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Trail Overview

This trail consists of well-maintained gravel and follows a mostly straight path through forested areas. In places where the trail curves, the surface becomes noticeably bumpier and more corrugated. It passes by several homesteads and tends to be dusty, especially in dry weather. Local traffic is common, so drivers should proceed with caution. The trail does not offer any formal or dispersed campsites, and there are no amenities such as water or trash disposal. Cell service is available along most of the route.

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Difficulty

This trail is well-maintained and regularly used by OHV users, so be cautious of other off-roaders and adventurers.

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

156 can be accessed by the following ride types:

• High-Clearance 4x4
• SUV
• SxS (60")
• ATV (50")
• Dirt Bike