Off-road vehicle users in the Four Corners area love sites like this. This is
a great site for those with young Off-Highway Vehicle (OHV) enthusiasts or
beginners hoping to gain more experience before moving to the busier and more
challenging areas such as Glade Run Recreation Area or Dunes OHV Recreation
Area.

Off-road vehicle users in the Four Corners area love sites like this. This is a great site for those with young Off-Highway Vehicle (OHV) enthusiasts or beginners hoping to gain more experience before moving to the busier and more challenging areas such as Glade Run Recreation Area or Dunes OHV Recreation Area.

Bird's eye view of the park

Head Canyon OHV Recreation Area

More than 800 acres of fun is waiting for off-road enthusiasts at the Dunes
Vehicle Recreation Area south of Farmington. The off-highway vehicle area
contains a wide variety of topography including large sand dunes, steep to
gentle hillsides, and sandy arroyo bottoms. Innumerable roads and trails exist
in the Dunes, created by nearly 40 years of off-road vehicle use. The diverse
landscape attracts a variety of motorized activity and provides riders a place
to play, test their endurance, and improve their skills.

More than 800 acres of fun is waiting for off-road enthusiasts at the Dunes Vehicle Recreation Area south of Farmington. The off-highway vehicle area contains a wide variety of topography including large sand dunes, steep to gentle hillsides, and sandy arroyo bottoms. Innumerable roads and trails exist in the Dunes, created by nearly 40 years of off-road vehicle use. The diverse landscape attracts a variety of motorized activity and provides riders a place to play, test their endurance, and improve their skills.

Off road trails in the Dunes Off-Highway Vehicle Recreation Area.

Dunes Off-Highway Vehicle Recreation Area

Dunes Off-Highway Vehicle Area

A great spot for the weekend warrior, the Glade Run Recreation Area (GRRA) is
comprised of 19,000 acres of sandy arroyos, slick rock and rolling terrain.
Vegetation is sparse, primarily consisting of common grasses, rabbitbrush,
sagebrush, junipers, and pinyons.

The recreation area is split into two off-highway vehicle use zones. The
northern three-quarters of the Glade are managed for limited trail use and
3,800 acres on the south end are managed as an open OHV area. Approximately 42
miles of marked trails for motorized trail bike and mountain bike riders are
located in the limited OHV portion of the Glade. Challenging slick rock and
wide sandy washes provide fun for off road enthusiasts in the open OHV
section.

Rock crawling, an extreme form of off road driving using vehicles, from stock
to highly modified, to surmount obstacles, is a popular activity. In rock
crawling, drivers maneuver four-wheel-drive vehicles over very harsh terrain.
Driving locations include boulders, slickrock, mountain foothills, rock piles,
mountain trails, etc. Rockcrawling is about slow-speed, careful, precise
driving. Rock crawlers often drive up, down and across obstacles that would
appear impassable to the average person.

The Brown Springs OHV Area within GRRA is approximately 2.5 miles north of
Pinon Hills Blvd. on County Road 1980.

A great spot for the weekend warrior, the Glade Run Recreation Area (GRRA) is comprised of 19,000 acres of sandy arroyos, slick rock and rolling terrain. Vegetation is sparse, primarily consisting of common grasses, rabbitbrush, sagebrush, junipers, and pinyons.The recreation area is split into two off-highway vehicle use zones. The northern three-quarters of the Glade are managed for limited trail use and 3,800 acres on the south end are managed as an open OHV area. Approximately 42 miles of marked trails for motorized trail bike and mountain bike riders are located in the limited OHV portion of the Glade. Challenging slick rock and wide sandy washes provide fun for off road enthusiasts in the open OHV section.Rock crawling, an extreme form of off road driving using vehicles, from stock to highly modified, to surmount obstacles, is a popular activity. In rock crawling, drivers maneuver four-wheel-drive vehicles over very harsh terrain. Driving locations include boulders, slickrock, mountain foothills, rock piles, mountain trails, etc. Rockcrawling is about slow-speed, careful, precise driving. Rock crawlers often drive up, down and across obstacles that would appear impassable to the average person.The Brown Springs OHV Area within GRRA is approximately 2.5 miles north of Pinon Hills Blvd. on County Road 1980.

An off-road vehicle is crawling down an extremely steep sandstone slope.

Rock Crawling event at Glade Run Recreation Area

Glade Run Recreation Area

Aztec Ruins has some of the best-preserved Chacoan structures of its kind.
Learn more about the ancestral Pueblo people in the park's museum and explore
the Aztec West great house to see exceptionally advanced architecture,
original wooden beams, and a restored Great Kiva. Aztec Ruins is a deeply
sacred place to many Indigenous peoples across the American Southwest. Please
visit with respect.

Aztec Ruins has some of the best-preserved Chacoan structures of its kind. Learn more about the ancestral Pueblo people in the park's museum and explore the Aztec West great house to see exceptionally advanced architecture, original wooden beams, and a restored Great Kiva. Aztec Ruins is a deeply sacred place to many Indigenous peoples across the American Southwest. Please visit with respect.

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