Off-Road Trails in California

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Learn more about Black Rock Canyon Trail
Black Rock Canyon Trail

Black Rock Canyon Trail

Black Rock Canyon is a moderate trail that starts off on soft sand and quickly becomes a compact dirt trail with rocks. You are welcomed with gorgeous vistas of the red rock cliffs and even…
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Total Miles
1.8
Tech Rating
4Moderate
Best Time
Spring, Fall, Winter
Learn more about Blair Valley Loop
Blair Valley Loop

Blair Valley Loop

Blair Valley Loop is a 7.9-mile point-to-point trail rated 3 of 10 within the California Anza-Borrego Desert State Park. Blair Valley area is a collection of two small valleys with several attractions to see. The…
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Total Miles
7.9
Tech Rating
3Easy
Best Time
Spring, Summer, Fall, Winter
Learn more about Blair Valley Pictographs
Blair Valley Pictographs

Blair Valley Pictographs

Blair Valley Pictographs is a 2.8-mile out-and-back trail rated 3 out of 10 within the California Anza-Borrego Desert State Park. This short dirt track ends at a small parking area and trailhead. A BLM informational…
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Total Miles
1.4
Tech Rating
3Easy
Best Time
Spring, Summer, Fall, Winter
Learn more about BLM C1418
BLM C1418

BLM C1418

This sandy track climbs out of a wash at BLM S1426 and travels North towards New Dixie Mine Road and the Bighorn Mountain Wilderness. It is generally easy but there are a couple of tight…
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Total Miles
3.0
Tech Rating
4Moderate
Best Time
Spring, Fall, Winter
Learn more about BLM C2340
BLM C2340

BLM C2340

BLM C2340 is a rock and sand road that continues on from New Dixie Mine Road - BLM C2330 at a junction of numerous BLM roads in a small unnamed valley surrounded by the Bighorn…
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Total Miles
3.5
Tech Rating
4Moderate
Best Time
Spring, Fall, Winter
Learn more about BLM C3429
BLM C3429

BLM C3429

BLM #C3429 is a sandy road that climbs from Cholla Road in the community of Johnson Valley, CA into the boulders along to the boundary of the Bighorn Mountains Wilderness. It is part of a…
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Total Miles
3.4
Tech Rating
3Easy
Best Time
Spring, Fall, Winter
Learn more about BLM C3524
BLM C3524

BLM C3524

BLM #C3524 is a mellow, sandy road that climbs from Highway 18 up into the boulders at the NE corner of the Bighorn Wilderness boundary. It is only rated a two because of a couple…
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Total Miles
2.4
Tech Rating
2Easy
Best Time
Spring, Fall
Learn more about Blow Sand Canyon Road
Blow Sand Canyon Road

Blow Sand Canyon Road

Blow Sand Canyon Road is a 3.5-mile point-to-point trail rated 3 out of 10 located within the Anza-Borrego Desert State Park. The trailhead starts at Highway 78 and crosses through the Borrego Mountains ending at…
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Total Miles
3.5
Tech Rating
3Easy
Best Time
Spring, Summer, Fall, Winter
Learn more about Blue Dot
Blue Dot

Blue Dot

The top of Thor's Hammer is Blue Dot. This is a fun one and makes the connection over to Nightmare. The rocks are big and moving here but if you made it up Thor's Hammer…
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Total Miles
0.4
Tech Rating
8Difficult
Best Time
Spring, Summer, Fall, Winter
Learn more about Blue Ridge Truck Trail
Blue Ridge Truck Trail

Blue Ridge Truck Trail

This trail is a pretty drive along Blue Ridge in the eastern San Gabriel Mountains. The trail overlooks Mount Baden-Powell, Vincent Gulch, Pine Mountain/Pine Mountain Ridge, the Mountain High ski resort, Wright Mountain, and of…
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Total Miles
8.0
Tech Rating
3Easy
Best Time
Spring, Summer, Fall
Learn more about Blythe Intaglios Trail
Blythe Intaglios Trail

