Dirt Bike Trails
Near North Hills, West Virginia

This is a scenic drive that follows part of Goose Creek in Wirt County, West Virginia. The road is mainly gravel with a few dirt sections and some water crossings but nothing too rough. This road is an absolutely beautiful drive in the fall when the leaves are turning color. There is one stretch of ...
Learn more about County Route 2 - Wirt County

This trail starts right off of County Road 25. You then go through a creek crossing, then start your ascent up the hill, crossing multiple rock shelves and very slick red clay, especially after a heavy rain. Four wheel drive is needed as well as high clearance.
Learn more about Bean Ridge

This route is one of the favorites of people from Marietta and surrounding areas. You start the trail at a covered bridge and then you follow Haught run from the end of County road 407 following the stream winding back and forth to the top of the mountain. This trail is high clearance only. Do not a...
Learn more about Haught Run

This is a black trail by color standards at Hatfield and McCoy. Most people will not be able to get through this trail without a winch. If it is raining or has been raining in the week before your ride you may need two vehicles and both have winches to get through this trail. It is the stickiest mud...
Learn more about TWP 411 German Cemetery

Very Steep entry/exit on both ends. The creeks are always flowing and constantly changing the appearance of the roadway. Three sizeable concrete slab bridges span the waterways that wind in and out of the valley as you descend before going right back up again. The western valley ridgeline is very na...
Learn more about AEP Onion Creek - Allen Run 3 Creek Slab Bridges

Located in the central area of Ritchie County in West Virginia is an OHV trail you will never forget. This trail is the main one going through the Ritchie Mine area where it begins on State Highway 47 in MacFarlan, WV, and ends on Gillispie Road or CR 1/7 about 5 miles north from the starting point...
Learn more about Ritchie Mines OHV CR/30 MacFarlan Road

I started at the Big Musky Bucket in the Miners Memorial AEP Picnic area across the main road to a beautiful ridge line backroad with amazing expansive open views that remind me of traveling to the significant plains areas. The road is high-speed gravel and very wide and passes a civil war cemetery ...
Learn more about Miners Memorial (Big Muskie Bucket) across Dakota Plains - Junkyardtown

This route starts at Junkyard Town (a town owned by an entire family and appears to be an open-air private junkyard). The path winds through the countryside, crossing multiple steel bridges over Meigs Creek, and eventually turns left, crossing a multitude of low-water concrete bridges that will be u...
Learn more about Junkyard Town - low water bridges along Onion Creek - Hackney

This is a backroad connector route from Campground C to the Equine day-use area. It's a great little route through the woods and along a beautiful clear creek. You will pass by many wonderful ponds that can be fished and even a Civil War cemetery. There are several offshoots for the more adventurous...
Learn more about AEP SandHollow Camp C to Equine Day use F no gates

This is a very scenic, offroad trail that takes you by some amazing sights. There are off-shutes that offer some fun Ohio mud, large lakes for fishing, as well as some very wide-open hunting opportunities. This trail crosses another great trail named "The Ridge Run" and is mild at the beginning, but...
Learn more about Dye Cemetary Road

This trail is one of my favorites! This track will take you along some of the best sights and open landscapes Ohio has to offer. If you are camping at one of the local dispersed campsites, Overlanding with buddies, scouting for deer, or want to park somewhere and see for miles while eating your favo...
Learn more about The Ridge Run

Head back in time as you travel through the abandoned town of San Toy. You will start by driving down a gravel road that will take you past old foundations to buildings that once stood there during coal mining times. After traveling down the gravel road, you will come across a covered bridge. You'll...
Learn more about Cedar Run

Expect to go through one of the most scenic roads in Perry County. This trail is all gravel but very slick steep hills with sharp turns. Once you enter the trail you go down into a nice little creek crossing that flows when the water is higher. After that, you will continue down until you hit a fork...
Learn more about Helmick Mill Covered Bridge

