Beginner Off-Road Trails
Near Nisswa, Minnesota

Located just east of Brainerd, Minnesota, this loop is part of the Miller Hills trail system. This outer loop snakes around the outer bounds of the North East section of the trail. The single track trail features many tight turns, lots of exposed rocks, ruts, and steep hills. Many fallen trees and a...
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Bull Moose Trail is an incredibly beautiful forest road with access to many activities besides trail riding. This road provides fishing access to two different backwoods lakes and plenty of dispersed camping. One lake has a small beach and appears to be fairly deep. The drive out to the two lakes at...
Learn more about Bull Run Trail

This section of road seems to be tended to on occasion. Regardless, its a fairly wide trail with a few shoot off trails and campsites. One trail shoots off and connects up with a very long dirt bike/ATV trail. Overall the trail is tame with some pretty evergreens and small lakes. Note on Trail Ridin...
Learn more about Bull Run Trail Extension

This section of Emily - Blind Lake TRL(West of County Road 106) is mapped from the Bloomquist Dr. ATV parking lot in Emily to the southern Crow Wing County Road 106 trail intersection. This section is 7.9 miles long and takes about an hour, including the time it took for trail pictures and a stop at...
Learn more about Emily - Blind Lake Trail - West 106

This is one of the best trails in the Spider Lake, Foot Hills Park area. Don't ruin this gem! You drive off a beach and drive on small hills next to the lake with an incredible view. You'll experience some nice rolling spots within the trail. It is overall smooth and some areas with water but super ...
Learn more about Cut Lake Scenic Drive

This trail connects forest roads from Spider Lake to Foot Hills State Forest. This minimum maintenance road is a little narrower in spots, overgrown with grass in spots, and I presume pretty fun in the winter. You will see lots of Northern Minnesota scenery. Note on Trail Riding in MN: Many trails h...
Learn more about Bull Moose Trail

This trail could basically be a forest road, granted it is ATV, SxS, and dirt bike only. It is really wide in spots and is primarily gravel, with some loose sand spots, water puddles to cross, and smaller rocks. It is a fun trail but primarily for cruising, nothing too technical. Some spots are roug...
Learn more about The Narrow Bull Moose Trail

This section of Emily - Blind Lake Trail (East of County Road 106) is mapped from the southern Crow Wing County Road 106 trail intersection (Lens Road) to the Blind Lake Trail. This section is 8.2 miles long and takes about 45 minutes including the time it took for trail pictures. This section will ...
Learn more about Emily - Blind Lake Trail - East 106

This is a smooth well maintained forest road with access to some small lakes and dispersed camping. This road continues on to connect with perch lake minimum maintenance forest road which has some other really pretty lakes and camping spots. The road is primarily sand and gravel and seems to be grad...
Learn more about Spider Lake North State Forestry Rd

This trail is the continuation of the Narrow Bull Moose Trail. A small jaunt across the paved road will get you here. The trail does not allow SUV/lifted 4x4 rigs but is wide in some areas. Five or more years ago, this used to be much more open and clear; logging will cause different changes to thes...
Learn more about Narrow Foothills Highway

Emily/Outing ATV A Trail is mapped from the B Trail to the Bloomquist Dr. ATV parking lot in Emily. This section is 4.9 miles long and takes about 22 minutes with average speed of 12.8 MPH including the time it took for trail pictures.
Learn more about Emily/Outing ATV A Trail

Typical narrow minimum maintenance forest road. Some areas of rough mud and gravel. Overall nothing to really be worried about even in a stock SUV. There may be extra water or down branches depending on the weather. Typically 1-2 cars wide or space to pull off to get around other vehicles. Pine Moun...
Learn more about Thompson Minimum Maintenance Forest Road

This is a narrower tame trail with views of many small lakes. This trail is not overgrown but feels natural. It's not overrun and feels like a backwoods trail. There are not any large obstacles to get past. Note on Trail Riding in MN: Many trails heavily change in difficulty depending on the time of...
Learn more about Foot Hills North Lake Loop

South of Outing on the Emily-Outing A Trail was mapped from the Outing ATV Parking lot to the Emily-Outing B Trail. The length is just under 5 miles, and it stops at the Outing gas station, which is right on the trail. A stop at the parking lot on the north end of the Pickled Loon and a stop at the ...
Learn more about South of Outing on the A Trail

