Lifestyle Trails (A.K.A. “Trails for Pusses”) — list them here!!!!!

[Mr. Crawly]

North Carolina

Max Patch

cool little trail with just a few obstacles that is very scenic!

to start the trail; you have to take the first road off I-40 past the welcome center heading west towards Tennessee. you have to be looking for it, it’s not an exit.

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[dirtydawgsrubi]

Wyoming

Cody - Rattlesnake Ridge and surrounding trails

Great drive in the Cody, WY area. I think we went into 4Hi once. Lots of great little trails to hike and lots to drive. Our round trip was 42 miles from the main road. Pick it up off hwy 120 at Monument Hill Road.

 

[JasonInDLH]

This may be the best thread I've seen on this forum since I joined. Awesome stuff. And makes me super jealous of you people out west in CO and AZ. Absolutely spectacular. Thanks for all the awesome pictures.

Exactly what I was thinking!

 

[cadviking]

North Carolina

Max Patch

cool little trail with just a few obstacles that is very scenic!

to start the trail; you have to take the first road off I-40 past the welcome center heading west towards Tennessee. you have to be looking for it, it’s not an exit.

Is that Hurricane Creek to Max Patch? My in-laws have a cabin in Maggie Valley and that is on my list.

 

[Mr. Crawly]

Is that Hurricane Creek to Max Patch? My in-laws have a cabin in Maggie Valley and that is on my list.

It is... now that I think about it, I heard someone call it Hurricane Creek

 

[Rubi II]

Traveling across the US this summer... Looking forward to trying some of these and hopefully adding to the list! Great thread!!

 

[Rfolsom]

Near Ruidoso, NM, Lincoln National Forest

The drive up is all on unpaved roads. There are a few steep spots and drop offs, but overall an easy drive. The views of the Lincoln National Forest are fantastic and 360 degrees from the lookout building. When you reach Monjeau Lookout it is accessible, with the exception of the office at the very top of the building.

https://www.google.com/maps/dir/Rui...7b5db6c7de2e!2m2!1d-105.73161!2d33.430786!3e0

This was a great suggestion. We drove up this week.

 

[west tex]

This was a great suggestion. We drove up this week.

The Ruidoso/Cloudcroft area in NM has lots of gorgeous scenery.

 

[sourdough]

California Coast
One of the best(there are few others) vista dirt roads on the California coast...
https://www.google.com/maps/@34.5264463,-119.9404153,17z
Channel Islands in the distance...

East side of Hwy 154 is paved single lane with similiar views.

 

[Sholmberg0311]

If you ever make your way to Pennsylvania.

https://www.dcnr.pa.gov/StateForests/FindAForest/BaldEagle/Pages/default.aspx
Some of the best Fly fishing can be done here as well

Lots of what the DCNR consider " driveable trails" Most of the forest roads are accessible by a sedan but there a quite a few " high clearance 4wd" trails. GPS and cell phone service is weak so I suggest if you ever make your way to Pennsylvania to pick up a Purple Lizard map of bald eagle state forest. Purple lizard also has maps for surrounding states as well of all state forest trails.
This is a good write up about Bald Eagle State forest : https://www.purplelizard.com/blogs/...ald-eagle-state-forest-millheim-to-weikert-pa

 

[DadJokes]

Idaho/Montana
https://www.google.com/search?q=mag...SAQMxLjSYAQCgAQGqAQdnd3Mtd2l6&sclient=gws-wiz
Magruder Corridor Rd., over 100 miles of remote, no service, F.S. maintained dirt road. I've driven it a couple of times in the past in stock 4by trucks. Check with F.S.

That’s on my short list. I’m thinking of going East to West on our way to the coast.

 

[mvandergrift]

Can i make a suggestion? As this list builds; do a spread sheet that you can look up trails by state with a link to the post. Makes this great idea more usable.

Great idea. I thought the same and started putting together something in Google Sheets.

Lifestyle Trails Spreadsheet (this link supports filtering, sorting, etc)


Let me know what you think.

 

[Dkretden]

Great idea. I thought the same and started putting together something in Google Sheets.

Lifestyle Trails Spreadsheet (this link supports filtering, sorting, etc)


Let me know what you think.

Spectacular! I will put a link in the first post.....

 

[duckintheface]

fantastic thread!

just got back from the Yampa Bench Road in Colorado running through Dinosaur National Monument. About 50 miles from one end to the other with nothing technical, but pretty impassable in wet weather. Some great viewpoints of the river and valleys, petroglyphs and a couple canyon hikes.

 

[displayname]

Great thread! I was going to see some Texas trails in here, but it looks like it would be worth it to road trip to CO.