FS 2236

Trail Overview

This trail is made up of well-maintained fine gravel, almost sandy in texture, and passes through a forest dominated by ferns and maple trees. Along the way, there is a marked hiking trailhead just off the main route, and the trail also crosses a single bridge. The drive is quiet and scenic, with minimal traffic and a steady surface that allows for a relaxed pace.

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Difficulty

This trail is well-maintained and regularly used by other OHV riders, road users, including residents 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

FS 2236 can be accessed by the following ride types:

• High-Clearance 4x4
• SUV