Top 5 Easy to Intermediate Overland Trails in Southern California - 4K UHD
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- Опубликовано: 4 авг 2024
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Please sit back and join us as we review our favorite 5 overland routes that are easy to intermediate here in Southern California. Thus, whatever part of SoCal you live in, whether it be Los Angeles, Orange County, Riverside, Imperial, San Diego, or San Bernardino County, we have our Top 5 Overland Trails for you.
We'll be adventuring through Anza Borrego, Big Bear, Death Valley, Mojave Road, and Miller Jeep Trail as we highlight the best parts of this epic overland adventure, providing you with our favorite scenic Waypoints and camping spots. The video shows what kind of vehicles we completed the trails in, which include a Jeep Wrangler, Jeep JK, Jeep JKU, Chevy Colorado ZR2, Toyota Pickup, Toyota FJ Cruiser, Toyota 4Runner, Jeep CJ, and much more. The best part about this off-road trip is the Jeep trails are suitable for all experience levels, including Beginners, first-time off-roaders, moderately experienced, and more. All these trails are near home for people who live in Southern California. Most of these trails can be completed on the weekend, perfect for leaving work Friday, enjoying the trail Saturday, and returning home Sunday.
The camping on these trails is legendary; we recommend you plan your next year out and hit all these trails. The video includes the time of year to visit the trails to avoid weather issues. We also provide our favorite off-road camping spots and our most enjoyable places to stop for the scenery or history.
TRAILS ON THIS ROUTE INCLUDE
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Big Bear Route:
- 1N09 City Creek Trail
- 3N16 Holcomb Valley Road
- 3N17 White Mountain
- 3N07A The Squeeze
- 2N02 Burns Canyon
- 2N61Y Heartbreak Ridge
- RC3331 Rattlesnake Canyon
Miller Jeep Trail Route:
- Lockwood Creek Trail
- Miller Jeep Trail
Mojave Road Path:
- Mojave Road
- Afton Canyon
- Mojave Wash
- Manix Wash
Death Valley Route - Panamint Valley Route:
- Goler Wash
- Mengel Pass
- Butte Valley
- Warm Springs
Anza-Borrego Route:
- Lower Coyote Canyon
- Metal Sculptures
- Blair Valley
- Motero Wash
- Canyon Sin Nombre
- Arroyo Tapiado
- Arroyo Secco Del Diablo
- Diablos Drop
- Sandstone Canyon
- Fish Creek
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Let us know what your favorite overland trails are.
For easy to intermediate, it is pretty close between Death Valley and Anza-Borrego. Big Bear would likely be my favorite if it wasn't so crowded just because there is so much up there. But stay tuned for my next overland video which will include "Difficult" rated trails. I am going to go film for that video next week.
I really enjoyed a bunch of trails in the Front Range of Colorado that I stitched together to go from I-70 to Nederland mostly off pavement (had one short pavement section at Rollinsville). Mostly mild trails but lots of big scenery and more than enough to fill a very long day. Good places to camp along the way too.
Out in California, I remember doing some multi day stuff around Death Valley as a kid. Lots of far out places with no other people and wide open spaces.
In Oregon the area around Bend has tons of trails that go on and on forever. Especially around Newberry Crater, you can spend a week wandering around and never do the same trail twice. I've heard but have never been to the Owyhee Canyon/River area in SE Oregon that there are excellent multi-day trails out there.
Wow. Really enjoyed this video . I'm in the bay area and would love to make a couple of those trips . Have you a good idea as to how much extra gas to.take along . Is there a number that can be gotten when an outsider can join in on the trips . Really exciting time it looked like fpr everyone
The best thing to do if you would like to join us is to follow us on Facebook, and join our meetup groups. Also, open a dialog with the different contributors through social media. That is your best chance for joining us on our next adventures. As for fuel, the routes that say extra fuel, usually 5 gallons is all you need.
Thanks for the information
Thanks for the quick snapshot of several areas, each with multiple trails to check out. 👍🏻
Have fun
Thank you for the comprehensive list!!!! REALLY appreciate it, you saved me and my wife SO much time!!!! THANKS AGAIN!!
Thank you for watching
Great video Josh. Looking forward to visiting some of these amazing places. Being in Temecula these are all around me. Great editing. that's a lot of work right there.
Thank you for watching. There is so many great trails around us. Can never go wrong.
Thank you for the awesome video! They are great to help me find local trails and get a preview of what to expect. I’m close to the big bear trails so it’s nice to get out there with my 2 boys. Keep up the great work!
Thank you Derek
Really cool. New to the Overland community and video is packed full of good info.
