Dirt Bike Trails Near Escalante, Utah

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Smoky Mountain Road North BLM 300

Smoky Mountain Scenic Backway is an 80-mile challenging drive located in Kane and Garfield Counties within the Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument. The Smoky Mountain Road North BLM 300 starts at the intersection of BLM 300…
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Total Miles
29.2
Tech Rating
2 Easy
Best Time
Sp / Su / Fa / Wi

Pine Creek Road FS 30153

Pine Creek Road FS 30153 is a 10.4-mile point-to-point trail located in Garfield County within the Escalante Ranger District of the Dixie National Forest. The trailhead starts just after the cattle guard about 3.3 miles…
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Total Miles
9.9
Tech Rating
2 Easy
Best Time
Sp / Su / Fa

Cedar Wash Road-BLM210

Cedar Wash Road is a 9.9-mile point-to-point trail rated 2 of 10. This is a destination trail which connects Hole-in-the-Rock Road and the community of Escalante. This easy road provides access to a couple of…
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Total Miles
9.4
Tech Rating
2 Easy
Best Time
Sp / Su / Fa / Wi

North Creek Road

Embarking on North Creek Road is a rewarding journey that is definitely worth exploring. The initial stretch takes you through private property, treating you to splendid valley vistas. As you venture further, the landscape transitions…
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Total Miles
15.9
Tech Rating
2 Easy
Best Time
Su / Sp / Fa

Old Escalante Road FH 17

Old Escalante Road FH 17 is a 22-mile point-to-point trail located in Garfield County, Utah, and runs through the Dixie National Forest (Escalante Ranger District). Utah Forest Road 17 (FH 17) is a very scenic,…
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Total Miles
20.9
Tech Rating
3 Easy
Best Time
Sp / Su / Fa

Hells Backbone - NF153

Hell's Backbone is a rugged area that bridges between towering Boulder Mountain on the north and canyons cut by the Escalante River and its tributaries on the south. The Hell's Backbone Road is a winding…
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Total Miles
23.8
Tech Rating
1 Easy
Best Time
Sp / Su / Fa

Whites Flat FS 30152

Whites Flat FS 30152 is a 10-mile point-to-point trail located in Garfield County within the Escalante Ranger District of the Dixie National Forest. The road is a full two-lane improved dirt road that is maintained…
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Total Miles
9.5
Tech Rating
2 Easy
Best Time
Sp / Su / Fa

Aquarius Teasdale - NF154

Easy gravel road climbing up onto Boulder Mountain above Escalante, UT. This road accesses Posey Lake, Cyclone Lake, and a number of high alpine lakes. Climbing over 9,500 feet, this is a great place to…
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Total Miles
7.6
Tech Rating
1 Easy
Best Time
Sp / Su / Fa

Corn Creek-Stump Springs

Corn Creek-Stump Springs road winds its way through the enchanting landscape of Dixie National Forest. This road provides breathtaking vistas of both the lush forest and captivating rock cliffs. It's a popular area for hunters,…
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Total Miles
14.4
Tech Rating
2 Easy
Best Time
Sp / Su / Fa

Velvet Lake Road

Velvet Lake Road offers a relatively moderate trail experience, but there are some important considerations to keep in mind. One notable feature is a water crossing that can become impassable depending on water levels, as…
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Total Miles
8.1
Tech Rating
4 Moderate
Best Time
Sp / Su / Fa

Great Western Trail - Pine Lake to Torrey, Utah

Great Western Trail-Pine Lake to Torrey, Utah is a 77-mile point-to-point trail rated 4 of 10 located in South Central, Utah. The Great Western Trail is a continuous trail system spanning about 4,455 miles that…
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Total Miles
74.3
Tech Rating
3 Easy
Best Time
Sp / Su / Fa

Powell Point Trail

This is a relatively short out-and-back road to Powell Point. The trail ends at a hiking trailhead sitting at approximately 10,000 feet above sea level. The land is administered by the forest service, and the…
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Total Miles
14.5
Tech Rating
3 Easy
Best Time
Sp / Su / Fa

Left Hand Collett Canyon Road (BLM230)

Left Hand Collett Canyon Road (BLM230), in total, is two BLM roads that cover approximately 85 miles between Big Water and Escalante, Utah. This road traverses a major portion of the Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument.…
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Total Miles
43.6
Tech Rating
1 Easy
Best Time
Sp / Su / Fa

Egypt Road

Egypt Road starts as a sandy washboard trail that is a class 2 trail that crosses dry creek beds. Check weather conditions before entering the trail. Egypt Road leads back to the Egypt Trailhead. Along…
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Total Miles
9.6
Tech Rating
2 Easy
Best Time
Sp / Su / Fa

Wolverine Loop Road - 0640

Trails is a sandy gravel trail that leads you through washes and dry creek beds that is a class 2 trail. Be aware of the weather parts of the trail may be muddy and slick…
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Total Miles
18.5
Tech Rating
2 Easy
Best Time
Sp / Su / Fa

