Dirt Bike Trails Near Mount Charleston, Nevada

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Wooden Pole Powerline Road

This is an out-and-back. The map shows you can exit the trail at Angel's Landing, but you cannot as of December 2023. It takes 3 hours to complete, including plenty of time to take in…
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Total Miles
8.6
Tech Rating
4 Moderate
Best Time
Sp / Fa / Su

Pahrump to Mountain Springs

Mountain Springs is located between Pahrump and Las Vegas and is accessible from Pahrump by trail. The trail runs Southeast and Southwest through the Toiyabe National Forest and is an easy off-road drive through beautiful…
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Total Miles
29.7
Tech Rating
2 Easy
Best Time
Sp / Su / Fa

Wallace Canyon Road

Located on the west side of the Spring Mountains and east of Pahrump NV, this trail starts on BLM land. Eventually, it crosses into the Spring Mountains National Recreation Area on the Toiyabe National Forest.…
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Total Miles
6.3
Tech Rating
2 Easy
Best Time
Sp / Su / Fa / Wi

Carpenter Canyon Road

The trail starts out as a good, wide gravel road. Mostly Creosote bushes at first. About 1 mile in is the BLM Pahrump Fire Station. Shortly after passing the fire station, the road narrows and…
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Total Miles
11.8
Tech Rating
5 Moderate
Best Time
Sp / Su / Fa / Wi

Spring Mountain Recreation Area - Side Trail 01

This side trail starts off of Lovell Road, about 17 miles from Nevada Highway 160. The road starts out from NV 160 as Trout Canyon Road and at mile 7, you take the right fork…
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Total Miles
12.2
Tech Rating
5 Moderate
Best Time
Su / Fa / Sp

Mud Springs Road

This is a narrow, out-and-back trail, leading off of Cold Creek Road. It starts off in the rocky desert, and winds back into the pine forest mountains. It's not that difficult, and there aren't many…
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Total Miles
5.6
Tech Rating
3 Easy
Best Time
Sp

Loop Boundary Road

This trail begins as a single track that is mostly level with dirt and loose rock. This high-clearance trail becomes more un-even with ruts and some steep sections. Passes through Joshua Tree, Pinyon, and Ponderosa…
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Total Miles
3.1
Tech Rating
4 Moderate
Best Time
Sp / Su / Fa / Wi

Johnswort Road

Relatively open, single-track road with a mostly dirt and loose rock surface. This road has some rough patches with rutting in parts and uneven, narrow sections. The trail passes Juniper, Joshua Trees, grass, and Sage…
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Total Miles
4.3
Tech Rating
4 Moderate
Best Time
Sp / Su / Fa / Wi

Joshua Tree Wash

This is a short trail on BLM in Pahrump with epic views of Joshua trees and the Spring Mountains. The trail starts on a wider dirt path beneath Joshua trees and pine trees, and winds…
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Total Miles
1.7
Tech Rating
2 Easy
Best Time
Wi

Trout Canyon to Highway 160

Starting out from Trout Canyon, the trail is pleasant and easy with gravel/dirt washes, and then it gets tougher. There are portions of the trail that run through washes, and that area floods terribly so…
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Total Miles
11.9
Tech Rating
5 Moderate
Best Time
Sp / Fa / Wi

Carpenter Canyon Trail

This is one of many fast and flowy single-track trails in the Pahrump BLM desert. Lots of short and easy trails make up this trail system that can all be ridden in a day or…
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Total Miles
4
Tech Rating
2 Easy
Best Time
Wi

Cactus Trail

Ride this fun and flowy singletrack in connection with Roosters Course and Carpenter Bypass, among other single-track trails on the Pahrump BLM, to make a fun day ride. This recreation area is made up of…
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Total Miles
1.9
Tech Rating
3 Easy
Best Time
Wi

Wheeler Pass

Starting in Cold Creek, the Wheeler Pass trail takes you up and over the Spring Mountains. The trail used to be the main way to travel from the Indian Springs area to Pahrump in the…
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Total Miles
24.8
Tech Rating
3 Easy
Best Time
Sp / Su / Fa / Wi

081 Bypass Trail

This is a short connector trail to connect Wheeler Pass Road to several other designated single-track trails in the Pahrump Riding Area. This trail starts as road width but narrows as it enters a wash,…
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Total Miles
1.1
Tech Rating
2 Easy
Best Time
Wi

Middle Elk Meadow Part 2

This section of the Middle Elk Meadow Trail is slightly more difficult than Part 1 due to a rockier surface, some small washouts, and lots of really low branches to watch out for sticking out…
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Total Miles
1.6
Tech Rating
3 Easy
Best Time
Wi

