Dirt Bike Trails
Near Ballston Spa, New York

Tannery road is a nice connecting off-road trail between Rt 125 and Rt 30. From north to south it starts off with a rocky uphill that transitions to some nice wooded trail. There is a beaver dam/ stream crossing with a small bridge in one spot and water crossing in another. The trail is mostly d...
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Vermont Class 4 Road: This is an easy drive through a notch between Little Equinox and Pendock Hill. The trail is sometimes steep, especially on the eastern slope, but includes nothing too technical. The road parallels Skyline Drive, the longest paved toll road in the US for some of the eastern clim...
Learn more about Southeast Corners Road

Shelving Rock Road starts at the Sly Pond Road and takes you to several primitive campsites, trailheads that lead to breathtaking waterfalls, and Lake George in the Lake George Wild Forest in the eastern part of Adirondack Park. It is a gravel forestry road with some soft sand spots that can turn in...
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This trail starts as a regular dirt road, transforming into a narrow two-track with large ruts and holes. The surface of the trail breaks up on the steeper grades, and there is a potential for deep water crossings. In the image, the water is just over a foot deep. Most high-clearance 4x4 vehicles wi...
Learn more about Benedict Trail

If entering from the south, the hard part is first. The northern end of the trail is an easy dirt track. Coming up the hill from the south are many differential dingers and under carriage crunchers. The trail gets a bit narrow at times but is easily passed with a good spotter. The rougher parts skir...
Learn more about Old Military Road/TH-35

Hog Town Road connects Shelving Rock Road at the west end and County Road 16 at the east end of the trail. The road takes you to a few hiking trails and a fishing pond in the Lake George Wild Forest in the eastern part of Adirondack Park. It is a gravel forestry road with some soft sand spots that c...
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The Dacy Clearing Road starts at the Shelving Rock Road and takes you to several primitive campsites and the Dacy Clearing Trailhead in the Lake George Wild Forest in the eastern part of the Adirondack Park. It is a gravel forestry road with some soft sand spots that can turn into mud holes after he...
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This trail is a simple two-track side road completely in the woods. Areas are subject to becoming overgrown, especially halfway, where there is an opening from the trees. When you reach the end of the trail, there is a secluded campsite that puts you far from most others; however, it is often full.
Learn more about Rock City Road

Serving as a connection trail to County Road or the Klondike Trail, this trail is a simple, wide dirt road. Winding through the Vermont forest, you will be surrounded by a mix of hardwoods. It's a comfortable trail, with room to pass. If there's rain or wet ground, prepare to be muddy.
Learn more about County Road Connection

This is another of the amazing Class 4 roads in Vermont. Beartown Road travels from Manchester to Beartown via a notch between Mount Equinox (the highest peak of the Taconic range) and Mother Myrick Mountain. The road from Manchester begins as an easy but steep road, with wooded views occasionally e...
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During the on-season, this is a well-maintained trail off of Kelly Strand Road that leads to a beautiful pond. There is parking available at the end of the trail, with a 0.3-mile walk to Branch Pond. The trail is accessible to most vehicles depending on the weather.
Learn more about Branch Pond Trail

Serving as a perfect connection point to other trails, this trail is an easy dirt road with limited obstacles. Overall, it's a well-graded forest road winding through mixed hardwoods. The trail is wide enough for comfortable passing, and grades are mild. There's potential for shallow standing water ...
Learn more about Klondike Road

This is a well-maintained gravel road flanked by forests and dispersed campsites on either side. There is a gate at the entrance which is closed from December 15th to May 1st. Camping is allowed at the dispersed campsites which include space for 1-2 cars and a fire ring but no bathrooms. There are n...
Learn more about US FSR 74

Vermont Class 4 Road: This up-and-back road is a quick, unchallenging trail to an amazing view of Prospect Rock. The trail ends at a gate shortly after it is joined by the Appalachian Trail. If you hit the gate, you already drove by the lookout. Once the AT enters the road from the left, there is a ...
Learn more about Old Rootville Road

