Beginner Off-Road Trails
Near Fountain, Michigan

FS 8429 is an exciting and fun 1-mile bidirectional seasonal sandy road within the Manistee National Forest. Located just north of East Hasenbank Road and south of East Stark Road, this trail is easily accessible from either end. Starting from the south end of East Hasenbank Road, you'll start in a ...
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FS 8541 is an easy bidirectional trail within the Manistee National Forest. Located just off FS 5037, this trail is easily accessible. Starting from the west end, you'll start on a dirt road with thick and lush vegetation edging the trail. This area has tons of pine trees that are just so beautiful!...
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FS 5037 is an exciting and fun 1.3-mile trail within the Manistee National Forest. Located just north of East Hasenbank Road, this trail is easily accessible. Starting from the south end, you'll start in a thick section of the forest with lush vegetation edging the trail. This route crosses over som...
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FS 8395 is a fun 1-mile bidirectional trail within the Manistee National Forest. Located just north of East Hasenbank Road and south of East Koenig Road, this trail is easily accessible. Starting from the southern end, you'll start on a dirt road in a section of the forest with lush vegetation edgin...
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FS 8393 is an exciting bidirectional trail within the Manistee National Forest. Located just north of East Koenig Road and south of East Stark Road, this trail is easily accessible. Starting from the northern end of East Koenig Road, you'll start in a very thick section of the forest with lush veget...
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This trail is a point-to-point dirt route with sections of gravel that connects Free Soil, Michigan to the Emerson Lake area via Lanager Run in Branch, Michigan. It includes numerous side routes leading east toward Highway M37 and the Baldwin area, where restaurants and trailheads are located. The r...
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FS 8560 is a fun 1.8-mile bidirectional trail located within the Manistee National Forest. Positioned just off East Hoague Road, it's a very accessible, easy trail. Starting from the west end, you'll begin on a smooth sandy track with magnificent trees just lining this trail as far as the eye can se...
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FS 8369 is a unique and beautifully scenic trail within the Manistee National Forest. Located directly off East Hoague Road, this trail is super easy to access. Starting from the southern end, you'll start on a sandy track with some " to die for" scenery. Shortly into the trail, it begins to transit...
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FS 8368 is a fun and scenic 1.4-mile bidirectional trail within the Manistee National Forest. Located just off NFS 8560 or South County Line Road, this trail is easily accessible from either direction. Starting from the south end at FS 8560, you'll start on a sandy dirt trail in the forest with tons...
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FS 8535 is an easy 1.4-mile bidirectional trail within the Manistee National Forest. Located off South County Line Road from the north or FS 8369 from the south, you'll find this trail to be easily accessible. Starting from the southern end, you'll begin on a sandy road full of thick trees and veget...
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FS 8365 is a classic 1.1-mile Michigan bidirectional trail within the Manistee National Forest. Located off FS 8369, you'll find the south end of the trail, making it easily accessible. Starting from the southern end, you'll start on a sandy track. This route is mostly open compared to a vast majori...
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This is a trail from here to there with offshoots that can lead everywhere. It's a midwest Michigan seasonal road/forest road, which means it's basically a non-maintained dirt county road/trail. It's mostly flat sand and dirt and can be rutted in places that hold water after a good rain. Going east ...
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FS 8620 is a fun in-and-out trail within the Manistee National Forest. Located just off FS 8535, it's easily accessible and gives so much. Starting from the east end right off FS 8535, you'll begin on a sandy trail that will quickly transition to a leaf- and rock-covered trail. As you zig-zag along ...
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FS 8270 is a quick dirt down-and-back off-road trail located within the Manistee National Forest. BE PREPARED FOR AN EXTREMELY TIGHT TRAIL. This track will for sure give you some new iconic Michigan pin stripes. From the west, you'll start in a tunnel of trees and finish to the east where there is a...
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South County Line Road runs from the intersection of Rybicki Road and East County Line Road to the intersections of FS M10, and North Campbell Road. South County Line Road, as the name implies, runs along the southern edge of Manistee County. The trail is a wide open gravel road that allows quick an...
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West Nurnberg Road offers a scenic drive through the Manistee National Forest on a well-maintained two-lane gravel road with plenty of room for passing. The views along the entire route are outstanding, and there are several opportunities to branch off onto two-track trails like Trail 5346, FS 5729,...
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FS 8479 is a quick out-and-back trail that is scenic in its own ways. Located within the Manistee National Forest off South County Line Road, this trail is easily accessible. Starting from the southern end right off South County Line Road, you'll start out on a dirt/gravel road in the lush trees. Yo...
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FS 8367 is an easy 1.3 bidirectional trail within the Manistee National Forest. Located off South County Line Road from the north and FS 8369 from the south, you'll find it easy to access this trail from either direction. Starting from the northern end, you'll begin on a sandy track with towering tr...
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Little "O" is a 50-inch ORV trail that lends itself more towards a Motorcycle single track. The Trail is generally a easy well burmed flowing trail that has few obstacles and limited whoops. The catch comes for the wider machine riders that attempt this trail. The edges of the trail are littered wit...
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FS 5039 is a unique 1-mile Michigan bidirectional trail within the Manistee National Forest. Located between East Riverside Drive from the east and North Campbell Road from the west, this trail is easily accessible. Starting from the western end, you will start off on mostly dirt road in a tighter a...
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FS 8429 is an exciting and fun 1-mile bidirectional seasonal sandy road within the Manistee National Forest. Located just north of East Hasenbank Road and south of East Stark Road, this trail is easily accessible from either end. Starting from the south end of East Hasenbank Road, you'll start in a ...
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FS 8541 is an easy bidirectional trail within the Manistee National Forest. Located just off FS 5037, this trail is easily accessible. Starting from the west end, you'll start on a dirt road with thick and lush vegetation edging the trail. This area has tons of pine trees that are just so beautiful!...
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FS 5037 is an exciting and fun 1.3-mile trail within the Manistee National Forest. Located just north of East Hasenbank Road, this trail is easily accessible. Starting from the south end, you'll start in a thick section of the forest with lush vegetation edging the trail. This route crosses over som...
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FS 8395 is a fun 1-mile bidirectional trail within the Manistee National Forest. Located just north of East Hasenbank Road and south of East Koenig Road, this trail is easily accessible. Starting from the southern end, you'll start on a dirt road in a section of the forest with lush vegetation edgin...
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FS 8429 is an exciting and fun 1-mile bidirectional seasonal sandy road within the Manistee National Forest. Located just north of East Hasenbank Road and south of East Stark Road, this trail is easily accessible from either end. Starting from the south end of East Hasenbank Road, you'll start in a ...
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FS 8541 is an easy bidirectional trail within the Manistee National Forest. Located just off FS 5037, this trail is easily accessible. Starting from the west end, you'll start on a dirt road with thick and lush vegetation edging the trail. This area has tons of pine trees that are just so beautiful!...
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FS 5037 is an exciting and fun 1.3-mile trail within the Manistee National Forest. Located just north of East Hasenbank Road, this trail is easily accessible. Starting from the south end, you'll start in a thick section of the forest with lush vegetation edging the trail. This route crosses over som...
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FS 8395 is a fun 1-mile bidirectional trail within the Manistee National Forest. Located just north of East Hasenbank Road and south of East Koenig Road, this trail is easily accessible. Starting from the southern end, you'll start on a dirt road in a section of the forest with lush vegetation edgin...
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