Dirt Bike Trails Near Cottonwood, Arizona

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Bill Gray View

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…
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Total Miles
9
Tech Rating
1 Easy
Best Time
Sp / Su / Fa

Mingus Mountain

Once you get through the lowland section of the trail, it climbs quickly up into the forest. If you want to see the fall colors, they peak in November. Views are impressive along the mountainside.…
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Total Miles
17.8
Tech Rating
5 Moderate
Best Time
Su / Fa

Smasher Canyon

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…
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Total Miles
3.3
Tech Rating
7 Difficult
Best Time
Sp / Su / Fa

Ranch Loop

The Ranch Loop Trail consists of two approximately 3-mile long OHV/4x4 sections. The trail is considered suitable for most stock 4x4 and AWD vehicles, but high clearance is recommended. The trail is mostly dirt with…
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Total Miles
7.5
Tech Rating
2 Easy
Best Time
Sp / Su / Fa

Skeleton Bones Trail

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…
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Total Miles
5.5
Tech Rating
5 Moderate
Best Time
Sp / Su / Fa / Wi

Cottonwood Loop #509

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.…
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Total Miles
6.2
Tech Rating
3 Easy
Best Time
Sp / Fa / Wi

Blue Monster

A nice drive along Forest Road 361 from Cherry Road, circling Hayfield Draw OHV Area. This trail twists and turns along a hillside where you'll get to see a lot of old mines. It is…
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Total Miles
7.4
Tech Rating
5 Moderate
Best Time
Sp / Su / Fa

Crucifixion #9703

Crucifixion is a desert two-track for vehicles 50 inches wide or less, accessed directly from the Hayfield Draw OHV staging area. The trail is a decent width for ATVs, even though it looks mostly ridden…
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Total Miles
2.5
Tech Rating
3 Easy
Best Time
Sp / Fa / Wi

Ledge Pipe Climb

The Ledge Pipe Climb Trail is intense either way you run it. With large campsites at each end, this area is a popular spot for offroad enthusiasts. From the South end, you'll bob and weave…
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Total Miles
7.7
Tech Rating
6 Moderate
Best Time
Sp / Su / Fa

Red Rock Powerline Trail

This 6.4-mile point-to-point trail takes you from Bill Gray Road along power lines up to the start of Casner Mountain Trail. For a power line road, this trail has very scenic views of the surrounding…
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Total Miles
6.4
Tech Rating
3 Easy
Best Time
Sp / Su / Fa / Wi

Sand Wash #527

The Sand Wash Trail is an easy sand wash for the entire 4.5 miles. The wash has small loose bits of gravel in the wash but no big rocks. It's easy to ride, with the…
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Total Miles
4.2
Tech Rating
2 Easy
Best Time
Sp / Fa / Wi

Camp Verde Trail #545 (North)

Camp Verde Trail in total is a long 13-mile 50-inch trail in the Black Hills of Prescott National Forest near Camp Verde, Arizona. The north segment is a 10.7-mile stretch connecting the Copper Canyon and…
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Total Miles
9.9
Tech Rating
3 Easy
Best Time
Sp / Fa / Wi

Grapevine #543

Grapevine is a 50-inch trail in the Hayfield Draw OHV area near Camp Verde, Arizona, and is one of the first trails accessed from the staging area. This trail heads south from the parking lot,…
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Total Miles
1.4
Tech Rating
2 Easy
Best Time
Sp / Fa / Wi

Cliffhanger Trail

This point-to-point trail takes you from Red Rock Loop Road to Highway 89A. If you veer south halfway down the trail, you'll reach the trailhead for the Oak Creek Trail. This is a short 0.5-mile…
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Total Miles
3.4
Tech Rating
4 Moderate
Best Time
Sp / Su / Fa / Wi

Middle Wash #525

Middle Wash is a 3-mile sand wash trail in the Hayfield Draw OHV area. The west end starts at the intersection with Aultman, and it goes east until it intersects with the Sand Wash #527…
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Total Miles
2.7
Tech Rating
3 Easy
Best Time
Sp / Wi / Fa

