Dirt Bike Trails Near Tonopah, Nevada

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265 Camping Crossover

A sandy short dirt crossover with plenty of flat spots for dispersed camping featuring mountain and valley views. The road gets rutted in some spots and quite sandy in others. Do not attempt when wet.…
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Total Miles
2.2
Tech Rating
3 Easy
Best Time
Fa / Sp / Wi

Old Narrow Gage Trail

This is a very rutted, soft, and technical ride along the edge of an old dry lake bed in the great Smoky Valley. Be aware of many deep washouts and look out for vehicle tracks…
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Total Miles
5.6
Tech Rating
5 Moderate
Best Time
Wi / Fa / Sp

Cutting Through the Jawa Canyon

A mostly sandy and sometimes rocky run through a canyon where you'd expect the Jawa to ambush you at any moment (star wars reference)The trail is loose, sandy and occasionally gets rocky throughout with one…
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Total Miles
12.3
Tech Rating
4 Moderate
Best Time
Wi / Fa / Sp

Coyote Rd.

The route starts at Fish Lake hot springs. The water temp is 100 degrees, and the springs is a concrete tub that can fit 12 people comfortably. There are also vault toilets and camping available.…
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Total Miles
28.8
Tech Rating
1 Easy
Best Time
Sp / Su / Fa

Emigrant Pass from "The Crossing" to Silver Peak Road

Mostly an easy trail with amazing views from the top of the Emigrant pass summit. It can be sandy in spots, especially at wash crossings. You may see Bighorn Sheep and Burros in the area…
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Total Miles
14.5
Tech Rating
3 Easy
Best Time
Fa / Sp / Wi

The Burned Out Ghost Town of Coalville to Emigrant Pass Road

Mostly easy dirt and sand trail that runs along the highway for a bit before cutting inland. Feel free to start or stop in the abandoned and mostly burned-out stopover town of Coalville. It's a…
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Total Miles
6.9
Tech Rating
4 Moderate
Best Time
Sp / Fa / Wi

McAfee Rd.

Route starts at Fish Lake Hot Springs which has camps and a vault toilet. Area is patrolled by the sheriff, which is nice due to the high traffic at the springs. McAfee Road is not…
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Total Miles
50.4
Tech Rating
4 Easy
Best Time
Sp / Su / Fa

Cabin run via McAfee Road

This trail is based primarily on an old mine road. It ends at some old bunk houses and there are options to drive or hike to see the rest of the mine buildings. You can…
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Total Miles
23.1
Tech Rating
2 Easy
Best Time
Sp / Su / Fa

Fish Lake Playa

This is an old borax harvesting route on the west side of the Fish Lake Playa outside of the town of Dyer, Nevada. This trail offers a fairly easy way around the playa and a…
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Total Miles
6.4
Tech Rating
1 Easy
Best Time
Su

Emigrant Trail to "The Crossing"

A pretty drive to get you from the highway back to a network of fun trails and some dispersed camping spots. The drive takes you all the way through rocky canyons and alongside marshy tall…
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Total Miles
10.1
Tech Rating
2 Easy
Best Time
Wi / Fa / Sp

Fish Lake Springs Rd.

This road gets vehicles from Fish Lake Hot Springs to the saloon in Dyer with minimal highway travel. The road is well traveled, graded and wide. Hot springs have open camping around the area with…
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Total Miles
16.1
Tech Rating
1 Easy
Best Time
Sp / Su / Fa / Wi

The Road to the Simon Lead Mine

The road to the Simon Lead mine is traveled via a well-maintained dirt road until the last 4 miles. The road then contains washed-out areas and narrow passages. According to https://www.nvexpeditions.com, small amounts of silver-lead…
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Total Miles
22.1
Tech Rating
3 Easy
Best Time
Su / Fa

Teeth Rattler to The Crossing

This very easy two-lane, occasionally graded dirt road takes you back to "the crossing", which gives access to many other areas' trails. There are a few offshoots leading to some dispersed camping along the way.…
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Total Miles
6.7
Tech Rating
1 Easy
Best Time
Wi / Fa / Sp

Willow Creek Road to Pigeon Springs

Sometimes you go exploring and find things you do not expect. This may be an adventure of that sort for you. Getting to this trail, you'll travel a nice and easy graded trail through the…
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Total Miles
12.2
Tech Rating
2 Easy
Best Time
Sp / Su / Fa

Mina Mercury Mine Loop

The route is easy to drive and can be done with almost any vehicle. However, if conditions are wet or snowy, the route is much more difficult. This is a nice half-day trip with several…
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Total Miles
14.4
Tech Rating
2 Easy
Best Time
Sp / Su / Fa

