It's a question of absolutely no import but ripe for endless discussion.
It must be more than just off pavement. A 50mph gravel county road in Nevada can't be off road.
The last mile or so into Toraweap surely is. So where do you draw the line?
For me, 'Off-Road' means the city/county/state/feds don't maintain it.
The last mile or two into Toroweap qualify, while the Forest Service road up to the park does not.
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The road goes to the rim. You can't camp at the end anymore, it is a sightseeing and picnic area.
But, I don't think there is any maintenance past the Park boundary. If they do maintain that stretch, it is still 'Off-Road' and I will have to modify my definition.
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I would have to agree with Carringb's definition. Have taken my mini van on lots of off pavement adventures with no problem before I got my SMB. Now that suits my purpose.
Mike's definition is good too but he forgot to include private roads. They can be perfect or a disaster at 5 mph.
For me I would have to say that off road is the place past where I stop because of either the danger, turtling, or getting stuck halfway into it.
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when my wife and i were married ~30 years ago living in Reno... "Off Road" meant spending the weekend on part of the Rubicon in our Chevy Powered FJ40 Landcursier... Now at ~55 in our AWD van... "Off Road" is moseying on a nice fire trail in the pacific northwest seeing 2wd Honda Accords and similar coming down the trail with a mom behind the wheel and kids hanging out the windows ;-)
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