Barney Oldfield Road

Barney Oldfield Road is a mixed surface road of gravel, sand, and rock. Most of this road runs through a wash, the sand can be deep in areas, and these spots are prone to flash…
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Total Miles
16
Tech Rating
Best Time
Sp / Su / Fa

Pilot Knob

Pilot Knob connects Pilot Knob Long Term Visitors Area with Ogilby Road. This sandy remote route is deep with loose sand to the west until meeting up with the powerline road which is better maintained…
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Total Miles
5
Tech Rating
Best Time
Sp / Fa / Wi

Valley of the Names

Valley of the Names is a really cool road, for miles, there are rocks that people have moved and created little sayings and names! It is a cool thing to see! The road is mostly…
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Total Miles
4
Tech Rating
Best Time
Su / Fa / Sp

506

Road 506 is another road that has some really cool rock writing that people have left over the years, it is a cool area to check out as well as camp. It runs through Bureau…
Learn more about 506
Total Miles
5.8
Tech Rating
Best Time
Su / Sp / Fa

UTV/Side-by-Side Near Winterhaven, California

South Levee to Yuma

South Levee Road to Yuma is a wide elevated road with many washboards and several deep potholes. It follows along the Gila Aqueduct until reaching the Colorado River. The confluence is a popular river access…
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Total Miles
11.4
Tech Rating
Best Time
Sp / Fa / Wi / Su

Barney Oldfield Road

Barney Oldfield Road is a mixed surface road of gravel, sand, and rock. Most of this road runs through a wash, the sand can be deep in areas, and these spots are prone to flash…
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Total Miles
16
Tech Rating
Best Time
Sp / Su / Fa

Pilot Knob

Pilot Knob connects Pilot Knob Long Term Visitors Area with Ogilby Road. This sandy remote route is deep with loose sand to the west until meeting up with the powerline road which is better maintained…
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Total Miles
5
Tech Rating
Best Time
Sp / Fa / Wi

Valley of the Names

Valley of the Names is a really cool road, for miles, there are rocks that people have moved and created little sayings and names! It is a cool thing to see! The road is mostly…
Learn more about Valley of the Names
Total Miles
4
Tech Rating
Best Time
Su / Fa / Sp

506

Road 506 is another road that has some really cool rock writing that people have left over the years, it is a cool area to check out as well as camp. It runs through Bureau…
Learn more about 506
Total Miles
5.8
Tech Rating
Best Time
Su / Sp / Fa

AZ Peace Trail Laguna Ridge Hill Bypass

This easy wide section of the Arizona Peace Trail runs alongside the large irrigation canal. There seem to be people fishing in the canal, so be aware of how much dust you kick up. It's…
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Total Miles
6.5
Tech Rating
Best Time
Sp / Fa / Wi