Glad it was helpful! Leave trip reports of the trails you do on our website. We would love to see them.
Great video! Trailsoffroad is such a valuable resource for trip planning.
Thank you for both the kind comments. Our goal is to help everyone get out and enjoy the beauty and excitement of what off-roading / overlanding can bring.
Nice video! All right in my 'ol backyard...well, back in the day when I was a young, slender mountain biker. Hah! I look forward to dragging my Jeep back down there someday.
Thank you
Seriously, thank you. Great list with tons of insight. Will be referencing this for a while. Looking to get into off roading with the new bronco, and this looks perfect
Thanks for watching. Make sure you log into the website and get all the information you need to hit the trail.
Man I love that Old City Creek Trail it's a beautiful Trail crazy scenery I didn't know you knew about that one
We have over 400 trails in Southern California. Check out the website and I bet you would be surprised what you could find out there.
Super cool area of the country. Amazing landscapes. Great video!
Thank you... California is fortunate for the diverse terrain and public lands.
Great video featuring some of the best trails SoCal has to offer! Thought that rumble sounded familiar at 15:53 till I saw the ZJ at 15:55. Had a great time exploring Anza till I broke my front axle. Thanks for helping me limp the jeep to the road and calling the tow truck.
Thanks for watching... We are hitting up Calico this weekend. I hope to see you out there.
Sorry for taking so long to make this video. I wanted to wait till I got all the footage that was needed to properly show off the overland routes. Please let us know what you think of the video.
Bueller...
I love these informative videos! Born and raised in SoCal and still so much to explore! I have a Full Size Overland rig and would like to start doing similar videos but focused on those with full size or oversized expedition rigs. Hard to know where you can safely explore without getting stuck. Keep up the good work!
Thank you watching and liking out videos. Check out our website for trail ideas.
As always, Good Job Josh!
Thank you Cliff
That's awesome Josh! I haven't been on the trail in months, and now I think I need to go to SoCal!
most indeed, the trails are a calling
Awesome video! thanks for sharing! I hope I can get back out to SOCAL some day and visit some of these.
Thank you for watching... We hope to see you out on the trail.
Another great inspiring video. I've been watching Jeep videos since 2012 in hopes to own one some day, and I'd say your videos and your white 2 door Jeep is what has inspired me most. cheers
Thank you for the kind words. I hope you get your jeep soon.
Really awesome video, those sites are truly intriguing--I've only been to Mojave Road so I need to plan a few more California trips!
Yes you do Tracy... Come out for Thanksgiving and we can hit up a bunch of trails.
everything is "pretty easy" for this guy
Thank you for watching
Great video!
Thank you
Great video! I actually saw a few smiles on the young lady you ride with.
She enjoys getting away...
Great review👍
Thank you Rudy
Awesome video Josh. Makes me want to check out the SoCal area!
John, come on down. Lets go wheeling.
You're the first person Im hitting up when my tires touch CA!
I will be waiting
This was so well done. Nice job. I don't get off road enough. I was sad to find out Jacoby trail was closed by Big Bear. I always wonder why people do the devils drop in Anza Borrego going down. I was throwing sand everywhere going up it..hahaha. I had to build up the nerve. Lots of great spots here for me to try out.
Thanks for watching MilesB.
Headed that way this weekend. But I want to start tonight out in arrowhead and make my way east on 3N16
Just did that last weekend... Let us know how it goes. Also, share your photos on our website in the trip reviews.
trailsoffroad.com will do
Please forgive my ignorance, what do the numbers mean, like 3n16 or 2n02? I assume they are like names of trails but do they represent coordinates or forest service designations of some sort?
They are names of trails for the forest service. If you head over to our website www.trailsoffroad.com you can put those numbers in the top right corner and it will pop up a link to the trail page.
I like mt Laguna trails in SoCal
thank you for the information will i be able to make these trails in a lifted f250
4x4
You can do most of the routes. Depending on your lift, Miller might be hard and the squeeze might be to narrow. The best thing to do is log into our website and check out the routes there. Use the map page and the details in the description to follow the tracks. webpage is www.trailsoffroad.com
Great video! You think a 2019 RAV4 with 8.6” clearance can knock these out?
Go to the trail pages and do a little research. We don't want to put you in a place you are not ready for. The links are in the video description.
Just stumbled upon your channel. I've been planning a trip here (I'm in Murrieta) around Big Bear and am curious if my F150 can fit on these trails. I refuse to get a Jeep until my truck blows up!
