Off-Road Trails in California

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Learn more about Sierra Sidewinder Trail

Sierra Sidewinder Trail

Sierra Sidewinder Trail is an awkwardly tight trail that will help you work on balance. The turns have a weird apex to them, and most are hard to lean into due to the tight trees…
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Total Miles

1.2

Tech Rating

4Moderate

Best Time

Spring, Summer, Fall

Learn more about Signal Peak

Signal Peak

Signal Peak is neither "easy" nor "beginner", despite being deemed so by many locals in comparison to the Fordyce trail - which also begins from the Pierce Meadow Staging Area. It is recommended to have…
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Total Miles

4.0

Tech Rating

6Moderate

Best Time

Summer, Fall

Learn more about Signal Peak - FS 4S031A

Signal Peak - FS 4S031A

This 1.2-mile spur is a short, intense climb that dramatically departs from the easier roads below to reach a great viewpoint of the surrounding Sierra and the valley below. Branching off Dobler Meadow, the trail…
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Total Miles

1.2

Tech Rating

3Easy

Best Time

Summer, Fall, Spring

Learn more about Silver Canyon Road

Silver Canyon Road

Silver Canyon Road is a seasonal, one-lane road connecting Bishop, CA to the high alpine White Mountain Road and up to the Ancient Bristlecone Pine Forest. It is best run east to west in late…
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Total Miles

11.4

Tech Rating

2Easy

Best Time

Summer, Fall

Learn more about Silver Knob - FS 6S063

Silver Knob - FS 6S063

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…
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Total Miles

2.2

Tech Rating

4Moderate

Best Time

Spring, Summer, Fall

Learn more about Sivils Mountain - FS 6S011C

Sivils Mountain - FS 6S011C

Sivils Mountain (FS 6S011C) is a short but spicy spur that feels less like a road and more like a tight path cut through the jungle. This trail is defined by its narrowness; it is…
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Total Miles

1.2

Tech Rating

3Easy

Best Time

Summer, Fall

Learn more about Sivils Ranch - FS 6S011

Sivils Ranch - FS 6S011

This is a wide, fast, and thoroughly entertaining forest loop that branches off the paved section of Sky Ranch Road (FS 6S010). Sivils Ranch isn't your standard boring fire road; it keeps drivers engaged with…
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Total Miles

5.5

Tech Rating

2Easy

Best Time

Summer, Fall

Learn more about Skinner

Skinner

The trail varies in width, from single to double, and is freshly cleared. There's a sign advising against cars driving on the trail. There are drainage ditches and a couple of small washes, each less…
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Total Miles

1.7

Tech Rating

2Easy

Best Time

Spring, Summer, Fall, Winter

Learn more about Slade Canyon

Slade Canyon

This is a a fun, quick trail that leads you up into the mountains from the creek bed below. After heavy snowfall, ice could make for very dangerous conditions. If snow is present 4WD is…
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Total Miles

2.8

Tech Rating

2Easy

Best Time

Spring, Summer, Fall

Learn more about Sledgehammer

Sledgehammer

This trail starts at the sign that splits Jackhammer and Sledgehammer. You start by going into the canyon on sand and the trail starts to get harder as you head up. The trail has one…
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Total Miles

0.5

Tech Rating

9Extreme

Best Time

Spring, Summer, Fall, Winter

Learn more about Sleepy Hollow

Sleepy Hollow

Sleepy Hollow spur, an out-and-back trail in the San Bernardino National Forest, offers an outstanding spot to find quiet dispersed camping after a day of rough off-roading on Heartbreak Ridge and surrounding trails. A terrific…
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Total Miles

0.6

Tech Rating

1Easy

Best Time

Spring, Summer

Learn more about Slickrock Trail

Slickrock Trail

This short route is a rare combination of difficult obstacles and great scenery. Passes through popular Union/Utica recreation area. Lots of hiking, biking and water activities at each end of the route. Street-legal vehicles only.…
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Total Miles

6.3

Tech Rating

7Difficult

Best Time

Summer

Learn more about Sly Creek Trail

Sly Creek Trail

This trail is rated as a Level 1 difficulty. It offers a relatively easy experience, characterized by a flat, well-maintained road predominantly composed of gravel and dirt. However, it should be noted that during winter,…
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Total Miles

16.1

Tech Rating

2Easy

Best Time

Spring, Summer, Fall, Winter

Learn more about Smart Spring - 3N07Y

Smart Spring - 3N07Y

Smart Spring trail is an alternate access to the Cactus Flat OHV Staging Area. It is a short, little used, and maintained trail that drops down from Hwy 18 that has some short rocky sections…
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Total Miles

1.1

Tech Rating

3Easy

Best Time

Spring, Summer, Fall

Learn more about Smarts Ranch 3N03

Smarts Ranch 3N03

This is a less often traveled trail close to Burns Canyon and 18. Although there are not any vistas, there are a few points to stop and enjoy the solitude. The section closest to Burns…
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Total Miles

