Adventure bike routes in Teruel
Text reviewed on October 16, 2026 · OpenStreetMap data from October 8, 2026
The province of Teruel has 25,417 km of mapped dirt track and 31,087 km of unpaved ways: 83 % of its network is dirt, mostly easy or medium difficulty and with little singletrack. It is high, dry hill country (elevations pass 2,000 m) with small villages far apart: the Sierra de Albarracín, the Maestrazgo, Gúdar-Javalambre and the Matarraña. OpenStreetMap figures from October 2026.
Whole region:Aragon
What the terrain is like
The Sierra de Albarracín (Albarracín, Orihuela del Tremedal) is pine forest over red sandstone, the rodeno: the two-and-a-half-hour loop below comes out at 57 % dirt track and nothing above 42/100. The Maestrazgo (Cantavieja, Mirambel, Villarluengo) is canyons, tablelands and hill tracks between stone villages, and Gúdar-Javalambre (Rubielos de Mora, Mora de Rubielos, Valdelinares, Camarena de la Sierra) is the highest area, with tracks nearing 2,000 m.
The Matarraña (Valderrobres, La Fresneda, Cretas) is where our table of base towns shows the most climbing dirt track: gullies between olive groves and pine, with Valderrobres as the base with services. Getting from there to the sierra takes a full day, like Valderrobres → Mosqueruela below: 131 km, 78 % dirt track.
Almost two out of three kilometres of dirt track have no surface tagged in OpenStreetMap, and their difficulty is an estimate from neighbouring tracks. We give no example in the flat Bajo Aragón or around Castellote: Calaceite → Alcañiz came out at 28 % dirt track and Castellote → Aliaga had no route within Maxitrail level.
The terrain in figures
What is mapped in OpenStreetMap as of October 2026, scored with the same difficulty model the planner uses. Ways that cross the boundary count only for the part inside.
- Unpaved ways (dirt tracks, lanes and singletrack)
- 31,087 km
- Paved roads and streets
- 6,487 km
- Share of the network that is dirt
- 83 %
- Of which, dirt tracks
- 25,417 km
- Very firm dirt track467 km
- Firm dirt track2,905 km
- Rough dirt track3,527 km
- Very rough dirt track1,905 km
- Barely passable dirt track714 km
- No surface data15,900 km
- Other dirt lanes (rural, service)
- 1,337 km
- Singletrack and footpaths (almost always off-limits to motorbikes)
- 4,333 km
- Easy17,559 km
- Medium6,019 km
- Hard3,135 km
- Expert42 km
- Mapped fords
- 2,914 (2,875 points and 39 sections)
- Elevation (terrain model, approximate)
- from 150 to 2,020 m
- Fuel stations
- 111
- Bars and restaurants
- 478
Dirt tracks by surface (as tagged in OpenStreetMap):
Difficulty of tracks and lanes, singletrack excluded · average 27/100
Each way's difficulty comes from its surface, grade, condition and the real slope from the terrain model, in the easier direction; singletrack is left out of that average because on a motorbike it is almost never an option. Fords are the ones somebody has mapped in OpenStreetMap: there are more. It is all public, crowd-sourced data: it may not match what you find.
Routes to get started
Five routes with no singletrack: the two-and-a-half-hour loop through the Sierra de Albarracín, Cantavieja → Villarluengo through the Maestrazgo, Rubielos de Mora → Valdelinares through Gúdar-Javalambre (climbing to nearly 2,000 m), a two-hour loop from Valderrobres and the long day from Valderrobres to Mosqueruela.
Calculated with Corally's planner with no singletrack and at the level shown; times are riding time at adventure-bike pace, no stops. They are saved: the link does not expire.
Trail level · a bit of spice
Cantavieja → Villarluengo
Maestrazgo: 30 km between Cantavieja and Villarluengo, 63 % on dirt track, a high point of nearly 1,700 m, four fords and the odd steep climb.
- Distance
- 30 km
- Time
- 44 min
- Dirt
- 63 %
- Max. difficulty
- 40/100 · Medium
- Climb
- +694 m
- Warnings
- 5 warnings · 4 fords
Trail level · a bit of spice
Rubielos de Mora → Valdelinares
Gúdar-Javalambre: from Rubielos de Mora to Valdelinares, 41 km with three quarters on dirt track, 15 fords, three steep climbs and a high point of nearly 2,000 m. The hardest in the province.
