4×4 Guide Tahoe NF

4×4 Tahoe Trail Maps
Off Roading Routes

4x4 maps4×4 Tahoe Trail Maps: Explore the 4WD (four wheel drive) dirt and gravel roads inside the Lake Tahoe region. Please follow the links listed at the bottom of this page for more Tahoe Maps.

Camping Lake Map

Sawmill Lake, Tahoe NF – N of Donner Pass I-80

 

 

 

 

 

 

4Wheeler’s Guide to Trails of the Tahoe National Forest, CA; Lake Tahoe to the North Yuba River

4Wheeler’s Guide to the Rubicon Trail

2024: BOTH THESE MAPS ABOVE NOW OUTTA PRINT

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California off roading with 4×4 Tahoe Trail Maps. Topographical hard copy maps show contour lines, routes, trailheads, campgrounds, alpine lakes, mountain peaks, wilderness boundaries.  Maps for use by nomad campers, mountain bikers, dirt bikers, jeeps, SUVs, ATVs, and all off roading rigs. Overland camping options in the high elevation Sierra Nevada mountains.

see also –dirt bikes trail map

Lake Tahoe Basin Topo Atlas

Tahoe National Forest Map USDA

Lake Tahoe Basin – Recreation @ Lake Tahoe

Tahoe Rim Trail Topo Map by Tom Harrison

USDA Lakes Basin, Sierra Buttes Map

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Bowman Lake, narrow cliff shoreline

Tahoe Forest Maps
by National Geographic

Tahoe East – Sierra Buttes & Donner Passfishing maps tahoe

Tahoe West – Yuba River & American River

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Back Roads @ N Yuba, Lakes Basin

Lakes Basin Recreation Area: Sierra Buttes
GOLD LAKE HWY. North Sierra Nevada – where granite spires touch the sky and river canyons run deep. Alpine lakes are covered in snow half the year w/ Gold Lake being the largest.

Totally worth a weekend visit! Spending a full week here is ideal. Summer destination for cabins, camping, hiking, fishing, waterfalls, and even off road routes; Winter offers snow recreation: cross country ski, snow shoe trails, and snow mobile access.

forest roads map tahoe

Tire Tools: roadside assistance
doesn’t do dirt roads

4x4 Patch Kit ARB

Mendo Forest Topo Atlas

Mendocino Atlas

Mendocino Topographic Atlas USDA

NorCal Coastal  Forests / Clear Lake California

The MENDOCINO National Forest Atlas, is a spiral bound book – a collection of all the quads. (7½minute topographical maps, of all of Mendo National Forest, California) This book map has detailed topo lines, mountain peaks, streams, lakes, hiking trails & back roads. Perfect for all kinds of recreational needs. Printed in 2016. ISBN# 9781628114201

Mendocino National Forest Atlas

Fouts Springs Camping Area, Mendocino Forest – the EAST SIDE

Mendocino National Forest

Mendocino National Forest QUADS:
from south to north – Mendocino National Forest Atlas

  • Benmore Canyon
  • Clearlake Oaks
  • Lucerne
  • Hough Springs
  • Bartlett Springs
  • Bartlett Mountain
  • Upper Lake
  • Gilmore Peak
  • Fouts Springs
  • Potato Hill
  • Elk Mountains
  • Potter Valley
  • Foster Mountain
  • Van Arsdale Reservoir
  • Lake Pillsbury
  • Crockett Peak
  • Saint John Mountain
  • Stonyford
  • Elk Creek
  • Felkner Hill
  • Kneecap Ridge
  • Hull Mountain
  • Sanhedrin Mountain
  • Brushy Mountain
  • Chrome
  • Alder Springs
  • Plaskett Meadows
  • Plaskett Ridge
  • Thatcher Ridge
  • Newhouse Ridge
  • Mendocino Pass
  • Log Springs
  • Hall Ridge
  • Newville
  • Paskenta
  • Riley Ridge
  • Ball Mountain
  • Buck Rock
  • Leeche Lake Mountain
  • Bluenose Ridge
  • Four Corners Rock
  • Wrights Ridge
  • Soloman Peak
  • South Yolla Bolly Mountains
  • Raglin Ridge
  • North Yolla Bolly Mountains
  • Black Rock Mountain
  • Swim Ridge
Mendocino National Forest Atlas

Dirt Roads = Secluded Camping

 

2021 UPDATE: Much of this coastal mountain National Forest was ravaged by wildfire both in 2018 and in 2020, so expect to have limited access for a while.

