County Road 126

Trail Overview

This trail is notably wide, and in one section, it opens up so much that it almost gives the impression of a highway under construction. It passes through a scenic area with numerous homes nearby, so it is essential to keep speeds low and watch for local traffic. The surface is corrugated in places, and the route includes some curves along with mild ascents and descents. There are no formal or dispersed campsites along the trail, and it lacks basic amenities like trash disposal and access to water. Cell service may be limited depending on location.

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Difficulty

This trail is well-maintained and regularly used by other 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

County Road 126 can be accessed by the following ride types:

• High-Clearance 4x4
• SUV