Dirt Bike Trails Near Austin, Nevada

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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…
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Total Miles
105.7
Tech Rating
2 Easy
Best Time
Su / Fa

Ellsworth Pass

This trail is not well traveled, and you may spend much of your time clearing the road of rock fall. Watch for rattlesnakes. There are a lot of mines in the area to explore. The…
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Total Miles
54.6
Tech Rating
6 Moderate
Best Time
Sp / Su / Fa

Shoshone ATV Trail

The Shoshone OHV Trail is an interesting area to visit. The trail system is very well organized. There are 3 difficulty levels. There is a short warm-up loop and even a kids loop for the…
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Total Miles
44.9
Tech Rating
5 Moderate
Best Time
Su / Fa

Old Man Canyon / Seven Devils Hot Springs

This trail starts with some fast dynamic driving through the washes in the alluvial fan coming off the Stillwater Range. After 2 miles, you'll come to Fencemaker Road, which is well-maintained and graded. This is…
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Total Miles
13.4
Tech Rating
6 Moderate
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…
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Total Miles
28.7
Tech Rating
3 Easy
Best Time
Sp / Su / Fa / Wi

Lodi Hill Nevada

These OHV roads were once part of the Quartz Mt. mining district, and there's still a large headframe over the mine. The road is composed of mostly gravel and dirt with only a few washouts…
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Total Miles
12.5
Tech Rating
4 Moderate
Best Time
Sp / Su / Fa

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…
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Total Miles
10.8
Tech Rating
1 Easy
Best Time
Sp / Su

Stillwater Range

Starts at the Steam Shovel. The road is well maintained but is not well traveled. Spent an hour clearing a large tree off the road. Tried this route in March and was turned around by…
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Total Miles
19.3
Tech Rating
4 Moderate
Best Time
Su

Steam Shovel OHV Trail

The trail is not heavily traveled with trees and bushes. Some downed trees and rocks needed to be cleared form the trail. The trail is rocky and in February there was water coming down the…
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Total Miles
3
Tech Rating
6 Moderate
Best Time
Sp / Su / Fa

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…
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Total Miles
16.9
Tech Rating
3 Easy
Best Time
Wi / Fa / Su / Sp

West Steam Shovel OHV Trail

The trail starts at the valley floor and rises 3,800 ft. to the pass. The road is not well maintained and has heavy erosion exposing large rocks that need to be removed by hand. At…
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Total Miles
23.4
Tech Rating
6 Moderate
Best Time
Su

Bonneville Salt Flats to Eureka Nevada

This route takes you from the Bonneville Salt Flats in West Wendover to Eureka, Nevada, through the Goshute Mountains, over the Pequop Mountains, along the Ruby Lake Wildlife Refuge, along the Old Pony Express Route,…
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Total Miles
172.5
Tech Rating
4 Moderate
Best Time
Su / Fa

The Road to the Simon Lead Mine

The road to the Simon Lead mine is traveled via a well-maintained dirt road until the last 4 miles. The road then contains washed-out areas and narrow passages. According to https://www.nvexpeditions.com, small amounts of silver-lead…
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Total Miles
22.1
Tech Rating
3 Easy
Best Time
Su / Fa

South Relief Canyon

This canyon is comprised of old mining roads that have seen decades of erosion. You start down at Packard Flat. This area has flour-fine dirt that will cover everything in dust. Proceeding to the top…
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Total Miles
17.9
Tech Rating
4 Moderate
Best Time
Fa / Su / Sp

Spaulding Canyon Trail

This is a super easy trail, with tons of offroading to explore. When we did the trail the snow melt was in full swing tons of water flowing in creeks everywhere. There are tons of…
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Total Miles
29.4
Tech Rating
2 Easy
Best Time
Su

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…
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Total Miles
2.4
Tech Rating
3 Easy
Best Time
Fa / Sp / Su

Red Ant Mine

The route takes you from Sand Mt. Recreational Area to the Red Ant Mine. Red Ant Mine was an old tungsten mine. Not much of the infrastructure is left. There is a head frame, a…
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Total Miles
15.1
Tech Rating
3 Easy
Best Time
Fa / Su / Sp

Apache Mercury Claims

This route takes you to a Mercury Prospect. Not many remains of the old mining buildings, just a concrete floor. The main road is a well-groomed wash until it turn off onto an old mining…
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Total Miles
1.8
Tech Rating
3 Easy
Best Time
Wi / Fa / Su / Sp

Sonoma Peak Access Trail

This is a dirt road. It is very rutted and uneven in spots. About midway through the trail the rise in elevation starts, and there are no real good places to turn around until you…
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Total Miles
6.6
Tech Rating
5 Moderate
Best Time
Su

Sonoma Creek Trail

From Winnemucca head south on Grass Valley Road for approximately 14 miles trail starts on the left, there is a waypoint at the turnaround point, after this point there are several very sketchy water crossings,…
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Total Miles
4.8
Tech Rating
2 Easy
Best Time
Su

Dun Glen Trail

From Winnemucca head west on Rose Creek Road, and go south on Herschell for approximately 4.9 miles before asphalt runs to a maintained gravel road. Stay on this road for approximately 4.5 miles go west…
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Total Miles
18.3
Tech Rating
3 Easy
Best Time
Su / Fa

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…
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Total Miles
8.9
Tech Rating
1 Easy
Best Time
Fa / Su / Sp

Kamma Mountains

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…
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Total Miles
68.5
Tech Rating
2 Easy
Best Time
Fa / Su / Sp

White River to Hamilton

This trail gives you the chance to retrace the steps of miners seeking silver and gold. The trail provides views of the Mokomoke Mountains and the White Pine Range before dropping you into the high…
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Total Miles
42.4
Tech Rating
4 Moderate
Best Time
Su / Sp

7 Troughs Range

The town of Mazuma was established in 1907, and was the central hub of the mining district in the Seven Troughs Mountain Range. The town was later washed away in a 20-foot wall of water…
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Total Miles
130.1
Tech Rating
4 Easy
Best Time
Sp / Su / Fa / Wi

Ruby Crest Trailhead

This road leads from Harrison Pass up to the Ruby Crest Trailhead. It's a relatively easy and short road that can save you some time and distance if you plan to hike the Ruby Crest…
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Total Miles
2.7
Tech Rating
2 Easy
Best Time
Sp / Su / Fa