Dirt Bike Trails Near Las Vegas, Nevada

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La Madre mountain pass

This trail is a back mountain pass into Little Red Rock. There are some narrow sections and a some pretty significant hills with very uneven bouldered terrain. Trails lead off of this one with many…
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Total Miles
8.6
Tech Rating
6 Difficult
Best Time
Sp

Mormon Well Road

Mormon Well is a stock-friendly trail that crosses the Desert National Wildlife Refuge. You will cross a well-maintained dirt road that rises in elevation from the desert floor to more than 6,000 feet in elevation.…
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Total Miles
39.6
Tech Rating
2 Easy
Best Time
Sp / Su / Fa

Restless Road

This is a short but technical trail filled with beautiful views of the Spring Mountains in Red Rock, Nevada. Find yourself climbing and descending steep, loose rock hills while testing your ground clearance through small…
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Total Miles
5.5
Tech Rating
6 Moderate
Best Time
Sp / Su / Fa / Wi

Alamo Road

If you want an adventure, this 70-mile-deep Nevada desert road is for you! Be aware there is a gate at the Alamo end of this road and it can be closed at any time. The…
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Total Miles
65.8
Tech Rating
2 Easy
Best Time
Sp / Su / Fa

Bird Spring Pass

This is an easy, scenic trail through the Nevada desert. Although the trail lacks any large trees, you do get to experience the natural offerings of the desert as well as great views of the…
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Total Miles
16.4
Tech Rating
3 Easy
Best Time
Sp / Su / Fa / Wi

Wilson Tank Trail

The trail starts just outside of Las Vegas by one of the last housing communities before BLM land. At first glance, it doesn't look great, but about a mile into the trail, the populated world…
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Total Miles
8.6
Tech Rating
3 Easy
Best Time
Su / Fa / Wi / Sp

Joe May Road

Joe May Road is an uphill, rocky road to the mountainside that ends at a rudimentary campsite. There's a nice hike back into the mountain where the road ends. Watch out for desert tortoises and…
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Total Miles
4
Tech Rating
3 Easy
Best Time
Sp / Su / Fa / Wi

Wooden Pole Powerline Road

This is an out-and-back. The map shows you can exit the trail at Angel's Landing, but you cannot as of December 2023. It takes 3 hours to complete, including plenty of time to take in…
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Total Miles
8.6
Tech Rating
4 Moderate
Best Time
Sp / Fa / Su

Kodachrome Road

Kodachrome Road is an easy trail and is suitable for any type of vehicle. Along the way, you will see many colorful geological formations. The colorful landscape inspired the trail's name. Along the way, you…
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Total Miles
8.9
Tech Rating
2 Easy
Best Time
Sp / Su / Fa / Wi

Cottonwood Pass

Cottonwood Pass runs north and south through the Spring Mountain and Red Rock conservation areas just west of Las Vegas, NV. From Blue Diamond road you can take Cottonwood Pass all the way to Goodsprings,…
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Total Miles
10.6
Tech Rating
3 Easy
Best Time
Sp / Su / Fa / Wi

Lava Butte Loop

Rainbow Gardens and Lava Butte form this loop trail. It is an easy trail suitable for any 4x4 truck or SUV, as well as off road vehicles and mountain bikes. Red, tan and white hills…
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Total Miles
15.2
Tech Rating
2 Easy
Best Time
Sp / Su / Fa / Wi

Bye Bye Bumper

This is a great off-shoot trail in the Lava Butte OHV area that will test your vehicle's ground clearance, approach and departure angles, overall tire traction, and driver technical skills. As you approach the main…
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Total Miles
1.2
Tech Rating
5 Moderate
Best Time
Sp / Su / Fa / Wi

Pahrump to Mountain Springs

Mountain Springs is located between Pahrump and Las Vegas and is accessible from Pahrump by trail. The trail runs Southeast and Southwest through the Toiyabe National Forest and is an easy off-road drive through beautiful…
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Total Miles
29.7
Tech Rating
2 Easy
Best Time
Sp / Su / Fa

Spring Mountain Recreation Area - Side Trail 01

This side trail starts off of Lovell Road, about 17 miles from Nevada Highway 160. The road starts out from NV 160 as Trout Canyon Road and at mile 7, you take the right fork…
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Total Miles
12.2
Tech Rating
5 Moderate
Best Time
Su / Fa / Sp

Potosi Pass Road

The northeast section of Potosi Pass Road is a relatively easy ride through the Spring Mountains with only slight hills and mildly uneven, rocky terrain. Some of the land surrounding the road says "private property…
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Total Miles
12.1
Tech Rating
4 Moderate
Best Time
Sp / Su / Fa / Wi

