Woody Mountain Road

Kachina Village, Arizona (Coconino County)

Last Updated: 04/23/2020

3.7 / 5 ( 3 reviews )

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Status:	Open
Typically Open:	Year Round
Length:	7.22 miles
Highest Elevation:	7270 feet
Duration:	About 30 minutes
Shape of Trail:	Connector
Best Direction to Travel:	South
Nearest Town:	Kachina Village
Nearest Town w/ Services:	Flagstaff
Official Road Name:	CO 231
Management Agency:	Coconino County
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Highlights

This is not an especially interesting road in itself, but the places it will take you are very interesting. At the north end, you'll be in Flagstaff near I-40 and Route 66. As you head south you can see a radio tower, The Arboretum at Flagstaff, Northern Arizona University Centennial Forest, Rogers Lake, and finally, be approaching Mill Park to the south. Dispersed Camping areas can be found further south, including on top of the Mogollon Rim. There are also a lot of other connecting forest roads and trails that give you access to a lot of great places to enjoy the Coconino National Forest.

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Route Information

Technical Rating

( EASY )

Waypoints

1. Woody Mountain Seasonal Gate (0 mi)

While not the northern-most spot-on Woody Mountain Road, this is where the dirt starts.

Directions to Trailhead

Starting Point: Flagstaff, Arizona

This gravel road can be accessed from almost anywhere in the middle-western portion of Coconino National Forest. The closest trailhead to Flagstaff is near I-40 as Woody Mountain Road. You can access it from Route 66 where the paved portion of Woody Mountain Road is right next to the Woody Mountain Campground and RV Park. Head south from here until you see the seasonally closed gate where it turns to dirt. It can also be reached from Highway 89A by taking FR 535 west, and optionally connecting to FR 536 going past Fry Lake.

Camping

Not allowed

Trail Reviews (3)

Questions & Answers (1)

Q: Can the downloaded GXP of the trail be placed as an over lay on a GPS application? I cannot open the GXP after downloading.

–Philip Bucoy (07/31/2018)

–Tracy Barker (08/04/2018)

Writer Information

S.J. Hollist

Mapping Crew - Arizona and Florida

I've been writing for TrailsOffroad since August 2015. Before that, I had been off-road in places like central and northern Utah, east and west Texas, and central and northern Arizona. I've even driven off-road on an island in the Caribbean (the one time I've driven a Jeep off-road). I joined TrailsOffroad because it combines my three favorite hobbies: Off-roading obviously; I've also been blogging for most of my life - even before it was done on the internet (ever heard of a dial-up BBS?) - and even wrote a political column for a now-extinct website for a few years; I also have experience with building websites and promoting on social media. These experiences made writing for Trails Offroad a good fit for me, and I've been enjoying it very much. When I'm not working at my IT job, or playing with my kids, I go on runs with a group of people who like to collaborate. I also run my own online marketing and web content company The Rotisory Foundation (named after a BBS I used to run back in High School and College before the Internet became overwhelmingly popular). I'm a big Toyota fan. I've owned two 4x4 Tacomas, an older 4x4 Toyota pickup, and I'm now on my second FJ Cruiser (the first was a TRD SE 6 speed, that I got rid of after my twins were born). You can learn more about my adventures at For individual use only, not to be shared.