Pleasant Ridge Road - The Tar Hollow Trails

Total Miles 1.6
Technical Rating
3 Easy
Best Time Spring, Summer, Fall, Winter
Trail Type Full-Width Road
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Trail Overview

This is one of the easier trails to run in what has become known as the Tar Hollow Trails of Vinton & Hocking County. This trail is not maintained and is rutted with a few mud holes. It is a good connector to take if you wish to minimize the amount of main road/pavement when running other trails in the area. This is one of a few trails in the area that a stock 4WD can take if careful.

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Difficulty

A minimum of 33-inch tires, a 2-inch lift, and a winch is recommended, but a stock 4WD can run this trail with careful wheel placement. It is a mainly rutted dirt road with a few mud holes. Depending on the season, some mud holes can be 12+ inches deep.

Technical Rating

3

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Bob
Dec 27, 2025
Open
Mud puddles, some mild rutting for most of the trail. The portion closest to SR 327 had some decent off camber rutting primary between the transmission line and the start near 327. I can in from the opposite direction so I hit these last and on an uphill grade. Drove it with a 3rd gen Tacoma, 2.5" lift, stock tire size with no real difficulty even after all the rain the last few days.
Brady Moody
Oct 26, 2025
Open
First hole from 327 was extremely off camber but with enough clearance anyone can make it with a little speed
The Dude
Sep 20, 2025
Open
Not too difficult, a couple good mud holes with some steep drop ins, particularly right at the start. My Raptor ate it up. Narrow at points. My Ranger is 79 inches wide and there were points where some brush was touching on both sides. Theres an awesome clearing with some great views near the midway section up at the top of the hills. Would not recommend for stock SUVs but most trucks with 4x4 should be totally fine.
Jeremy Stiver
Aug 08, 2025
Open
Probably not the wisest decision to have this be my first off road experience, but made it through unscathed. Solo trip with my son. Some deep(ish) mud towards the end with an off camber spot. Scraped a little on the way out. Stock Bronco Sasquatch.
Robert J
Jul 24, 2025
Open
the trail was not as easy as I expected. there were plenty of mud holes even though it hasn't rain a few days. most of the mud holes have a hard bottom. nothing was deeper than 18", I imagine after a rain those would be much deeper. the mud hole near the power lines is pretty rutted. not too much flexing just a few minor spots. on 32" AT tires I'd rate this a 4.5 probably a bit harder after a rain.
Andy Kachelmeier
Jun 21, 2025
Open
There is a pretty big mud hole at the very west end of this trail. It’s probably easier to go west to east on this one because it looked like it would be tricky to climb out of the hole instead of falling into it. All of the rest of the mud holes had a solid floor, so no real sinking.
Logan Engle
Jun 14, 2025
Open
Kevin Lehr
May 02, 2025
Open
Didn’t get a photo, but there was a decent size tree crossing the trail, I didn’t have a saw to attempt to clear. Had to turn around.
Ryan D.
Mar 29, 2025
Open
heath dille
Mar 09, 2025
Open
lots of mud holes. Rutted deep holes near west end near 327 side
Stephen Kelley
Dec 21, 2024
Open
I was able to do this trail in a stock renegade trail hawk with all terrains. It was pretty muddy and fun
Jake Olson
Nov 10, 2024
Open
Dan Baumgardner
Oct 23, 2024
Open
It’s very dry here lately. This could be done in 2WD as long as you have good clearance. The bottoms of all the mud holes are solid.
J W
Oct 18, 2024
Open
There is a big rut hole near the west end of the trail. I was solo and didn’t have proper equipments so had to give up and turn around. There is some room on the side that might big enough for a jeep or something smaller to get around the rut hole but definitely not for a truck.
Jon Brown
Oct 05, 2024
Open
Most of the trail is passable for stock jeeps but there is one rut at the north side that is very deep. After that it’s good to pass.

Pleasant Ridge Road - The Tar Hollow Trails Trail can be accessed by the following ride types:

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