If you are someone that loves exploring new terrain and experiencing the true country living of Ohio, this is for you. This trail takes you by beautiful wildlife, farm animals, rustic houses, wide-open scenery, and even a fire tower. Subarus would feel right at home on this mostly gravel forest serv...
Learn more about Ridgeview Road - Subarus Paradise

This trail is short, but VERY scenic and perfect for almost any Subaru-style vehicle. It is an excellent add-on trail in this area and is worth a run-through. Very uncharacteristic for Ohio, this trail has some out west style features! Offering very wide open ranges of rolling hills. While I was run...
Learn more about Life Wide Open - Scenic Trail

Pelcher Road along Spring Run is very scenic with multiple hills and beautiful vistas with a surprise building at the end. Class 1 roadway may be very slippery during rains and should use caution on blind corners and be aware of wildlife and livestock. You may encounter Amish buggies on this route a...
Learn more about Plecher Road to Pyramid House

If you're into driving down some old back roads and running the outskirts of Wayne National Forest this trail has a lot to offer you. Even though it's an easy trail you will find yourself driving through gravel roads with all kinds of unique rock formations and some of the most beautiful trees. At s...
Learn more about Salem

Rock Run is a shortcut gravel road that will take you off the pavement and down some old back road that will take you longer to get where you are going, but worth the views you will see. When you turn on Rock Run, you'll continue straight into a section of Wayne National Forest with a piece of hist...
Learn more about Rock Run

You'll find a couple of small water crossings on this easy trail. It will be slippery when wet or snowy. It's right off of a gravel road and takes you to some very nice ponds. It does have couple of steep hills with ruts and is narrow. Full-size vehicles will fit but you may get some scratches.
Learn more about James Road

This is Radcliff to Campbell Tunnel Vinton County Tunnel Loop West. This starts at Lake Hope in this section and runs counterclockwise south through Vinton county passing Campbell Tunnel which was recently closed through the Appalachian Foothills. Gas and food can be found along the way. Good for a ...
Learn more about Vinton County Tunnels Tour Part 2

This is a scenic drive that follows part of Goose Creek in Wirt County, West Virginia. The road is mainly gravel with a few dirt sections and some water crossings but nothing too rough. This road is an absolutely beautiful drive in the fall when the leaves are turning color. There is one stretch of ...
Learn more about County Route 2 - Wirt County

This trail starts right off of County Road 25. You then go through a creek crossing, then start your ascent up the hill, crossing multiple rock shelves and very slick red clay, especially after a heavy rain. Four wheel drive is needed as well as high clearance.
Learn more about Bean Ridge

This route is one of the favorites of people from Marietta and surrounding areas. You start the trail at a covered bridge and then you follow Haught run from the end of County road 407 following the stream winding back and forth to the top of the mountain. This trail is high clearance only. Do not a...
Learn more about Haught Run

This is a black trail by color standards at Hatfield and McCoy. Most people will not be able to get through this trail without a winch. If it is raining or has been raining in the week before your ride you may need two vehicles and both have winches to get through this trail. It is the stickiest mud...
Learn more about TWP 411 German Cemetery

This is a scenic drive that follows part of Goose Creek in Wirt County, West Virginia. The road is mainly gravel with a few dirt sections and some water crossings but nothing too rough. This road is an absolutely beautiful drive in the fall when the leaves are turning color. There is one stretch of ...
Learn more about County Route 2 - Wirt County

This trail starts right off of County Road 25. You then go through a creek crossing, then start your ascent up the hill, crossing multiple rock shelves and very slick red clay, especially after a heavy rain. Four wheel drive is needed as well as high clearance.
Learn more about Bean Ridge

This route is one of the favorites of people from Marietta and surrounding areas. You start the trail at a covered bridge and then you follow Haught run from the end of County road 407 following the stream winding back and forth to the top of the mountain. This trail is high clearance only. Do not a...
Learn more about Haught Run

This is a black trail by color standards at Hatfield and McCoy. Most people will not be able to get through this trail without a winch. If it is raining or has been raining in the week before your ride you may need two vehicles and both have winches to get through this trail. It is the stickiest mud...
Learn more about TWP 411 German Cemetery