Beginner Off-Road Trails Near McBain, Michigan

This is a continuation of County Line Road that turns to 60th Avenue, a single-lane seasonal road. This short trail is a fun side path for those looking for some quick mud. This seasonal road…
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This trail begins on a standard dirt road with great views of the windmills and farm fields. The elevation lowers as you approach the entrance to the seasonal road, where you will enter a thick…
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On the border of Wexford and Missaukee Counties lies a seasonal road that turns into a forest management road. It passes through the Cadillac Pathway hiking trail area, allowing access to the hiking trail, camping,…
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This short trail goes through the beautiful Cadillac Forest Management area. It offers multiple access points to the Cadillac Pathway footpath as well as camping. It is not a through road and has a turnaround…
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Missaukee Junction offers a rugged and diverse challenge for riders tackling Michigan's trail system. Although technically classified as a 50" trail, some sections can get fairly narrow, testing both rider skill and machine handling. This…
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Take a quick shortcut to Temple, Michigan, through this scenic trail that begins near Marion, Michigan. This trail passes through the Gladwin Forest Management Unit and also many Consumer Energy paths that are interconnected throughout…
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West 40 & 40 1/2 Road is part of the Cadillac Area ORV/OHV Scenic Ride and has access to gas. This section of the Cadillac Area Scenic Ride is a DOT road open to ORV…
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This loop is less traveled and there is plenty of mud and foliage to navigate through. There are also off-camber obstacles. These are completable by all off-road vehicles, however, the mud obstacles may be difficult…
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This is a Seasonal Road that leads back to an area known as the High Banks. This used to be a State Forest Campground accessible to full-size campers. The State has since installed gates to…
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Enjoy the beautiful scenery on this US Forest Service seasonal road that passes through the Manistee National Forest in Wexford County near Cadillac, Michigan. This trail is beautiful year-round and offers the chance to view…
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This trail is a combination of routes that go up, down, and loop back to themselves. Located on a decent-sized hill with some of the terrain being sand-based, this can be a fun, yet potentially…
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This is a beautiful and fun trail that runs through the Floodwood Swamp Reservoir in the Gladwin Forest Management Area, offering some obstacles and amazing wildlife spotting opportunities. It's a full-width trail with mixed traffic.…
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5401 is a single-track dirt road that winds through the Manistee National Forest. This trail begins off of SM 35, or 50 1/2 Road in the midst of a CCC forest. On the eastern side…
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This is a standard Michigan seasonal road that passes through the Gladwin Forest Management Area. If you travel too far south, you'll eventually leave the system of trails. This seasonal road will reconnect you to…
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FS 5361 splits off the east side of FS 5338. It starts as a good-condition Forest Service road and gradually gets more overgrown, along with off-camber sections and downed trees/limbs in the trail. Cellular service…
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FS 5338 permits full-size vehicles; however, the trail is beginning to get overgrown and is lightly traveled, except for some pinstriping and some branches near windshield height. Trail consist of a gravel/sand base similar to…
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This trail offers a beautiful, meandering, drive through the woods. The trail is one lane, with places to pass. There are a couple of mud puddles. The trail is wide enough that the brush won't…
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Wooded one-lane trail that passes by the Mark Knee Memorial Grouse Walking Trail parking lot. On the drive through this area, the trail passes through a very wooded forest that has some shallow mud puddles.…
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The trail is nicely wooded with soft-packed sand, with a few sandier sections at intersections and in the corners. In August, mudholes are still possible. Little Leota has many intersections to hop back onto the…
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This is a direct line to the Leota High Banks on the north side of the Muskegon River. This will take you through a mix of recently forested and older-growth forest. Along the way, you…
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This route follows forest road 5735. It consists of mainly dirt and sand with some gravel in a two track style trail. Most stock 4x4 vehicles will be able to complete this jaunt with a…
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This is a dead-end trail, south of East 10 Mile Road. The two-track winds through a forest with tight trees out to an open field. The trail has branches that reach out and rub against…
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This is an easy dirt two-track through a wooded section that doesn't have scratchy branches reaching out, and many areas to pass. This trail runs between 11/12 Road and East 10 Mile Road. This area…
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This is a combination of ORV route and Forest Service roads. The trail can have numerous chatter bumps if it hasn't been groomed recently. There are some great views of the Muskegon River at 3…
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North Missaukee Trail - MCCCT Sections 14478 & 14167 is a section of the 750-mile Michigan Cross Country Cycle Trail (MCCCT). This 7-mile section consists of a groomed 50" ORV trail. Like most lower Michigan…
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Trail 7280 is a trail that cuts through the Manistee National Forest. There is a little bit of elevation change with a couple of slightly off-camber spots. The trail is mostly gravel and hard-packed dirt…
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Cadillac Area ORV/OHV Scenic Ride - Part 18 is part of the Cadillac Area ORV/OHV Scenic Ride. This section of the Cadillac Area Scenic Ride is open to all ORV/OHV vehicles. This section is a…
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This trail is a primarily one-vehicle wide dirt track that winds through a typical Michigan forest. The trail begins winding through a mixed forest with ferns carpeting the ground. The trail winds through the woods,…
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This is a nice wide trail that winds its way through part of the Cadillac Forest from Evert to Sunrise Lake. It can be run in either direction north or south. There is some mud…
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Beautiful, sandy, winding trail through the woods. This trail is open to mixed traffic. The trail begins in the snowmobile staging area off of Old 131/BUS 131. There is a large parking lot and a…
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