Dirt Bike Trails Near Midwest, Wyoming

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South Big Horn/Red Wall Scenic Backway

This designated Wyoming Scenic Backway makes a large semi-loop through the vastness of north-central Wyoming. It's a remarkable drive that crosses more than a hundred miles while catching the southern tail of the Bighorn Mountains.…
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Total Miles
94.8
Tech Rating
3 Easy
Best Time
Su / Fa

Hole In the Wall Overlook

This 40-mile trail starts in Kaycee, Wyoming, right off of I-25, and takes you to the canyon rim overlooking the Hole in the Wall Valley and Hole in the Wall Pass. You can stage in…
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Total Miles
31.6
Tech Rating
2 Easy
Best Time
Sp / Su / Fa

Where the Deer and the Antelope Play

From Kaycee, Wyoming, take Old Highway 87 south to where it crosses under I-25. It turns to dirt shortly after that, and you take TTT Road to West Willow Creek Road. West Willow Creek Road…
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Total Miles
4.6
Tech Rating
2 Easy
Best Time
Sp / Su / Fa

Outlaw Cave

This is an easy 9-mile trail using gravel roads leading to the Outlaw Cave Campground/parking area. From Kaycee, take Mayoworth Road west to Barnum Road. Take Barnum Road south to where it turns into dirt.…
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Total Miles
8.6
Tech Rating
2 Easy
Best Time
Sp / Su / Fa

Slip Road

This beautiful drive connects the southern Bighorn National Forest to the small community of Mayoworth. The road's steep grades are almost as impressive as the scenery. Up high, you'll pass patchy forests, broad meadows, and…
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Total Miles
35.6
Tech Rating
3 Moderate
Best Time
Su / Fa

Outlaw Canyon Rim

From Outlaw Cave Campground/Hiking Trail, you go up to the rim of the canyon for a 6-mile ride. This trail offers spectacular views of Outlaw Canyon. If it's rained recently, the trail will be muddy.…
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Total Miles
5.9
Tech Rating
3 Easy
Best Time
Sp / Su / Fa

Crazy Woman Canyon Road

The canyon is a spectacular sight, and one of the best nature attractions in Northeast Wyoming. The road that winds through the canyon is lined with steep cliffs on both sides and immense boulders. Crazy…
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Total Miles
4.6
Tech Rating
2 Easy
Best Time
Fa / Su / Sp

Seminoe-Alcova Backcountry Byway

One of Wyoming's designated scenic backways, this drive utilizes both paved and gravel roads to travel over the rugged Seminoe Mountains and past three reservoirs fed by the North Platte River. You'll discover the unsung…
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Total Miles
67.5
Tech Rating
2 Easy
Best Time
Sp / Su / Fa

Sheep Mountain Fire Lookout Tower

From Highway 16, west of Buffalo, you take the Sheep Mountain Road to the lookout. It's an easy ride with spectacular views at the top. The fire lookout facility sits at 9600 feet in the…
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Total Miles
16.8
Tech Rating
2 Easy
Best Time
Sp / Su / Fa

Kingsbury/Todd Cabin to Hazelton Road

This trail goes through beautiful Bighorn Mountain meadows. There are numerous camping sites...just park your camper anywhere and stay for 2 weeks for free. You won't see neighbors anywhere close, and you're very likely to…
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Total Miles
5.1
Tech Rating
2 Easy
Best Time
Sp / Su / Fa

Web Creek Loop

This begins as logging roads and then switches to a two-track up a very long, steep grade into a bowl with a shallow water crossing. With a very small amount of moisture, the bowl becomes…
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Total Miles
13.6
Tech Rating
4 Moderate
Best Time
Sp / Su / Fa

FR 394

FR 349 is an out and back trail that begins at Hunter Campground and ends at the boundary to the Cloud Peak Wilderness. The first 4 miles are mostly one vehicle wide with few pull…
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Total Miles
4.4
Tech Rating
7 Difficult
Best Time
Sp / Su / Fa

FR 365

This short out and back spur of FR 394 travels through dense forest to the open meadow of Triangle Park where there is a foot trailhead. The road is mostly dirt with scattered rocks and…
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Total Miles
0.9
Tech Rating
4 Moderate
Best Time
Sp / Su / Fa

Big Bear Canyon/Devils Pass

Big Bear Canyon and its side trails around Devils Pass are among the best four-wheeling areas in the Laramie Mountains. Begin this trail system by fording LaBonte Creek on the south side of FR 658…
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Total Miles
6
Tech Rating
4 Moderate
Best Time
Su / Fa