Elk Meadow

This is one of the longer trails in the Pahrump BLM riding area and is a fast and fun winding trail through a beautiful Joshua Tree Forest. The trail is a steady decline/incline the entire…
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Total Miles
5.8
Tech Rating
3 Easy
Best Time
Wi

Middle Elk Meadow Part 1

This is an easy wash trail on Pahrump BLM land. It's a mix of a wide gravel wash and a wide dirt trail. It's consistently easy the whole way with no obstacles except for a…
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Total Miles
1.9
Tech Rating
2 Easy
Best Time
Wi

Carpenter Wash Bypass

Carpenter Wash Bypass can be ridden in connection with several other single-track trails in the Pahrump BLM for a fun day ride in the desert. Stage off of Carpenter Canyon Road, or connect to this…
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Total Miles
3
Tech Rating
2 Easy
Best Time
Wi

La Madre mountain pass

This trail is a back mountain pass into Little Red Rock. There are some narrow sections and a some pretty significant hills with very uneven bouldered terrain. Trails lead off of this one with many…
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Total Miles
8.6
Tech Rating
6 Difficult
Best Time
Sp

Middle Elk Meadow Connector Trail

This is a short connector trail to connect Wheeler Wash to the Middle Elk Meadow single-track trail. It is mostly an easy and smooth gravel wash, with no difficult obstacles. It is a scenic trail…
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Total Miles
0.9
Tech Rating
2 Easy
Best Time
Wi

Carpenter Bypass

This trail is a short connector trail very similar to the other trails in the area, made up of a mix of dirt with loose rock and gravel washes. There are some bigger loose rocks…
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Total Miles
1.5
Tech Rating
2 Easy
Best Time
Wi

Upper Wheeler Wash

This trail descends into a wide, meandering dry wash basin consisting of loose gravel and sand. It passes through scenic box canyons with interesting rock formations and terminates at a narrow passage that connects to…
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Total Miles
3.9
Tech Rating
1 Easy
Best Time
Wi / Fa / Su / Sp

Hemlock Road

This mostly single-track, out-and-back trail climbs gradually through Joshua Tree, Blackbrush, and Pinyon-Juniper desert life zones. Along the trail, you'll see interesting rock formations, scenic views, wild burro trails (maybe even some wild burros), and…
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Total Miles
5.2
Tech Rating
3 Easy
Best Time
Sp / Su / Fa / Wi

Carpenter Wash

Carpenter Wash is one of many designated dirt bike trails in the BLM desert to the east of Pahrump, Nevada. Most of the trails are easy, fast, and flowy with a mix of dirt and…
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Total Miles
1.8
Tech Rating
1 Easy
Best Time
Wi

Roosters Course

Ride this fun, fast, and flowy singletrack through rolling desert hills in a Joshua Tree Forest beneath the Spring Mountains. The trail dips in and out of ravines and drops into gravel washes with small…
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Total Miles
1.3
Tech Rating
2 Easy
Best Time
Wi

South Wheeler Pass Road

The road begins at the intersection of HWY 160 at the south end of Pahrump at an elevation of 3,000 feet. It gradually climbs to 4,703 feet with one dip into South Wheeler Wash. The…
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Total Miles
7.3
Tech Rating
2 Easy
Best Time
Sp / Su / Fa / Wi

Groundsmoke Road

From Hemlock Road, travel NW then NE on Groundsmoke Road. This will take you across BLM land through Joshua Tree and Yucca communities. Eventually, there will be a crossing into Toiyabe National Forest where the…
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Total Miles
1.3
Tech Rating
3 Easy
Best Time
Sp / Su / Fa / Wi

Hafen Spanish to Old Spanish

This trail is between Mountain Springs and Pahrump, just outside of Las Vegas a quick 45-minute drive west on N-160 Blue Diamond Highway. Which will turn into the Pahrump Valley Highway. Turning Left off the…
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Total Miles
14.3
Tech Rating
2 Easy
Best Time
Sp / Su / Fa / Wi

Lower Wheeler Wash

This trail leaves Wheeler Pass Road heading SE on North Wheeler Road. After about a mile, the trail intersects a wide, meandering dry wash basin consisting of loose gravel and sand. From here, head NE…
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Total Miles
4
Tech Rating
2 Easy
Best Time
Sp / Su / Fa / Wi

Joshua Tree Trail

This is a fast and narrow single track through a wide-open desert full of yucca and Joshua Trees in the Pahrump BLM. It flows up and over small hills on a dirt surface with loose…
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Total Miles
2.2
Tech Rating
3 Easy
Best Time
Wi