Berlin

This is a nice easy trail that takes you from Cold Springs station to the ghost town of Berlin. Berlin is a State park, OHV friendly, and also has an Ichthyosaur shed with fossils. The…
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Total Miles
42.3
Tech Rating
2 Easy
Best Time
Sp / Su / Fa

Ellsworth Pass

This trail is not well traveled, and you may spend much of your time clearing the road of rock fall. Watch for rattlesnakes. There are a lot of mines in the area to explore. The…
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Total Miles
54.6
Tech Rating
6 Moderate
Best Time
Sp / Su / Fa

Chiatovitch Creek to Middle Creek

The lower trail is an easy grader with plenty of washboard and scattered rocks. It begins cutting through the neighborhood and while climbing offers amazing views of the valley below. Once you pass all the…
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Total Miles
11.2
Tech Rating
3 Easy
Best Time
Sp / Fa

Backway to Marietta

The route takes you from Mina to Marietta without using highways or crossing private property. This is great for SxSs and ATVs that are not street-legal. It can be taken by high-clearance Jeeps but the…
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Total Miles
27.3
Tech Rating
4 Moderate
Best Time
Sp / Su / Fa

Rebel Canyon Loop

This is a fairly short route that takes you to Douglas Camp, an area of several mines. It loops out through Rebel Canyon. There are active mining claims if you continue up towards Thunder Mountain,…
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Total Miles
9.1
Tech Rating
2 Easy
Best Time
Sp / Su / Fa

Rattlesnake Canyon

This route takes you from the Mina area to Little Huntoon Valley. It is easy and can be completed in dry conditions with a 2WD full-size vehicle. You cross Garfield Flat where Aerojet General uses…
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Total Miles
27.1
Tech Rating
2 Easy
Best Time
Sp / Su / Fa

The Easy Way Around Rock Creek

This is a nice easy-graded single-track that gives access to the Inyo National Forest trail network. There are some dispersed camping spots along the way with established fire rings. It will get you around to…
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Total Miles
3.2
Tech Rating
3 Easy
Best Time
Wi / Fa / Sp

Red Rock Quicksilver Mine

This easy trail takes you all the way to the mining complex to the east and the historic mining complex. There are many structures still standing and plenty of kiosks and information about the area.…
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Total Miles
1.3
Tech Rating
2 Easy
Best Time
Fa / Wi / Sp

Eureka Valley Road

It is a short and dusty gravel road, and as the name implies, it is a road to discovery. The valley's shape alters the wind in such a way leading to the unique Eureka Dunes.…
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Total Miles
6.4
Tech Rating
1 Easy
Best Time
Sp / Fa / Wi

Rock Creek Rock Garden Hill Climb

A narrow, steep, seldom traveled trail that runs up the side of the hill. There are frequent rockslides leaving large boulders in the trail. The trail is sandy with very soft switchbacks and very steep…
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Total Miles
2.7
Tech Rating
7 Difficult
Best Time
Fa / Sp

Lodi Hill Nevada

These OHV roads were once part of the Quartz Mt. mining district, and there's still a large headframe over the mine. The road is composed of mostly gravel and dirt with only a few washouts…
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Total Miles
12.5
Tech Rating
4 Moderate
Best Time
Sp / Su / Fa

Phinney Canyon Road

This easy, graded trail takes you from Highway 95 into the vast trail networks in the valley. Continuing past the recorded turn will take you all the way to the Death Valley park boundary. The…
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Total Miles
3.5
Tech Rating
2 Easy
Best Time
Wi / Fa / Sp

Mud Springs Road

This easy two-track trail takes you along the edge of the valley and to the mud water springs. There are lots of burros in the area and even falcons. The Mud Springs are just that--some…
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Total Miles
6.3
Tech Rating
2 Easy
Best Time
Fa / Wi / Sp

Old Stagecoach Road

This moderately easy trail winds around Pioneer mine and the hills from narrow rocky two-track to graded sections and even a sandy wash. One section of the trail is a very faint two-track that gets…
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Total Miles
4.9
Tech Rating
4 Moderate
Best Time
Wi / Fa / Sp

Cabin Under a Rock

This trip starts you at the Marrietta site with some ruins in various steps of decay. There are a few people that live there, watch your speed and dust. The whole area around Marietta is…
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Total Miles
9.4
Tech Rating
5 Moderate
Best Time
Su / Fa

ATV Trails Near Tonopah, Nevada

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UTV/Side-by-Side Near Tonopah, Nevada

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