Beginner Off-Road Trails Near Sandusky, Ohio
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Bridge of Dreams to Mohican River
Fantastic rolling gravel along Kokosing River. There are multiple springs for filling water along the southern edge of the route. Some sections to this can be very high speed if graded well. New canoe access…
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Total Miles
5.9
Tech Rating
2
Easy
Best Time
Sp / Su / Fa
Walhonding Hills Steel Bridge to Bridge of Dreams
This trail is a tertiary gravel road that winds through the Amish Community with significant changes in elevation and sharp terms. Be aware of oncoming vehicle horse and foot traffic in the area as it…
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Total Miles
4.3
Tech Rating
3
Easy
Best Time
Sp / Su / Wi / Fa
Bridge of Dreams to Hunter Steel Bridge
This is a narrow, graded winding gravel dirt mix that runs along the Kokosing River. Just after the roadside Springs, it changes Elevation to go up through a small patch of woods, and it drops…
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Total Miles
2
Tech Rating
2
Easy
Best Time
Sp / Su / Wi / Fa
Walhonding Hills Steel Bridge to 715 Batnest Loop
This is a high-speed, secondary gravel road running along the Kokosing River. Expect to encounter significant changes in elevation, and some blind turns on the cliff edge. This area is public hunting so foraging for…
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Total Miles
5.3
Tech Rating
1
Easy
Best Time
Su / Sp / Fa / Wi
Batnest Loop
This is the eastern loop of Batnest Road back to Main Road 715. The nice twisty well-graded gravel road gets fairly steep in places. Hunting and fishing in the area with proper licensing, known for…
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Total Miles
2.3
Tech Rating
1
Easy
Best Time
Sp / Su / Fa / Wi
Valley and Cows
Lots of scenic wooded gravel roads. Quite a bit of up and down on the side loops as you come in and out of the valley. We were rewarded at the end of this trip…
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Total Miles
10.6
Tech Rating
3
Easy
Best Time
Sp / Su / Fa / Wi
Amish Lumber Mills
These are some great winding country back roads going through Amish Country seeing several Amish lumber mills and roadside markets to purchase Amish produce and craft. With beautiful changes in elevation, some of these roads…
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Total Miles
16.7
Tech Rating
2
Easy
Best Time
Sp / Su / Fa / Wi
Tiplady Trail
Tiplady Trail is an easy bidirectional trail within the Department of Natural Resources. Located just north of Dexter Township between Highway 96 and 94, this trail is easily accessible. This trail is also within the…
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Total Miles
2.4
Tech Rating
Best Time
Sp / Su / Fa / Wi
Rush Lake Trail
Rush Lake Trail is a 1.5-mile bidirectional road. Located just south of Farley Road, this trail is easily accessible from some of the other nearby trails. Starting off, you'll begin on a dirt/gravel road that…
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Total Miles
1.6
Tech Rating
Best Time
Sp / Su / Fa / Wi
Chambers Trail
Chambers Trail is an easy and scenic 2.5-mile bidirectional road within the Brighton State Rec Area. Located just north of Rush Lake Road, this trail is easily accessible. Starting from the southern end of the…
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Total Miles
2.2
Tech Rating
Best Time
Sp / Su / Fa / Wi
King Brighton Trail
King Brighton Trail is a really fun and exciting 2-mile bidirectional trail right outside the Brighton State Rec Area. Located just west of Chilson, right off Brighton Road, this trail is easily accessible. Starting from…
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Total Miles
1.7
Tech Rating
Best Time
Sp / Su / Fa / Wi
Rec Trail
Rec Trail is a very fun and scenic 3-mile bidirectional road within the Brighton State Rec Area. Located west of King Road, this trail is easily accessible. Starting from the east end at the intersection…
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Total Miles
2.8
Tech Rating
Best Time
Sp / Su / Fa / Wi
Crooked Lake Trail
Crooked Lake Trail is a unique bidirectional trail within the Pinckney State Recreation Area. Located just north of Dexter Township between Highway 94 and Highway 96, this trail is easily accessible. Starting from the southern…
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Total Miles
1.3
Tech Rating
Best Time
Sp / Su / Fa / Wi
Brighton Trail
Brighton Trail is an exciting and fun bidirectional 3-mile road just outside of the Brighton State Rec Area. Located just south of both Coon and Pardee Lake, this trail is easily accessible. Starting from the…