Blythe Intaglios Trail

15 miles north of Blythe, California, on SR-95 is the entrance to the Blythe Intaglios, six large figures/geoglyphs that were carved into the ground between 450-2,000 years ago along the Colorado River. While best viewed…
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Total Miles
1.1
Tech Rating
1Easy
Best Time
Spring, Fall, Winter
Learn more about Boca Hill
Boca Hill

Boca Hill

Boca Hill Trail is a 2.5 mile trail. The trail passes the peak of Boca Hill, a great place to stop and get some pictures from above I-80 with many peaks in the background. The…
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Total Miles
2.4
Tech Rating
3Easy
Best Time
Fall, Summer, Spring
Learn more about Bodie Ghost Town
Bodie Ghost Town

Bodie Ghost Town

This is an alternative, fun, backroad route to Bodie State Historic Park that starts north of Bridgeport. History buffs will enjoy remains of the Chemung Mine and the site of Masonic, as well as great…
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Total Miles
23.5
Tech Rating
3Easy
Best Time
Summer
Learn more about Bodie High Desert Highway
Bodie High Desert Highway

Bodie High Desert Highway

The Bodie High Desert Highway is a scenic and relatively easy off-pavement route that traverses the rolling high desert terrain just outside the historic Bodie Ghost Town area. This trail is often used to explore…
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Total Miles
8.6
Tech Rating
2Easy
Best Time
Spring, Summer, Fall
Learn more about Boman Lake
Boman Lake

Boman Lake

The first part of the trail is paved. About 2/3rds of the way in, it becomes rocky and dirty. High clearance is recommended. There is one tricky hairpin about 1 mile from camp. Other than…
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Total Miles
17.6
Tech Rating
3Easy
Best Time
Spring, Summer
Learn more about Boneridge - FS 8s035
Boneridge - FS 8s035

Boneridge - FS 8s035

This 2.0-mile trail is a smooth and fast single-lane road designed for scenic travel along the ridge, offering expansive views through the open canopy. The roadbed is predominantly composed of well-graded decomposed granite (DG) and…
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Total Miles
1.9
Tech Rating
2
Best Time
Summer, Fall
Learn more about Boneyard Road - FS 1S07
Boneyard Road - FS 1S07

Boneyard Road - FS 1S07

This trail starts just off Highway 120, located 2.7 miles east of the Groveland District Ranger Office, and begins as a 1.5-vehicle-wide gravel trail with some sand sections. Lined with Ponderosa pine trees and bushes,…
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Total Miles
3.2
Tech Rating
2
Best Time
Summer, Fall, Spring
Learn more about Bonta Creek - NF23N33
Bonta Creek - NF23N33

Bonta Creek - NF23N33

Graded Forest Service road above the CA-70 highway in Graeagle, California that accesses Bonta Ridge, Penman Saddle, and other points to the North in the Plumas National Forest. There is a great brewery - the…
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Total Miles
7.7
Tech Rating
2Easy
Best Time
Spring, Summer, Fall
Learn more about Bonta Ridge - NF23N05Y
Bonta Ridge - NF23N05Y

Bonta Ridge - NF23N05Y

Bonta Ridge is an occasionally maintained gravel Forest Service road that climbs from Bonta Creek Road above the CA-70 highway up to Penman Saddle and points beyond in this section of the Plumas National Forest.…
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Total Miles
4.9
Tech Rating
2Easy
Best Time
Spring, Summer, Fall
Learn more about Boole Tree Trailhead
Boole Tree Trailhead

Boole Tree Trailhead

Enter through the National Park fee booth and follow the signs to Grant Grove Village and the Cedar Grove area. The signs for the Boole Tree Trailhead will be along road 180 just past the…
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Total Miles
2.7
Tech Rating
1Easy
Best Time
Summer, Fall

ATV trails in California

Learn more about 16E08 Las Chiches
16E08 Las Chiches

16E08 Las Chiches

Las Chiches is a short trail rated as difficult because of its steep inclines. There are incredible views as you traverse the ridge line in La Panza Range within Los Padres National Forest. The trail…
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Total Miles
2.9
Tech Rating
5Moderate
Best Time
Spring, Summer, Fall, Winter
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

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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