Dirt Bike Trails Near Twentynine Palms, California

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Eureka Peak

This trail takes you to Eureka Peak, which is a mountain top viewpoint allowing you to have a 360-degree view of the area from a high elevation. There are hiking trails throughout this area and…
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Total Miles
8.6
Tech Rating
2 Easy
Best Time
Sp / Su / Fa / Wi

Old Dale Road

An iconic trail in the mountains of Joshua Tree National Park. Start from either the north or the south trailhead and enjoy a trek through the history and beauty of the desert. Visit abandoned mines…
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Total Miles
24.5
Tech Rating
4 Moderate
Best Time
Sp / Fa

Ok Mine Road Route 1937

This is a trail hidden within the mountains of Joshua Tree that detours from Old Dale Road and Brooklyn Mine. It cuts through the mountains on rocky shelf roads that descend and ascend on loose…
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Total Miles
2.9
Tech Rating
4 Moderate
Best Time
Sp / Fa

Brooklyn Mine Trail

Venture deep into the the history of Joshua Tree on Brooklyn Mine Trail. Explore the abandoned mining camps in the old mining district, where you will follow a deep sandy and rocky wash deep into…
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Total Miles
1.7
Tech Rating
4 Moderate
Best Time
Sp / Fa

New Dixie Mine Road - BLM C2330

New Dixie Mine Road runs West from Hwy 247 at Flamingo Heights into an unnamed valley that splits two separate sections of the Bighorn Mountain Wilderness. This 8.5-mile road is generally an easy drive with…
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Total Miles
8.1
Tech Rating
3 Easy
Best Time
Sp / Fa / Wi

BLM C3524

BLM #C3524 is a mellow, sandy road that climbs from Highway 18 up into the boulders at the NE corner of the Bighorn Wilderness boundary. It is only rated a two because of a couple…
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Total Miles
2.3
Tech Rating
2 Easy
Best Time
Sp / Fa

Aftershock

This trail seems pretty easy until you get to the top. At the top, the main obstacle has a bypass; however, it is very off-camber and should only be attempted with low gravity rigs. While…
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Total Miles
1.1
Tech Rating
9 Difficult
Best Time
Sp / Su / Fa / Wi

Sunbonnet Pass

We ran the trail in both directions; however, running from South to North takes you up the bigger rocks and has you go down the more mellow side. The views from the top are amazing;…
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Total Miles
1.4
Tech Rating
9 Difficult
Best Time
Wi / Fa / Su / Sp

Bighorn Connector

Bighorn Connector is a well-used trail that connects the ends of adjacent BLM roads that terminate near the Bighorn Wilderness boundary to create a series of interconnected loops. It is an easy combination of sandy…
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Total Miles
2.1
Tech Rating
3 Easy
Best Time
Sp / Fa

Sledgehammer

This trail starts at the sign that splits Jackhammer and Sledgehammer. You start by going into the canyon on sand and the trail starts to get harder as you head up. The trail has one…
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Total Miles
0.4
Tech Rating
9 Difficult
Best Time
Sp / Su / Fa / Wi

Jackhammer

You start out at the bottom sign where Jackhammer and Sledgehammer split. The first section is fun for smaller rigs, but the trail gets more intense as you start to climb. This trail is still…
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Total Miles
0.8
Tech Rating
8 Difficult
Best Time
Sp / Su / Fa / Wi

Jack North

Jack North starts at the bottom of the drainage with optional routes. As you get higher up the canyon the mandatory obstacles get harder. Jack North is a bit easier than its cousins to the…
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Total Miles
0.7
Tech Rating
8 Difficult
Best Time
Wi / Fa / Sp / Su

Burns Canyon Road - NF 2N02

Burns Canyon Road is a rugged Forest Service road that connects the East side of Big Bear down through the San Bernardino National Forest to the desert community of Rim Rock. The environment changes from…
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Total Miles
18.7
Tech Rating
4 Moderate
Best Time
Su / Fa

Spur - BLM C2315

This short half-mile spur legally enters the Bighorn Mountain Wilderness to reach a spring. The road surface is dirt and sand. The land on both sides of the road is wilderness. Stay on the established…
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Total Miles
0.6
Tech Rating
3 Easy
Best Time
Sp / Fa / Wi

Bender Alley/Tinbenders

When you turn right off Wrecking Ball, you will see the plaque rock for Tinbender. There are optional lines, but in general, this trail is not as hard as Wrecking Ball. The view from the…
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Total Miles
0.4
Tech Rating
8 Difficult
Best Time
Sp / Su / Fa / Wi

