Beginner Off-Road Trails
Near Sturgeon Bay, 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...
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Trail FIT - FR 13044 is the southernmost ATV and SxS trail located in the Forest Island Trail system. This trail navigates from its intersection with Forest Road 14571 to its northern intersection with Forest Road 13041 and Forest Road 34613. This trail, if traveled from the southern trailhead north...
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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 "...
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Westman Dam Road is a multi-use vehicle trail that runs along the southwest side of the Escanaba Forest Management Unit Land. This trail is moderately maintained with a sand base and runs from its intersection with FR 34613 and 34614 to its intersection with Road 360. The trail can be run in either ...
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Schuster Lane is a short bypass trail that is used to connect the West side trails to the center trails within the Escanaba Forest Management Unit. This trail runs from its intersection with Westman Dam F1 to its intersection with Forest Road 13041. This is a short two-track trail which is best used...
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This 31.3-mile point-to-point trail in Oconto County follows an old railroad grade from the Lakewood area south toward Mountain and the Chute Pond recreation area. Designed for ATVs and side-by-sides, the route features fast, flowy, and winding dirt trails with large banked corners winding through s...
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...
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Devils CR Spur navigates from its intersection with County Road 366 to its intersection with Devils CR Trail. This moderate two-track dirt trail will test the traction as well as the articulation of smaller and less capable vehicles. There are many holes and low spots across this trail. Most of whic...
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North Branch North Fox is a moderately maintained forest road that runs from its intersection with Route FIR Forest Road 13042 to its intersection with North Fox Road. This two-track trail navigates across a moderately sandy surface through the heart of the Escanaba Forest Management Unit. Unlike ma...
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Devils CR trail is a narrow two-track trail that runs from its intersection with 336 Rd to its intersection with Forest Road 13041. The trail has a sandy base with some small rocks that protrude through on mildly washed-out hillsides (Typically less than 2- 3 in ruts). The surrounding scenery is a m...
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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...
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Fir - Forest Road 13042 is a there-and-back trail open to all vehicle types, but it ends at an ungated ORV trail. This trail makes up the southern portion of the FIR route and runs from its intersection with Forest Road 13043 and Forest Road 34615 to its endpoint at FIT South. This trail is a modera...
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Route FIR - Forest Road 13042 is a moderately maintained forest road. This trail runs from its intersection with County Road 551 to its intersection with Forest Road 13042 and Forest Road 34615. This trail is a part of the FIR route located in the Escanaba Forest Management Unit. This part of the FI...
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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...
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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

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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Fir - Forest Road 13040 is a multi-use Forest Road which navigates from its intersection with Forest Road 14570 to where the trail dead-ends at an un-gated ORV trailhead. There are several short spur trails which navigate off this trail to provide additional areas to explore. This trail remains the ...
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Forest Road 14570 is a short spur trail that navigates from its intersection with Forest Road 14572, to Forest Road 13040. This trail serves as a quick way to access the east or west side of the Forest Island Trail system, rather than having to navigate further north or south where the eastern and w...
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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...
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FS 2973B, 2301J, 2107LF is a short but fun section of trail that begins at its western intersection with FS 2973, and navigates to its southern intersection with FR 2107L. This trail has a very sandy base, which can become very soft during periods without consistent rain and with frequent travel. Th...
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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

Trail FIT - FR 13044 is the southernmost ATV and SxS trail located in the Forest Island Trail system. This trail navigates from its intersection with Forest Road 14571 to its northern intersection with Forest Road 13041 and Forest Road 34613. This trail, if traveled from the southern trailhead north...
Learn more about Trail FIT - FR 13044

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

Westman Dam Road is a multi-use vehicle trail that runs along the southwest side of the Escanaba Forest Management Unit Land. This trail is moderately maintained with a sand base and runs from its intersection with FR 34613 and 34614 to its intersection with Road 360. The trail can be run in either ...
Learn more about Westman Dam Road

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

Trail FIT - FR 13044 is the southernmost ATV and SxS trail located in the Forest Island Trail system. This trail navigates from its intersection with Forest Road 14571 to its northern intersection with Forest Road 13041 and Forest Road 34613. This trail, if traveled from the southern trailhead north...
Learn more about Trail FIT - FR 13044

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

Westman Dam Road is a multi-use vehicle trail that runs along the southwest side of the Escanaba Forest Management Unit Land. This trail is moderately maintained with a sand base and runs from its intersection with FR 34613 and 34614 to its intersection with Road 360. The trail can be run in either ...
Learn more about Westman Dam Road