Dirt Bike Trails Near Montrose, Michigan

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St. Helen ORV Route - South

Michigan DNR ORV Route - open to full-size vehicles, 50 inches, and 24-inch with ORV and trail permits. The route is mostly sand with rolling hills and occasional mud or standing water. The trail passes…
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Total Miles
16.3
Tech Rating
4 Moderate
Best Time
Sp / Su / Fa / Wi

FS 4513

FS 4513 is a tight two-track with pine hardwood mix that opens up to a two-lane dirt road after crossing 4301. These trails are all part of the Huron National Forest. The trail is mostly…
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Total Miles
1.5
Tech Rating
2 Easy
Best Time
Sp / Su / Fa / Wi

FS 4301 A

FS 4301 A, also known as Curtis Road, is a well-maintained two-lane dirt road. 4301 A will take you by an area of Vaughn Lake with a small creek and marsh. The dirt road along…
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Total Miles
2.4
Tech Rating
1 Easy
Best Time
Sp / Fa / Wi / Su

Aginaw Loop

Aginaw Loop to Knoch is part of multiple trail systems in the area of the checkerboard. This trail is made up of pines and hardwood and starts as double-lane dirt and then drops to single-lane…
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Total Miles
4.9
Tech Rating
2 Easy
Best Time
Sp / Su / Fa / Wi

Ogemaw Hills ORV Route

Michigan DNR ORV Route is open to full-size, 50-inch, and motorcycles with ORV permit and Trail permit stickers. This area consists of rolling hills through older forests and connects with many miles of forest roads…
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Total Miles
4.6
Tech Rating
4 Moderate
Best Time
Wi / Fa / Su / Sp

FS 4301 B

FS 4301 B, also known as Curtis Road, is a well-maintained two-lane dirt road. 4301 B will take you by an area with a small creek. The dirt road along the Huron National Forest is…
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Total Miles
4.1
Tech Rating
1 Easy
Best Time
Sp / Su / Fa / Wi

Ogemaw Hills ORV Route

This Michigan DNR ORV Route is open to full-size, 50-inch, and motorcycles with ORV permits and trail permit stickers. This area connects with St. Helen ORV Route on the west side. The west side of…
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Total Miles
4.9
Tech Rating
3 Easy
Best Time
Sp / Su / Fa / Wi

FS 4628

FS 4628 is a tight and twisty two track that takes you through the Huron National Forest. The trail has had some logging but is mostly made up of pines and hardwood. FS 4628 ends…
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Total Miles
1.5
Tech Rating
2 Easy
Best Time
Sp / Su / Fa / Wi

FS 4512

FS 4512 is a two-track with a mix of pine and hardwood. This trail is part of the Huron National Forest. FS 4512 trail is mostly solid with patches of soft sand. The trail is…
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Total Miles
2.3
Tech Rating
2 Easy
Best Time
Sp / Su / Fa / Wi

FS 4102

FS 4102, also known as Tuttle, is a well-maintained two-lane dirt road. FS 4102 will take you to the Corsair Wrights Lake Cross Country Ski area. The dirt road along the Huron National Forest is…
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Total Miles
3.5
Tech Rating
1 Easy
Best Time
Sp / Su / Fa / Wi

St. Helen ORV Route - West

Michigan DNR ORV Route is open to full-size vehicles, 50 inch, and 24 inch with ORV and trail permits. The route is mostly soft sand. This section of the route is a connector between St.…
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Total Miles
10.5
Tech Rating
2 Easy
Best Time
Sp / Su / Fa / Wi

FS 4511 Loop

FS 4511 Loop is a two-track with a mix of pine and hardwood. This trail is part of the Huron National Forest. FS 4511 Loop connects with FS 4410, completing the loop. Both trails are…
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Total Miles
3.1
Tech Rating
2 Easy
Best Time
Sp / Su / Fa / Wi

St. Helen ORV Route - North

Michigan DNR ORV Route is open to full-size, 50-inch, and dirt bikes with ORV and Trail permits. Most of this area offers wide trails with deep sand. It has heavy traffic on weekends as it…
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Total Miles
11.6
Tech Rating
4 Moderate
Best Time
Sp / Su / Fa

Denton Creek Trail

This is a scenic ORV route near the St. Helen Motorsport Area. The trail features sandy terrain with occasional deep ruts (from ATVs and razors) but nothing a Jeep couldn't manage. When going around the…
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Total Miles
23.4
Tech Rating
3 Easy
Best Time
Wi