7.4

Tech Rating

3Easy

Best Time

Spring, Summer, Fall, Winter

Learn more about Smith Peak Lookout - FS 1S16

Smith Peak Lookout - FS 1S16

This trail climbs almost 500 feet in just under 3 miles, though the entrance on the Smith Station side is now closed due to private land restrictions. Access is available behind the Groveland Ranger Station…
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Total Miles

2.4

Tech Rating

2Easy

Best Time

Summer, Fall

Learn more about Smith Ridge - FS 1S28

Smith Ridge - FS 1S28

This trail climbs over 400 feet and drops almost 400 feet across almost 3 miles of forested terrain, starting near the junction of Forest Service Roads 2S28 and 1S15 and ending at FS1S29. The sandy…
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Total Miles

2.7

Tech Rating

3Easy

Best Time

Fall, Summer, Spring

Learn more about Smokey Bear Flat - FS3S04

Smokey Bear Flat - FS3S04

This trail is within the US Forest Service managed area. It is also called FS3S04. Smokey Bear Flat is a sandy trail which connects Highway 395 to Antelope Bench trail. It takes you through some…
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Total Miles

2.7

Tech Rating

2Easy

Best Time

Fall, Summer, Spring

Learn more about Snake Lake

Snake Lake

Short but beautiful hard-core trail. Great views looking down on Gold Lake and Snake Lake. Route open to green-sticker vehicles on posted routes only. Overnight camping in designated sites only. Watch for hikers and mountain…
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Total Miles

6.6

Tech Rating

7Difficult

Best Time

Summer

Learn more about Snow Drift - FS 8s098

Snow Drift - FS 8s098

This is a fun, scenic, and easy 2.4-mile forest service road that climbs onto a ridge offering spectacular, high-elevation vistas, including an overlook of Huntington Lake and the nearby China Peak Ski Resort. The road…
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Total Miles

2.4

Tech Rating

2Easy

Best Time

Summer, Fall

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ATV trails in California

Learn more about 10M29

10M29

This is one of only a few ATV options in the Mount Hough Trail System. It starts near the Mount Hough Trailhead on the north end at a marked entrance, and descends down several wide…
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Total Miles

2.2

Tech Rating

3Easy

Best Time

Spring, Fall

Learn more about 11E19

11E19

11E19 is a 0.7-mile-long ATV trail with a red dirt surface winding through a forest of sugar pines. The route is wide and mostly gradual, with only a couple of very small rolling hills. It…
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Total Miles

0.7

Tech Rating

2Easy

Best Time

Spring, Summer, Fall

Learn more about 11E19-D10

11E19-D10

11E19-D10 is an easy ATV spur trail measuring just under half a mile long, often ridden together with 11E19 and D20 near Brimstone Campground. The trail allows two-way traffic with decent visibility, and it is…
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Total Miles

0.4

Tech Rating

2Easy

Best Time

Spring, Summer, Fall

Learn more about 11E19-D20

11E19-D20

11E19-D20 is a 0.9-mile-long, easy ATV trail that runs mostly gradual with a few hairpin turns. The route passes through a mix of environments, with some sections more lush and lined with leafy Pacific dogwoods,…
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Total Miles

0.9

Tech Rating

2Easy

Best Time

Spring, Summer, Fall

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UTV/side-by-side trails in California

Learn more about 24W09.24

24W09.24

This is apart of Ballinger OHV. Considered desert highlands that has junipers, pinyon pines and scrub brush. Trail 24 (24W09.24) is the main trail that ranges between sandy and hard pack and potentially muddy sections.…
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Total Miles

6.1

Tech Rating

5Moderate

Best Time

Spring, Fall, Winter

Learn more about 3N26

3N26

Trail head starts on Angeles Crest Highway at the Vincent Gap Turnout. It is a very short trail that leads to a locked gate at Jackson Flat Camping Area. The scenery during this trail consists…
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Total Miles

0.9

Tech Rating

3Easy

Best Time

Spring, Summer, Fall, Winter

Learn more about 3N267 Fenner Saddle (4N12)

3N267 Fenner Saddle (4N12)

The trail starts at the third quarter into marked trail 3N26. There is shade for more than half of the trail from mature tree and a hillside for the majority of the trail. During certain…
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Total Miles

3.8

Tech Rating

8Difficult

Best Time

Spring, Summer, Fall, Winter

Learn more about 3S120

3S120

This sandy trail takes you through the Inyo National Forest. It climbs just over 400 feet in just under two miles. There are many downed trees to navigate around. This trail is part of the…
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Total Miles

1.7

Tech Rating

1Easy

Best Time

Summer, Fall, Spring

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