Off-Road Trails in California

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Trail 1-2 (11E36)

This is a seasonal ATV loop, open to motorized use from May 11 to November 9. The trail looks mostly ridden by dirt bikes, as it doesn't connect to any other ATV trails in the…
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Total Miles

1.5

Tech Rating

4Moderate

Best Time

Spring, Summer, Fall

Learn more about Trail 1-3 (11E30)

Trail 1-3 (11E30)

This trail starts out at the intersection with Rock Creek Loop (Trail 1) just south of the Bald Mountain Staging Area. It starts out as a wide shelf road that is smooth and flat, in…
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Total Miles

1.4

Tech Rating

2Easy

Best Time

Spring, Summer, Fall

Learn more about Trail 1-4 (11E42)

Trail 1-4 (11E42)

This is a really unique and fun dirt bike trail that goes through a mix of terrain, including through low tree canopies, and out onto an exposed hillside lined with embedded rock. Overall, the trail…
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Total Miles

3.0

Tech Rating

4Moderate

Best Time

Spring, Summer, Fall

Learn more about Trail 1-5 (11E51)

Trail 1-5 (11E51)

This is a short loop trail off of the Rock Creek Loop that is unmarked at both entrances and is kind of hidden due to forestry work along the Rock Creek Loop. The west end…
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Total Miles

0.3

Tech Rating

3Easy

Best Time

Spring, Summer, Fall

Learn more about Trail 10 (11E44)

Trail 10 (11E44)

This 4.2-mile-long singletrack is really fun and scenic, with some more advanced rock obstacles. From the north end, it starts off with a half-mile climb with dry roots and troughs through a dusty, dry forest…
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Total Miles

4.3

Tech Rating

6Moderate

Best Time

Spring, Summer, Fall

Learn more about Trail 18 Singletrack

Trail 18 Singletrack

Ridgeline singletrack with amazing views of the Cuyama valley and Ballinger Canyon OHV. This trail has fast flowing sections, loose decents, and an entry (or exit) that is the largest challenge on this trail. The…
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Total Miles

1.2

Tech Rating

8Difficult

Best Time

Spring, Summer, Fall, Winter

Learn more about Trail 29

Trail 29

Fast-flowing double track, single track, with ridgeline views, canyon berms, and a great intermediate trail to explore what Ballinger Canyon OHV has to offer. This route starts with a single track out of the staging…
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Total Miles

12.0

Tech Rating

6Moderate

Best Time

Spring, Summer, Fall, Winter

Learn more about Trail 3 ATV (11E18)

Trail 3 ATV (11E18)

This 6.2-mile-long ATV loop winds through a dry and sparse forest, on a wide path, with sharp corners through the trees. Lining the path are widely spaced pine and oak trees, plus manzanita bushes, sometimes…
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Total Miles

6.0

Tech Rating

4Moderate

Best Time

Spring, Summer, Fall

Learn more about Trail 3-1 ATV (11E16)

Trail 3-1 ATV (11E16)

This is a 1-mile intermediate ATV trail through the Eldorado National Forest near the Mace Mill Staging Area. From the intersection with Trail 3, this trail descends down the edge of the hillside, steadily descending…
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Total Miles

1.0

Tech Rating

4Moderate

Best Time

Spring, Summer, Fall

Learn more about Trail 30

Trail 30

You can pick this trail up at Trail 26 or Trail 44, with many options to join intersecting trails that can range from challenging to novice. Depending on the direction you start from Trail 26,…
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Total Miles

8.2

Tech Rating

7Difficult

Best Time

Spring, Fall, Winter

Learn more about Trail 4-1 (11E35)

Trail 4-1 (11E35)

This is a short connector trail between Trail 10 and Trail 4. It's a wide path between low manzanita tree branches, like a tree tunnel. The surface is lightly covered in small loose rocks and…
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Total Miles

1.1

Tech Rating

3Easy

Best Time

Spring, Summer, Fall

Learn more about Trail 4-2 (11E25)

Trail 4-2 (11E25)

4-2 is a moderate dirt bike trail in the Rock Creek Trail System. The southern end starts out as a shaded wide path climbing up from the south entrance, in between scraggly manzanita trees. Watch…
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Total Miles

2.4

Tech Rating

5Moderate

Best Time

Spring, Summer, Fall

Learn more about Trail 4-3 (11E34)

Trail 4-3 (11E34)

The north end of this trail starts out very wide, like a shelf road, lined with tall sugar pines, then goes into the trees on a narrower path. It stays smooth and obstacle-free for the…
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Total Miles

0.6

Tech Rating

2Easy

Best Time

Spring, Summer, Fall

Learn more about Trail 5 (11E31)

Trail 5 (11E31)

This single track is over 3 miles in length, full of scenic and moderately easy riding through the Eldorado National Forest. The trail is mostly fast and flowy, but is shelfy in sections, as it…
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Total Miles

3.3

Tech Rating

4Moderate

Best Time

Spring, Summer, Fall

Learn more about Trail 5-1 (11E32)

Trail 5-1 (11E32)

This is a short cutoff trail that bails you out from Trail 5, back to the road portion of Rock Creek Loop, and out to Rock Creek Road. The trail is 1.2 miles long, and…
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Total Miles

1.2

Tech Rating

3Easy

Best Time

Spring, Summer, Fall

Learn more about Trail 5-2 (11E29)

Trail 5-2 (11E29)

This trail is 1.1 miles of fun and easy winding single track through a dry and dusty forest of firs and pines. The trail has lots of big roots present, with tight twisty turns, and…
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Total Miles

1.2

Tech Rating

3Easy

Best Time

Spring, Summer, Fall

Learn more about Trail 5-3 (11E54)

Trail 5-3 (11E54)

This is a 0.7-mile-long dead-end spur that branches off the Rock Creek Loop. It goes up to a shelfy section overlooking the mountains with a really scenic view. The first tenth of a mile climbs…
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Total Miles

1.2

Tech Rating

6Moderate

Best Time

Spring, Summer, Fall

Learn more about Trail 6 (12E50)

Trail 6 (12E50)

Trail 6 starts out as an easy single track meandering on the edge of a hillside underneath a canopy of trees like a tunnel, with some tight turns along the hillside, moderate exposure, and a…
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Total Miles

3.9

Tech Rating

4Moderate

Best Time

Spring, Summer, Fall

Learn more about Trail 6-1 (11E28)

Trail 6-1 (11E28)

The north end of Trail 6-1 starts from an intersection with Trail 1, and goes through a tree corridor of curving Big Manzanita trees, on dry dusty dirt, with lots of loose rock. It curves…
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Total Miles

1.0

Tech Rating

4Moderate

Best Time

Spring, Summer, Fall

Learn more about Trail 6-2 (11E52)

Trail 6-2 (11E52)

This is a 1.5-mile-long dirt bike trail that makes a loop with part of Trail 6. Most of it is a wide shelf-road-like trail, lined with tall oaks and pines and thickets. It's mostly flat…
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Total Miles

1.5

Tech Rating

2Easy

Best Time

Spring, 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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