Beginner Off-Road Trails Near Tokeland, Washington

Willapa Hills

The Willapa hills are located within Pacific County, Washington. This trail runs through DNR commercial forestland and gives you the opportunity to see the beauty of the Willapa Hills. This trail is easy, primarily consisting…
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Total Miles
16.5
Tech Rating
1 Easy
Best Time
Sp / Su / Fa / Wi

Peter Iredale Coast

This beach front trail is over ten miles of driving on beach access. Occasionally there will be driftwood logs, however for the most part it is just lovely beach driving. The entrances and exits can…
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Total Miles
10.1
Tech Rating
1 Easy
Best Time
Wi / Fa / Su / Sp

Capitol Forest South Trail

This trail is mostly a maintained road with gravel on top of dirt. There are narrow in most spots for one vehicle and side pull-offs, often for on coming vehicles. Roads are up and down…
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Total Miles
4.6
Tech Rating
3 Easy
Best Time
Su / Fa / Wi / Sp

Capitol Forest Tour

This is an easy trail if you stay on the main tracks. Mostly gravel roads, with some parts asphalt mixed into odd places. There are plenty of places to venture off the main track and…
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Total Miles
26.9
Tech Rating
2 Easy
Best Time
Sp / Su / Fa / Wi

E-line Capitol Trail

This is a dirt and gravel trail with multiple forks off this main route to explore. Along the way, there are many campsites with spectacular views. The trails are narrow in some spots, one vehicle…
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Total Miles
2.3
Tech Rating
3 Easy
Best Time
Fa / Su / Sp

Buck Ridge B Line Connector

100% gravel and dirt, this trail connects the Rock Candy Mountain area to the Capitol State Forest "A Line" road. Mostly Forest Service and logging roads, the trails are fairly easy to use. There are…
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Total Miles
7.8
Tech Rating
2 Easy
Best Time
Sp / Su / Fa / Wi

Porter Ridge

This trail is easy and comfortable, being mostly a narrow gravel road through a beautiful coastal forest. No hard obstacles, just use caution as traffic can be going in either direction and the road is…
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Total Miles
5.9
Tech Rating
1 Easy
Best Time
Sp / Su / Fa

Graves Creek Camp Trail

After passing a very inviting lake and community, expect a dusty dirt road with some winding turns and potholes in the road. Mostly one vehicle wide. No RV or trailers are allowed at the campground…
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Total Miles
5.5
Tech Rating
2 Easy
Best Time
Su

Rock Candy Mountain

This is an easy trail with plenty of scenic areas to pull off. This is the north side of Capitol State Forest. Logging is active during the week, and weekends will allow for through travel…
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Total Miles
8.3
Tech Rating
1 Easy
Best Time
Sp / Su / Fa / Wi

Wage to Walker Ridge

This loop takes you through the primary logging routes of the Clatsop State Forest. Though it's a relatively easy drive, you'll be treated to a variety of scenery across the deep forests, open plains, and…
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Total Miles
15.9
Tech Rating
2 Easy
Best Time
Sp / Su / Fa / Wi

West Waddell Basin Trail

This is a great beginners' trail and still fun for novices. It follows a little bit of the creek and has a nice little spot to have a quick snack while sitting next to the…
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Total Miles
8.8
Tech Rating
3 Easy
Best Time
Sp / Su / Fa / Wi

Butler Creek Mainline

This is the main logging route into the heart of the Clatsop State Forest. This is an easy, scenic drive with numerous spurs to explore. Deadfall could be an issue in the shoulder seasons. Like…
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Total Miles
5.1
Tech Rating
2 Easy
Best Time
Sp / Su / Fa / Wi

Osweg Creek Loop

A quick little run right off of Sunset Highway (US Route 26) that traverses the lower portion of the Clatsop State Forest. Don't be fooled by the appearance of a loopback to the main road,…
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Total Miles
3.4
Tech Rating
1 Easy
Best Time
Sp / Su / Fa / Wi

Lost Lake

This is a fairly short route that branches off from Nehalem River Road, taking you to the beautiful Lost Lake in the Oregon Coast Range. The road can get pretty washer boarded with some pot…
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Total Miles
3.9
Tech Rating
2 Easy
Best Time
Wi / Fa / Su

Lower Nehalem Road Beach Route

This route is a nice backcountry route that leads from HWY 26 towards Nehalem Bay. The first section of this road is paved and then turns into 11 miles of gravel. There are a couple…
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Total Miles
10.5
Tech Rating
2 Easy
Best Time
Sp / Su / Fa / Wi