You will be fine on the 3N16 and 2n02, the others might get a little narrow. For better information, log into our website and either search the trails or use the map page.
www.trailsoffroad.com
@@Trailsoffroad Thank you
Love ur videos. Question? What's the name of the Bridge you shoot in big bear
Can you give me a time in the video
@@Trailsoffroad 1:28 to 1:35
How many of these spots are 2wd accessible?
That depends on several things, vehicle, tires, and so on. The best thing to do is head over the trail pages on our website and review the details there. The link to the trails in above in the video description or you can head over to www.trailsoffroad.com
What do you recommend for a beginner overlander, in a long bed ram 2500, with a rooftop tent setup? I want to camp somewhere, dispersed camping, not on campgrounds. Our group of friends all have full size trucks though so it makes it really difficult to find a spot where we can access it without having to worry about really narrow trails. We're in Ontario, California. Any recommendations?
Have you tried Joshua Tree?
Tons of suitable places in SoCal--San Bernardino NF and Big Bear is always a favorite during the warmer months, and then the desert areas from Autumn to Spring. Death Valley, the western end of Mojave Road (Afton Canyon, etc.) and even much of Anza Borrego is suitable, too. Registration on trailsoffroad is free, so create a user account and browse--we've mapped close to 400 roads/trails in southern California.
@@Trailsoffroad thank you for those suggestions... @FranciscoFranco I haven't tried Joshua Tree as I'm fairly new
@@ElBrisho I can send you a couple locations if you want. Just let me know where to send the message to with the info.
@@ffranco8515 yes please that'd be awesome. I've been on the trailsoffroad website and it's awesome I love it, but if you have suggestions for sure I'd love to see them. Are you able to send PMs here?
What is that thing sitting on top of that mountain at 6:15 and 8:00??
That is the Mojave Megaphone or Desert Megaphone, you too can see it in person by going down Afton Canyon and staying on the south side of the tracks. Then it is about 5 miles down the road. check out Afton review at: concerts1.livenation.com/event/0B00559BBE1B2F9A&Riverside&
Would a 6 inch lifted bronco on 35’s be too big for some of the canyon sections?
Which trail / area?
trailsoffroad.com the squeeze, borax mine, the like
@@chrissagredo7129 The squeeze might be tight but we have taken a simular sized vehicle through. The other trails you will be fine.
I have a 2wd 4runner, will i get stuck on these trails?
i need a list of trails i can do on a 2wd haha, i do have a lift on the truck
Use the trailsoffroad website and search for trails rated 1-2. These are trails a 2wd can do. The 2's might be difficult at times.
How much e tra gas do.you need for the 2-3 day trips. I have a 2017 Toyota 4runner SR5 PREMIUM 4x4 has 23 Gal tank. I was thi k 7-12 gallons?
Which path?
@@Trailsoffroad Mojave road?
Do you think a stock 2017 Toyota 4runner SR5 PREMIUM 4x4 would make it with 32" Falken wildpeak At3w Tires? 11 inches of ground clearance? And have traction aids n what not. 4LO etc. Not a beginner at 4x4ing. My dad said it was rough though...?
@@socaladventuresdavidt2557 Every vehicle is different, but I usually take 10 gallons to be safe. You can also bail out at Baker to get more fuel.
@@socaladventuresdavidt2557 I wouldn't use the word rough as in difficulty of the trail. Check out the trail review on our website to get a better idea of what is on the trail. www.trailsoffroad.com/trails/1043-mojave-road
Which trail would be best for a stock Subie?
Mojave Road, Death Valley, and Anza would be your best fit
@@Trailsoffroad thank you!
@@pingpongballz5998 Sure things, make sure you log into our website and find other great trails
@@Trailsoffroad I shall do that right now!
Awesome... Take some pictures and post them up at the bottom of the pages and let us know what you think about the trails and website... Enjoy!!!
can I join you guys on your next socal adventure?
follow us on facebook. We post a run here and there. Also, follow the drivers on their social media. Most of them are happy to have people tag along.
What do those numbers mean
Which ones?
When your putting locations up on the screen like scenic waypoints it has numbers after all the dots and its says 1NO9 (I’m new to this)
@@Ghost-oq4qj All this information is on the TrailsOffroad Website. You can find the links to the trail pages in the video description. Let us know what you think after you take a look around. www.trailsoffroad.com
The “Bus” and the car that was Scenic destination spot along the Mojave Rd no longer exist there’s nothing there. All that was there has been taken away by the new land owners ..to take away from peoples enjoyment and to take away some of the excitement to make it a less desirable road to travel for those wanting to travel the road in the future.
The bus can be found at the entrance of Joshua Tree parking lot just sitting there. You may wonder why, well look up who the new land owners are. This is just the first step in trying to make Mojave rd a less desirable trail rd.