Dirt Bike Trails
Near Denver, Colorado

787 is one of the longer ATV trails in the Rampart Range Recreation Area at almost 8 miles long. It starts at the most northern staging area on Rampart Range Road right off State Highway 67, at the same trailhead as the Beginners Trail. This one is made up of tons of tight little curves. It zig-zags...
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This is a super fun, single lane road to amazing camping. You'll camp above the reservoir and fish, canoe, kayak and relax. No swimming. Open to licensed and unlicensed vehicles. Trail is open from May 15 to November 30.
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County Road 68J is a trail best run west to east, starting just past the Forsyth Canyon Trailhead. It is a 2.5-mile trail that contains lots of large embedded rocks, deep off-camber wash-outs, and drop-downs. In the Spring and Early Fall, there can be large mud holes. It is best driven in a high-cle...
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Beaver is a short ATV trail in the Rampart Range Recreation Area that starts on the west end at a large dirt parking lot off Rampart Range Road. From west to east, it's a steady downhill the whole way, dropping 500 feet in elevation over 1.1 miles. Going east to west it would be a bit of a climb, bu...
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This is an easy, one-way trail with a few places to pass and some rocky and washed-out sections. You'll find a handful of dispersed campsites and great views of Idaho Springs. The end of the trail is a gate leading to private property, and there is plenty of room to turn around.
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Barr Trail is a fun ATV Trail in the Rampart Range Recreation Area that starts at the Flatrocks Trailhead off Rampart Range Road. It steadily descends 1,200 feet over 3.6 miles all the way to the tiny town of Sprucewood, where you can ride your ATV to get lunch at the Sprucewood Inn. It'll be a long...
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This is a graded dirt road that is accessible to all street-legal vehicles. While driving, be mindful of the soft shoulders. This road links Jarre Canyon Road to the north with South Platte River Roads within Pike National Forest. Note that camping is not permitted along this road, which predominant...
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Magnolia Road East accesses the Aspen Meadows residential area but allows you to avoid the heavy traffic of Boulder Canyon. This is a smooth dirt road any vehicle can navigate, and it has beautiful scenery. It is a double-track road with many driveways, so watch your speed.
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Garber is an easy ATV Trail near the north end of the Rampart Range Recreation Area. There are dirt trailheads at both the north and south entrances to the trail off of Rampart Range Road. From the south end, it steadily drops down to the intersection with Tomahawk (#685), then climbs back up toward...
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The 662 ATV trail is a 2.7-mile-long two-track in Rampart Range that connects the Overlook ATV Trail (#682) to the Garber ATV Trail (#686). The trail is pretty wide the whole way between the pine trees, with wide open sections on a ridgeline with no trees and a view towards town. It has a few rocks ...
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Barrett Street begins as a paved road before quickly transitioning to gravel as it climbs above Central City. The route is generally smooth and easy to travel, with broad views of town, several scenic pullouts, and a few short offshoot trails worth exploring. Watch for loose gravel, local traffic, a...
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Upper Russell Gulch Road is an easy gravel route through a historic mountain community. The road is wide, smooth, and suitable for most vehicles in dry conditions. The route passes forested hillsides, old utility structures, and several historic buildings. There are no major obstacles, though driver...
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Church Placer Road is an easy gravel route through forest, aspen groves, open meadows, and mountain terrain. The road is generally smooth and wide enough for full-size vehicles, with only a few rocky sections, loose gravel, light washboarding, and a cattle guard along the way. There are no major obs...
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Virginia Canyon Road is a simple dirt road with scenic views and lots of leftover mining equipment. While the road is generally plenty wide, there are occasionally times when you will share the road with mining company trucks hauling large vehicles and taking up space. This may require some maneuver...
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Virginia Canyon Road 279 is a wide, generally well-maintained gravel road climbing above Idaho Springs. The route offers expansive views across the surrounding mountains and down toward town while passing through a mix of pine forest, exposed hillsides, and historic mining areas. Remnants of old woo...
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The Overlook Trail is a 3-mile ATV Trail in Rampart Range that goes north from Forest Service Road 507 to connect back to Rampart Range Road. The southern end of the trail is really wide open, like a dirt highway through a pine tree forest. There's nothing hard on this trail except for a few more ru...
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The Fern Single Track is an intermediate dirt bike trail in Rampart Range with some more challenging rock obstacles. It's 1 mile long and makes a loop with the Overlook ATV Trail, which is also how you access this trail. Most of the trail is intermediate difficulty, with lots of curvy and shelfy spo...
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This ATV trail runs east to west through the Rampart Range Recreation Area and is designated for ATVs 50 inches or less. The east end starts at a small dirt trailhead off of Jackson Creek Road, then it crosses Tomahawk about 1.2 miles in from the east trailhead. It's a shelfy wide trail with lots of...
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Part 1 of the Turtle Mountain Trail is a 7-mile stretch of narrow single track with several intermediate rock features between Rampart Range Road and Gramps Trail. The trail zig zags through a pine tree forest, with lots of shelfy sections and tight turns between the pine trees where you need to wat...
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Apex Road is a scenic, historic route perfect for beginners and intermediate offroaders looking to explore Colorado's rich mining heritage while enjoying beautiful mountain vistas. Starting from Central City and heading north to Tolland, this trail transitions from a smooth, graded gravel road in th...
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787 is one of the longer ATV trails in the Rampart Range Recreation Area at almost 8 miles long. It starts at the most northern staging area on Rampart Range Road right off State Highway 67, at the same trailhead as the Beginners Trail. This one is made up of tons of tight little curves. It zig-zags...
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This is a super fun, single lane road to amazing camping. You'll camp above the reservoir and fish, canoe, kayak and relax. No swimming. Open to licensed and unlicensed vehicles. Trail is open from May 15 to November 30.
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Beaver is a short ATV trail in the Rampart Range Recreation Area that starts on the west end at a large dirt parking lot off Rampart Range Road. From west to east, it's a steady downhill the whole way, dropping 500 feet in elevation over 1.1 miles. Going east to west it would be a bit of a climb, bu...
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This is an easy, one-way trail with a few places to pass and some rocky and washed-out sections. You'll find a handful of dispersed campsites and great views of Idaho Springs. The end of the trail is a gate leading to private property, and there is plenty of room to turn around.
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This is a super fun, single lane road to amazing camping. You'll camp above the reservoir and fish, canoe, kayak and relax. No swimming. Open to licensed and unlicensed vehicles. Trail is open from May 15 to November 30.
Learn more about Gross Reservoir

This is a graded dirt road that is accessible to all street-legal vehicles. While driving, be mindful of the soft shoulders. This road links Jarre Canyon Road to the north with South Platte River Roads within Pike National Forest. Note that camping is not permitted along this road, which predominant...
Learn more about West Pine Creek Road

Barrett Street begins as a paved road before quickly transitioning to gravel as it climbs above Central City. The route is generally smooth and easy to travel, with broad views of town, several scenic pullouts, and a few short offshoot trails worth exploring. Watch for loose gravel, local traffic, a...
Learn more about Barrett Street

Upper Russell Gulch Road is an easy gravel route through a historic mountain community. The road is wide, smooth, and suitable for most vehicles in dry conditions. The route passes forested hillsides, old utility structures, and several historic buildings. There are no major obstacles, though driver...
Learn more about Upper Russell Gulch Road