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Trips & Trails

Trips & Trails: McGrew Trail

McGrew trail is a legendary track located in southern Oregon that straddles the California border. It’s roughly 26 miles and runs through what, for centuries, was lush forest.

A campsite near Reddish Knob, Virginia.

Trips & Trails: Reddish Knob and the Blue Ridge Mountains

It’s sometimes tempting to think that the eastern United States has inferior overlanding opportunities compared to the southwest, the Rocky Mountains, and other wide-open spaces. While the trails in the East might not be as long, there are still plenty of opportunities to explore. Fortunately, Overland Expo East is within easy driving distance of many of the best areas to spend a few nights traversing the ridges of the Appalachian Mountains.

Truck navigating Cinder Butte Viewpoint trail near Bend Oregon.

Trips & Trails: Cinder Butte Viewpoint

If you’re heading to the Overland Expo Pacific Northwest event in Bend, Oregon in 2022, you’re probably seeking new adventures. Look no further.

Cinder Hills OHV

Trips & Trails: The Cinder Hills of Northern Arizona

If you’ve ever wanted to overland on the moon, this is as close you can get. The Cinder Hills OHV Area resembles the moon’s surface, partially because NASA pockmarked a portion of the Cinder Lakes area to match the Apollo landing sites with a series of controlled explosions in 1967.

Aspen Ridge Ultimate Moto Build

Trips & Trails: Aspen Ridge

For this Trips & Trails, Sterling Noren of Noren Films took Overland Expo’s 2021 Ultimate Overland Vehicle, Honda Africa Twin, on Aspen Ridge. The Honda Africa Twin will be a part of other storytelling throughout the year. Follow the 4Runner’s adventures on its official landing page.

Toyota 4Runner on Alpine Loop

Trips & Trails: Cinnamon Pass & Engineer Pass

A loop of 63 miles of semi-technical four-wheel-drive trail, the Alpine Loop in Southwestern Colorado may not seem like an overland route, but it is the heart of an area that can provide days and days of exploration and adventure

RAM pickup climbing section of forest road.

Trips & Trails: Storm Mountain, Bear Gulch

If you’re looking for a great little forest drive with a little bit of difficulty on your way to or from Overland Expo Mountain WEST in Loveland, Colorado, then look no further than Storm Mountain / Bear Gulch.

Trips & Trails: The Puppy Dog Route

Deemed by riders all over New England to be one of the most accessible and scenic rides in Vermont, the BMW MOV Puppy Dog Route takes riders from the Massachusetts border through the lush forests of the Green Mountain State all of the way to the Canadian border.

Trips & Trails: Movie Road, Alabama Hills

You’ve seen the Alabama Hills many times before in movies, TV, and on the ‘gram, but maybe you’ve never experienced it from the driver’s seat?

Located off picturesque Highway 395 on the eastern side of the Sierra Nevada Mountains near the town of Lone Pine, Movie Road encompasses viewpoints of high desert and Mount Whitney, the tallest mountain in the continental United States within its 24 beautiful miles.

Trips & Trails: Geronimo Trail

The Geronimo Trail stretches across a remote swath of southern Arizona and New Mexico. Covering over 80 miles of rugged high desert, you’ll follow in the footsteps of the Chiricahua Apaches, outlaws, and revolutionaries who passed through this region centuries ago.

Jeep on the side of dirt road in Ochoco National Forest

Trips & Trails: Ochoco Mountains

Established in 1911, the Ochoco National Forest is located in the Ochoco Mountains in north-central Oregon. It spans more than 850,000 acres and has lots to offer an overlander: golden canyons, beautiful rivers, geologic oddities, streams teeming with fish, high deserts dotted with sage grass, and 95,000 breath-taking acres of old-growth forest – just to name a few.

Trips & Trails: Beef Basin

If you’re into the high desert and historic Native American ruins, the 94 easy miles of Beef Basin Road is just the trail for you. Located southwest of Moab and northwest of Monticello, Beef Basin is circled by amazing places to explore in their own right including; The Needles District of Canyonlands National Park, Manti-La Sal National Forest, and Glen Canyon National Recreation Area.

Trips & Trails: Delmar Ghost Town

Nevada is home to more ghost towns than any other state in America and Delamar Ghost Town’s haunted history makes for a great overland journey an hour and a half north of Las Vegas. With endless dirt roads, abandoned mines, and free camping on BLM land, this area is prime for your next adventure.

Trips &Trails: The Lost Coast – Usal Road

There isn’t a trip that is more uniquely Northern California than the Lost Coast, a collection of mostly dirt roads that starts at Highway 1 between Westport and Leggett and traverses CA State Land Trust lands and Sinkyone Wilderness State Park which includes a collection of beautiful hikes, beach access, and (paid) camping at Usal Beach.

Trips & Trails: Santa Rita Mountains

The Santa Rita Mountains are located in the Coronado National Forest in south central Arizona, just north of the Mexican border. They’re zigzagged with a series of winding, mountainous trails. The trails vary in length and difficulty. None is long enough in and of itself to make a full trip out of. However, you could string together a couple to make for a several-day trip.

Trips & Trails: The Road to Hana and Beyond

The Road to Hana is perhaps the most iconic route in all of Hawaii, made famous (or infamous) in the 70s when long stretches of the cliff-clinging road were unpaved and subject to frequent landslides that flowed down to the Pacific Ocean. While the route is now paved, it remains a ride to remember – especially when driven in a Jeep Willys – overland style.

Photo by Brett Willhelm

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