Off-Road Trails in Wyoming

Castle Garden Road is located just east of Moneta. Turn onto Castle Garden Road and continue until you see a sign to the left, and then it is five miles to the petroglyph site. You will not see the site until you travel down the hill and curve to the right. This is an in-and-out, driving time depend...
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This designated Wyoming Scenic Backway makes a large semi-loop through the vastness of north-central Wyoming. It's a remarkable drive that crosses more than a hundred miles while catching the southern tail of the Bighorn Mountains. The lower elevations pass through oil patches before climbing higher...
Learn more about South Big Horn/Red Wall Scenic Backway

This scenic route takes the back roads from Thermopolis to Lysite, Wyoming. The county road travels through private property, so stay on the road. The road is a gravel road until you cross the county line, and then it can become rutted. The road will eventually reach gravel again. There is a section...
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From Kaycee, Wyoming, take Old Highway 87 south to where it crosses under I-25. It turns to dirt shortly after that, and you take TTT Road to West Willow Creek Road. West Willow Creek Road leads to this track. It's an easy trail through public lands where deer and antelope are plentiful. Beautif...
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From Outlaw Cave Campground/Hiking Trail, you go up to the rim of the canyon for a 6-mile ride. This trail offers spectacular views of Outlaw Canyon. If it's rained recently, the trail will be muddy. It's rocky in places, and parts of it are off-camber as you move along the sides of the hills abov...
Learn more about Outlaw Canyon Rim

This 40-mile trail starts in Kaycee, Wyoming, right off of I-25, and takes you to the canyon rim overlooking the Hole in the Wall Valley and Hole in the Wall Pass. You can stage in Kaycee and take Old Highway 87 south on the pavement to the underpass, which goes under I-25. From there, this track st...
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This is an easy 9-mile trail using gravel roads leading to the Outlaw Cave Campground/parking area. From Kaycee, take Mayoworth Road west to Barnum Road. Take Barnum Road south to where it turns into dirt. You can stage around this area called Barnum, and then you take Barnum Mountain Road on this ...
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One of Wyoming's designated scenic backways, this drive utilizes both paved and gravel roads to travel over the rugged Seminoe Mountains and past three reservoirs fed by the North Platte River. You'll discover the unsung mountain ranges of central Wyoming as well as some of the best fishing spots in...
Learn more about Seminoe-Alcova Backcountry Byway

This trail works its way through a high desert wash. It starts with a tight section where the draw narrows and a rocky overhang presents the possibility of body damage to high center of gravity vehicles. The trail continues through the wash where a variety of large boulders present challenging obsta...
Learn more about Leaf Spring

Bypass the pavement and explore this beautiful canyon just west of Highway 28 south of Lander. High red rock cliffs run along the Little Popo Agie River. The canyon is filled with beautiful ranch property and a wildlife habitat management area. Even in mid-August, it is green and pretty. The north e...
Learn more about Red Canyon Road

Just south of the Red Canyon Rd exit on Hwy 28, there is a strip of BLM land between the highway and Red Canyon. This trail runs along the ridge, high above the highway, and then circles to the Red Canyon side. To complete the loop, you must go down through a wash (which was dry in August) and then ...
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Stairway to Heaven goes from the south end of Red Canyon Road up onto Limestone Mountain. It's a fun climb, gaining over 1,500 feet in just under 4 miles. In some places, the trail is loose rock, and in other spots, it's dirt. You start in a grassy meadow, but before the top, you move through some t...
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Limestone Trail runs north and south across the top of the mountain in the Shoshone National Forest and ends on the south end at Limestone Mountain, where there is a quarry. You drive across limestone rocks in the trail for most of it. In some places the rocks are embedded in the trail, in others th...
Learn more about Limestone Trail (FS 327)

Limestone Mountain Road (a/k/a Ed Young Basin) runs from Hwy 28 near Atlantic City, Wyoming, up to the Indian Trail and beyond. Our track stops at the intersection with the Indian Trail. This is a well-maintained dirt road. I don't know if it's open year-round. You go up over the mountains at 8800 f...
Learn more about Limestone Mtn Rd (FS 326)

