Forest Road 286

Dogs Off-leash

The access to this is not an exit (though Google may try to take you that way). There is actually an access directly off the highway about a mile or two north/west of exit 15.

This route starts right off of 40 (look in "Need to know" for guidance getting there off the highway). Simply head up the dirt/gravel road until it ends at a creek.

It is fairly flat, with a little more grade in the second half. The great thing about this stretch is that it's completely accessible even when everything else is grown in and there are plenty of options splitting off of it to extend your run (though not all of those will be accessible year round. But enough are).