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A closure has been announced

栃木県 県西環境森林事務所 as of 2026-08-14, states the following about this forest road: “全線通行止め(closed for its whole length)”.

Section全線
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.

Where this forest road is

林道河原小屋線
Nearby forest roads (select one to open its page)
Both ends

Map: GSI Tiles (GSI Japan) / Forest road data: © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL) / Municipality and elevation: GSI Japan (elevation calculated by us)

Data

Municipality栃木県鹿沼市
Nearby place name: 草久
Length3.98 km
Calculated by joining the OpenStreetMap line segments.
Elevation611m–927m
Lowest and highest points (difference 316m). Sampled every 50 m.
Coordinates of both ends 36.70430, 139.53571 GSI Maps / Google Maps
36.69577, 139.56073 GSI Maps / Google Maps
2.42 km apart in a straight line. This road is recorded as 4 separate line segments, so there is no way to say which end is the start
SurfaceNot recorded. Whether it is dirt or surfaced is unknown.
Road classificationtrack (OpenStreetMap classification)
OpenStreetMapway/116684052 way/116684099 way/116685024 way/116685257

Accommodation within 3 km

NameTypeStraight-line distanceMap
日光ログコテージ リトルベアーズRakuten TravelHotel / ryokan2.4kmGSI Maps / Google Maps

“Rakuten Travel” buttons are affiliate advertising: bookings made through them earn this site a commission. Which places appear, and in what order, is decided by distance alone. A missing button only means we could not find the place on Rakuten Travel — it does not mean it is closed.

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.

Whether you can ride it is not stated here

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.

Forest roads were not built for recreational driving