Wheels Across America: Nationwide Off Road Area List

Dunes ORV Area

• Located: A little over a mile south of Farmington on NM 371
• For More Info: www.nm.blm.gov/recreation/farmington/dunes_ohv_area.htm, 505/599-8900
• FYI: 800 acres

El Malpais National Conservation Area

• Located: South of Grants, 80 miles west of Albuquerque
• For More Info: www.nm.blm.gov/recreation/albuquerque/el_malpais_nca.htm, 505/761-8700
• FYI: County Road 42 is OK, as are a few other areas

Glade Run Recreation Management Area/Glade Run Trail System

• Located: From Farmington, follow signs to San Juan Community College, then north on College Blvd
• For More Info: www.nm.blm.gov, 505/599-8900
• FYI: "Sandstone terrain" and a site for rockcrawling events

Hackberry Lake ORV Area

• Located: 20 miles northeast of Carlsbad
• For More Info: www.nm.blm.gov/recreation/carlsbad/hackberry_lake_ohv_area.htm, 505/234-5972
• FYI: Expect to see plenty of sand buggies

Head Canyon OHV Recreation Area

• Located: South of Farmington, NM 371
• For More Info: www.nm.blm.gov, 505/599-8900
• FYI: A local favorite

Mescalero Sands North Dunes Area

• Located: 45 miles east of Roswell via U.S. 380; from Tatum, 27 miles west on U.S. 380
• For More Info: www.nm.blm.gov/recreation/roswell/mescalero_sands.htm, 505/627-0272
• FYI: 610 acres of 90-foot-plus sand dunes

Robledo Mountains OHV Trail System

• Located: 4 miles northwest of Las Cruces
• For More Info: www.nm.blm.gov/recreation/las_cruces/robledo_mtn_ohv.htm, 505/525-4300
• FYI: Trails are extreme and require locking diffs and a winch

North Carolina
Baden Lake OHV Area

• Located: About an hour from Charlotte
• For More Info: www.troy.nc.us/links.htm#uwherrie
• FYI: 16 miles of trails

Croatan-Nantahala-Pisgah-Uwharrie National Forests

• Located: It's best to contact them for how to get there since it covers 1.2 million acres
• For More Info: www.cs.unca.edu/nfsnc, 828/257-4200
• FYI: Visit the Uwharrie OHV area

Ohio Rustbelt 4x4 Trailriders Association, www.rustbelt4x4.org

Forbidden Zone ATV Park

• Located: Hammondsville
• For More Info: www.forbiddenzoneatvpark.com, 330/708-4417
• FYI: Open 24 hours; hills, rocks, and creek beds

Wayne National Forest

• Located: Southeastern Ohio, a day's drive from Lexington, KY; Huntington, West Virginia; and Cleveland, OH
• For More Info: www.fs.fed.us/r9/wayne, 740/753-0101
• FYI: Home to the natural-rock Irish Run Natural Bridge

Oklahoma
Beaver Dunes State Park

• Located: 1 mile north of Beaver on Hwy 270
• For More Info: www.oklahomaparks.com/detail.asp?id=1+5U+3582, 580/625-3373
• FYI: 520-acre park

Clayton Area

• Located: In southeast Oklahoma off SH 271
• For More Info: www.travelok.com/trails/4x4.asp, 800/652-6552
• FYI: Forest with trails for all vehicle types

Disney Trail

• Located: In northeast Oklahoma, about an hour from Tulsa and below the Grand Lake Dam
• For More Info: www.travelok.com/trails/4x4.asp, 800/652-6552
• FYI: River Run can get deep mud; Extension ranks a 5 when done backward, Hogan's Revenge is 51/2 when backward

Gruber Recreation Area

• Located: Muskogee; 3 miles north of Braggs on the west side of SH 10
• For More Info: www.travelok.com/trails/4x4.asp, 800/652-6552
• FYI: 400 acres of easy to tough trails

Hogan's Offroad Park

• Located: In Disney, northeast of Tulsa
• For More Info: www.hogansoffroad.com, 918/435-2737
• FYI: Land is owned by Grand River Dam Authority; mud, hillclimbs, rockcrawling, mild to wild

Little Sahara State Park

• Located: 34 miles west from Nephi
• For More Info: www.recreation.gov/detail.cfm?ID=2200, 435/743-3100
• FYI: Dunes, hills, and flats

White Water Park

• Located: Mannford, west of Tulsa on Keystone Lake off SH 412
• For More Info: www.travelok.com/trails/4x4.asp, 800/652-6552
• FYI: It's mostly sand, and closes when bald eagles are in town

Oregon
Hells Canyon National Recreation Area

• Located: It's at the border of northeastern Oregon and western Idaho
• For More Info: www.fs.fed.us/hellscanyon, 541/523-6391
• FYI: The Canyon is North America's deepest river gorge