Dirt Bike Trails Near Bowie, Arizona

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Hot Wells to Bowie

This is a great little side trip from Hot Wells to Bowie. There are some technical spots, but it's mostly a pretty easy drive in the SxS and can be done in 4x4 vehicles with…
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Total Miles
7.7
Tech Rating
3 Easy
Best Time
Sp / Fa

Bowie to Nowhere

This is a true road to nowhere. As you follow this road out of Bowie to get back to Hot Well Area, the trail almost disappears at times, opening up again with a good track.…
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Total Miles
6.2
Tech Rating
3 Easy
Best Time
Sp / Fa

Chiricahua Byway

The Chiricahua Byway is an easy forest trail that takes you across the highest "Sky Island" district in Arizona. This trail provides incredible views of the Sonoran Desert, Mexico, New Mexico, and southern Arizona. There…
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Total Miles
20.3
Tech Rating
1 Easy
Best Time
Sp / Su / Fa / Wi

West Swift Trail 366

The West Swift Trail is the route to the top of Clark Peak. This 6-mile road is a rough dirt road with a few rock ledges and potholes. It is wide in many areas and…
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Total Miles
6.3
Tech Rating
2 Easy
Best Time
Sp / Su / Fa

Black Hills Back Country Byway

The Black Hills Back Country Byway is an unpaved road that provides access to thousands of acres of BLM land. There are many areas to camp, hike, mountain bike, or explore side tracks via 4x4.…
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Total Miles
20.2
Tech Rating
2 Easy
Best Time
Sp / Fa / Wi

Clark Peak Loop

This trail is at the top of Clark Peak with many camping spots and incredible views of the desert floor. The trail gets tighter the farther you go back into it and the back end…
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Total Miles
8.4
Tech Rating
4 Moderate
Best Time
Sp / Su / Fa

Slavin to West Stronghold

Slavin Forest Road 687 lies within Coronado National Forest. Most of the trail is smooth sandy gravel with incredible views of Council Rocks. Once reaching the gate at Corazon Ranch and turning onto West Stronghold…
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Total Miles
19.3
Tech Rating
3 Easy
Best Time
Sp / Su / Fa / Wi

Abril Mine

The Abril Mine is an old zinc and copper mine located high on the western slopes of the Dragoon Mountains in southeastern Arizona. The Middlemarch Road is a passenger car road from Tombstone well up…
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Total Miles
17.3
Tech Rating
4 Moderate
Best Time
Su / Fa

China Peak

This trail begins on the Middlemarch Road (Abril Mine), climbs through the San Juan Mine at Gordon Camp then continues to the top of China Peak at 7073' elevation. There are a couple loose, steep…
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Total Miles
3.7
Tech Rating
6 Moderate
Best Time
Su / Fa

Rug Road to Klondyke

Rug Road is a 4x4 trail that begins in Mammoth, traverses the famous "Carpet Hill" and then climbs to Table Mountain Pass in the Zapata Mountains. It then drops down into the Aravaipa watershed, passes…
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Total Miles
56.6
Tech Rating
8 Difficult
Best Time
Su / Fa

Knight Canyon Road to Mill Canyon Road

This 7.3 mile trail begins at FS 861 (Knight Canyon Road) and US 90. The trail begins on a 2-track, full size sandy dirt road that climbs gently up to the first gate. You'll continue…
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Total Miles
6.9
Tech Rating
3 Easy
Best Time
Sp / Su / Fa

Goat Canyon

Goat Canyon is an out-and-back trail. It deadends near an abandoned mine site. Don't go to the very end as there is no room to turn around and you will have to reverse up a…
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Total Miles
7
Tech Rating
4 Moderate
Best Time
Sp / Su / Fa / Wi

Upper Gold Gulch

This is an easy, sandy route through gorgeous terrain. The shoulders of the road are deep sand and should be avoided. The rocks, Alligator Juniper, Pinon Trees, Cholla Cactus and Palm Yuccas create a spectacular…
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Total Miles
3.8
Tech Rating
2 Easy
Best Time
Sp / Su / Fa

Saddle Rock Canyon Rd

Saddlerock Canyon Road traverses the northern section of the Big Burro Mountains. Starting from the north the trail begins in a sandy wash. There are numerous interesting rock formations as well as some huge cottonwood…
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Total Miles
17.2
Tech Rating
4 Moderate
Best Time
Sp / Su / Fa / Wi

Redington Pass

Redington Pass is a very popular two-lane road with lots of dispersed camping on the western slope overlooking Tucson. This pass varies in difficulty from deep ruts and washouts with many full washes. Most of…
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Total Miles
22.9
Tech Rating
3 Easy
Best Time
Sp / Su / Fa / Wi