Ranch Fire (2018), part of the larger Mendocino Complex fire, took out all the southern end of the forest, including the Snow Mountain Wilderness.

459,123 acres burned in 2018

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mendocino_Complex_Fire

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/August_Complex_fire

Lightning strike wildfires began in mid-August 2020, wiping out the other half of the forest. With the limited fire fighters during the pandemic, the wildland fires ranged for months, filling the whole of Northern California with thick and toxic smoke. The massive August Complex fire is now the largest in state record – with over a million acres burned.

1,032,648 acres burned in 2020

Needless to say, there will closures on many roads throughout this Mendocino NF region, due to fire cleanup, repairs and salvage logging.  This includes some campgrounds, lakes, and meadows (or glades as they call them).  Contact the local ranger station to find out what is open and when. Gated roads may be found throughout this forest.

Primitive Camping Mendocino

Primitive Camping Road #308

Sequoia Forest Topo Atlas

Sequoia Topographic Atlas

Sequoia Topo Map Atlas

sequoia topo atlas

Sequoia Forest Topo Atlas Map is book for the outdoor explorer. Featuring the Kern River Canyon, Lake Isabella, Western Divide Highway, Giant Sequoia, including the Southern Sierra Nevada Mountains. Most importantly the popular Giant Sequoia Groves on the Western Divide, plus Big Meadow Road and the gorgeous gem of Hume Lake

Sequoia National Forest

Southern Sierra Nevada Map, Sequoia Hiking Trails, Kern River to the Sequoia National Park and Kings Canyon National Park boundaries. Includes the Giant Sequoia National Monument, Kern and Tulare County.

Sequoia Topo Map
Sequoia Forest Topo Atlas USDA

The SEQUOIA atlas is a spiral bound book – a collection of all the quads. (7.5 minute topographical maps, of all of Sequoia National Forest) This book map has contour lines, mountain peaks, streams, lakes, hiking trails & back roads. This map book is perfect for all kinds of recreational needs. Printed in 2019.

Topographic Atlas for Sequoia GrovesAreas include: Southern Sierra, Kern Canyon, Hwy. 178, Walker Pass, Kernville, Lake Isabella, Sugarloaf, Domelands, Kern River, Kennedy Mdws, Sherman’s Pass, Monache Mdws, South Sierras, Rincon, Canebrake, Dome Rock, The Needles, Western Divide, Giant Sequoia National Monument, Ponderosa, Springville, Tule River, Mountain Home State Forest, Jennie Lakes Wilderness, Golden Trout Wilderness. It also features the surrounding areas to the Kings Canyon & Sequoia National Parks, plus it has the Kern River Canyon with notable hot springs such as – Miracle, Remington, Democrat, and the historic California Hot Springs.

Hike Map for Sequoia Forests

 

California Sequoia Parks Sequoia region towns:

Sequoia National Forests

Camping Maps Sequoia

Sequoia National Forest QUADS:
from south to north –Topo Alas Quads Sequoia

 

Topo Atlas Giant Sequoia

Giant Sequoia Trees on Western Divide Highway

Camping Maps

Picnic Hike Sequoia Map

Hidden Sequoia Groves can be found on the back roads.

horseback trail maps

 

Sequoia Meadow Hiking Map

Meadows, mountains and much more

Food Foraging Books

Forage for Food Outdoors
California Food Forests

FREE FOOD in the WILD:
Foraging Food in California

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Blue Elderberries at 6000′ elevation, on a Lassen National Forest dirt road.

One day in the future, without electric power, books may be the new internet. A wealth of knowledge can be held in your hands, transported easily and not need recharging. Make sure to stock up on taper candles and holders, as they provide the reading light for hours.

Take a camping trip this summer and focus on FORAGE areas!

Foraging books are often region specific and vegetation can vary greatly in the huge Golden State.

Online Foraging Links

Southern California Foraging
http://dinafisher.net/foraging/

Falling Fruit World Directory:
Map the Urban Harvest
https://fallingfruit.org/

 

the amazing giving lemon tree

Redesign your back yard to feed you in the future.

California Food Forests Links

Easy Edibles for the California Central Coast Food Forest

How to Grow a Food Forest in Five Years

How to Create a Food Forest – Step-by-Step

Start a Food Forest – Ultimate Low-Maintenance Garden

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Top 10 Reasons You WON’T Survive The Coming Food Crisis

Grow Food in a Passive Solar Greenhouse

Watch This BEFORE You Keep Chickens

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see also –
Grow Food
Homestead Books