Off-Road Trails Near Noonan, New Brunswick

Old logging road with plenty of small water puddles and a generally rough, bumpy surface. During the summer and fall, it’s usually accessible with smaller SUVs and other standard vehicles. In the spring, a 4x4 is recommended since the road edges can get soft and muddy if you drift too close to the s...
Learn more about Campbell Brook Road

A combination of old logging roads, one small narrow path, 4x4 will be needed, as there are a few deeper water holes, a little bit of mud, especially in the spring time, not accessible in winter, as a partially snowmobile groomed trail, the road has lots of dead-end spurs, suggesting staying on the ...
Learn more about Noonan to Penniac Road

Access the road from Penniac Road or through Noonan off Route 10. This is an old logging road going to a known mudhole that most like to play in and get their vehicles muddy. This is not a difficult road as most 4x4's go through during spring, summer, and fall.
Learn more about Tower Road to Hole #49

This track is an alternative route on Tower Road. Instead of exiting back to Penniac Road, you can explore this scenic trail down the gas line to the Minto area. It features a rock bottom path with many water holes, stream crossings, and muddy hard lines with easy lines alongside them. It exits onto...
Learn more about Penniac Gas Line

This trail takes you from the heart of New Maryland out to Wilsey Road. There are some technical water crossings and steep angles. It's a perfect trail for a Jeep or 4x4. You'll see plenty of woodlands and marshes, as well as the water treatment area for the village. It runs parallel to the TransCan...
Learn more about Sunshine Estates Trail

Exiting off the Miramichi bypass, you need to open one of the wildlife gates along the highway, be sure to close it once you are through. The trail begins on a hydro line, going through a winding trail with lots of washouts. You will cross many steep gullies, and eventually exit the hydro line onto ...
Learn more about Old Springhill Loop

After passing the hydro line sub station from Claudie Road, you begin a few descents and manage some deep washouts leading you to a flat area before the Nashwaaksis River. Here you will need some mud tires, a good lift, and most definitely a winch. After passing through the mud, where the Poutinery ...
Learn more about The Poutinery

Off of Highway 104, take a right down Pineo Drive in Burtt's Corner. Pineo Drive will turn into a logging road, turning into Pioneer St. The first hydro line you cross will be the one that this trail winds along. The trail has steep inclines, descents, loose rock, and lots of mud. At the end of the ...
Learn more about Pioneer Street Hydro Line

Just off the Sunshine Estates Trail, this little loop takes you from the hydro line through some mildly overgrown logging trails. They are still in use by ATVs but they offer a few thrills, with some hard-bottomed muddy holes and narrow passages. The undergrowth isn't hard to manage, and the trail i...
Learn more about Sunshine Side Loop

Heading up an old logging road, you exit onto the hydro line to the right, over many large chunks of the mountain as well as through some water holes around 20 inches deep in parts. The trail exits to the Carlisle Road area if it gets too challenging, but leads all the way to Claudie Road across fro...
Learn more about Douglas Hydro Line

One of the many spurs from the Claudie Road, about a kilometer past the former golf course, you will find Yesterday's Rough Ride. It's an overgrown full-size 4x4 trail that used to be run regularly in the day of the JK Wrangler. Near the beginning, you will find a few logs, remnants of an old makesh...
Learn more about Yesterdays Rough Ride

This is an active logging road with many spurs. The trail is a snowmobile trail in the wintertime. It's a track that starts in the Fredericton area across from Sunset Drive and turns to dirt eventually. The trail meets up with the hydro line and has many deep water holes.
Learn more about Claudie Road

The hydroline will get you to this old gravel pit where there are a couple of steep piles to climb, a thick metal scrap husk, laden with bullet holes, and some great photo opportunities. The main entrance is bypassed by this backroad, through a valley with a winding gravel road.
Learn more about Claudie Pit Backroad

This slalom ducks and weaves through a wide truck road that is slowly being overtaken by the forest. Accessible by the hydroline just north of it, or from Claude Road; it offers a peaceful foray into the woods or a quick exit from some of the more difficult sections of the utility line access roads ...
Learn more about Softwood Weave

