Ackerman Road is a tricky drive to navigate, but the surrounding buttes and Oywhee Mountains provide some great views. There are several gates that you have to pass through, and most of them are BLM gates. However, near the trail's south end, you’ll come to a locked gate for private farmland on the main road and have to take the turnoff onto Downey Canyon, which leads to Highway 95.
Some off-camber sections of this rocky dirt road require 4WD and high clearance. Segments of the trail have overgrown vegetation down the middle of the road, and there is one part where the trail disappears, but you can see the other side.