Off-Road Trails Near Ahwahnee, California

A primary, 6.4-mile Forest Service access road that transitions from graded gravel (easy, fast travel) to a rutted dirt track as it moves into the western end, which was affected by past wildfires. It is the key feeder road for the extensive Miami Mountain OHV trail network (motorcycle/ATV trails). ...
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Sonny Meadow (FS 5S016) acts as a rugged "sampler platter" of Sierra road conditions, serving as a key access point into the National Forest from the west side. The trail begins with a long, slow climb that winds its way up through the timber, immediately establishing that this isn't your average gr...
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Pilot Peak - Lower (FS 5S012A) serves as the appetizer to the main Pilot Peak experience. This section is a tight and twisty affair that winds its way through a mix of oak and conifer forest. Unlike its rowdier upper sibling, this lower leg is more about rhythm than technical driving. The tread is a...
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Ponderosa Fire Line - Lower (FS 6S017) is the friendly, welcoming face of a trail with a split personality. Situated below the junction with Hugh Ryan, this section behaves like a civilized forest boulevard compared to its rowdier upper half. It’s a wide and easy one-lane road that invites you to ro...
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Kamook (FS 6S041) is the breezy, open-air sibling in the Miami Mountain family. Serving as the primary east-west artery through the Miami Mountain OHV system, this 1.5-lane gravel forest road is designed for speed and flow. Unlike the jagged spurs that twist off into the brush, Kamook offers a predi...
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This is one of the longer and more difficult single tracks in the Miami OHV area. It starts with a small rock feature on the south end, where you have to go up a small ramped rock ledge in order to enter the trail. It continues on a shelfy hillside, weaving around the hill, over a couple of bridges,...
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Hugh Ryan (FS 6S024) is the surprisingly scenic backbone of the Miami Mountain network, acting as a wide, welcoming bridge between Highway 41 and the western slopes near Highway 49/Worman Road. This easy, graded forest service road offers a smooth cruise on a surface of gravel, dirt, and decomposed ...
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Ponderosa Fire Line - Upper (FS 6S017) is the rowdy, untamed sibling of the gentle lower road. While the section below Hugh Ryan is a smooth cruise, crossing that junction acts like a portal to a much rougher reality. This upper 1.2-mile stretch immediately sheds its civilized veneer, transforming i...
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This is a short but moderately challenging single track in the Miami OHV Area that has some deep rutting that makes it more suited to more experienced riders. The trail steeply descends from south to north, dropping 340 feet in elevation gain in less than half a mile. The south end winds through the...
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China Wells (FS 6S015) serves as the primary "spinal cord" of the Miami Mountain OHV system. This wide, well-graded forest service road runs north-south through the network, connecting the popular Kamook Staging Area to the southern reaches of the trail system. Unlike the tight, twisty spurs that br...
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This is a short segment of single track, less than half a mile long, that weaves through a scenic forest of oak trees, Jeffrey pine, manzanita, and scrub oak. It is a narrow and winding trail, but it remains smooth and flowy the whole way, making it fun and approachable for less experienced riders. ...
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This is a short segment of single track that connects dirt bike trails 21E338 and 21E203. It is an easy segment of trail that weaves underneath a canopy of black oak trees and manzanita, tightly lined with scraggly bushes and scrub oak that encroach into the trail at times. The trail should be ideal...
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This is a 0.6-mile-long ATV trail that is very mild and easy, ideal for all skill levels. It starts and ends off of Silver Knob Road (FS 6S063), winding along a hillside on a wide and smooth two-track. The trail has just a little bit of loose rock at times, but remains mostly flat or gradual, with o...
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Silver Knob (FS 6S063) is the unruly cousin to the well-behaved gravel roads of the Miami Mountain system. While trails like Kamook offer a relaxing Sunday drive, Silver Knob demands you put your coffee down and grab the wheel with both hands. This tight, twisty two-track dives into the forest, imme...
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This is a short dirt bike trail that winds through the scrub oak and pine trees on a narrow, but easy single track for 0.6 miles. It has some tight curves and deeply rutted sections that make it somewhat more technical, but it doesn’t have many rocks or any major obstacles that will make it overly d...
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This is an easy ATV trail in general, but as of September 2025, the trail had not been cleared of a few giant logs that will make it impassable for ATVs, and much more difficult for dirt bikes. The logs are very wide and sometimes elevated over the trail, requiring both going under and lifting over....
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This is a short and easy ATV trail through the northwest corner of the Miami OHV trail system. Although it is a steep grade for almost the entire 0.7 miles, it remains quite easy because this trail hasn’t been rutted out like many of the other ATV trails in the system, maybe because it is a bit fart...
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This short ATV trail is a wide, silty path lined with scrub oak, in a dry forest terrain in the Sierra National Forest north of Oakhurst, California. The north end of the trail climbs up steeply from its intersection with 21E250. This is the steepest part of the trail, as it continues with a gradual...
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This is a short but challenging dirt bike trail in the Miami OHV area. There are several rock features right away that will test the inexperienced rider. They are embedded rock ledges, but they are slightly ramped, and you can kind of skirt the edge of the rock to make it slightly easier. There are ...
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Pilot Cutoff (FS 6S063A) is a trail that comes with a serious warning label: "Horribly Tight." While it appears on the map as a useful connector within the Silver Knob/Miami network, in reality, it is a claustrophobic tunnel of vegetation that feels less like a road and more like a hiking path. The ...
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Kamook (FS 6S041) is the breezy, open-air sibling in the Miami Mountain family. Serving as the primary east-west artery through the Miami Mountain OHV system, this 1.5-lane gravel forest road is designed for speed and flow. Unlike the jagged spurs that twist off into the brush, Kamook offers a predi...
Learn more about Kamook - FS 6S041