Sacred Chimney Trail

This trail is a point-to-point section of DNR Trail 6, which is part of extensive off-road vehicle trails that branch out from the ORV-friendly community of St. Helen, Michigan. This short but popular section of…
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Total Miles
8.1
Tech Rating
1 Easy
Best Time
Sp / Fa

Rose City Lookout

Sand trails, mild hill climbs, and great views; what more could you ask for? This route will take you through an area that is a little overgrown and could use trimming, but if you don't…
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Total Miles
4.8
Tech Rating
2 Easy
Best Time
Sp / Su / Wi / Fa

Backus Creek SGA Loop

This loop covers a very nice area, incorporating a couple of State Forest roads and ORV routes. It's a state gaming area, so keep that in mind while traveling through. You'll find a spot for…
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Total Miles
7.5
Tech Rating
2 Easy
Best Time
Sp / Su / Fa / Wi

FS 4121

FS 412,1 also known as Pine River Road, is a wide single-lane gravel/dirt road. The trail is part of the Huron National Forest and allows you to see wildlife. This track is a nice easy…
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Total Miles
8.2
Tech Rating
1 Easy
Best Time
Sp / Su / Fa / Wi

Geels South Loop

Geels South Loop is a fast paced 50" trail, roughly 25 miles long. It contains mostly shallow sand with some soft dirt, in the wooded sections. The trail is well maintained with intersections clearly marked.…
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Total Miles
21
Tech Rating
3 Easy
Best Time
Su / Fa

Pine Drive

This trail runs east and west. The west side of this trail is wide and represents a dirt road. This area is a mixed-traffic trail, so expect to see side-by-sides, quads, motorcycles, and snowmobiles in…
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Total Miles
5.4
Tech Rating
3 Easy
Best Time
Sp / Su / Fa

FS 2430

FS 2430, also known as Wilber Road, is a single-lane dirt/sand mix with some mud holes along the track. The trail is part of the Huron National Forest and can be run in either direction.…
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Total Miles
1.5
Tech Rating
2 Easy
Best Time
Sp / Su / Fa

Little Leota Trail

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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Total Miles
5.4
Tech Rating
2 Easy
Best Time
Sp / Su / Fa

Old State House Route

Old State House Route is managed by the Grayling Forest Management Unit. It is a wide and twisty two-track trail with soft sand that takes you through a mix of pines and hardwood. The trail…
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Total Miles
5.5
Tech Rating
2 Easy
Best Time
Sp / Su / Fa

FS 4430

FS 4430 is a single-lane dirt/sand mix with a washboard surface. Along this route, there is no cellular service. This trail is part of the Huron National Forest and can be run in either direction.…
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Total Miles
3.8
Tech Rating
2 Easy
Best Time
Sp / Su / Fa

LP 960

Explore the beauty of LP 960 managed by the Grayling Forest Management Unit. It is a wide and twisty two-track trail that takes you through a mix of pines and hardwood. Although it has seen…
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Total Miles
1.8
Tech Rating
2 Easy
Best Time
Sp / Su / Fa

Geels North Loop

This loop is a great way to enjoy the beautiful trails of Michigan in any AWD vehicle, and it's not too far from Houghton Lake. The terrain is hard-packed sand and doesn't have any low-lying…
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Total Miles
6.6
Tech Rating
1 Easy
Best Time
Sp / Su / Fa / Wi

Lake Station

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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Total Miles
4.1
Tech Rating
2 Easy
Best Time
Sp / Su / Fa

Meadows M33 Trail

Meadows M33 loop is dirt bike/ATV friendly. Most of the trail is tree-covered with plenty of swooping corners. I started at the Meadows ORV Campground, and road the trail counterclockwise. The campground is $10 a…
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Total Miles
13.9
Tech Rating
2 Easy
Best Time
Sp / Su / Fa / Wi

Canadian Lakes Trail 1

This is a nice little trail that is very easily accessible and good for beginning off-roaders. You enter the trail near the entrance to the local community and continue on a narrow path through the…
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Total Miles
2
Tech Rating
2 Easy
Best Time
Sp

Beaver Creek MCCCT - W Seven Mile Rd - Stephan Rd

This section of Beaver Creek serves as a portion of the original Michigan Cross Country Cycle Trail (MCCCT). That being said, the trail is well loved and ridden by a lot of dirt bikes. This…
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Total Miles
8.8
Tech Rating
3 Easy
Best Time
Sp / Su / Fa