Dirt Bike Trails
Near Cottonwood, Arizona

The Bill Gray View trail is a wide and graded gravel road that moves through the Coconino National Forest. Popular with campers, this road is well traveled by remote residents as well, so be aware of traffic. The road rolls gently, providing views of the beautiful Arizona Red Rock to the East. The l...
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Mingus Mountain is a rugged, unmaintained shelf road climbing 16 miles from Cottonwood to the 7,545-foot summit. Gaining over 4,400 feet with grades up to 24 degrees, this narrow trail features tight switchbacks, exposed cliffs, and no turnout zones. High-clearance, short-wheelbase vehicles are reco...
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Quail Spring is a short 2.5-mile road that is occasionally maintained. This road is washboarded in lots of areas and can be dusty at times. The road turns slightly to the right as you get close to the end of the road. The ending point of this trail is a parking area for a hiking trail called Black C...
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This almost 3-mile trail navigates through the Coconino National Forest with beautiful views all around, connecting Bill Gray View (FS 761) and FS 9571. This trail is marked as FS 9541 and has a few places that could be difficult to traverse in a 2WD vehicle; 4WD is recommended. This trail could pro...
Learn more about Sheepshead Trail - FS 9541

This 4-mile-long trail is laid back and a maintained dirt road. There is camping at the beginning of this trail that is on State Land. Be aware that you need a permit to camp on State Land in Arizona. The rest of the trip is on National Forest land with restrictions on camping. There are two water c...
Learn more about Lower Oak Creek Access #1

Sycamore Creek Road is just over 6 miles long and provides many access points to the Verde River and Sycamore Creek. This is a maintained road with some small rocky washboarded areas. This trail can get very dusty, so be cautious of limited visibility at times. There are camping sites along this tra...
Learn more about Sycamore Canyon Road

With a name like Smasher Canyon, you have to expect it to have its challenges. This trail is not for the faint of heart as it winds through rugged terrain. Smasher is a popular rock crawling trail in the high desert of central Arizona near the small town of Clarkdale. The trail demands a certain lev...
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The Cottonwood Loop is a 7-mile ATV trail accessed from Hayfield Draw. From the east end, it starts off of Forest Service Road 9604C at an unmarked right turn that looks like a full-width road. You'll see the first trail sign when the trail crosses a sandy wash for the first time, and then it is mor...
Learn more about Cottonwood Loop #509

This trail is a natural gas pipeline road. The first part is an easy section of rolling hills then starts to get rough and eroded when going down into the first wash. The road becomes covered with ruts, loose rock, and uneven dirt. The second wash crossing has a huge washout right next to the trail ...
Learn more about Side by Side Bypass

This short 1.2-mile trail follows a natural gas line down several rolling hills and washes. The trail starts off with a small uneven rut and is fairly easy until the series of downhill sections. The first downhill section has a big washout on your left that's right next to the trail. After this firs...
Learn more about Straight Line Down

The mileage for this short trail is 1.5 miles long and ends at a parking area that overlooks the Verde River. The parking area also provides access to a short hike down to the river. This trail follows Forest Service Road 9515 which is marked in several spots. This trail is easy with several small r...
Learn more about Upper Verde River Access/Overlook

Buckboard Road stretches just over 4 miles long and is a somewhat maintained dirt road. You start just off Sycamore Canyon Road and start to climb up the rolling hills of the Coconino National Forest. There are several switchbacks with blind turns, so be careful of others on the road. It is more tha...
Learn more about Buckboard Road/FR 258

Measuring just shy of 5 miles, this trail takes you from the lower elevation desert to the base of the Black Hills. The first part of this trail is a dirt road with small rock gardens here and there. After the first section, there is a long straightaway that becomes a mixture of small rock gardens, ...
Learn more about Road to the Mountain's Foot

The Jerome to Williams Trail runs wide and graded, connecting the historic mining town of Jerome with the railroad town of Williams. The route includes one-lane bridges, rolling hills, and stretches of washboard, but no true obstacles. Depending on conditions, water and mud can be encountered along ...
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This trail will be easy to drive most of the way until you start to fall in elevation toward Oak Creek. The road deteriorates quickly, with several ledges of rock outcroppings right next to switchbacks. High clearance and 4-low with lockers are needed to make it back out of this canyon. Airing tires...
Learn more about Lower Oak Creek Access #2

