Off-Road Trails Near New River, Arizona

This is a dirt-covered service road that is regularly maintained. It's a fun, easy route for getting to different areas. There's nothing technical about this trail aside from a couple of sandy washes. Note of caution, people tend to drive really fast out here. Trophy trucks and performance side-by-s...
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A quick, short little section of trail that connects Lake Pleasant road to Saguaro Way trail, which leads to a shooting area. There is nothing terribly technical about this route aside from a couple of rocky sections to navigate, one of which is on a slight grade. There is also a short sandy wash to...
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This short section of trail and Black Canyon Trail are closed to vehicles over 60" wide. The west section is in a shooting area, so use caution around that area. There are a couple of short, steep grades and a small river wash section that could have water in flash flood conditions.
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This section of trail weaves its way through the beautiful desert and leads to a shooting area at the North end. It also connects to a handful of other trails. There are a couple of short rocky sections to navigate, but aside from that, the trail is a pretty simple dirt trail.
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This short section of trail is more narrow and therefore is only open to small utility SXS and smaller. No full-size trucks or SXS's. Nothing too technical on this trail, aside from one section with a short steep grade with loose rocks. Vegetation overgrowth is possibly, so just be careful not get p...
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This power line service trail connects to the Boulder Creek Ranch area. It's primarily easy in technicality, but the southern end of the trail does have a couple of short technical rock garden sections. There are some sandy washes to cross. There is a fence along the Boulder Creek Ranch property lin...
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This is a short high-clearance primitive road that starts off of North New River Road and connects to Shoemaker Spring. It's uneven and bumpy, with deep ruts that are filled in with round softball-sized rocks. Loose rocks are strewn about the trail for much of it. It's mostly flat in a green desert ...
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This trail gets its name from the hill, which has some rolling steps in it. Crapshoot is an advanced trail off of Table Mesa Road due to many steep and loose climbs and descents and several rock-ledge obstacles. The difficulty of this route will totally depend on your type of vehicle and experience ...
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Table Mesa Road provides primary access to the Table Mesa Recreation Area and its network of OHV trails. It is primarily a washboard gravel road, though washouts and ruts can be present on occasion. While Table Mesa Road accesses several alternative trail options, it will eventually lead to a gated ...
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This 18.9-mile point-to-point trail takes you along the New River Valley up into the Tonto National Forest. This trail starts easy as a maintained two-vehicle road for the first mile. Then the trail narrows to one vehicle and you start to get some washed-out sections. You will cross New River three ...
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TV-1 is a nasty rock-crawling trail meant for only the most extreme rock-crawling vehicles. The majority of the trail is full of several-foot-high boulders and huge rock ledges. As it leaves Table Mesa Road, it starts as an easy dirt road, goes past a shooting bay, and gains some elevation in the hi...
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Fence Line Connector is a north–south connector trail linking the Trail of Opportunity with the West Desert Hills Trail. The connection point also serves as an entry access into the surrounding trail system. The route travels over a few small hills with occasional ruts and minor washouts, but there ...
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Trail of Opportunity is a point-to-point connector trail that runs primarily east–west through the desert before turning as it approaches the wash. The route is a dirt and gravel road that is generally easy to drive but can be bumpy with a few scattered rocks along the way. The trail is easy to navi...
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West Rockaway Hills Road serves as a connector trail leading toward the Opportunity Trail. It runs east–west as a point-to-point route and provides a fun drive through the desert. The trail features large ruts formed from past rainfall, so drivers should watch their speed and line choice while trave...
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497 is a wider dirt trail with lots of small and medium-sized loose rocks on the surface for much of the route. It goes through wide open desert terrain, with ruts running down the road, often filled in with loose rocks like a trough. It goes past great big saguaro cacti and a couple of spots to bac...
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This little shortcut from New River Trail to the Road to Nowhere will not disappoint. There are great views and steep climbs and descents. Some of this trail is a shelf road and has some washouts. High-clearance vehicles are required. Make sure you close the gates and watch out for the horses and co...
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This is a side trail off the New River Trail that ends atop a beautiful hill with unlimited photographic possibilities. It is a great place for a stop to stretch legs, take pictures, have a bonfire during sunset (if / when allowed), and take in some of the most breathtaking scenic views of the area ...
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This is an intermediate Jeep trail off of Table Mesa Road that goes up a wash with several rock-ledge obstacles. There's a staging area directly across from the start of the trail, but the entrance to the trail is unmarked. Right away, the wash has lots of embedded slabs of rock but starts pretty fl...
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Shoemaker Spring runs south to north at the edge of the Tonto National Forest near New River, Arizona. It's a primitive route in a lightly used OHV area that is accessed off of North New River Road. This one is intermediate difficulty because it crosses several washes, and it's rocky in spots with l...
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3200 is a shortcut between two halves of the Quail Springs Loop. This trail is more ridden and beat in. It's a hardpack dirt surface with some loose rocks, some steeper grades, and ruts on the sides of the trail, but is much less rocky than Shoemaker, 3197, and 497. It goes through wide-open desert ...
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This is a dirt-covered service road that is regularly maintained. It's a fun, easy route for getting to different areas. There's nothing technical about this trail aside from a couple of sandy washes. Note of caution, people tend to drive really fast out here. Trophy trucks and performance side-by-s...
Learn more about El Paso Pipeline Road

A quick, short little section of trail that connects Lake Pleasant road to Saguaro Way trail, which leads to a shooting area. There is nothing terribly technical about this route aside from a couple of rocky sections to navigate, one of which is on a slight grade. There is also a short sandy wash to...
Learn more about Cactus Express

This short section of trail and Black Canyon Trail are closed to vehicles over 60" wide. The west section is in a shooting area, so use caution around that area. There are a couple of short, steep grades and a small river wash section that could have water in flash flood conditions.
Learn more about 9949 to Black Canyon Trail

This section of trail weaves its way through the beautiful desert and leads to a shooting area at the North end. It also connects to a handful of other trails. There are a couple of short rocky sections to navigate, but aside from that, the trail is a pretty simple dirt trail.
Learn more about Saguaro Way

This is a dirt-covered service road that is regularly maintained. It's a fun, easy route for getting to different areas. There's nothing technical about this trail aside from a couple of sandy washes. Note of caution, people tend to drive really fast out here. Trophy trucks and performance side-by-s...
Learn more about El Paso Pipeline Road

A quick, short little section of trail that connects Lake Pleasant road to Saguaro Way trail, which leads to a shooting area. There is nothing terribly technical about this route aside from a couple of rocky sections to navigate, one of which is on a slight grade. There is also a short sandy wash to...
Learn more about Cactus Express

This short section of trail and Black Canyon Trail are closed to vehicles over 60" wide. The west section is in a shooting area, so use caution around that area. There are a couple of short, steep grades and a small river wash section that could have water in flash flood conditions.
Learn more about 9949 to Black Canyon Trail

This section of trail weaves its way through the beautiful desert and leads to a shooting area at the North end. It also connects to a handful of other trails. There are a couple of short rocky sections to navigate, but aside from that, the trail is a pretty simple dirt trail.
Learn more about Saguaro Way