Beginner Off-Road Trails
Near Ellison Bay, Wisconsin

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 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

Mormon Creek Spur A and B is classified as a Non-DNR Road. It is not a DNR-managed road, so off-road vehicle use is subject to local government laws. The surface consists of both dirt and paved sections, and the overall condition is fair. Ownership is listed as unspecified to private. The road is cu...
Learn more about Mormon Creek Spur AB - FSR 2231AB

Road Primary Name: FEDERAL FOREST ROAD 2814. Road Type: Non-DNR Road. ORV Status: Not a DNR Road - See local government laws. Surface Type: Dirt, native material. Condition: Fair. Owner: Federal. Closure Criteria: Open (Partial). Bills Creek Road West does not connect with Bills Creek Road Eas...
Learn more about Bills Creek West - FSR 2814

Mormon Creek, also known as 28 Road, is a Non-DNR Road. It is not managed by the DNR, so off-road vehicle use is subject to local government laws. The surface includes both dirt, gravel, and paved sections, and the condition is rated as fair. Ownership is unspecified, and the road is currently open....
Learn more about Mormon Creek Road - FSR 2231

Little Black River Spur C is classified as a Primary Forest Road. The road is open to off-road vehicles and has a surface of dirt and native material. Its overall condition is rated as fair. Ownership is listed as the state, and the road is currently open. This seasonally maintained county road incl...
Learn more about Little Black River Spur C (FSR 2233C)

Ensign Spur C is classified as a Primary Forest Road. The road is open to off-road vehicles and has a surface made up of dirt, grass, and native material. Its overall condition is rated as fair. Ownership is listed as state, and the road is currently open. This seasonally maintained county road incl...
Learn more about Ensign Spur C - FSR 2235G

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 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 easily flowing trail runs along the Peshtigo River, which flows down from the Johnson Fall Hydroelectric Dam. The trail features a mix of sandy whoops, hills, and scenic lookouts over the river. It eventually reaches a three-way dead end with gates at each split. A nice camping spot in one of t...
Learn more about Dam Dead End

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 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

Road Primary Name: STURGEON RIVER. Road Type: Non-DNR Road. ORV Status: Not a DNR Road - See local government laws. Surface Type: Dirt, gravel, paved. Condition: Fair. Owner: Unspecified. Closure Criteria: Open. Also known as 31 2/10 Road. This road is closed during the winter season....
Learn more about Sturgeon River Road - FSR 2229

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

Limestone Road is a continuation of Hass Road, heading east. The trail begins at an entrance just north of a private driveway and winds through trees and alongside a horse pasture. The trail has numerous limestone sections to navigate. There are also a few areas wide enough for vehicles to pass each...
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Road Primary Name: PINE JUNCTION. Road Type: Non-DNR Road ORV Status: Not a DNR Road - See local government laws Surface Type: Dirt, Native Material Condition: Fair Owner: Unspecified Closure Criteria: Open A great representation of a timber route cut parallel with the main road. Offeri...
Learn more about Pine Junction (FSR 8025)

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

Road Primary Name: LITTLE BLACK RIVER. Road Type: Non-DNR Road ORV Status: Not a DNR Road - See local government laws Surface Type: Dirt, Gravel, Paved Condition: Fair Owner: Unspecified Closure Criteria: Open Also Known As: Dd Road. Note: closed during the winter season. Descriptio...
Learn more about Little Black River - FSR 2233

Federal Forest Road 2235, also known as Ensign Road or Z Road, is a Non-DNR Road. It is not managed by the DNR, so off-road vehicle use is subject to local government laws. The surface is paved, and the condition is rated as fair. The road is federally owned and is currently open. Despite being pave...
Learn more about Ensign Road - FSR 2235

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 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

Mormon Creek Spur A and B is classified as a Non-DNR Road. It is not a DNR-managed road, so off-road vehicle use is subject to local government laws. The surface consists of both dirt and paved sections, and the overall condition is fair. Ownership is listed as unspecified to private. The road is cu...
Learn more about Mormon Creek Spur AB - FSR 2231AB

Road Primary Name: FEDERAL FOREST ROAD 2814. Road Type: Non-DNR Road. ORV Status: Not a DNR Road - See local government laws. Surface Type: Dirt, native material. Condition: Fair. Owner: Federal. Closure Criteria: Open (Partial). Bills Creek Road West does not connect with Bills Creek Road Eas...
Learn more about Bills Creek West - FSR 2814

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 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

Mormon Creek Spur A and B is classified as a Non-DNR Road. It is not a DNR-managed road, so off-road vehicle use is subject to local government laws. The surface consists of both dirt and paved sections, and the overall condition is fair. Ownership is listed as unspecified to private. The road is cu...
Learn more about Mormon Creek Spur AB - FSR 2231AB

Road Primary Name: FEDERAL FOREST ROAD 2814. Road Type: Non-DNR Road. ORV Status: Not a DNR Road - See local government laws. Surface Type: Dirt, native material. Condition: Fair. Owner: Federal. Closure Criteria: Open (Partial). Bills Creek Road West does not connect with Bills Creek Road Eas...
Learn more about Bills Creek West - FSR 2814