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Total Miles
2.7
Tech Rating
Best Time
Sp / Su / Fa / Wi
Silver Hill Trail
Silver Hill Trail is a unique Michigan bidirectional trail within the Pinckney State Recreation Area. Located just south of Hell between Highway 96 and 94, this trail is easily accessible. Starting from the northern end…
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Total Miles
0.9
Tech Rating
Best Time
Sp / Su / Fa / Wi
Cedar Lake Trail
Cedar Lake Trail is an awesome 8-mile bidirectional trail within the Michigan Department of Natural Resources and right outside the Pickney State Rec Area. Located between Marion Township and Putnam Township, this trail is easily…
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Total Miles
7.7
Tech Rating
Best Time
Sp / Su / Fa / Wi
Brady Trail
Brady Trail is an easy one-mile bidirectional road, yet scenic in its own way. Located within the Brighton State Rec Area south of Genoa Charter Township, this trail is easily accessible. Starting from the southern…
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Total Miles
1.2
Tech Rating
Best Time
Sp / Su / Fa / Wi
Gawley Trail
Gawley Trail is a unique and scenic 2.5 bidirectional trail. Located close to Bently Lake and south of Pleasant Lake, you'll find the trail off West Schafer Road, making it easily accessible. Starting out, the…
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Total Miles
2.2
Tech Rating
Best Time
Sp / Su / Fa / Wi
Monks Trail
Monks Trail is a 1.5-mile bidirectional trail within the Pinckney State Rec Area. Located between Cedar Lake Trail and Kelly Trail just south of Putnam Township, this trail is easily accessible. Starting from the western…
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Total Miles
1.4
Tech Rating
Best Time
Sp / Su / Fa / Wi
Entrance / Exit Trail
This trail runs from the parking lot to the first intersection in the off-road portion of the park. It is directional. The trail runs one way for the entrance and another for the exit. There…
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Total Miles
0.3
Tech Rating
1
Easy
Best Time
Sp / Su / Fa / Wi
Holly Glen Short Track
The short course track is for side-by-side and full-size vehicles only. It is directional and is designed with fast driving in mind. The track includes a small hill, a couple of banked turns, a sharp…
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Total Miles
0.5
Tech Rating
2
Easy
Best Time
Sp / Su / Fa
Kelly Trail
Kelly Trail is everything you would think it is based on its name. This 2.7-mile bidirectional scenic trail has many things to offer. Located within the Pinckney State Rec Area between highway 96 and 94…
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Total Miles
2.6
Tech Rating
Best Time
Sp / Su / Fa / Wi
The Tetons
The Tetons can be found just to the right when you first drop into the offroad area of the park. It is a short trail that has two steep sandy hill climbs back to back.…
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Total Miles
0.1
Tech Rating
2
Easy
Best Time
Sp / Su / Fa
Waters Edge Loop
This is a nice, short, scenic trail that takes you around the edge of a water hole or small pond at the park. It is located next to the Holly GLen track at the front…
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Total Miles
0.3
Tech Rating
1
Easy
Best Time
Sp / Su / Wi / Fa
Entrance Road to Outpost Junction
This sandy hall road runs through the middle of the front of the park and gives the rider access to the majority of the trails in that area. The trail ends in the middle of…
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Total Miles
0.4
Tech Rating
1
Easy
Best Time
Sp / Fa / Wi / Su
The Bathtub
This track is for dirt bikes and quads only and it's gated to limit access to anyone other than those vehicles. It is a short loop with moderate hills and small banked turns. The track…
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Total Miles
0.4
Tech Rating
2
Easy
Best Time
Sp / Fa / Wi / Su
Robin's Climb
This trail begins in a washout area near the water hole at the front of the park. After the washout, the trail quickly turns uphill for a moderate hill climb. This is a great moderate…
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Total Miles
0.2
Tech Rating
1
Easy
Best Time
Sp / Su / Wi / Fa
Hill Splitter
The trail is directional and begins directly across from the end of The Totons Trail. This area is a little bit different than the printed map. It is directional and shortly after it begins it…
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Total Miles
0.2
Tech Rating
2
Easy
Best Time
Sp / Su / Fa / Wi
Dusty's Muffin
