Beginner Off-Road Trails
Near Carney, Michigan

This loop provides a change of scenery and meanders through varying species of trees that provide a tunnel-like canopy in some areas. Even this side trail has side trails! Detour from the route to explore the Escanaba Forest Management Unit. The route is for mixed-use traffic and you may encounter "...
Learn more about Cedar River Side Spur

This route is a baseline for exploration in the Escanaba Forest Management Unit. It is primarily sand/dirt logging roads without any serious obstacles. Some areas can be slick and muddy after rainfall or during the snowmelt season. The trail can be completed by 2WD vehicles and is plenty wide for fu...
Learn more about Cedar River Run

This is the Dickinson County, Michigan, Norway Truck Trail, Cassidy Creek Road trail. Cassidy Creek is a full-width forest road serving the Norway Truck Trail system. This trail is wide and mainly has a gravel base. The scenery around the trail ranges from open meadows to thickly wooded forests. The...
Learn more about Norway Truck Trail Cassidy Creek Rd

This is the Black Creek Trail/FR N3015 located in Dickinson County, MI. This trail runs from its trailhead located off County Rd 573 to its endpoint just north of Norway Truck Trail, Cassidy Creek Rd. This long and winding forest road follows the Sturgeon River for most of its length. The trail surf...
Learn more about Black Creek Trail/ FR N3015

This is Marinette County Trail 16 East Intersection 104 to 102. This trail runs from the town of Pembine to the trail system known as the Marinette County East Trail System. If coming from Pembine, this trail is very scenic,, passing a large rock formation and a small,, slightly technical hill climb...
Learn more about Pembine 16 East Trail Head FR 1006

This is Dickinson County, Norway Truck Trail. This trail runs from its start point at County Rd 573, to its end point at one of the borders of the Crystal Falls Forest Management Unit, where the trail changes to Felch Mtn Road. This trail has some excellent sights and something different to see in e...
Learn more about Norway Truck Trail (NWT) Rd

This is Norway Truck Trail 4, located in Dickinson County, MI. It is one of the Northernmost trails in the NWT trail system and offers some pretty spectacular views. This trail starts as a full-width and ORV trail but becomes width-restricted to 65 inches for roughly one mile, about one mile from th...
Learn more about Norway Truck Trail 4 North Loop

Murry Road is classified as a DNR/ Military Rd that is open for ORV use. This trail begins as a wide two-track winding through mature forests. It then transitions into a tighter two-track navigating through the same mature forests. Eventually, this trail will open up again into a wider trail as it e...
Learn more about Murry Road

This is Benton's Lake Road southern run. This trail starts at its southern intersection with District 5 Rd, and travels north just past Benton Lake. This trail begins as a dirt two-track, before opening up slightly to just under two vehicles wide for a short period before transitioning back into two...
Learn more about Benton Lake Road South

This trail is also known as the Bob Mischker Memorial Trail. This is Marinette County Trail 16E/W Intersections 112 to 106. This trail runs from East of the town of Dunbar, into the nearby town of Pembine. This trail travels entirely through hardwood forest, with some pines mixed in throughout. The ...
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Carney Lake Road begins at its north-western intersection with Trail A/Carney Lake Road, and travels south before its endpoint on the edge of one of the boundaries for the Crystal Falls Forest Management Unit. This trail navigates through dense mature forests for its entire length. Most sections of ...
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Browns Lake Road is located in the northeast corner of the Crystal Falls Forest Management Group. This trail provides access to the trails within the Crystal Falls Forest Management Group. This trail is wide, smooth, and winding as it navigates through a variety of scenery. There is a mix of old-gro...
Learn more about Browns Lake Road

Camp Hays Road is located in Dickinson County, Michigan, within the Crystal Falls Forest. This runs from its intersection with Carney Lake Road and runs to Benton Lake Road South. This trail is an excellent way, along with Carney Lake Road, to quickly navigate to or from the Iron Mountain area trail...
Learn more about Camp Hayes Road

Finn Town Road is located in Dickinson County, Michigan, and runs from where the paved section of Finn Town Road ends, and travels to Calumet Mine Road Trail A. This trail is fast-paced and wide, able to easily accommodate vehicle traffic from both directions. The trail has lots of quick elevation c...
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This trail is a portion of Marinette County Trail 5 which runs from the town of Athelstane to Dunbar. The trail surface is primarily sand as it winds through several different types of forest. The trail starts if traveled south to north on some gravel forest roads. Slowly transitioning into a sandy ...
Learn more about Trail 5- Forest Road 219

