Florence County F6 Mark Peters Memorial Trail

Trail Overview

This is Florence County Trail 6/ 6A Junction 2 to 19. This trail runs through the Northwestern portion of the Barrens natural area. Like all the trails through the natural area, it offers spectacular views as it navigates through the rolling and winding hills. The trail surface is primarily sand or clay, with areas of gravel mixed throughout. The trail scenery is a mix of open landscapes in the Barrens Natural Area, then transitioning into mixed wooded forests. The trail surface can become washed out on steep grades after times of significant rain. This trail is also open to road-going vehicle traffic in some areas.

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Difficulty

Individuals of all skill levels can easily ride this trail. The trail offers okay to good sight lines throughout and is roughly one and a half machine widths wide in its entirety. Occasionally after periods of heavy and large rainfall, there will be some hilly areas of the trail that will become washed out exposing medium-sized rocks under the trail surface. This area can usually be avoided entirely by going around the obstacle, or by slowly navigating through it.

History

Spread Eagle Barrens State Natural Area (SEBSNA) was established in 1995 to protect an extensive landscape of bracken grassland or 'barrens'. Bracken grassland is a regionally unique type of pine barrens that is only present in northeastern Wisconsin. Consisting of a mosaic of six different natural communities, SEBSNA includes bracken grassland habitat and associated flora and fauna that require large expanses of open vegetation. The lower reaches of the Pine River, a designated Wild River, traverse the site, and the Menominee River forms the property's eastern boundary. The property encompasses 8,418 acres, including a 1,305-acre easement owned by We Energies. Sourced from the Florence County website: https://www.exploreflorencecounty.com/tourism/featured-destinations/spread-eagle-barrens-state-natural-area/

Technical Rating

Florence County F6 Mark Peters Memorial Trail can be accessed by the following ride types:

• SxS (60")
• ATV (50")