Beginner Off-Road Trails Near Merriman, Nebraska

Sagecreek Rim Road

This trail or track is on the edge of the Badlands National Park. You can expect to see great views and a high potential for wildlife such as mountain goats. Several turnouts are available and…
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Total Miles
6.1
Tech Rating
1 Easy
Best Time
Fa / Su / Sp

The Wall

This is a dirt trail that runs along the cliff edge of Buffalo National Grasslands overlooking part of the Badlands and offering numerous boondocking locations. Both north and south ends of the trail are along…
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Total Miles
2.9
Tech Rating
1 Easy
Best Time
Sp / Su / Fa

Sheep Mountain Table Road

This an easy, scenic dirt road that leads to some really cool overlooks of the south portion of Badlands National Park. It has 2 distinct sections with the first part being accessible to all vehicles…
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Total Miles
7.1
Tech Rating
2 Easy
Best Time
Sp / Su / Fa

Nebraska National Forest

This is a fun scenic trail through the sand hills. Most of the locals refer to this as "Halsey", as that is the closest town. This particular track is specific to licensed vehicles, but there…
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Total Miles
27.3
Tech Rating
2 Easy
Best Time
Sp / Su / Fa

Foster's Gultch

This is a scenic trail meandering through ponderosa pine and quaking aspen trees. From the Rockerville Road entrance of this trail, is it a maintained gravel road that slowly gets narrower, but stays very easy…
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Total Miles
12.4
Tech Rating
2 Easy
Best Time
Su / Fa