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The Hardest Hiking Trails in America That Are Still Worth It Image credit: OpenAI For those who find solace and exhilaration on the trail, the allur

The Roads in America That Will Actually Test Your 4x4 Image credit: OpenAI For the adventurous at heart, America's diverse landscapes offer some of

onX is looking for members of the off-road community across the United States. That includes individual enthusiasts who know their local trail systems inside and out. It includes clubs and organizations that have been maintaining trails informally for years without much recognition or support. It i

In a state as big as Texas, where private ranches stretch for miles and public access has always been slim, something big is shifting. For years, folks have griped about how little land is open to everyone—just four percent of the whole state, and out of that, only about a million acres where you c

For over 20 years, one man has been the steady force behind the Hatfield-McCoy off-road trails, turning a simple idea into a massive draw for riders across the country. Now, with his retirement on the horizon, the system that brings thousands of folks to southern West Virginia each year is about to

When it comes to keeping the great outdoors open for everyone who loves hitting the trails on an ATV or UTV, Yamaha is stepping up big time. The company's Outdoor Access Initiative, or OAI for short, just rolled out its third-quarter grants, handing out a solid $155,000 to eight different groups sp

Every hunter, camper, or overlander who’s ever rolled onto a forest service road after the sun dropped knows the feeling: headlights on the side-by-side or truck barely push past the hood, and everything beyond that is just black nothing. You creep along at twenty miles an hour, white-knuckled, pra

Every guy who’s ever pointed a 4×4 down a muddy forest road knows the feeling: that moment when the pavement ends and the real world begins. For a lot of us, those trails are more than recreation; they’re where we clear our heads, teach our kids how to drive in the dirt, or just spend a weekend awa

Every fall, when the aspens turn gold and the elk start bugling down in the canyons, a lot of us head out with a rifle or a fly rod and figure the mountains will always be there. Lately, though, the smoke from summer fires hangs longer, the creeks run thinner, and the deer just don’t seem as thick

Every fall and spring, something quiet but important happens in the off-road world. Polaris opens its checkbook and sends real money – not marketing fluff – straight to the clubs and nonprofits that actually keep the trails open and safe. This time around, in the fall of 2025, the company cut fourt