Greasy Spoon

The combination of these trails takes you on a long loop that starts in Sedona at Dry Creek. If you start at Cottonwood you can go north and runGreasy Spoon in reverse. This is a…
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Total Miles
11
Tech Rating
5 Moderate
Best Time
Sp / Su / Fa

Diamondback Gulch (Greasy Spoon)

This 6.1-mile point-to-point trail takes you past the Greasy Spoon tank and through Diamondback Gulch. Most of the trail is easy with small rocks and washed-out areas. Once you pass the old coral at Greasy…
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Total Miles
5.8
Tech Rating
4 Moderate
Best Time
Sp / Su / Fa / Wi

Camber Collusion

Camber Collusion is a track that has a few tricks hidden away. Shaped by water and wind, the trail puts your vehicle into a near constant stretch and flex with its continual runoff crossings and…
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Total Miles
5.2
Tech Rating
5 Moderate
Best Time
Sp / Su / Fa

Jerome to Williams

This is a 49-mile well-graded gravel/paved road between Jerome and Williams. It provides access to a large area, but only the southern portion of it is an interesting ride. In the very first part after…
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Total Miles
46.8
Tech Rating
2 Easy
Best Time
Su / Fa / Sp / Wi

Aultman #546

Aultman is part of the Hayfield Draw OHV system of 50-inch trails near Camp Verde, Arizona. This trail is one of the easiest trails in the area. It's an easy and wide two-track that is…
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Total Miles
3
Tech Rating
2 Easy
Best Time
Sp / Fa / Wi

Blue Monster Wash #526

Blue Monster Wash is a 1.4-mile wash trail in the Hayfield Draw OHV area near Camp Verde, Arizona. The west end starts at Forest Service Road 361, and it continues as an easy sand wash…
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Total Miles
1.3
Tech Rating
2 Easy
Best Time
Sp / Fa / Wi

Smiley Rock 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…
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Total Miles
20.8
Tech Rating
5 Moderate
Best Time
Sp / Su / Fa

Underhill #528

Underhill is a 50-inch trail in the Hayfield Draw OHV area that goes through a rolling desert terrain in the Sonoran Desert, around 3,600 feet in elevation. This one is fun for dirt bikes because…
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Total Miles
1.2
Tech Rating
3 Easy
Best Time
Sp / Fa / Wi

Woodchute 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…
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Total Miles
5.2
Tech Rating
4 Moderate
Best Time
Su / Fa

Outlaw Trail

This backcountry loop provides impressive red rock formations as well as some cool Native American cliff dwellings. There are some camping spots along the way if you want to take a few days to explore…
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Total Miles
11.2
Tech Rating
4 Moderate
Best Time
Sp / Su / Fa

Mingus to Cherry Vista FSR 132

This trail will take you from Mingus to the quaint little town of Cherry. Cherry is an old still inhabited ghost town established in the 1880's. It is worth checking out, as many of the…
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Total Miles
11
Tech Rating
3 Easy
Best Time
Su

Uphill Slog

The Uphill Slog Trail is a challenging rock track that almost immediately starts into a steep, long, rocky climb. With washouts and erosion, you'll have to take it slow, and choose lines wisely as it's…
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Total Miles
4.3
Tech Rating
5 Moderate
Best Time
Sp / Su / Fa

Casner Mountain Trail

The north-to-south route provides possibly the best views of the Sedona Red Rocks and surrounding areas than any other trail. When traveling from south to north, the lower part of the trail becomes more technical…
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Total Miles
6.3
Tech Rating
4 Moderate
Best Time
Sp / Su / Fa

4Lo to Nowhere

This trail starts wide an bush-lined and gives tons of amazing views along its way. But use caution, as the further North you go, the gnarlier it gets. Steep, long, loose-rock climbs and wash crossings…
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Total Miles
3.1
Tech Rating
5 Moderate
Best Time
Sp / Su / Fa

Henderson Flat

This trail is a one-way in (13 miles) and one-way out through pinyon-juniper woodlands. Drive along this two-track road (FR 181) and see wildlife; wildflowers (spring) in the Rafael Fire scar (2021); small canyons; red-rock…
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Total Miles
12.6
Tech Rating
5 Moderate
Best Time
Sp / Fa / Su