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Trail Overview

This trail consists of wide, mostly straight gravel that is generally well maintained, with occasional winding sections as it passes through a residential area. The surface shows some signs of corrugation, likely due to frequent use by local traffic, so drivers should remain alert and give right of way where necessary. While maps indicate the presence of several branching trails, most appear to be heavily overgrown and unused, offering little opportunity for further exploration. Much of the land surrounding the trail is privately owned, which limits access beyond the main route. There are no dispersed or formal campsites along this trail, and it lacks basic amenities such as water access and trash disposal. Cell phone reception may be inconsistent in the area.

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Difficulty

This trail is well-maintained and regularly used by OHV users and residents who reside in the area.

History

Covering more than 1.6 million acres of glacial lakes, red-pine uplands, and sphagnum bogs, Minnesota's Chippewa National Forest lets motorists experience the North Woods at an unrushed pace. Paved state highways soon yield to a lattice of numbered forest roads, most of them well-graded gravel that thread between kettle ponds and stands of towering white pine, the tree that helped earn the forest its 1908 designation as one of America's first national forests. The forest harbors one of the highest breeding densities of bald eagles in the continental United States, and patient drivers often glimpse loons, black bears, and white-tailed deer as they move from shoreline to clear-cut regrowth and back again.

Technical Rating

129 can be accessed by the following ride types:

• High-Clearance 4x4
• SUV