Great Western Trail 150 / North Kaibab
Forest Road 257, approximate Great Western Trail corridor reference, Jacob Lake / North Kaibab, AZ
About this trail
The North Kaibab portion of the Great Western Trail follows a corridor of existing forest roads near Jacob Lake, through pinyon-juniper and higher pine forest. Use the current North Kaibab Motor Vehicle Use Map to choose the signed roads and vehicle classes for each section. Rougher stretches call for high clearance and four-wheel drive. The pin is an approximate reference on mapped Forest Road 257, replacing the old supervisor-office point in Williams; it is not a trailhead or a complete track. Recent storms have damaged roads across the North Kaibab, so check district conditions and avoid washed-out or impassable sections. The Orderville gravel pit off Road 247 and two other fire-recovery equipment storage sites remain closed through the current order. Stay out of these sites and do not treat the long-distance trail name as motor access to wilderness, the Arizona Trail or Grand Canyon National Park. The three original source photographs are retained as historical forest and trail images.
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Terrain
Access and reports
- Surface
- Mud · Forest · Bumpy · Scenic · Gravel · Dirt · Wooded
- Latest condition report
- Not published
- Map point
- A public map point is published. The full trail route is not available.
Before you go
- Check current access and vehicle rules with the operator before traveling.
- Carry the current North Kaibab Motor Vehicle Use Map and follow signed roads and vehicle-specific designations
- Use high clearance and four-wheel drive on rough sections; year-round road designation does not guarantee safe or snow-free passage
- Check current storm damage and district road conditions before traveling; recent heavy rain caused washouts across the North Kaibab
- Do not enter the closed Orderville gravel pit off247,765M gravel-pit storage site off462 or snowmobile play-area storage site west of270 under current fire-recovery order03-07-03-26-03
- Meet Arizona vehicle-registration and OHV requirements; use a highway-legal vehicle on public highways and any road designated for licensed traffic
- Keep vehicles out of wilderness, the nonmotorized Arizona Trail and undesignated Grand Canyon National Park routes; this entry covers only the North Kaibab forest-road corridor
Location
This is the public map point supplied for the trail profile. Private access instructions are never inferred from this view.
Forest Road 257, approximate Great Western Trail corridor reference, Jacob Lake / North Kaibab, AZ
36.755, -112.183
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