Off-Road Trails in California

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Learn more about Mount Tom Lookout - FS 6S002A
Mount Tom Lookout - FS 6S002A

Mount Tom Lookout - FS 6S002A

This is a moderately challenging, single-lane spur that climbs rapidly to the historic Mount Tom Fire Lookout (9,026 feet elevation). The trail is defined by an uneven tread, loose dirt, and embedded rock, requiring attention…
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Total Miles
2.7
Tech Rating
3Easy
Best Time
Summer, Fall
Learn more about Mountain Chief - FS 10-006
Mountain Chief - FS 10-006

Mountain Chief - FS 10-006

Open to ALL Vehicles 4/1-12/31. Mountain Chief connects to multiple motorcycle trails within the Sugar Pine area of the Tahoe National Forest American River. This dirt road connects Foresthill Road and Sugar Pine Road. Taking…
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Total Miles
2.5
Tech Rating
1Easy
Best Time
Spring, Summer, Fall
Learn more about Mountain Top - FS 9S040A
Mountain Top - FS 9S040A

Mountain Top - FS 9S040A

This 0.7-mile trail is a high-elevation, single-lane Forest Service road that connects the top of Lodgepole over to Bawdy around the peak of Tamarack Mountain. The entire trail traverses a highly exposed landscape within the…
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Total Miles
0.7
Tech Rating
2Easy
Best Time
Summer, Fall
Learn more about Mouse Trap
Mouse Trap

Mouse Trap

This is a fairly difficult trail that will take you through a 4.5-mile wash with many different obstacles. Each obstacle has different ways to surmount it at different levels of difficulty. There are several small…
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Total Miles
2.1
Tech Rating
7Difficult
Best Time
Fall, Spring
Learn more about Movie Road, Alabama Hills
Movie Road, Alabama Hills

Movie Road, Alabama Hills

This scenic loop takes you down the center of Movie Flat, then part-way up Mount Whitney to a beautiful picnic area and waterfalls. We recommend you take a self-guided auto tour on a network of…
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Total Miles
21.0
Tech Rating
2Easy
Best Time
Summer
Learn more about Mugler/Topping A Spur - FS 22E300/5S503A
Mugler/Topping A Spur - FS 22E300/5S503A

Mugler/Topping A Spur - FS 22E300/5S503A

This trail combines Mugler and Topping Spur A into a short but engaging high-country connector that delivers tight, technical driving through dense forest. The route features a narrow, twisty layout that weaves between large pines…
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Total Miles
0.9
Tech Rating
3Easy
Best Time
Summer, Fall
Learn more about Murano Trail Part 1
Murano Trail Part 1

Murano Trail Part 1

This is the Western section of the Murano trail as it enters the Spangler Hills OHV area and leads in from BLM land that borders the town of Ridgecrest. It continues past this part 1…
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Total Miles
2.1
Tech Rating
3Easy
Best Time
Winter, Fall, Spring
Learn more about MX Track
MX Track

MX Track

The MX track is located at the Four Corners Trailhead, and it makes an easy loop that is less than half a mile long. It's a more primitive track with a light layer of small…
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Total Miles
0.4
Tech Rating
2Easy
Best Time
Spring, Fall
Learn more about Nadeau-Magnolia Mine
Nadeau-Magnolia Mine

Nadeau-Magnolia Mine

This is a fun ride up the canyon from Indian Wells Brewery that takes you to the Nadeau-Magnolia Mine. This is one of the few abandoned mine sites that still maintains its historical charm. The…
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Total Miles
7.3
Tech Rating
3Easy
Best Time
Spring, Fall, Winter
Learn more about Napoleon Canyon Road - FS 32092
Napoleon Canyon Road - FS 32092

Napoleon Canyon Road - FS 32092

This 7-mile out-and-back route begins at Golden Gate Road and drops more than 900 feet while climbing under 300 feet in just over 3 miles. The trail follows a ridge line high above Golden Gate…
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Total Miles
3.4
Tech Rating
3Easy
Best Time
Fall, Summer, Spring
Learn more about Nate Harrison Grade
Nate Harrison Grade

