栃木県 県西環境森林事務所 as of 2026-08-14, states the following about this forest road: “一部区間通行止め（some sections closed）”.
| Section | 日光市日向から湯西川地内滝倉橋までの19.5km |
|---|---|
| Until | 解除未定（no lifting date set） |
Source: 栃木県 県西環境森林事務所 (as of 2026-08-14) / We have not verified this ourselves. We quote the published wording as it stands.
Map: GSI Tiles (GSI Japan) / Forest road data: © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL) / Municipality and elevation: GSI Japan (elevation calculated by us)
| Municipality | 栃木県日光市 Nearby place name: 湯西川 |
|---|---|
| Length | 22.77 km Calculated by joining the OpenStreetMap line segments. |
| Elevation | 641m–1,213m Lowest and highest points (difference 572m). Sampled every 50 m. |
| Coordinates of both ends |
36.96727, 139.60859 GSI Maps / Google Maps 36.89313, 139.64635 GSI Maps / Google Maps 8.90 km apart in a straight line. This road is recorded as 7 separate line segments, so there is no way to say which end is the start |
| Surface | Not recorded. Whether it is dirt or surfaced is unknown. |
| Road classification | track (OpenStreetMap classification) |
| OpenStreetMap | way/215086186 way/215086209 way/215086293 way/215086394 way/1108969218 way/191058937 way/215086354 |
| Name | Type | Straight-line distance | Map |
|---|---|---|---|
| 湯西川 水の郷 | Bathhouse | 93m | GSI Maps / Google Maps |
| 湯治屋湯西川／民泊Rakuten Travel | Hotel / ryokan | 257m | GSI Maps / Google Maps |
| 湯西川温泉 彩り湯かしき 花と華Rakuten Travel | Hotel / ryokan | 548m | GSI Maps / Google Maps |
| 湯西川温泉 桓武平氏ゆかりの宿 揚羽〜ＡＧＥＨＡ〜Rakuten Travel | Hotel / ryokan | 694m | GSI Maps / Google Maps |
| 湯西川温泉 ホテル湯西川（伊東園ホテルズ）Rakuten Travel | Hotel / ryokan | 730m | GSI Maps / Google Maps |
| 湯西川温泉 湯西川白雲の宿 山城屋Rakuten Travel | Hotel / ryokan | 734m | GSI Maps / Google Maps |
| 湯西川温泉 民宿 山島屋Rakuten Travel | Hotel / ryokan | 767m | GSI Maps / Google Maps |
| 本家伴久Rakuten Travel | Hotel / ryokan | 807m | GSI Maps / Google Maps |
| 湯西川温泉 はたご松屋Rakuten Travel | Hotel / ryokan | 848m | GSI Maps / Google Maps |
| 湯西川温泉 元湯 湯西川館本館Rakuten Travel | Hotel / ryokan | 969m | GSI Maps / Google Maps |
| おやど 湯の季Rakuten Travel | Hotel / ryokan | 994m | GSI Maps / Google Maps |
| 湯の宿 清盛 ペットと一緒にお泊りRakuten Travel | Hotel / ryokan | 1.0km | GSI Maps / Google Maps |
| 民宿 河 鹿 屋Rakuten Travel | Hotel / ryokan | 1.0km | GSI Maps / Google Maps |
| 亀の井ホテル 日光湯西川 オールインクルーシブホテルRakuten Travel | Hotel / ryokan | 1.1km | GSI Maps / Google Maps |
| 湯西川温泉 民宿やま久 囲炉裏の温泉民宿Rakuten Travel | Hotel / ryokan | 1.4km | GSI Maps / Google Maps |
| いろり会席と源泉１００％秘湯の宿 湯西川温泉 上屋敷 平の高房Rakuten Travel | Hotel / ryokan | 1.4km | GSI Maps / Google Maps |
| 温泉民宿まごころ | Guest house / minshuku | 2.8km | GSI Maps / Google Maps |
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Only places found in OpenStreetMap or on Rakuten Travel
appear here. There are very likely more nearby — this table is not a complete list.
Names and locations are collected mechanically from those two sources (huts and campsites
from OpenStreetMap, bookable inns from Rakuten Travel).
The distance is a straight line from the road, not a route you can ride
(500 m across a valley may be unreachable). We do not know whether a place is open,
takes guests, or lets you bathe — neither availability nor rates were checked.
Emergency huts and university lodges are excluded. "onsen" appears only where
bath:type=onsen is mapped; its absence does not mean the water is not hot-spring water.
| Name | Operator | Straight-line distance | Map |
|---|---|---|---|
| 川治ダム | － | 4.2km | GSI Maps / Google Maps |
| 湯西川ダム | － | 5.0km | GSI Maps / Google Maps |
These dams are mapped in OpenStreetMap. The distance is a straight line from the road, not a route you can ride. We do not know whether you can get close — many dams sit behind maintenance roads that are closed to the public. Check dams (sabo dams) and weirs are excluded: they are flood-control structures and some are dangerous to approach. OpenStreetMap does not record whether a dam is a check dam, so to avoid listing one by mistake we keep only dams with a known operator, an encyclopaedia entry, or an official website. Some real dams are missed as a result.
Traffic restriction — quoted exactly as 栃木県 県西環境森林事務所 publishes it. It was published on 2026-08-14. The state of a forest road changes with every storm and every landslide. Before you set out, always check the source and the signs on site.
What is on this page — a location, a name, and quotations of what others have published or written. None of it has been verified by us on the ground. Conditions may have changed since anything here was quoted.