Off-Road Trails Near Manhattan, Montana

Point-to-point, moderately traveled road north of Belgrade in the Gallatin Valley. Maintained dirt and gravel surface, typically two vehicles wide. Should not require 4WD in dry conditions. Expect muddy conditions when wet, and some drifting snow over the road in winter. If starting from the south, ...
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Flathead Pass is a short and sweet, easy trail filled with great views, a few off-camber sections, and some small to medium washouts. The trail starts after turning off Rocky Mountain Road and onto Flathead Pass Road. At first, it may seem like you are driving through a private ranch, but shortly af...
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This point-to-point dirt and gravel two-lane road connects Highway 191 south of Four Corners to Norris Road west of Four Corners, offering a scenic alternative to the main highway. Portions of the road are unmaintained, and following recent snowmelt or rain, the surface can become very muddy and rut...
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This is an easy trail with plenty of incredible scenery. Consisting of mostly dirt and gravel, the trail is typically maintained fairly well year-round. Depending on the time of year, you can expect to see bison roaming, a phenomenal view of the Madison River, and beautiful buttes and mountains. Alo...
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Corbly Gulch is a 6.7-mile-long single track in the Gallatin National Forest north of Bozeman, Montana. From east to west, it's a steep descent almost the entire way, dropping down the mountain from the intersection of Bridger Ridge. It starts in the high elevation at the intersection with Bridger R...
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The Middle Cottonwood Single Track starts on the west end at a small dirt parking lot on a well-maintained wide dirt path. There are many hikers on this trail, so please respect other users. It goes over a narrow wooden bridge and continues on an easy trail with some embedded rocks but mostly smooth...
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Bridger Ridge is a top-tier single track in Montana's Bridger Mountain Range. It's full of incredible views and technical challenges and is mostly an epic skinny trail atop a ridge line around 8,000 feet elevation. It starts at the top of Ross Pass at the intersection with Upper Brackett Creek. It's...
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Bridger Foothills is a long singletrack through the Gallatin National Forest, almost 7 miles long of challenging rocks, epic views, and technical switchbacks. The south end is more like a continuation of the Bridger Mountain trail. From the south, it starts on a narrow shelfy trail mid-way up the mo...
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Ross Pass is a 2.5-mile-long single track through the Gallatin National Forest. From the west end, it drops down from the summit of Ross Pass and the intersection with the Bridger Foothills, Bridger Ridge, and Upper Brackett Creek single tracks. It's a gradual descent the whole way, dropping 1,000 f...
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Bridger Mountain is 2.4 miles of single track with significant exposure and technical switchbacks, making it a challenging trail. The south end starts at the end of the Middle Cottonwood trail on an easy and flowy path with a few roots and rocks. Watch out for lots of hikers on this section of trail...
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This is a 4.5-mile-long ATV trail designated for vehicles 50" or less. It's overall very easy, but does have some sections that have a bit of a rocky surface. The rocks are just small loose rocks and nothing that significantly increases the difficulty. It goes through beautiful grassy valleys undern...
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Carrol Creek is an easy 5 miles of ATV trail, designated for vehicles 50" or less. The south ends starts as a Jeep road, near the intersection with the Fairy Creek trail. After 1,000 feet or so, it turns into the ATV trail. It's still a very wide path though for the entire route. It goes pretty stra...
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Benchmark is a 1.5-mile long 50" trail through the Gallatin National Forest north of Bozeman, Montana. It's easy for the entire route, going through grassy valleys on an overgrown dirt trail. This one looks less ridden, with grass growing down the middle of the trail, and not many tracks. It starts...
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Truman Gulch is an easy spur trail off of the Bridger Foothills trail that descends 1,400 feet down to the Truman Gulch Trailhead. It looks like there has been a lot of trail maintenance on this to clear it of rocks, bench out any ruts, and make it overall very smooth and flowy, as it is also a popu...
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The track begins from the town of Maudlow from the south. From the north, it can be accessed from Meadow Creek Road via the town of Ringling. The track begins when you cross from Meagher County to Gallatin County. This is a point-to-point, one-lane dirt and gravel road with room to pass in plenty of...
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Traveling this rough clay-based gravel road between Toston and Lombard, you can expect to see range cattle, prickly pear cacti, plenty of sagebrush, and rattlesnakes. Use extreme caution on this road in the rain. Numerous washouts could make it dangerous. As you gain more than 1,300 feet in elevatio...
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Upper Brackett Creek Single Track is an easy and really scenic single track through the Gallatin National Forest north of Bozeman, Montana in the Bridger Mountain Range. It's a narrow skinny single track through wide open grassy meadows, with few white fir trees lining the trail. This one is fast, f...
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Fairy Creek is an ATV Trail for vehicles 50" or less. It's also a snowmobile path after December 2. It leaves from the Battle Ridge dirt parking lot on the west side of Highway 86 and starts out as a wide, smooth, dirt path lined with tall grass and white fir trees. It has wide-open views through th...
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Bangtail Divide is an almost 13 mile long single track through the Gallatin National Forest. It starts at the Bracket Creek Trailhead off Highway 86, north of Bozeman, Montana. It leaves the large dirt parking lot by crossing a wooden bridge, then immediately goes into several easy and wide switchba...
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The start of Olsen Creek Road is your basic gravel road, with somewhat deep potholes and parts of it washed out. There are no real obstacles or technical portions. There are tight switchbacks, so be mindful of oncoming traffic as well as the steep shoulders. There are privately owned parcels the rou...
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Point-to-point, moderately traveled road north of Belgrade in the Gallatin Valley. Maintained dirt and gravel surface, typically two vehicles wide. Should not require 4WD in dry conditions. Expect muddy conditions when wet, and some drifting snow over the road in winter. If starting from the south, ...
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Flathead Pass is a short and sweet, easy trail filled with great views, a few off-camber sections, and some small to medium washouts. The trail starts after turning off Rocky Mountain Road and onto Flathead Pass Road. At first, it may seem like you are driving through a private ranch, but shortly af...
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This point-to-point dirt and gravel two-lane road connects Highway 191 south of Four Corners to Norris Road west of Four Corners, offering a scenic alternative to the main highway. Portions of the road are unmaintained, and following recent snowmelt or rain, the surface can become very muddy and rut...
Learn more about Axtell Anceney Road

