Recommended
Off-roading sites worth reading
The official off-roading sources we check ourselves, plus the independent sites we read. Kept short on purpose, and a person writes every entry.
Official sources
Agencies, regulators and the organizations that publish the rules and the data. We use these ourselves. None of them asked to be listed and none of them link back to us.
BLM Off-Highway Vehicles
blm.gov
The rules for riding on Bureau of Land Management ground, which is most of the open desert and high country in the western states. Designations are set field office by field office, so check the area you are heading for rather than the state.
Forest Service Maps
fs.usda.gov
Motor Vehicle Use Maps and forest visitor maps, by national forest. The MVUM is the legal answer to which roads and trails are open to which vehicles, and it costs nothing. Carry the current year, because designations change.
NOHVCC
nohvcc.org
The National Off-Highway Vehicle Conservation Council works with land managers on trail design, funding and keeping riding areas open. Its state association directory is the fastest way to find who advocates for riders where you live.
Tread Lightly!
treadlightly.org
The organization behind the riding ethics most clubs and land managers teach from. Free training and trail stewardship material, and a large part of the reason a lot of areas are still open to vehicles at all.
Independent sites
Written by people who do this rather than by an agency. We read every one before it goes on this page.
Worth reading anywhere
GuideMeet
guidemeet.it
A free directory of independent local guides for people driving their own 4x4, motorcycle or camper van. Its United States page covers Moab, Colorado passes and the Backcountry Discovery Routes, and travelers message a guide directly with no commission taken.
Pacific Northwest Four Wheel Drive Association
pnw4wda.org
A nonprofit of clubs and individual off-roaders across eight regions of Oregon, Washington and Idaho, founded in 1960 as the Pacific Northwest Jeep Association. It runs trail work parties, trainings and play days, publishes the Tri-Power newsletter, and works with land agencies to keep public lands open.
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