Factory Butte Road

Total Miles
8.9

Technical Rating

Easy

Best Time

Spring, Summer, Fall

Trail Type

Full-Width Road

Accessible By

Trail Overview

This trail is a well-maintained gravel road, that provides access to the Swing Arm City OHV Open Area and Factory Butte OHV Open Area. It also is frequently used to access to a popular viewpoint - Moonscape Overlook. At the North end, it connects to the Muddy Creek Wilderness area. Please be sure to respect the signage on which areas are open to off-road travel, and which areas are closed. All of the Open Area is to the west of this trail, but not all of the west side of it is open.

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Difficulty

This is a graded and well-maintained gravel road with no difficult obstacles.

History

Much of the surrounding area and roads were used for coal mining. In the early 2000s, this area was turned into an Open OHV area through many hours of volunteer efforts.

Technical Rating

Status Reports

Some washboard but the main road is wide and well maintained at this time, accessible to most 2wd vehicles but would advise caution before/after rain. Side roads vary significantly, if heading to Moonscape Overlook for example that side road is significantly rougher and could damage 2wd low clearance vehicles.