FS 836 Jacks Peak Road

FS 836 leads to Jacks Peak which is the highest point in the area at 7966 feet elevation. Being the highest point in the area, Jacks Peak has numerous communication towers. This road is rough,…
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Total Miles
5.7
Tech Rating
3 Easy
Best Time
Sp / Su / Fa

FS 4250 R for Ruts

This is a short but difficult and narrow trail. It is challenging and will roll your rig from side to side. The trees overhang the trail at the start. The ruts start out gradually, and…
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Total Miles
0.9
Tech Rating
7 Difficult
Best Time
Fa / Su / Sp

T Bar T

A slightly more challenging alternative to the middle section of Saddle Rock Canyon. Going north to south there is a nice little gatekeeper rock as soon as you turn off the wash. If you can…
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Total Miles
4
Tech Rating
5 Moderate
Best Time
Sp / Su / Fa / Wi

Wakefield Canyon

An easy, but scratchy, Jeep trail to an abandoned Buddhist cabin and a natural spring. Empirita Ranch is 3,000 acres owned by Pima County to protect wildlife habitat, provide sustainable cattle grazing, and slowing urban…
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Total Miles
25.1
Tech Rating
4 Moderate
Best Time
Su / Fa

Alamo Spring

In March one area was deeply rutted mud from the recent snow/rain in the area. At about halfway down in the creek/river bottom, the trail was almost impossible to find. Please come prepared for wenching…
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Total Miles
16.4
Tech Rating
4 Moderate
Best Time
Su / Fa

Chimney Rock

Often busy on weekends, the easy way into this area is from the south side near the bottom of the wash. The more difficult route comes in from the back. This is a really fun…
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Total Miles
9.6
Tech Rating
6 Moderate
Best Time
Sp / Fa

Sybley Mansion Spur

This trail consists of loose rocks, washed areas, and a couple of places that your high-clearance vehicle will have no problem going over. Once you get to the end of the trail, you will need…
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Total Miles
1.4
Tech Rating
5 Moderate
Best Time
Fa / Su / Sp

Copper Creek Ridge & Bunker Hill Mine Trail

This trail cuts off the Copper Creek Trail, takes off up the mountain in a series of switchbacks to the top then goes along the ridge. There is a spur trail that goes to the…
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Total Miles
5.4
Tech Rating
3 Easy
Best Time
Fa / Sp / Wi / Su

FS 4248 Y Alligator Juniper Jungle

This route begins from FS 4090 C and dead ends at the Burro Mountain Homestead Gate 7. That gate is locked. The Alligator Juniper that line the road is hundreds and hundreds of years old.…
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Total Miles
1.1
Tech Rating
3 Easy
Best Time
Sp / Su / Fa

FS 4033 F Continental Divide Trail access

This trail starts off relatively easy but as it climbs toward the Continental Divide Trail it becomes more narrow and the ruts are deeper. There is a place to turn around at the dead end.…
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Total Miles
1.1
Tech Rating
4 Moderate
Best Time
Sp / Su / Fa

FS 911 West

This route starts from Tyrone Thompson Road as FS 819 Shrine Mine. A turn east is FS 911. It leads to a beautiful picnic spot along a small stream. It is narrow due to overhanging…
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Total Miles
1
Tech Rating
3 Easy
Best Time
Sp / Su / Fa

Copper Creek Trail

This trail starts out on Arizona State Trust land which requires a permit from the state and are easy to get and last year. It also crosses private land and requires each rig to sign…
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Total Miles
12.5
Tech Rating
3 Easy
Best Time
Su / Fa / Sp

FS 4090 B Evacuation Route

This short trail marked as FS 4090 B is used as the emergency evacuation route for the Burro Mountain Homestead. The Burro Mountain Homestead is the former Summer Home Ranch and Stagecoach Stop built in…
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Total Miles
0.4
Tech Rating
3 Easy
Best Time
Sp / Su / Fa

FS 91 Old Tyrone Road

This route follows the Old Tyrone Road which was primarily used to go into the Burro Mountains. The mine changed that access. Now, the main road is Tyrone Thompson Road. The old townsite of Tyrone,…
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Total Miles
0.7
Tech Rating
1 Easy
Best Time
Sp / Su / Fa

FS 915 Boundary Bowl

This is a fun area to rest, play and test your skills and your rig. There are a number of small hills of varying degrees of difficulty. The area is bowl-shaped and allows you to…
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Total Miles
0.5
Tech Rating
3 Easy
Best Time
Sp / Su / Fa