Railroad Canyon

Railroad Canyon is a moderate trail just south of Las Vegas. It begins by crossing underneath the railroad tracks at a tunnel built in 1929. You then roll through a series of hills with great…
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Total Miles
4
Tech Rating
5 Moderate
Best Time
Sp / Su / Fa / Wi

Cow Camp Road

This is an easy drive through the desert mountains that ends at a waterfall encampment. As the name suggests, there is an abandoned "cow camp" where they used to gather the cattle. While there is…
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Total Miles
5.5
Tech Rating
2 Easy
Best Time
Sp / Su / Fa / Wi

Hidden Forest

Hidden Forest is a very easy road that leads you to an amazing hike worth checking out! The road itself is loose rock and sand, 4x4 is recommended just because of the sand sections but…
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Total Miles
3.5
Tech Rating
1 Easy
Best Time
Sp / Fa / Su / Wi

Potosi Tower Road

The Potosi Tower Road is a 14.6 out and back trail that goes to a great overlook of the Las Vegas Strip and Potosi Mountain. Built as a service road for the multiple communication towers…
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Total Miles
7.3
Tech Rating
2 Easy
Best Time
Sp / Su / Fa / Wi

Hafen Spanish to Old Spanish

This trail is between Mountain Springs and Pahrump, just outside of Las Vegas a quick 45-minute drive west on N-160 Blue Diamond Highway. Which will turn into the Pahrump Valley Highway. Turning Left off the…
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Total Miles
14.3
Tech Rating
2 Easy
Best Time
Sp / Su / Fa / Wi

Boulder City to Jean

This is an easier trail between Boulder City and Jean Dry Lake Bed and then Jean. The trail starts as a powerline road heading towards the hills. The road is smooth with a few washes…
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Total Miles
26.1
Tech Rating
2 Easy
Best Time
Sp / Fa / Wi

Trout Canyon to Highway 160

Starting out from Trout Canyon, the trail is pleasant and easy with gravel/dirt washes, and then it gets tougher. There are portions of the trail that run through washes, and that area floods terribly so…
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Total Miles
11.9
Tech Rating
5 Moderate
Best Time
Sp / Fa / Wi

Pants Loop

The Pant's Loop is one of the longer trails in this trail system, starting off of Cathedral Canyon Road and ending on Pahrump Road. It's a fast desert trail running through a Joshua Tree Forest…
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Total Miles
8
Tech Rating
2 Easy
Best Time
Wi

Mud Springs Road

This is a narrow, out-and-back trail, leading off of Cold Creek Road. It starts off in the rocky desert, and winds back into the pine forest mountains. It's not that difficult, and there aren't many…
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Total Miles
5.6
Tech Rating
3 Easy
Best Time
Sp

Pants Connector

The Pants Connector Trail is an 8.6-mile single-track connection between the Pants Loop Trail and the Ridge Trail. Riding NE to SW, it departs from the east end of the Pants Loop at an intersection…
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Total Miles
8.2
Tech Rating
3 Easy
Best Time
Wi

Wallace Canyon Road

Located on the west side of the Spring Mountains and east of Pahrump NV, this trail starts on BLM land. Eventually, it crosses into the Spring Mountains National Recreation Area on the Toiyabe National Forest.…
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Total Miles
6.3
Tech Rating
2 Easy
Best Time
Sp / Su / Fa / Wi

Carpenter Canyon Road

The trail starts out as a good, wide gravel road. Mostly Creosote bushes at first. About 1 mile in is the BLM Pahrump Fire Station. Shortly after passing the fire station, the road narrows and…
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Total Miles
11.8
Tech Rating
5 Moderate
Best Time
Sp / Su / Fa / Wi

Loop Boundary Road

This trail begins as a single track that is mostly level with dirt and loose rock. This high-clearance trail becomes more un-even with ruts and some steep sections. Passes through Joshua Tree, Pinyon, and Ponderosa…
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Total Miles
3.1
Tech Rating
4 Moderate
Best Time
Sp / Su / Fa / Wi

Sultan Mine

The Sultan Mine road is an unmaintained access road leading to the abandoned Sultan Mine just below Little Devil Peak south of Goodsprings Nevada. It is accessed off of Sandy Valley Road. Much of this…
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Total Miles
4.1
Tech Rating
4 Moderate
Best Time
Sp / Su / Fa / Wi

Wheeler Pass

Starting in Cold Creek, the Wheeler Pass trail takes you up and over the Spring Mountains. The trail used to be the main way to travel from the Indian Springs area to Pahrump in the…
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Total Miles
24.8
Tech Rating
3 Easy
Best Time
Sp / Su / Fa / Wi