A quick spur through an easily accessible forest trail set on the west side of the Green Mountain National Forest. This spunky trail may be short, but the sounds of being in the middle of nowhere quickly consume you. While traversing slightly rutted dirt tracks, you'll come upon a couple of small hi...
Learn more about Danby Depot Spur - FS 48A

This is an unmaintained road in Florida, Massachusetts. The northern end is about a mile from the eastern portal of the Hoosac Tunnel, once the world's second-largest tunnel, and climbs southward out of the beautiful Deerfield River valley. One of the more challenging trails in the Berkshires, this ...
Learn more about Torrey Mountain Road

Danby (FS 10) is a straightforward forest road best suited for casual offroaders and overlanders looking for a quiet drive through the Green Mountain National Forest with minimal technical challenge. Running between Danby-Landgrove Road and Little Michigan trailheads along the edges of the Peru Peak...
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An easy drive just off a fork from FR 10. A few twists and turns through the trees take you to a spectacular camping area right on the water. This one-vehicle-wide dirt road will bring you over a bridge and through the woods- some parts on foot, others on wheels. Foot traffic is welcome to cross thi...
Learn more about Old Job Rd Trail

Ashley Lake Road is an old, unmaintained road through October Mountain State Forest. It rolls through hardwood forests past multiple lakes/reservoirs, including Ashley Lake, Sandwash Reservoir (this has a unique "aerator" which is a large fountain in the middle of the woods), Clapp Pond, and Mud Pon...
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This trail starts as an easy, two-way gravel road, passing the Meadow Brook Winter Trailhead (FS 76A) and a large parking area beside a shallow stream. Just beyond, a subtle entrance on the left marks the beginning of the Grade 3 section. The scenery quickly shifts as the trail dives into dense fore...
Learn more about Beaver Meadow Trail - FS 76

Tannery road is a nice connecting off-road trail between Rt 125 and Rt 30. From north to south it starts off with a rocky uphill that transitions to some nice wooded trail. There is a beaver dam/ stream crossing with a small bridge in one spot and water crossing in another. The trail is mostly d...
Learn more about Tannery Rd

Vermont Class 4 Road: This is an easy drive through a notch between Little Equinox and Pendock Hill. The trail is sometimes steep, especially on the eastern slope, but includes nothing too technical. The road parallels Skyline Drive, the longest paved toll road in the US for some of the eastern clim...
Learn more about Southeast Corners Road

This trail starts as a regular dirt road, transforming into a narrow two-track with large ruts and holes. The surface of the trail breaks up on the steeper grades, and there is a potential for deep water crossings. In the image, the water is just over a foot deep. Most high-clearance 4x4 vehicles wi...
Learn more about Benedict Trail

If entering from the south, the hard part is first. The northern end of the trail is an easy dirt track. Coming up the hill from the south are many differential dingers and under carriage crunchers. The trail gets a bit narrow at times but is easily passed with a good spotter. The rougher parts skir...
Learn more about Old Military Road/TH-35

Tannery road is a nice connecting off-road trail between Rt 125 and Rt 30. From north to south it starts off with a rocky uphill that transitions to some nice wooded trail. There is a beaver dam/ stream crossing with a small bridge in one spot and water crossing in another. The trail is mostly d...
Learn more about Tannery Rd

This trail starts as a regular dirt road, transforming into a narrow two-track with large ruts and holes. The surface of the trail breaks up on the steeper grades, and there is a potential for deep water crossings. In the image, the water is just over a foot deep. Most high-clearance 4x4 vehicles wi...
Learn more about Benedict Trail

If entering from the south, the hard part is first. The northern end of the trail is an easy dirt track. Coming up the hill from the south are many differential dingers and under carriage crunchers. The trail gets a bit narrow at times but is easily passed with a good spotter. The rougher parts skir...
Learn more about Old Military Road/TH-35

This trail is a simple two-track side road completely in the woods. Areas are subject to becoming overgrown, especially halfway, where there is an opening from the trees. When you reach the end of the trail, there is a secluded campsite that puts you far from most others; however, it is often full.
Learn more about Rock City Road