Arizona Off Road Trails and ORV Parks

Arizona is a wonderful place to explore.  They have such a vast variety of riding including sandy deserts to forested mountains.  You can ride or drive from one to the other and back in the same day!  Arizona is has great open off road areas for sand rails (sandrails), dune buggies (dune buggys), 4wd trucks and jeeps, ATV's, UTV's and dirt bikes.   There is great single track for the motorcycle and awesome two track for jeeps, 4wd trucks and ATVs.  You can't miss.  Late Fall through early Spring offers the best off road experience.  Off road adventures in the Summer months is all but impossible due to the extreme heat.  

Among the popular trails in Arizona are Alamo Lake, Crossroads OHV Area, Desert Wells Multiuse Area, Copper Basin Dunes OHV Area, Mineral Wash - Bill Williams River Trail, Ehrenberg Sand Bowl OHV Area, Packsaddle Mountain Loop, MotoPark, South Plomosa Range Trail, Portland Mine Road, Swansea Loop Trail, Standard Wash, White Hills Trail and Thumb Butte Trail among others.

Worth mentioning is Apache Trail, a scenic drive through Roosevelt Lake and Apache Junction. Pavement ends just after Tortilla Flat. However, the road is well-graded. The Arizona Strip is that vast, enchanting region of Arizona just north of the famous Colorado River. Much of this largely unsettled and remote area is traversed by over 5,000 miles of never-ending dirt roads. In fact, road conditions tend to range from high clearance two-tracks (single track are also there) to well-maintained graded roads, as well as challenging routes, which require 4-wheel drive vehicles.

Here are some of our favorite off-road motorcycle areas:

Mile Marker Trails - Peoria

Bartlett Lake Recreation Area - Carefree

Pima-Barlett Loop - Phoenix

Sycamore Creek (both upper and lower) -Phoenix

There are numerous exciting opportunities for availing of OHV recreation in and around Arizona. The competent local agencies have requisite information and maps readily available. You may contact them for latest information on aspects like access, closures, various rules and regulations, and other relevant information prior to planning ATV activities.

Much of this data including maps will help you plan an enjoyable ATV trail in Arizona. Some of these areas happen to be State Trust Land so a permit is necessary. You can get a permit online. Some other areas might require daily or annual usage fees.