Beginner Off-Road Trails
Near Ephraim, 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

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 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 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

Fast and twisty sections with large banked corners. Best trail I've ridden in Oconto county. Used the railroad grade south from Lakewood down to mountain and chute pond area. Hidden gem! Rode this on a holiday weekend on Friday afternoon and saw one other machine between the sections 409-425. Long n...
Learn more about #409-425 Pipeline Road to HWY 64 East

This trail is part of the Oconto County ATV trail system and runs roughly north to south along Pete de Foure Road. On the north end, it ends on Old Highway 64, which you can use to access other trails in the area. The trail is mostly a mix of dirt and sand, with a few blind corners, but it has frequ...
Learn more about Pete de Foure Road

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 trail is a collection of different-named roads that take you north or south through Crooked Lake, depending on your direction of travel. It has a mix of sandy trails and gravel roads that snake through the forest and contains few to many mud holes to navigate, depending on the trail conditions.
Learn more about East Butler Rock Road - FS 5556

Pansy Lane Trail runs between the Butler Rock loop and contains dirt, sandy hills, a few mud holes, and winding turns that create blind corners and a few gravel sections. Because of the winding turns and sandy hills, passing can become difficult on occasion, but there are generally many places to pa...
Learn more about Pansy Lane Trail

We traveled Southeast into Marinette County to access the Butler Rock Trails, which was a sandy route through multiple pine and birch forests. The Butler Rock area is a blast with tight twisty terrain with a good bit of elevation change. This route can be accessed via several Nicolet State Trail rou...
Learn more about Butler Rock Loop

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, 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

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 is a Seasonal road that is only accessible from 9/1-12/31. The eastern half of this road is relatively well-maintained and offers wide open views, with visible signs of past clear-cutting. Early on, you'll enjoy a scenic view of wetlands adorned with tall, golden grasses and pine trees in the b...
Learn more about FR - 2325A

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

FS 2973 Navigates from its intersection with Jack Pine Road FS 2301 to its intersection with FS 2086B. This is a rugged two-track trail which runs east to west in the southeastern portion of the Nicolet National Forest. The trail has a sandy base throughout most of its length and navigates through m...
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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

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 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

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