Blind Lake Connector Trail (South of County Road 68) is mapped from the end of the Emily Blind Lake Trail to the Aitkin County Road 68 area. This section is 10 miles long and takes about an hour including the time it took for trail pictures. This section is maintained by The Blind Lake ATV Club. The...
Learn more about Blind Lake Connector Trail - South 68

Wren Lake Loop which is part of the Moose River Trail system, is 10.8 miles long and takes about 1 hour and 15 minutes at an average of 9.45 MPH. Time and distance are only for the "entire loop" so remember to add time and distance to your final destination. The entire Moose River Trail system is wi...
Learn more about Wren Lake Loop

This trail is really nice. There are areas of open forest where you can ride faster and other areas where it winds through the trees. There were no notable obstacles. Compared to nearby Paul Bunyan and Spider Lake Trails, this trail system is generally narrower but has fewer obstacles, fewer incline...
Learn more about Huntersville Southeast Leg

This trail appears relatively new to the Huntersville Trail System. There are really small, close bumps that are hard to bridge;you feel them without going fast. The trail has many tight spots throughout the loop that add difficulty. The northern section, however, is much more open. Compared to near...
Learn more about Huntersville Eastern Loop

This trail is just one possible loop through the Huntersville Trail System;there are so many different sub-trails that it's hard to know which to take. These trails are all typically narrow with whoops and some roots. There are no major rocks or other obstacles. Compared to nearby singletrack Paul B...
Learn more about Huntersville East Wooded Free for All Trail

This trail is a nice continuous loop single track. There were a number of sections of roots and lots of whoops. There are no other major obstacles except one larger downed tree with a bypass. General Notes about Huntersville: I have ridden single track at Paul Bunyan and Spider Lake Trails nearby an...
Learn more about Huntersville East Central Loop

Bull Moose Trail is an incredibly beautiful forest road with access to many activities besides trail riding. This road provides fishing access to two different backwoods lakes and plenty of dispersed camping. One lake has a small beach and appears to be fairly deep. The drive out to the two lakes at...
Learn more about Bull Run Trail

This section of road seems to be tended to on occasion. Regardless, its a fairly wide trail with a few shoot off trails and campsites. One trail shoots off and connects up with a very long dirt bike/ATV trail. Overall the trail is tame with some pretty evergreens and small lakes. Note on Trail Ridin...
Learn more about Bull Run Trail Extension

This section of Emily - Blind Lake TRL(West of County Road 106) is mapped from the Bloomquist Dr. ATV parking lot in Emily to the southern Crow Wing County Road 106 trail intersection. This section is 7.9 miles long and takes about an hour, including the time it took for trail pictures and a stop at...
Learn more about Emily - Blind Lake Trail - West 106

This is one of the best trails in the Spider Lake, Foot Hills Park area. Don't ruin this gem! You drive off a beach and drive on small hills next to the lake with an incredible view. You'll experience some nice rolling spots within the trail. It is overall smooth and some areas with water but super ...
Learn more about Cut Lake Scenic Drive

Bull Moose Trail is an incredibly beautiful forest road with access to many activities besides trail riding. This road provides fishing access to two different backwoods lakes and plenty of dispersed camping. One lake has a small beach and appears to be fairly deep. The drive out to the two lakes at...
Learn more about Bull Run Trail

This section of road seems to be tended to on occasion. Regardless, its a fairly wide trail with a few shoot off trails and campsites. One trail shoots off and connects up with a very long dirt bike/ATV trail. Overall the trail is tame with some pretty evergreens and small lakes. Note on Trail Ridin...
Learn more about Bull Run Trail Extension

This section of Emily - Blind Lake TRL(West of County Road 106) is mapped from the Bloomquist Dr. ATV parking lot in Emily to the southern Crow Wing County Road 106 trail intersection. This section is 7.9 miles long and takes about an hour, including the time it took for trail pictures and a stop at...
Learn more about Emily - Blind Lake Trail - West 106

This is one of the best trails in the Spider Lake, Foot Hills Park area. Don't ruin this gem! You drive off a beach and drive on small hills next to the lake with an incredible view. You'll experience some nice rolling spots within the trail. It is overall smooth and some areas with water but super ...
Learn more about Cut Lake Scenic Drive