Off-Road Trails in California

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Learn more about The Narrows
The Narrows

The Narrows

This is a challenging, but fun trail through the El Paso Mountains, known for the abandoned mines and cabins of years past, and amazing camping. The highlight of the trail is a narrow, rocky section…
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Total Miles
9.6
Tech Rating
4 Moderate
Best Time
Spring, Fall, Winter
Learn more about The Outs
The Outs

The Outs

A very scenic ride that leaves the Spangler OHV Area through an impressive garden of large boulders. There is one very technical section near the west end that can be bypassed by taking the trail…
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Total Miles
2.7
Tech Rating
4 Moderate
Best Time
Winter, Fall, Spring
Learn more about The Reward Mine
The Reward Mine

The Reward Mine

A moderate trail that starts off on a broken road just off the 395 Freeway on Manzanar Reward Road. You will climb up and over the hillside where you will be welcomed with an experience…
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Total Miles
0.7
Tech Rating
4 Moderate
Best Time
Spring, Fall, Summer
Learn more about The Road Not to the Top of Sugarloaf
The Road Not to the Top of Sugarloaf

The Road Not to the Top of Sugarloaf

Have you always wanted to see what is at the top of Sugarloaf Mountain? Me too; however, right as you arrive at the base of the mountain, there is a very heavy-duty gate with many…
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Total Miles
1.3
Tech Rating
2 Easy
Best Time
Winter, Fall, Spring
Learn more about The Road to Nowhere
The Road to Nowhere

The Road to Nowhere

Out and back trail. Steep, rocky terrain that winds tightly through the trees. There are two steep climbs that have soft dirt and rocks requiring the driver to maneuver around two very large trees. This…
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Total Miles
2.0
Tech Rating
5 Moderate
Best Time
Summer, Fall
Learn more about The Rocky Narrows
The Rocky Narrows

The Rocky Narrows

A beautiful alternate route in the Inyo Mountains that can be run as a loop with Papoose Flat Road, or as a connecter to the nearby Mazourka Canyon portion of the CABDR trail. The trail…
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Total Miles
14.7
Tech Rating
4 Moderate
Best Time
Summer, Fall
Learn more about The Rut
The Rut

The Rut

This is a lightly traveled trail with a dirt floor. Uneven, rutted dirt trail with erosion. Potential water crossings up to a foot deep, in the winter, and in some spots the rut is 3ft…
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Total Miles
3.0
Tech Rating
3 Easy
Best Time
Spring, Summer
Learn more about The Slot
The Slot

The Slot

There are several beautiful slot canyons like this in Anza-Borrego State Park (see Trail #79). Hiking the canyon is great fun, but be very careful; walls can collapse and rainstorms can flood the canyon in…
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Total Miles
9.6
Tech Rating
5 Moderate
Best Time
Fall, Winter, Spring
Learn more about The Trek to McIver's Cabin
The Trek to McIver's Cabin

The Trek to McIver's Cabin

The trail begins at the Dove Springs OHV Area/Robbers Roost Ranch just off California State Route 14, approximately two miles south of the junction with California State Route 178. The first several miles of the…
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Total Miles
20.5
Tech Rating
4 Moderate
Best Time
Spring, Summer, Fall
Learn more about The Uncivilized Trona Road
The Uncivilized Trona Road

The Uncivilized Trona Road

If you love big, deep whoops, then this is the road for you. There are some off-camber sections and sandy washes that await any thrill seeker. This trail takes you from the hardball of Trona…
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Total Miles
1.6
Tech Rating
4 Moderate
Best Time
Winter, Fall, Spring
Learn more about Thimble Trail
Thimble Trail

Thimble Trail

Thimble Trail is a 2.1-mile point-to-point trail rated 3 of 10 within the California Anza-Borrego Desert State Park. The trail is restricted to street-legal vehicles. Thimble Trail provides the shortest off-road route to the Borrego…
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Total Miles
2.1
Tech Rating
3 Easy
Best Time
Summer, Spring, Fall, Winter
Learn more about Thomas Hunting Grounds
Thomas Hunting Grounds

Thomas Hunting Grounds

The Thomas Hunting Grounds Trail (1N12), often also referred to as the Morton Peak Trail, is an easy dirt road that takes you from the chaparral and shrubs of Mill Creek to the oaks and…
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Total Miles
11.7
Tech Rating
2 Easy
Best Time
Spring, Summer, Fall
Learn more about Thomas Mountain West Approach
Thomas Mountain West Approach

Thomas Mountain West Approach

This trail connects the Rouse Ridge via Cottonwood trail to the Thomas Mountain Campground via the western end of Thomas Mountain Road. During dry months, the trail is an easily passable dirt road, requiring only…
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Total Miles
2.7
Tech Rating
2 Easy
Best Time
Spring, Fall, Winter
Learn more about Thor's Hammer
Thor's Hammer

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
Spring, Summer, Fall, Winter
Learn more about Titus Canyon
Titus Canyon

Titus Canyon

Titus Canyon is a scenic one way dirt road from East to West, doable in any stock SUV. In just 26 easy miles you will drive through mountains, a ghost town, along petroglyphs and through…
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Total Miles
26.4
Tech Rating
2 Easy
Best Time
Fall, Winter, Spring
Learn more about To the Edge and Back
To the Edge and Back

To the Edge and Back

A heavily trafficked and challenging trail from the boundary of the OHV area at Randsburg Wash Road to the main Wagon Wheel Camping area off Trona Road. The main camping area has pit toilets and…
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Total Miles
3.5
Tech Rating
4 Moderate
Best Time
Winter, Fall, Spring
Learn more about Trail 1 Georgetown OHV
Trail 1 Georgetown OHV

Trail 1 Georgetown OHV

This starts on Trail 1 off of Darlington Ridge Road and continues to Trail 6 over the bridge and through Slate Mountain. From Slate Mountain, you're presented with more trail options. Lots of single tracks…
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Total Miles
15.5
Tech Rating
6 Moderate
Best Time
Fall, Spring
Learn more about Trail 30
Trail 30

Trail 30

You can pick this trail up at Trail 26 or Trail 44, with many options to join intersecting trails that can range from challenging to novice. Depending on the direction you start from Trail 26,…
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Total Miles
8.2
Tech Rating
7 Difficult
Best Time
Spring, Fall, Winter
Learn more about Trail 71
Trail 71

Trail 71

It is recommended to catch this trail at Trail 30 and take the nice descent down along rocky, rutted trail that then levels off and weaves through a fun single track that intersects with other…
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Total Miles
1.8
Tech Rating
7 Difficult
Best Time
Spring, Fall, Winter
Learn more about Trans-Ocotillo Connector
Trans-Ocotillo Connector

Trans-Ocotillo Connector

This trail is all about fast running through desert washes. The western endpoint has easy road access and the eastern endpoint plugs into the extensive trail system north of Ocotillo. The washes are smooth and…
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Total Miles
6.3
Tech Rating
3 Easy
Best Time
Winter
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