- Distance
- 41 km
- Time
- 1 h 18 min
- Dirt
- 74 %
- Max. difficulty
- 57/100 · Hard
- Climb
- +1,544 m
- Warnings
- 19 warnings · 15 fords
Maxitrail level · take it easy
Bucle desde Valderrobres
A two-hour loop from Valderrobres through the Matarraña: 80 km, two thirds easy dirt track (max 35/100) and ten fords.
- Distance
- 80 km
- Time
- 2 h 6 min
- Dirt
- 66 %
- Max. difficulty
- 35/100 · Medium
- Climb
- +1,076 m
- Warnings
- 10 warnings · 10 fords
Maxitrail level · take it easy
Bucle desde Albarracín
A two-and-a-half-hour loop from Albarracín through the sierra: 98 km, 57 % on dirt track with max difficulty 42/100 and 15 fords.
- Distance
- 98 km
- Time
- 2 h 35 min
- Dirt
- 57 %
- Max. difficulty
- 42/100 · Medium
- Climb
- +1,453 m
- Warnings
- 17 warnings · 15 fords
Trail level · a bit of spice
Valderrobres → Mosqueruela
The long day: 131 km between the Matarraña and the sierra, 78 % on dirt track, 28 fords, over 3,400 m of accumulated climbing and more than three and a half hours of riding. Start with a full tank.
- Distance
- 131 km
- Time
- 3 h 43 min
- Dirt
- 78 %
- Max. difficulty
- 56/100 · Hard
- Climb
- +3,411 m
- Warnings
- 35 warnings · 28 fords
Fords and crossings to watch
This region has 2,914 fords mapped in OpenStreetMap. The planner and the roadbook warn about them and tell apart the ones that carry water from the ones that may (ramblas and gullies that run dry most of the year).
Teruel has 2,914 mapped fords, nearly all gully or stream crossings on hill tracks. On Rubielos de Mora → Valdelinares the planner flags 15 in 41 km and on Valderrobres → Mosqueruela 28 in 131.
Many stay dry for a good part of the year, but after a storm or with snowmelt they come down hard. The planner tells the fords that carry water from the ones that may; if in doubt, don't cross.
What the rules say in Aragon
- In Aragon, the consolidated Forest Act (Legislative Decree 1/2017, art. 90) allows riding without a permit on tracks open to general traffic in public forests, in groups of up to 5 vehicles and at no more than 30 km/h; the rider takes on civil liability (art. 90.2).
- Tracks that are not open require a permit (art. 90.3) and tourist routes or events need a special-use permit (art. 90.5). Corally does not know whether a given track is open to general traffic or who owns the forest: signs, chains and closures rule.
We don't have the rules page for this region yet. Meanwhile: public open tracks only, and signs and closures always win.
Base towns, fuel and food
Valderrobres (two petrol stations and 23 places to eat) is the Matarraña base; La Fresneda, Valjunquera, Valdeltormo and Cretas have plenty of track around them but hardly any services, one petrol station at most. Mosqueruela, up in the sierra, has one petrol station and two places to eat.
Ranked by kilometres of hilly dirt track (sustained climb or descent of 6 % or more) within about 8 km. Fuel stations within 5 km and bars or restaurants within 3 km, according to OpenStreetMap. The region has 111 fuel stations and 478 places to eat mapped.
| Town | Hilly track (8 km) | Fuel (5 km) | Food (3 km) |
|---|---|---|---|
| La Fresneda | 506 km | 0 | 5 |
| Valderrobres | 502 km | 2 | 23 |
| Valjunquera | 490 km | 1 | 0 |
| Valdeltormo | 469 km | 0 | 2 |
| Mosqueruela | 447 km | 1 | 2 |
| Cretas / Queretes | 437 km | 1 | 2 |
Plan your own
Set a start and an end (or a loop by time) in Teruel, pick your level and Corally gives you the route over dirt tracks with the difficulty of every section, the fords, the road exits for the group and the roadbook. You can try it without an account.
Page written by Corally with the figures from its database (OpenStreetMap and public terrain models) and routes calculated with its planner. It is public, crowd-sourced data: difficulty, fords and tracks may not match the ground. What you find on arrival, the signs, the closures and each region's rules always win.