Paved is one thing, dirt has many variables, one being if its county maintained. Dirt isnt necessarily bad, but composition of the material (plain dirt, clay, sandy, rocky, etc), how long, type of bed it has, low spots, potential snow, all affect how passable it can be in inclement weather. Ive lived on various dirt roads for much of the last 30 or more years, ive never been weather out or in other than snow too deep to pass easily, which of course had nothing to do with the road type. The land I had my tipi in Az was pretty poor in winter and bad weather though, it wasnt regularly maintained, no plowing, super muddy when very wet. Im not counting that in my "last 30 or more years" comment.
One girl I knew had land she loved because of its relative remoteness, but it turned into a serious ordeal when she had to work regularly, and it really tore her truck up driving it regularly rather than intermittently. Some places washed out when it rained much, making it impossible to pass until graded or worked on. She walked in many times to get home and feed her animals. Rough, washboarded roads are in fact hard on vehicles, even 4wd trucks and SUVs/ At my current location, the country road was dirt, was graded regularly, but it was rocky, people drove on it too fast, and was washboarded badly not long after being graded. I had the front end rebuilt on my suburban at one point, and a year later about half the parts needed replaced again. It was eventually paved, enough people complained to the county and they finally did it. I havent hd to have a truck front end rebuilt since. My dirt driving is now a short stretch to pavement from home.
Actual accessibility is one thing a potential land buyer needs to try to research. Spending time there if possible, and roaming about talking to others that already live there or have land there they use intermittently can give valuable insight. Ive camped out a night or two on property i was interested in. I believe I asked the owner, but it was a long time ago. Nobody was too worried about it in any event.