This 5.8-mile point-to-point trail takes you along a natural gas line and is the most challenging trail in the area. The first section is a twisty moderate climb from Bill Gray Road to the start of the pipeline trail. The pipeline section crosses 4 gulches, two shallow and two deep. The second deep ...
Learn more about Skeleton Bones Trail

This 21.9-mile point-to-point trail begins at the Gold King Mine Museum and Ghost Town and circles around the Woodchute Wilderness area. The first 6.5 miles run along a maintained road giving sweeping views of the Verde Valley. From 6.5 to 13.5 miles, the trail goes down to single-vehicle-width with...
Learn more about Smiley Rock Trail

Start your route to Woodchute Trail by climbing through the historic minig town of Jerome, a bustling art and tourism hub with great restaurants. Continue on 89A to the base of Woodchute Mountain at 7,860 feet. You'll keep climbing up Woodchute and then enjoy a twisty, windy trail. Take a break to s...
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Take this bypass if you want to avoid the Highway 89A asphalt through Jerome. Nice twisty scenic trail that skirts the mountain above Jerome and dumps you out on FS 72 just north of the Jerome Mine. FS 72 takes you into Jerome at the fire station. Awesome views of the Jerome Mine, the Verde Valley, ...
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This trail is mostly a maintained dirt road except for the last part that hugs Oak Creek. There are several designated camping sites along this trail. The trail becomes covered with river rock once you start traveling next to Oak Creek. There are several places to pull over when you are next to Oak ...
Learn more about Lower Oak Creek Access #3

The Bill Gray View trail is a wide and graded gravel road that moves through the Coconino National Forest. Popular with campers, this road is well traveled by remote residents as well, so be aware of traffic. The road rolls gently, providing views of the beautiful Arizona Red Rock to the East. The l...
Learn more about Bill Gray View

Mingus Mountain is a rugged, unmaintained shelf road climbing 16 miles from Cottonwood to the 7,545-foot summit. Gaining over 4,400 feet with grades up to 24 degrees, this narrow trail features tight switchbacks, exposed cliffs, and no turnout zones. High-clearance, short-wheelbase vehicles are reco...
Learn more about Mingus Mountain

Quail Spring is a short 2.5-mile road that is occasionally maintained. This road is washboarded in lots of areas and can be dusty at times. The road turns slightly to the right as you get close to the end of the road. The ending point of this trail is a parking area for a hiking trail called Black C...
Learn more about Quail Spring

This almost 3-mile trail navigates through the Coconino National Forest with beautiful views all around, connecting Bill Gray View (FS 761) and FS 9571. This trail is marked as FS 9541 and has a few places that could be difficult to traverse in a 2WD vehicle; 4WD is recommended. This trail could pro...
Learn more about Sheepshead Trail - FS 9541

The Bill Gray View trail is a wide and graded gravel road that moves through the Coconino National Forest. Popular with campers, this road is well traveled by remote residents as well, so be aware of traffic. The road rolls gently, providing views of the beautiful Arizona Red Rock to the East. The l...
Learn more about Bill Gray View

Mingus Mountain is a rugged, unmaintained shelf road climbing 16 miles from Cottonwood to the 7,545-foot summit. Gaining over 4,400 feet with grades up to 24 degrees, this narrow trail features tight switchbacks, exposed cliffs, and no turnout zones. High-clearance, short-wheelbase vehicles are reco...
Learn more about Mingus Mountain

Quail Spring is a short 2.5-mile road that is occasionally maintained. This road is washboarded in lots of areas and can be dusty at times. The road turns slightly to the right as you get close to the end of the road. The ending point of this trail is a parking area for a hiking trail called Black C...
Learn more about Quail Spring

This almost 3-mile trail navigates through the Coconino National Forest with beautiful views all around, connecting Bill Gray View (FS 761) and FS 9571. This trail is marked as FS 9541 and has a few places that could be difficult to traverse in a 2WD vehicle; 4WD is recommended. This trail could pro...
Learn more about Sheepshead Trail - FS 9541