Off road trails near New York, New York – Jeep & 4×4 offroad trails

Want to go offroading near New York, New York? Or offroading near Long Island, New York?

Where2Wheel will help you find off road trails near you!  We only cover Jeep trails, 4×4 trails, truck trails, and OHV trails.  Keep reading and we will point out off road places near New York & Long Island, NY.

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Alright, we are talking about off road trails near New York, New York as well as off road trails near Long Island, NY.  Last warning, the off road trails mentioned are Jeep trails and 4×4 trails large/wide enough to fit a passenger vehicle – no ATVs or dirtbikes talked about here.  Okay, so there are six user-submitted off road trails that are all on Long Island, NY.  These six trails are all local, “play” spots, where you might spend an hour or two wheeling and none of the trails will be too challenging.  You can visit the Where2Wheel trails map here to check out these local off road trails near NY, NY & Long Island, New York.  Outside of Long Island and west of New York, NY there are another half dozen local off road trails within a 90 minute drive of the Big City.  Again, check out the Where2Wheel off road trails map to view these local trails around New York, New York.   However; in these next two paragraphs I will give you some more details about where you should really be going in this area to have some 4WD fun.  The first (Del Water Gap) is where you should go if you are a beginner or have a stock rig, and the second (Pine Barrens) is where you should go if you have a modified rig and some wheeling experience under your belt.

The beginner offroad trail near New York, NY is the Del Water Gap National Recreation Area.  Del Water Gap is about 75 miles NW of New York, NY and the drive will take around two hours.  Del Water Gap has over 70,000 acres to be explored through a network of old mining roads and forest service roads. None of these roads a specifically “offroad trails”, but there is the occasional mud hole that you will come across. If you are a seasoned offroader, then you probably aren’t going to find anything to get too excited about here; however, Del Water Gap is an easy way to get out to nature for a scenic drive and for beginner offroaders this is a great place to familiarize yourself with your rig and light offroad driving.  Reminder, you can browse the offroad trails map anytime for free on Where2Wheel.  There is a good chance that since writing this article that new off road trails near New York, NY and Long Island, NY have been added, so click here to view the W2W map and check the area for yourself.

The more challenging offroad trail near New York, NY is Pine Barrens located 95 miles south of New York, NY with a drive time of approximately two hours and 10 minutes.  I realize that a two hour drive is a lot of travel time, but Pine Barrens is well worth the drive, especially if you have a modified vehicle and are looking for some terrain to challenge your rig.  The Pine Barrens trail system is located in Wharton State Park in Hammonton, NJ.  At Pine Barrens you will find over 500 miles of unpaved roads (forest trails) and the entire area tends to get extremely muddy when conditions are wet.  Pine Barrens is known as THE place to go offroading in New Jersey, but make sure to brief yourself on the rules before heading out to Pine Barrens.  Don’t forget to visit the Where2Wheel off road trails map to see all the off road trails near New York, NY as there are multiple lesser known off road trails closer to NY and Long Island than Pine Barrens.  We also have a great community of offroaders on W2W, so be sure to check out the news feed and groups sections of Where2Wheel as well.

Lastly, feel free to create an account on Where2Wheel; it’s free to use and you can find other offroaders in your area that you can hit the trails with.  If you do enjoy using W2W and want to support us, please either tell your offroading pals about the site or sign-up for a premium account, which takes ads off the map for just $2.99/month.

Thanks for reading about some of the offroad trails near Long Island, NY and New York, NY.  For more off road trail information you can visit Where2Wheel or check out our New York blog about off road trails across the State of NY.

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