Trail Overview

North Beaver Road is a county owned/ locally maintained, Level-2/ Level-3 "There-and-back" forest access route with a surface composition of sand, dirt, native material, and marshland. It offers access to the deep marshland area south of the town of Paradise, Michigan, and is named "Beaver" due to the high prevalence of Beaver in the marshland.

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Difficulty

Dirt, sand, marsh route typically unmaintained after rain or snow, which may give rise to water crossings over 12 inches on the trail, including flooding and obstacles such as tree/ tree branches.

History

North Beaver Road is a quiet, heavily wooded, and undeveloped residential stretch located just miles from the Lake Superior shoreline. Its history is deeply intertwined with the broader development of the small resort and logging community of the town of Paradise, Michigan.

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