Outer Limits

This is one of the longer trails in Johnson Valley. If you start at the bottom, the trail gets harder and harder as you go up. The trail is pretty far out, so be prepared…
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Total Miles
1.8
Tech Rating
9 Difficult
Best Time
Sp / Su / Fa / Wi

Wrecking Ball

The bottom of this trail is filled with fun obstacles. When you get about halfway up the trail it splits with Bender Alley/Tinbenders going to the right and Wrecking Ball going left. If you go…
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Total Miles
0.7
Tech Rating
9 Difficult
Best Time
Sp / Su / Fa / Wi

Kings Veto

Kings Veto is a short nasty trail. The boulders are large and like to hang up even the most capable of rigs. As with any trail in Johnson Valley, the rocks move around making the…
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Total Miles
0.2
Tech Rating
9 Difficult
Best Time
Su / Fa / Wi / Sp

Clawhammer

This is a fun little trail that is a little less intense than trails like Jackhammer or Wrecking Ball. Many of the obstacles on this trail have a bypass. Of course, if you choose to…
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Total Miles
0.7
Tech Rating
7 Difficult
Best Time
Sp / Su / Fa / Wi

Nightmare

Short fun trail to keep the adventure going after coming up Clawhammer or to go back down after you have done Thor's. There are some good size rocks on this trail making it competitive with…
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Total Miles
0.2
Tech Rating
8 Difficult
Best Time
Wi / Fa / Su / Sp

Blue Dot

The top of Thor's Hammer is Blue Dot. This is a fun one and makes the connection over to Nightmare. The rocks are big and moving here but if you made it up Thor's Hammer…
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Total Miles
0.4
Tech Rating
8 Difficult
Best Time
Sp / Su / Fa / Wi

BLM C3429

BLM #C3429 is a sandy road that climbs from Cholla Road in the community of Johnson Valley, CA into the boulders along to the boundary of the Bighorn Mountains Wilderness. It is part of a…
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Total Miles
3.3
Tech Rating
3 Easy
Best Time
Sp / Fa / Wi

Spooners Canyon

As with all the trails in Johnson Valley, the rocks keep on moving. There are plenty of obstacles on this trail to keep you busy for a while. There are plenty of optional lines in…
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Total Miles
1
Tech Rating
8 Difficult
Best Time
Sp / Su / Fa / Wi

Thor's Hammer

Since this trail started a bypass has been created to get around some of the fun stuff. Running the gut of this trail is super fun with big boulders everywhere. The steep tough part is…
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Total Miles
0.6
Tech Rating
9 Difficult
Best Time
Sp / Su / Fa / Wi

Idle Issues

This trail climbs up from the bottom of Chocolate Thunder out of the sandy section. The trail starts with some fun rocks and gets steeper as you climb up. About halfway up there is a…
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Total Miles
0.1
Tech Rating
9 Difficult
Best Time
Sp / Su / Fa / Wi

Chocolate Thunder

This is a very short trail; however, this is where the crowds hang out to watch the carnage. The canyon is littered with bonus lines and Saturday night mayhem. The main run has one basic…
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Total Miles
0.1
Tech Rating
9 Difficult
Best Time
Sp / Su / Fa / Wi

Spur - BLM C2317

This short dead-end spur accesses an overlook that provides territorial views into the valley below and the Bighorn Mountains Wilderness on both sides of the New Dixie Mine Road. It starts out as an easy…
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Total Miles
1.1
Tech Rating
3 Easy
Best Time
Sp / Fa / Wi

Spur Roads - BLM C2319 - C2352

This short, sandy 1-mile spur road is broken into two separate numbered segments - BLM C2319 AND BLM C2352. It accesses a small parking area at the Bighorn Mountain Wilderness boundary and a single remote…
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Total Miles
0.9
Tech Rating
2 Easy
Best Time
Sp / Fa / Wi

Backdoor

Nice and close to camp Backdoor is an icon in Johnson Valley. The Backdoor is more or less one big ledge to climb on a short trail. Backdoor has been dug out over the years…
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Total Miles
0.1
Tech Rating
10 Difficult
Best Time
Sp / Su / Fa / Wi

Turkey Claw

This is one of the more user-friendly trails in Johnson Valley. However, there are many bonus lines to keep even the biggest rigs occupied. Many of the obstacles have bypass lines, so even a smaller…
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Total Miles
0.5
Tech Rating
7 Difficult
Best Time
Sp / Su / Fa / Wi