Calumet Mine Road Trail A is located in Dickinson County Michigan, and runs from its intersection with Sportsman Club Road, Trail A and Lyons Lake Road to the town of Felch where it intersects the Felch Grade. This trail, like other forest roads in this area, is wide with excellent sight lines throu...
Learn more about Calumet Mine Road Trail A

This is Dickinson County, Lyons Lake Road. This trail runs from its intersection with Sportsman Club Road, Trail A, and Calumet Mine Road Trail A, and ends at its intersection with Norway Truck Trail (NWT) Road. This is a very scenic trail and becomes even more scenic as the trail navigates further ...
Learn more about Lyons Lake Road

If traveling this trail from south to north it will start off in some twisty but wide open areas, of clear-cut forest. The trail surface in this section is very soft sand. This creates a very fun section of the trail to run. As the trail progresses it will enter into a state forest where the trail w...
Learn more about Trail 5 Southeastern Section

This trail runs east to west through the southern portion of the Dungood trail system. While some portions are ATV and SxS specific only, others are mixed-use with road-going vehicles and OHM. The scenery on this trail is excellent as it navigates through the rolling landscape of Marinette County. T...
Learn more about Trail G - Forest Road 208

This is Dickinson County Sportsman Club Road. This trail begins at its intersection with Trail A/Carney Lake Road and the paved portion of Sportsman Club Road. The trail ends at its intersection with Lyons Lake Road and Calumet Mine Road Trail A. This is a very wide, winding forest/ fire road. The e...
Learn more about Sportsman Club Road, Trail A

This loop provides a change of scenery and meanders through varying species of trees that provide a tunnel-like canopy in some areas. Even this side trail has side trails! Detour from the route to explore the Escanaba Forest Management Unit. The route is for mixed-use traffic and you may encounter "...
Learn more about Cedar River Side Spur

This route is a baseline for exploration in the Escanaba Forest Management Unit. It is primarily sand/dirt logging roads without any serious obstacles. Some areas can be slick and muddy after rainfall or during the snowmelt season. The trail can be completed by 2WD vehicles and is plenty wide for fu...
Learn more about Cedar River Run

This is the Dickinson County, Michigan, Norway Truck Trail, Cassidy Creek Road trail. Cassidy Creek is a full-width forest road serving the Norway Truck Trail system. This trail is wide and mainly has a gravel base. The scenery around the trail ranges from open meadows to thickly wooded forests. The...
Learn more about Norway Truck Trail Cassidy Creek Rd

This is the Black Creek Trail/FR N3015 located in Dickinson County, MI. This trail runs from its trailhead located off County Rd 573 to its endpoint just north of Norway Truck Trail, Cassidy Creek Rd. This long and winding forest road follows the Sturgeon River for most of its length. The trail surf...
Learn more about Black Creek Trail/ FR N3015

This loop provides a change of scenery and meanders through varying species of trees that provide a tunnel-like canopy in some areas. Even this side trail has side trails! Detour from the route to explore the Escanaba Forest Management Unit. The route is for mixed-use traffic and you may encounter "...
Learn more about Cedar River Side Spur

This route is a baseline for exploration in the Escanaba Forest Management Unit. It is primarily sand/dirt logging roads without any serious obstacles. Some areas can be slick and muddy after rainfall or during the snowmelt season. The trail can be completed by 2WD vehicles and is plenty wide for fu...
Learn more about Cedar River Run

This is the Dickinson County, Michigan, Norway Truck Trail, Cassidy Creek Road trail. Cassidy Creek is a full-width forest road serving the Norway Truck Trail system. This trail is wide and mainly has a gravel base. The scenery around the trail ranges from open meadows to thickly wooded forests. The...
Learn more about Norway Truck Trail Cassidy Creek Rd

This is the Black Creek Trail/FR N3015 located in Dickinson County, MI. This trail runs from its trailhead located off County Rd 573 to its endpoint just north of Norway Truck Trail, Cassidy Creek Rd. This long and winding forest road follows the Sturgeon River for most of its length. The trail surf...
Learn more about Black Creek Trail/ FR N3015