China Wells (FS 6S015) serves as the primary "spinal cord" of the Miami Mountain OHV system. This wide, well-graded forest service road runs north-south through the network, connecting the popular Kamook Staging Area to the southern reaches of the trail system. Unlike the tight, twisty spurs that br...
Learn more about China Wells - FS 6S015

This is a 0.6-mile-long ATV trail that is very mild and easy, ideal for all skill levels. It starts and ends off of Silver Knob Road (FS 6S063), winding along a hillside on a wide and smooth two-track. The trail has just a little bit of loose rock at times, but remains mostly flat or gradual, with o...
Learn more about 21E238

Silver Knob (FS 6S063) is the unruly cousin to the well-behaved gravel roads of the Miami Mountain system. While trails like Kamook offer a relaxing Sunday drive, Silver Knob demands you put your coffee down and grab the wheel with both hands. This tight, twisty two-track dives into the forest, imme...
Learn more about Silver Knob - FS 6S063

Kamook (FS 6S041) is the breezy, open-air sibling in the Miami Mountain family. Serving as the primary east-west artery through the Miami Mountain OHV system, this 1.5-lane gravel forest road is designed for speed and flow. Unlike the jagged spurs that twist off into the brush, Kamook offers a predi...
Learn more about Kamook - FS 6S041

China Wells (FS 6S015) serves as the primary "spinal cord" of the Miami Mountain OHV system. This wide, well-graded forest service road runs north-south through the network, connecting the popular Kamook Staging Area to the southern reaches of the trail system. Unlike the tight, twisty spurs that br...
Learn more about China Wells - FS 6S015

Silver Knob (FS 6S063) is the unruly cousin to the well-behaved gravel roads of the Miami Mountain system. While trails like Kamook offer a relaxing Sunday drive, Silver Knob demands you put your coffee down and grab the wheel with both hands. This tight, twisty two-track dives into the forest, imme...
Learn more about Silver Knob - FS 6S063

Pilot Cutoff (FS 6S063A) is a trail that comes with a serious warning label: "Horribly Tight." While it appears on the map as a useful connector within the Silver Knob/Miami network, in reality, it is a claustrophobic tunnel of vegetation that feels less like a road and more like a hiking path. The ...
Learn more about Pilot Cutoff - FS 6S063A