Cottonwood Canyon Road

Cottonwood Canyon Road is a relatively easy route that serves as a shortcut between Bryce Canyon National Park / Utah SR-12, and Lake Powell / US-89. It follows Cottonwood Canyon and the Paria River, and…
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Total Miles
36.9
Tech Rating
2 Easy
Best Time
Sp / Fa / Su

35158 - Pleasant Cr Trail

This is actually part of the Great Western Trail - a hiking route that spans North/South from Mexico to Canada. Hikers could be present on the trail, so please be respectful. The trail begins with…
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Total Miles
4.3
Tech Rating
3 Easy
Best Time
Sp / Fa / Su

Coal Bench Road-Garfield County 7800

Coal Bench Road-Garfield County 7800 is an 8-mile point-to-point trail across one of the more unique geological near Tropic, Utah. Coal Bench Road is a easy trail rated 2 of 10. A bench is a…
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Total Miles
7.6
Tech Rating
2 Easy
Best Time
Sp / Su / Fa

31958-B

This is a very short offshoot trail from 35158. It's on the advanced side with a couple of steep hill climbs, a couple of which have some rocky sections to navigate. It abruptly dead ends…
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Total Miles
0.6
Tech Rating
3 Easy
Best Time
Sp / Su / Fa

Tantalus Flat - NF30168

Fun mixed terrain route accessing Lower Browns Reservoir, Jorgensen Flat, Tantalus Flats, Laurel and Hardy Arch, and the Western back-door access point of Capitol Reef National Park. This route starts out as a graded gravel…
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Total Miles
9.9
Tech Rating
2 Easy
Best Time
Sp / Su / Fa

30323 - Wildcat Trail

From off of Highway 12, this nearly 2-mile out-and-back trail dead-ends at a beautiful little meadow view. It's not flat enough to camp at, unfortunately. As far as difficulty, there are a handful of small…
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Total Miles
0.9
Tech Rating
2 Easy
Best Time
Sp / Su / Fa

Chokecherry Point

Chokecherry Point has an amazing view, it is said that you can see more than 100 miles in a 180-degree radius. Ranger Walter E. Hanks was the first Ranger in this district. Chokecherry Point was…
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Total Miles
3
Tech Rating
4 Moderate
Best Time
Sp / Su / Fa

Mount Dutton - Cottonwood (30125/30353)

This is a fun day trip with beautiful views that will amaze you. This is an out-and-back route. If you start at the trailhead on John's Valley Road, north of Bryce Canyon Village, you will…
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Total Miles
37.3
Tech Rating
2 Easy
Best Time
Sp / Su / Fa

Batty Pass Caves

Batty Pass Caves trail leads to caves carved out of the rock by two brothers, Bill and Cliff Lichtenhahn in the 1950s and 1960s. The trail starts on an old double track through a flat…
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Total Miles
2.3
Tech Rating
2 Easy
Best Time
Sp / Su / Fa

Wolverine Loop Road

Wolverine Loop Road has a northern entrance and a southern entrance. This trail consists of gravel and a class 2 trail rating. Wet conditions may provide some water crossings and muddy conditions. The trail leads…
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Total Miles
7.7
Tech Rating
2 Easy
Best Time
Sp / Su / Fa

Moody Canyon

Moody Canyon is a gravel and sand trail that leads you along the edge of a canyon. It then drops you into the canyon and will traverse you back to the top canyon to look…
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Total Miles
15.5
Tech Rating
2 Easy
Best Time
Sp / Su / Fa

Skutumpah Road North BLM 500

Skutumpah Road North BLM 500 is an 11.8-mile point-to-point gravel and dirt road that is rated 3 out of 10. The northern section of this road starts at Deer Range Road BLM 540 on the…
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Total Miles
11.3
Tech Rating
3 Easy
Best Time
Sp / Su / Fa / Wi

Burr Trail Switchbacks

This trail goes from Notom-Bullfrog Road to Capitol Reef National Park over the Waterpocket Fold. Once the trail enters Grand Staircase a couple of miles from the top, it becomes a paved road. It winds…
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Total Miles
5
Tech Rating
3 Easy
Best Time
Sp / Su / Fa

Pleasant Creek (South Draw Road)

This is an amazing trail (not too technical) that connects from the south end of Capitol Reef NP to the Tantalus Flats trail and comes out by the Lower Bowns reservoir. Most of the trail…
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Total Miles
7.5
Tech Rating
3 Easy
Best Time
Sp / Su / Fa

Nipple Butte Trail

This is a beautiful desert canyon trail that takes you from Big Water, Utah, up north and circles back east toward Lake Powell. It follows Nipple Creek and meanders through Tibbet Canyon. There is lots…
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Total Miles
23
Tech Rating
3 Easy
Best Time
Sp / Su / Fa / Wi