This is a steep sandy hill climb that can be difficult when the sand is soft. This hill is multi-directional so be sure to check for traffic before continuing up or down the hill. There…
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Total Miles
0
Tech Rating
2
Easy
Best Time
Sp / Su / Fa
Low Branch
Low Branch is a hill climb next to Horsepower Hill. It is not as steep, and it is also very sandy. The sand is thick and has a tendency to be soft. This climb is…
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Total Miles
0.1
Tech Rating
3
Easy
Best Time
Sp / Su / Fa
ATV Trails Near Sandusky, Ohio
Entrance / Exit Trail
This trail runs from the parking lot to the first intersection in the off-road portion of the park. It is directional. The trail runs one way for the entrance and another for the exit. There…
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Learn more about Entrance / Exit Trail
Total Miles
0.3
Tech Rating
1
Easy
Best Time
Sp / Su / Fa / Wi
The Tetons
The Tetons can be found just to the right when you first drop into the offroad area of the park. It is a short trail that has two steep sandy hill climbs back to back.…
Learn more about The Tetons
Learn more about The Tetons
Total Miles
0.1
Tech Rating
2
Easy
Best Time
Sp / Su / Fa
Waters Edge Loop
This is a nice, short, scenic trail that takes you around the edge of a water hole or small pond at the park. It is located next to the Holly GLen track at the front…
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Learn more about Waters Edge Loop
Total Miles
0.3
Tech Rating
1
Easy
Best Time
Sp / Su / Wi / Fa
Entrance Road to Outpost Junction
This sandy hall road runs through the middle of the front of the park and gives the rider access to the majority of the trails in that area. The trail ends in the middle of…
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Learn more about Entrance Road to Outpost Junction
Total Miles
0.4
Tech Rating
1
Easy
Best Time
Sp / Fa / Wi / Su
The Bathtub
This track is for dirt bikes and quads only and it's gated to limit access to anyone other than those vehicles. It is a short loop with moderate hills and small banked turns. The track…
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Learn more about The Bathtub
Total Miles
0.4
Tech Rating
2
Easy
Best Time
Sp / Fa / Wi / Su
Robin's Climb
This trail begins in a washout area near the water hole at the front of the park. After the washout, the trail quickly turns uphill for a moderate hill climb. This is a great moderate…
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Learn more about Robin's Climb
Total Miles
0.2
Tech Rating
1
Easy
Best Time
Sp / Su / Wi / Fa
UTV/Side-by-Side Near Sandusky, Ohio
Entrance / Exit Trail
This trail runs from the parking lot to the first intersection in the off-road portion of the park. It is directional. The trail runs one way for the entrance and another for the exit. There…
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Learn more about Entrance / Exit Trail
Total Miles
0.3
Tech Rating
1
Easy
Best Time
Sp / Su / Fa / Wi
Holly Glen Short Track
The short course track is for side-by-side and full-size vehicles only. It is directional and is designed with fast driving in mind. The track includes a small hill, a couple of banked turns, a sharp…
Learn more about Holly Glen Short Track
Learn more about Holly Glen Short Track
Total Miles
0.5
Tech Rating
2
Easy
Best Time
Sp / Su / Fa
The Tetons
The Tetons can be found just to the right when you first drop into the offroad area of the park. It is a short trail that has two steep sandy hill climbs back to back.…
Learn more about The Tetons
Learn more about The Tetons
Total Miles
0.1
Tech Rating
2
Easy
Best Time
Sp / Su / Fa
Waters Edge Loop
This is a nice, short, scenic trail that takes you around the edge of a water hole or small pond at the park. It is located next to the Holly GLen track at the front…
Learn more about Waters Edge Loop
Learn more about Waters Edge Loop
Total Miles
0.3
Tech Rating
1
Easy
Best Time
Sp / Su / Wi / Fa
Entrance Road to Outpost Junction
This sandy hall road runs through the middle of the front of the park and gives the rider access to the majority of the trails in that area. The trail ends in the middle of…
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Learn more about Entrance Road to Outpost Junction
Total Miles
0.4
Tech Rating
1
Easy
Best Time
Sp / Fa / Wi / Su
Robin's Climb
This trail begins in a washout area near the water hole at the front of the park. After the washout, the trail quickly turns uphill for a moderate hill climb. This is a great moderate…
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Learn more about Robin's Climb
Total Miles
0.2
Tech Rating
1
Easy
Best Time
Sp / Su / Wi / Fa