Off-Road Trails
Near Martinsdale Colony, Montana

Starting at the Daisy Dean campground, take the Mud Creek jeep trail. After about 1.5 miles, the trail turns to single track. You will pass through some awesome meadows and ride along a creek for most of this loop. Mud Creek trail will merge with a few other trails, turn on Lucky Boy trail. This tra...
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Willow Park is a 50-inch trail that connects the Russell Point area to the Haymaker Park area via trails 464, 189, 619, and 606. You may also see the names Willow Park, Burley Creek, Daisy Canyon, Upper Daisy, Nevada Creek, and Daisy Dean Creek on the map along this route. If you're camped out anywh...
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Haymaker Narrows trail is a 50 inch trail. The area referred to as "the narrows" is in the south section with multiple water crossings, high rock walls on both sides and portions of the trail are a rocky creek bottom that would be difficult on a motorcycle in spring and early summer when the water i...
Learn more about Haymaker Narrows

From Harlowton, head west for 1 mile on Highway 12 to Lode Road. Follow Lode Road to Jellison Road. Jellison Road ends at a fork. Take the right road, High Mountain Road. You will start winding through some trees. This portion is mild and mostly just a dirt road. Once you reach the obvious campgro...
Learn more about Mount High Peak

This trail has sharp rocks, a narrow ridge, and a couple of uneven and steep hills with rock obstacles. Have good tires and a spare. This trail has beautiful views and a fun road to explore. There are many view vantage points, and fun little rock climbs along the route. You can connect to other jeep...
Learn more about Bartleson Peak- J8823

Lower Russian Youth Loop FS 463. The trail may start out looking like it simply goes to a campsite, ride on around that campsite to find the fork marking the start of the loop. 2.4 mile loop, easy riding, mostly level and great for beginners or anyone who crashed and needs to regain their confidence...
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This is a narrow spur road that winds through a narrow forest path and an open ridge with a few meadows in between. The trail ends on a peak that has a great view of the plains around Stanford. The trail offers a unique view of Square Butte. There are nice areas to camp on the route. Some sharp and...
Learn more about Stanford View Spur - J746

This trail comes off the highway and connects to a gully system through a high plains hunting area. The majority of the trail is relatively flat until the last section that goes into the gully. Once in the gully, many other trails can be accessed. I will update this trail system soon. The trail is r...
Learn more about Jamison Creek

These are nice views along the middle section overlooking the valley below and Russian Flat. The ride is easy going on the western half of the trail with a few more difficult sections on the eastern half but nothing too technical. This is a nice trail for a leisurely ride to get out and enjoy the vi...
Learn more about High Spring Creek

Open May 16 - Nov 30. The 2020 Helena-Lewis and Clark National Forest MVUM indicates the East portion of the trail is open May 16 - Nov 30, and the West portion of the trail is open year-round. I did not notice signage at any point indicating where the open dates change. The East end of the trail st...
Learn more about Ettien Ridge

Open July 1 - Oct 14. Hay Canyon Trail is in the Little Belt Mountains, located in the Lewis and Clark National Forest, Southeast of Great Falls and Northwest of Harlowton, Montana. From Hay Canyon Campground, the Eastern end of the trail goes through a canyon that has some heavily forested areas. A...
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The Ettien Ridge Connector J821A runs between the main dirt road and Ettien Ridge Trail. Traveling from the dirt road to Ettien Ridge Trail, this connector trail has a few short steep uphill sections. There's one handy use of this trail: if the water crossing at the Judith Guard Station rental cabin...
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Through the heart of Montana is the Middle Fork of Judith River Trail, Trail J825. The Middle Fork Trail is one of the most iconic trails in Montana. Jeep clubs, OHVs and hikers come from all over the state to experience the beauty and geology of the area the trail provides. Travel south from Utic...
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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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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...
Learn more about South Fork Flathead Creek

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...
Learn more about Sixteen Mile Creek Road

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...
Learn more about Fairy Creek - FS 500

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...
Learn more about Bangtail Divide Trail #504

This is a nice drive through the Bridger range that most vehicles can do. The trail forks to Skunk Creek, which has some deep puddles, but nothing a stock truck or SUV wouldn't be able to handle. There are nice views of the Bangtail divide and Crazy Mountains when you reach the top.
Learn more about Olsen Creek

Willow Park is a 50-inch trail that connects the Russell Point area to the Haymaker Park area via trails 464, 189, 619, and 606. You may also see the names Willow Park, Burley Creek, Daisy Canyon, Upper Daisy, Nevada Creek, and Daisy Dean Creek on the map along this route. If you're camped out anywh...
Learn more about Willow Park

Haymaker Narrows trail is a 50 inch trail. The area referred to as "the narrows" is in the south section with multiple water crossings, high rock walls on both sides and portions of the trail are a rocky creek bottom that would be difficult on a motorcycle in spring and early summer when the water i...
Learn more about Haymaker Narrows

From Harlowton, head west for 1 mile on Highway 12 to Lode Road. Follow Lode Road to Jellison Road. Jellison Road ends at a fork. Take the right road, High Mountain Road. You will start winding through some trees. This portion is mild and mostly just a dirt road. Once you reach the obvious campgro...
Learn more about Mount High Peak

This trail has sharp rocks, a narrow ridge, and a couple of uneven and steep hills with rock obstacles. Have good tires and a spare. This trail has beautiful views and a fun road to explore. There are many view vantage points, and fun little rock climbs along the route. You can connect to other jeep...
Learn more about Bartleson Peak- J8823

From Harlowton, head west for 1 mile on Highway 12 to Lode Road. Follow Lode Road to Jellison Road. Jellison Road ends at a fork. Take the right road, High Mountain Road. You will start winding through some trees. This portion is mild and mostly just a dirt road. Once you reach the obvious campgro...
Learn more about Mount High Peak

This trail has sharp rocks, a narrow ridge, and a couple of uneven and steep hills with rock obstacles. Have good tires and a spare. This trail has beautiful views and a fun road to explore. There are many view vantage points, and fun little rock climbs along the route. You can connect to other jeep...
Learn more about Bartleson Peak- J8823

This is a narrow spur road that winds through a narrow forest path and an open ridge with a few meadows in between. The trail ends on a peak that has a great view of the plains around Stanford. The trail offers a unique view of Square Butte. There are nice areas to camp on the route. Some sharp and...
Learn more about Stanford View Spur - J746

This trail comes off the highway and connects to a gully system through a high plains hunting area. The majority of the trail is relatively flat until the last section that goes into the gully. Once in the gully, many other trails can be accessed. I will update this trail system soon. The trail is r...
Learn more about Jamison Creek