Off-Road Trails in Utah

This 4-mile scenic track starts from County Road 240 as a wider dirt trail on top of a desert mesa. As it goes south, it has lots of unmarked intersections for spurs you can explore. The trail is overall really easy but has features such as dips across ravines, wash crossings, tight turns, and ruts....
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This is an enjoyable trail within Arches NP. It can be an out-and-back if you take it from the bottom, or you can link up with the top half via the Tower Arch 4x4 trail. Lots of sand, lots of small rock obstacles, there is a wash you travel down for a mile or so, and one large rock obstacle that is ...
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Road 205 starts off of Comb Ridge Descent and goes north for 2.2 miles on a full-width graded dirt road. As you drive north, you'll have views looking towards Comb Ridge and the tall red sandstone canyon walls. The road is flat and wide between sagebrush, with scenic views in every direction under t...
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County Road 240 is a 9-mile-long full-width graded dirt road. It's smooth, hard-packed dirt, with nice views of all the surrounding green hills and mesas and pink sandstone layers. It's really scenic in a landscape with contrasting pink and green colors. The east end starts off of South Elks Road. I...
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This is a wide graded dirt road that starts off of South Elks Road, which is also wide and easy. It goes for 1.3 miles, making a sharp left turn when it comes to a T in the road. It accesses several other 4x4 high-clearance roads that you can explore, most of which are unmarked. This road is overall...
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Sanford-Smith Canyon, also known as the Fremont ATV road (30129), offers a stunning journey through diverse landscapes. As you traverse this route, you'll encounter open valleys, dense groves of aspen trees, captivating rock formations, and panoramic vistas of a distant city. The majority of this tr...
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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 mud ruts and runoff mounds to navigate, to which having some sort of vehicle clearance helps. ...
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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 up on a hillside. If you walk across the hill a few feet, through the trees you can catch quite an expansive vie...
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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 a short, rocky hill climb and is the first of many you'll experience along the way. The next ones are s...
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3D gets its name from the outstanding overlook views. This trail is great for families but may push the limits of some stock vehicles. 3D will take you to the bottom of the canyon and back up to the rim. Bring your camera for the stunning colors in Hidden Canyon, and then stop for a picnic near Brin...
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This is singletrack at its finest. 5 Miles of Hell is a very difficult trail for motorcycles. It starts off at the trailhead off of Red's Canyon Road. From the parking lot, the trail goes to the east. At the first fork, stay to the right, then at the second fork, go left. This second fork is the beg...
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Trail 501 begins north of the main Fivemile Pass parking area of 73. This trail is 1.1 miles long and runs North-South. When traveling North, you'll gain ~200 ft of elevation--the medium-width track winds between scattered sagebrush and sparse pine trees. The ground surface is mainly packed with loo...
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Trail 503 starts on a dirt road East of the Fivemile Pass parking area. It is one mile long and runs NW-SE, paralleling 502. 503 is an open, higher-speed trail that runs through sagebrush and a couple of areas of medium-density pine trees. The trail ends at a second dirt road, with only one road cro...
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Trail 504 begins to branch off to the West of Trail 501. It then runs North, paralleling 501 until merging back into it. This trail is 0.8 miles in length. The track is open sagebrush and sparse pine trees and features some banked turns. The ground surface is packed dirt with a decent amount of loos...
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Trail 506 branches off to the East of 501. It travels North and eventually splits into multiple paths. This trail is 1.2 miles long and has small hills, but the elevation doesn't change much. The track is vast, with plenty of room to get around pine trees that you'll pass. The ground surface is prim...
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The 507 heads South from Wells Canyon Road and then turns East before reconnecting with the road. This trail has some loose, sandy turns, and the trees can be tight in some areas. The track is narrower than others in this area and more rutted. The ground is a combination of loose sand and packed dir...
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Trail 508 starts off Wells Canyon Road and runs North. This track parallels the first half of trail 511 before running into it. Total elevation gain is ~500 ft before reaching a peak in this area, and the total trail distance is 1.2 miles. The ground surface is dirt in some places but is otherwise l...
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The 510 trail begins at the intersection of 506 and 509. It's 2.3 miles long and travels North before heading East and ending at a dirt access road off of Manning Canyon Road. The trail starts in a valley that quickly becomes a tighter ravine. The ground surface begins as dirt but changes to loose g...
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Trail 511 is a horseshoe-shaped track that branches off 510, heading North and East. It ends on a dirt road off of Manning Canyon Road. This route is 2.7 miles long, climbing several hills before gradually dropping ~500 ft in elevation. The ground is a mix of dirt and loose, smaller rocks in the upp...
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Trail 518 is a high-speed roller coaster ride that starts near Trail 517 and heads Southwest. It winds back on itself a few times while descending ~400 ft, ending at a dirt access road. This trail has a little bit of everything: ravines with tighter trees, whooped straightaways, wide banked turns, a...
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