Wheels Across America: Nationwide Off Road Area List

Eldorado National Forest

• Located: 3-4 hours from the Bay Area; Sacramento is about 11/2 hours away
• For More Info: www.fs.fed.us/r5/eldorado, 530/622-5061, 916/622-5062
• FYI: The Rubicon Trail is part of this forest

El Mirage Off-Highway Vehicle Area

• Located: In the Mojave Desert, west of Adelanto, CA
• For More Info: www.ca.blm.gov/barstow/mirage.htmlm 760/252-6000
• FYI: In the summer it can be 120 degrees

High Rock Canyon

• Located: Between Cedarville, Rancheria and Modoc National Forest
• For More Info: www.ca.blm.gov/surprise/highrock.html, 916/279-6101
• FYI: Rugged and remote

Hollister Recreation Management Area and Hollister Hills

• Located: San Benito, Fresno, and Monterey counties
• For More Info: www.ca.blm.gov/hollister/recreation.html,
• 831/630-5000, 831/637-3874
FYI: Hollister Hills is the home of Top Truck Challenge

Hungry Valley SVRA

• Located: In the Tejon Pass, north of L.A. and along I-5
• For More Info: www.ohv.parks.ca.gov/default.asp?page_id=1192, 661/248-7007
• FYI: Challenging trails are in the hills and backcountry section

Imperial Sand Dunes

• Located: Runs along the eastern edge of the Imperial Valley and is bordered on the west by Coachella Canal
• For More Info: www.ca.blm.gov/elcentro/ImperialSandDunes, 619/337-4400
• FYI: Largest and most heavily used area begins at Hwy 78

Johnson Valley Off-Highway Recreation Area

• Located: Southeast of Barstow
• For More Info: www.ca.blm.gov/barstow/johnson.html, 760/252-6000
• FYI: Where the Jackhammer and Sledgehammer Trails are

Juniper Flats

• Located: Located in the northern foothills of the San Bernardino Mountains
• For More Info: www.ca.blm.gov/barstow/jflats.html, 760/252-6000
• FYI: Mining and prehistoric sites are on the Flats

Klamath National Forest

• Located: Hwy 5 to Yreka
• For More Info: www.fs.fed.us/r5/klamath, 530/842-6131
• FYI: Land in Siskiyou County, Northern California, and Jackson County, Oregon

Lassen National Forest

• Located: Northern California, where Sierra Nevada, Cascades, Modoc Plateau, and Great Basin meet
• For More Info: www.fs.fed.us/r5/lassen, 530/257-2151
• FYI: The forest is the land of Ishi, last survivor of Yahi Yana Native American tribe

Los Padres National Forest

• Locate: Northern division of the forest is within Monterey County and northern San Luis Obispo, while the main part of the forest is located within San Luis Obispo, Santa Barbara, Ventura, and Kern counties
• For More Info: www.fs.fed.us/r5/lospadres, 805/968-6640
• FYI: Forest is a member of the CA Condor Recovery Program

Mendocino National Forest

• Located: It's at the eastern "spur" of the Coastal Mountain Ranges in northwestern California, about three hours north of San Francisco
• For More Info: www.fs.fed.us/r5/mendocino, 530/934-3316
• FYI: The only one of CA's 18 national forests not crossed by a paved road or highway

Modoc National Forest

• Located: Located in extreme northeastern corner of California
• For More Info: www.fs.fed.us/r5/modoc, 530/233-5811
• FYI: Named for the county where most of the forest is

Oceano Dunes

• Located: In San Luis Obispo county near the city of Oceano
• For More Info: www.ohv.parks.ca.gov/default.asp?page_id=1207, 805/473-7230
• FYI: Formerly Pismo Dunes

Prairie City SVRA

• Located: 20 miles east of downtown Sacramento and 3 miles south of U.S. 50
• For More Info: www.ohv.parks.ca.gov/default.asp?page_id=1221, 916/985-7378
• FYI: Got its name from the Gold Rush community northeast of the park

Rasor Off-Highway Vehicle Area

• Located: Between Interstate 15 and Mojave National Preserve; southwest of Baker
• For More Info: www.ca.blm.gov/barstow/rasor.html, 760/252-6000
• FYI: Hills and sand dunes

San Bernardino National Forest

• Located: San Bernardino and San Jacinto mountain ranges
• For More Info: www.fs.fed.us/r5/sanbernardino, 909/382-2600
• FYI: Became a national forest more than 100 years ago