This is an easy trail with plenty of incredible scenery. Consisting of mostly dirt and gravel, the trail is typically maintained fairly well year-round. Depending on the time of year, you can expect to see bison roaming, a phenomenal view of the Madison River, and beautiful buttes and mountains. Alo...
Learn more about Buffalo Jump - Black Fords Fish Access

Point-to-point, moderately traveled road north of Belgrade in the Gallatin Valley. Maintained dirt and gravel surface, typically two vehicles wide. Should not require 4WD in dry conditions. Expect muddy conditions when wet, and some drifting snow over the road in winter. If starting from the south, ...
Learn more about Dry Creek Road

Flathead Pass is a short and sweet, easy trail filled with great views, a few off-camber sections, and some small to medium washouts. The trail starts after turning off Rocky Mountain Road and onto Flathead Pass Road. At first, it may seem like you are driving through a private ranch, but shortly af...
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This point-to-point dirt and gravel two-lane road connects Highway 191 south of Four Corners to Norris Road west of Four Corners, offering a scenic alternative to the main highway. Portions of the road are unmaintained, and following recent snowmelt or rain, the surface can become very muddy and rut...
Learn more about Axtell Anceney Road

This is an easy trail with plenty of incredible scenery. Consisting of mostly dirt and gravel, the trail is typically maintained fairly well year-round. Depending on the time of year, you can expect to see bison roaming, a phenomenal view of the Madison River, and beautiful buttes and mountains. Alo...
Learn more about Buffalo Jump - Black Fords Fish Access