This track is accessed through a logging road off of Hurlett Road, the entrance is on the south side of the road. After passing through a clear-cut, you will come to a narrowing trail that will lead you to the hydro lines. For the most part, the lead up is easy for even a 2-wheel drive vehicle. When...
Learn more about Durham Bridge Hydro Line

This little path comes off the Sunshine Estates Trail and leads to Mill Bank Road in New Maryland. It has a couple of foot-and-a-half-deep mud holes but is pretty stock-friendly. After a small hill, you'll see a sweeping turn leading you to Mill Bank Road.
Learn more about Mill Bank Bend

You can enter this trail at the end of Firewood Lane near Carlisle Road, or you can just exit off the hydro line. It takes you around some steep bends, but it's wide enough for a half-ton pickup truck. The trail has lots of loose rock, washouts, and steep climbs. At the bottom of the gully, you will...
Learn more about Firewood Lane Gully

This trail starts on the Royal Road, crossing the Middle Branch Nashwaaksis Stream on a Winter trail bridge. Take it slow over the bridge to avoid wearing the timbers at either end, as it is designed with a lift above the grade of the trail for the winter. After this, you enter the hydro line sectio...
Learn more about Royal Road Winter Trail

This is a series of forks that flow through the forest north of the hydro line and connect to the Claudie Road substation. The trail has a couple of puddles and narrowing bends with encroaching alders, but is well-traveled. It connects the hydro line to the Claudie road and has many spurs.
Learn more about Peach's Parade

Whether you have had enough tight turns after your visit to Rider Lake, or you want to get there a little easier from the Gas line, this groomed logging road will take you close to the lake. The road is graded and easy to traverse but still ends up near Rider Lake.
Learn more about Ryder Lake Easy Line

Old logging road with plenty of small water puddles and a generally rough, bumpy surface. During the summer and fall, it’s usually accessible with smaller SUVs and other standard vehicles. In the spring, a 4x4 is recommended since the road edges can get soft and muddy if you drift too close to the s...
Learn more about Campbell Brook Road

A combination of old logging roads, one small narrow path, 4x4 will be needed, as there are a few deeper water holes, a little bit of mud, especially in the spring time, not accessible in winter, as a partially snowmobile groomed trail, the road has lots of dead-end spurs, suggesting staying on the ...
Learn more about Noonan to Penniac Road

Access the road from Penniac Road or through Noonan off Route 10. This is an old logging road going to a known mudhole that most like to play in and get their vehicles muddy. This is not a difficult road as most 4x4's go through during spring, summer, and fall.
Learn more about Tower Road to Hole #49

This track is an alternative route on Tower Road. Instead of exiting back to Penniac Road, you can explore this scenic trail down the gas line to the Minto area. It features a rock bottom path with many water holes, stream crossings, and muddy hard lines with easy lines alongside them. It exits onto...
Learn more about Penniac Gas Line

Old logging road with plenty of small water puddles and a generally rough, bumpy surface. During the summer and fall, it’s usually accessible with smaller SUVs and other standard vehicles. In the spring, a 4x4 is recommended since the road edges can get soft and muddy if you drift too close to the s...
Learn more about Campbell Brook Road

A combination of old logging roads, one small narrow path, 4x4 will be needed, as there are a few deeper water holes, a little bit of mud, especially in the spring time, not accessible in winter, as a partially snowmobile groomed trail, the road has lots of dead-end spurs, suggesting staying on the ...
Learn more about Noonan to Penniac Road

Access the road from Penniac Road or through Noonan off Route 10. This is an old logging road going to a known mudhole that most like to play in and get their vehicles muddy. This is not a difficult road as most 4x4's go through during spring, summer, and fall.
Learn more about Tower Road to Hole #49

This track is an alternative route on Tower Road. Instead of exiting back to Penniac Road, you can explore this scenic trail down the gas line to the Minto area. It features a rock bottom path with many water holes, stream crossings, and muddy hard lines with easy lines alongside them. It exits onto...
Learn more about Penniac Gas Line