Indian 4WD Trail is a fantastic 11-mile trail that crosses two mountains, goes through the valleys and pines, goes across Pass Creek and the Little Popo Agie River, and ends at Frye Lake in the Shoshone National Forest. In some places, the trail has loose rocks, but they're navigable. The water cros...
Learn more about Indian 4WD Trail - FS 352

This beautiful drive connects the southern Bighorn National Forest to the small community of Mayoworth. The road's steep grades are almost as impressive as the scenery. Up high, you'll pass patchy forests, broad meadows, and rock outrcrops. The lower road is guarded by dramatic red bluffs. With broa...
Learn more about Slip Road

Little Rock is a two-track trail on the west end with the name "Little Rock" and number 368 on the Forest Service map. It begins at Louise Lake Road, and from there, the trail crosses the Shoshone National Forest in an easterly direction, and then it crosses some private property where access is gra...
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This trail connects Limestone Mountain Road at its east end with Little Rock Trail and Christina Lake Trail on its west end. There are amazing places to camp near the east end of this trail. You wind through the trees in places and cross sagebrush flats in others. The trail is rocky in several place...
Learn more about Beaver Creek 4WD (FS 366)

This challenging route takes you to Gustave Lake and Christina Lake near the boundary of the Popo Agie Wilderness in the Wind River Range. The first few miles of this road follows a fairly smooth dirt path that can be handled by most 4WD vehicles, but usually only modified rigs and ATVs make it to t...
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A scenic dirt trail that follows a winding path along the edge of the badlands cliff ridge overlooking the river valley. The trail traverses prairie grassland and eroded badlands canyons with spectacular colors and rock formations. Highly recommended to ride this trail near sunrise or sunset as the ...
Learn more about Rattlesnake Ridge Road

Castle Garden Road is located just east of Moneta. Turn onto Castle Garden Road and continue until you see a sign to the left, and then it is five miles to the petroglyph site. You will not see the site until you travel down the hill and curve to the right. This is an in-and-out, driving time depend...
Learn more about Castle Garden Road

This designated Wyoming Scenic Backway makes a large semi-loop through the vastness of north-central Wyoming. It's a remarkable drive that crosses more than a hundred miles while catching the southern tail of the Bighorn Mountains. The lower elevations pass through oil patches before climbing higher...
Learn more about South Big Horn/Red Wall Scenic Backway

This scenic route takes the back roads from Thermopolis to Lysite, Wyoming. The county road travels through private property, so stay on the road. The road is a gravel road until you cross the county line, and then it can become rutted. The road will eventually reach gravel again. There is a section...
Learn more about Buffalo Creek/ Hot Springs County 5

From Kaycee, Wyoming, take Old Highway 87 south to where it crosses under I-25. It turns to dirt shortly after that, and you take TTT Road to West Willow Creek Road. West Willow Creek Road leads to this track. It's an easy trail through public lands where deer and antelope are plentiful. Beautif...
Learn more about Where the Deer and the Antelope Play

Castle Garden Road is located just east of Moneta. Turn onto Castle Garden Road and continue until you see a sign to the left, and then it is five miles to the petroglyph site. You will not see the site until you travel down the hill and curve to the right. This is an in-and-out, driving time depend...
Learn more about Castle Garden Road

This designated Wyoming Scenic Backway makes a large semi-loop through the vastness of north-central Wyoming. It's a remarkable drive that crosses more than a hundred miles while catching the southern tail of the Bighorn Mountains. The lower elevations pass through oil patches before climbing higher...
Learn more about South Big Horn/Red Wall Scenic Backway

This scenic route takes the back roads from Thermopolis to Lysite, Wyoming. The county road travels through private property, so stay on the road. The road is a gravel road until you cross the county line, and then it can become rutted. The road will eventually reach gravel again. There is a section...
Learn more about Buffalo Creek/ Hot Springs County 5

From Kaycee, Wyoming, take Old Highway 87 south to where it crosses under I-25. It turns to dirt shortly after that, and you take TTT Road to West Willow Creek Road. West Willow Creek Road leads to this track. It's an easy trail through public lands where deer and antelope are plentiful. Beautif...
Learn more about Where the Deer and the Antelope Play