Labonte Canyon

The short trail through LaBonte Canyon is one of the most scenic motorized routes in the Laramie Mountains. This trip takes you through the riparian corridor of LaBonte Creek, bound by hills of granite and…
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Total Miles
2.6
Tech Rating
4 Moderate
Best Time
Su / Fa

Wyoming Big Horns

Start the day at the red-grade road outside Sheridan, Wyoming. It's not a good idea to ride in this area alone; this is very challenging riding. Start up the dirt road and come to a…
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Total Miles
28.9
Tech Rating
7 Difficult
Best Time
Sp / Su / Fa

Sunset Ridge

This short ATV loop reaches the top of Sunset Ridge on the northern end of the Laramie Mountains where you'll find terrific views of the area's larger peaks and Wyoming's eastern plains. The loop begins…
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Total Miles
1.6
Tech Rating
3 Easy
Best Time
Su / Fa

Black Mountain Lookout

Climb 1,700 feet of steep grades and switchbacks with loose rock, a few ledges, and boulders to the top of Black Mountain. At the summit is a historic fire lookout tower with a 360-degree view…
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Total Miles
3.2
Tech Rating
4 Moderate
Best Time
Su / Fa

Little Goose

This 15-mile route tours the Little Goose area of the Bighorn Mountains where there is a great assortment of off-roading routes. On the west side of the loop, the road passes Park Reservoir where there…
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Total Miles
20.5
Tech Rating
5 Moderate
Best Time
Su / Fa

Weston Hills

This trail has exceptionally beautiful scenery and rock formations with abundant wildlife to spot along the way. Some areas can be challenging if there are oncoming vehicles, due to blind transitions on the steep grades.…
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Total Miles
7.7
Tech Rating
3 Easy
Best Time
Sp / Su / Fa

Big Goose/Game Creek

The majority of this trail is gravel and easy going up until the Game Creek turn off. The main entry is used by many people coming into the mountains to camp or fish so being…
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Total Miles
14.8
Tech Rating
4 Moderate
Best Time
Su / Sp / Fa

SR 280 Boulder Basin

This trail lies between SR 270 and SR 321. The north end of the trail begins in an area where a forest fire previously occurred and continues through mostly forested terrain, with a few open…
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Total Miles
2.5
Tech Rating
6 Moderate
Best Time
Su

SR 271 Shell Reservoir

This trail begins at the four-way intersection of SR 17 and SR 817. This trail heads east from the intersection where SR 17 continues south and SR 817 heads north. This trail is primarily dirt…
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Total Miles
5.6
Tech Rating
6 Moderate
Best Time
Su

Red Gulch-Alkali Byway

This is a 32-mile trek through the foothills of the Big Horn mountains. This is a National Back Country Byway that crosses mostly BLM land, parallels private land and crosses private land several times but…
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Total Miles
33.4
Tech Rating
1 Easy
Best Time
Sp / Su / Fa

Antelope Valley

This route follows US Forest Service Roads in the Bighorn National Forest. It starts and end at a large parking area on US 14 and makes a loop through pine forest and a mountain valley.…
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Total Miles
15.3
Tech Rating
4 Moderate
Best Time
Su / Fa

The Woodchuck

This is a great trail that's mostly dirt but has some muddy areas that are seasonal or weather dependent. This is a partial side spur off of Big Goose and is one of the best…
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Total Miles
11.3
Tech Rating
2 Easy
Best Time
Fa / Su

DJ 220

This is an easy and slow drive with a few hills to climb along the way. Most of the hills could get very difficult if there is any measurable amount of rain. Towards the end…
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Total Miles
14.3
Tech Rating
3 Easy
Best Time
Sp / Su / Fa

Duncan Lake

This is a fairly good road, for an unmaintained road, from Highway 14 to Duncan Lake. There are many scenic views along the way, and the small lake is stocked for fishing as well as…
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Total Miles
3.2
Tech Rating
2 Easy
Best Time
Su / Fa

Hunt Mountain Road

Hunt Mountain Road makes a scenic traverse across the backbone of the northern Bighorn Mountains. The rough lane ranges between 9,000 and 10,000 feet, giving a commanding view of the region. On clear days, you…
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Total Miles
21.5
Tech Rating
3 Moderate
Best Time
Su / Fa