Lower Piedra Road Access provides foot access to the scenic 11-mile Piedra River Trail, located 34 miles west of Pagosa Springs near Chimney Rock with a trailhead elevation of 7,100 feet.

This lower trailhead serves as the downstream terminus for hikers completing the full river traverse, though a Forest Service gate blocks winter access.

The trail offers spectacular box canyon scenery and is accessible via First Fork Road (FS 622), which dead-ends near the Piedra Hunter's Campground where the trailhead is located on the west side of the bridge.