Platt Canyon Road

Platte canyon Road is a small spinoff from Cook Creek Road. It is primarily dirt and gravel with some heavy ascents and descents. Loose gravel can be tricky in spots and may cause some slide…
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Total Miles
7.3
Tech Rating
1 Easy
Best Time
Sp / Su / Fa

Salmonberry Railroad Tunnel Route

This route is an easy gravel road out and back route. The Beaver Slide Road dead ends at the Salmon Berry River where the road is washed out. There are many other logging roads that…
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Total Miles
10.7
Tech Rating
1 Easy
Best Time
Su / Fa

Oil City Road

This is a well maintained gravel road that has a mixture of pavement in some areas. Once passing several homes and private property the road becomes dirt and less maintained until reaching the Oil City…
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Total Miles
5.1
Tech Rating
2 Easy
Best Time
Sp / Su / Fa

King of the Hill

This route starts from the Jones Creek Exit off the highway and immediately onto a dirt road. You will end up taking North Fork Wilson River Road, the first half of the route you are…
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Total Miles
8.4
Tech Rating
3 Easy
Best Time
Sp / Su / Fa

Cook creek Road

Cook Creek Road is an easy-going logging road. There are multiple cliff drop sides, but the terrain is very easy to navigate. There are multiple potholes but no real obstacles and the road is primarily…
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Total Miles
10.7
Tech Rating
1 Easy
Best Time
Sp / Su / Fa

Hamma Hamma Falls

Drive through the forest on a pavement/dirt road to Hamma Hamma Falls. You can take a walk down to the water and see the falls from up close. At the parking lot also is a…
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Total Miles
6.9
Tech Rating
1 Easy
Best Time
Su

Hamma Hamma Trail with View of The Brothers

This is a non-technical drive through the forest up to a viewpoint overlooking the valley and The Brothers. Viewpoint has space for about 5 rigs to pull over and take a lunch break. There a…
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Total Miles
13.2
Tech Rating
3 Easy
Best Time
Su

Sitkum Soleduck

Trail is mostly smooth dirt and starts out wide. Once pulling off Sitkum Soleduck the trail begins to wind and narrow. It's passable with most any Subaru, SUV, or small truck. A few good pull…
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Total Miles
21.2
Tech Rating
3 Easy
Best Time
Sp / Su

7 Up Ez

This is the easy side of 7 Up. It is fun and not as extreme as the hard side of 7 Up. Winding through the forest, there is a little bit of rutted-out dirt trial,…
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Total Miles
0.4
Tech Rating
3 Easy
Best Time
Sp / Su / Fa

Hole In The Wall/Hunger Repeater Road - 2922

This easy forest route begins as pavement but turns to dirt. On maps, it seemed promising as a fun trail up into the mountains. But unfortunately, at the time of mapping (June 2022), the trek…
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Total Miles
1.9
Tech Rating
2 Easy
Best Time
Su / Fa

Sitkum Soleduck Dead End

Once upon a time, this route was a paved road. But that pavement is progressively fading back into the Earth. Once upon a time, this road lead up and into part of the Olympic National…
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Total Miles
2.9
Tech Rating
2 Easy
Best Time
Su / Fa

Kugel Creek

This out-and-back route is a classic forest trail. A beautiful, lush forest surrounds you as you make your way up the mountainside. (Kept hoping for an overlook of the valley but never quite got one…
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Total Miles
3
Tech Rating
3 Easy
Best Time
Su / Fa

Olympic National Forest Service Road 30

A typical maintained forest service road with minimal loose gravel. The road presents no real obstacles or true challenges, just beautiful green, lush plants and trees. There is an abundance of old, overgrown forks off…
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Total Miles
2.4
Tech Rating
1 Easy
Best Time
Su

Kloshe Nanitch Observation Lookout - 3040

If you're looking for a fun forest trail that leads to an amazing lookout, look no further! The route begins at the Snider Forest Service Station and heads up into the hills from there. You'll…
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Total Miles
1.4
Tech Rating
2 Easy
Best Time
Fa / Su

Pinstripe Alley

On maps, this trail seems like a promising, fun mountain route. In actuality, it is narrow, severely overgrown, and virtually impassable, except for dirt bikes. Vegetation and branches are swallowing up the trail, and even…
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Total Miles
1.1
Tech Rating
2 Easy
Best Time
Su / Fa