Odessa-Doran Loop

Total Miles
6.1

Technical Rating

Difficult

Best Time

Winter, Spring, Summer, Fall

Trail Type

High-Clearance 4x4 Trail

Accessible By

Trail Overview

This amazingly fun route winds north through Odessa Canyon and climbs into the Calico Mountains. From this high point, the trail descends south through Doran Canyon. You'll see many open mines along the route and the massive Bismarck Mine. This area is great for green-sticker vehicles, with many other roads to explore. Stay on routes marked "OPEN." While there, we recommend you visit nearby Calico Ghost Town (fee area).

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Difficulty

Difficult: Large rocks with big ledges and steep drop-offs. Extremely narrow in places. Numerous side roads make route-finding challenging. To see extreme obstacle, go left at Wpt. 02.

History

The eroded paved portions of this trail are remnants of old Doran Scenic Drive, constructed in the 1930s and popular for about a decade. A few old signs remain and many maps, including Google Earth, still refer to this loop as Doran Scenic Drive.

Technical Rating

Status Reports

Came from the Wall Street trail from Irwin Rd with the goal to make it to calico. Very rocky trail with some extremely large rocks and super narrow trails. Not passable in a SUV. Definitely need a high clearance vehicle. Not for beginners.

This is not an easy trail for a side by side. We had to stop several times and stack rocks to get down some knarly drop offs. Very rocky terrain. It will take you 2 hours to go 2 miles.

Brian Mckeehan

Feb 09, 2025

2022 Can-Am Maverick X3 RR

Open

Rough/Deteriorated

Cool adventures the drop was a challenge for the cars and Kids but we did it . We camped off of Copper mine road and took this route to Calico . Fun times