Nate Harrison Grade

Nate Harrison Grade is a dirt backroad into Palomar Mountain State Park. This trail leads from typical Southern California scrubland scenery up to lush forests and mountain views. You'll encounter loose rocky areas and several…
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Total Miles
8.2
Tech Rating
2Easy
Best Time
Spring, Summer, Fall
Learn more about Nemo Canyon Road
Nemo Canyon Road

Nemo Canyon Road

Nemo Canyon Road is an easy two-track that runs about 2.5 miles to two mine sites. The trail has minor ruts and rocks and follows the canyon to an old mining area where the route…
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Total Miles
2.5
Tech Rating
3Easy
Best Time
Spring, Fall, Winter
Learn more about New Dixie Mine Road - BLM C2330
New Dixie Mine Road - BLM C2330

New Dixie Mine Road - BLM C2330

New Dixie Mine Road runs West from Hwy 247 at Flamingo Heights into an unnamed valley that splits two separate sections of the Bighorn Mountain Wilderness. This 8.5-mile road is generally an easy drive with…
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Total Miles
8.5
Tech Rating
3Easy
Best Time
Spring, Fall, Winter
Learn more about NF 2NO1 Broom Flats
NF 2NO1 Broom Flats

NF 2NO1 Broom Flats

This is mostly a graded forest road with sections of varying degrees of obstacles such as ruts, shale, and washes. You will come across pine trees to cacti. There is potential snow in the winter…
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Total Miles
6.1
Tech Rating
3Easy
Best Time
Spring, Summer, Fall
Learn more about NFR 4S103
NFR 4S103

NFR 4S103

This dirt and gravel road follows a path parallel to a set of power lines, weaving through open high desert terrain with spectacular panoramic views in all directions. To the west and northwest, you'll see…
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Total Miles
2.8
Tech Rating
2Easy
Best Time
Summer, Fall, Spring
Learn more about Niagara Rim
Niagara Rim

Niagara Rim

Very popular hard-core trail with many marked obstacles. Harder choices on some obstacles can be extreme. Stock vehicles can access obstacles from network of interior roads starting at Niagara ORV Campground. Large area of Moab-style…
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Total Miles
8.8
Tech Rating
6Moderate
Best Time
Summer
Learn more about Nightmare
Nightmare

Nightmare

Short fun trail to keep the adventure going after coming up Clawhammer or to go back down after you have done Thor's. There are some good size rocks on this trail making it competitive with…
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Total Miles
0.3
Tech Rating
8Difficult
Best Time
Winter, Fall, Summer, Spring
Learn more about No Way Out
No Way Out

No Way Out

This is a fun little road if you are in Georgetown, whether in a Jeep or on an OHV. There are a few creeks from spring runoff that make it a pretty road! It's more…
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Total Miles
3.7
Tech Rating
1Easy
Best Time
Spring, Summer
Learn more about Noonchester Mine
Noonchester Mine

Noonchester Mine

You will cross a short bridge as you leave the pavement behind. As you head up the trail there are a few rocks less than a foot tall other than that it's a fairly smooth…
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Total Miles
2.6
Tech Rating
3Easy
Best Time
Spring, Summer, Fall
Learn more about Norris Lake - FS 5S086
Norris Lake - FS 5S086

Norris Lake - FS 5S086

This short, fast single-lane road is the access to the high-country trail system at the Norris Trailhead. The road itself is smooth, packed dirt and gravel, allowing for a quick 10-minute blast to the trailhead…
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Total Miles
1.6
Tech Rating
1Easy
Best Time
Summer, Fall

ATV trails in California

Learn more about 10M29
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

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

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

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

UTV/side-by-side trails in California

Learn more about 24W09.24
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

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)

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

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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