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does anyone know of anyplaces to wheel up in Michigan? we are planning a trip up there for alittle get away before the twins come and I was thinking it would be fun to take the truck.

What part of Michigan? There's not much in the lower half, but up north there's some great logging roads. The areas around Mio and Atlanta have some good wheeling.


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we aren't sure lol we can get a lot more choices in cabins the farther north we go

I grew up in Michigan and lived there until I was 21. I've lived in Arizona now for the last 11 years. Wheeling in Michigan mainly consists of logging roads. The southern part of the lower peninsula is mainly flat, so unless you're into mudding it's not that great. The northern part of the lower peninsula has a lot of great trails and more terrain. The upper peninsula is good too, but more remote. We've owned cabins in Mio, Atlanta, and Ironwood. All good areas.


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Countryman93 wrote:does anyone know of anyplaces to wheel up in Michigan? we are planning a trip up there for alittle get away before the twins come and I was thinking it would be fun to take the truck.

Here are a couple of places that I know of to go. I haven't been out to any of them with the PW, yet, but am looking for an excuse to go:

http://twistedtrailsoffroadpark.com/

http://www.bundyhilloffroad.com/

http://www.themounds.org/

I know a few people up in MI who know of some backwoods trials (which I prefer), but I am not sure where they're at. I am guessing that they're probably old logging roads.

Ive been to the mounds with the wagon a lot of mud and a few rock gardens. You got silver lake sand dunes and in the northern lower peninsula there is a lot of trails. I've wheeled the trails around Bull Gap a few its nothing real extreme, but fun and theres a bunch of campgrounds that connect to the trails.

Isn't there a huge sand dune area at the very top? I'm from Indiana and have seen many sand rails built to go up there.

whitey wrote:Isn't there a huge sand dune area at the very top? I'm from Indiana and have seen many sand rails built to go up there.

Theres a huge dune on lake MI calle Silver lake sand dunes never made it out there but heard it was awesome!

Like others have mentioned you have the following the Lower Peninsula:

Bundy Hill
The Mounds
Twisted Trails
Rocks and Valleys
Silver Lake Sand Dunes

There are also a lot of random trails up in the Mio/Lewiston/Atlanta area as well as over by Grayling.

Another great place to go is out on Drummond Island. They have a bunch of public trails as well as a designated off road park (Turtle Ridge). It's super beautiful and there are quite a bit of motel, cabin, and camping options.

Skyd Ram wrote:Like others have mentioned you have the following the Lower Peninsula:

Bundy Hill
The Mounds
Twisted Trails
Rocks and Valleys
Silver Lake Sand Dunes

There are also a lot of random trails up in the Mio/Lewiston/Atlanta area as well as over by Grayling.

Another great place to go is out on Drummond Island. They have a bunch of public trails as well as a designated off road park (Turtle Ridge). It's super beautiful and there are quite a bit of motel, cabin, and camping options.

My family has cabins in both Mio and Atlanta. There are some great logging roads in those areas. I grew up in Michigan and we went up to Atlanta every year for deer camp. Good memories and good wheeling!


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SheepdogOutdoorsman wrote:

Skyd Ram wrote:Like others have mentioned you have the following the Lower Peninsula:

Bundy Hill
The Mounds
Twisted Trails
Rocks and Valleys
Silver Lake Sand Dunes

There are also a lot of random trails up in the Mio/Lewiston/Atlanta area as well as over by Grayling.

Another great place to go is out on Drummond Island. They have a bunch of public trails as well as a designated off road park (Turtle Ridge). It's super beautiful and there are quite a bit of motel, cabin, and camping options.

My family has cabins in both Mio and Atlanta. There are some great logging roads in those areas. I grew up in Michigan and we went up to Atlanta every year for deer camp. Good memories and good wheeling!


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Cool,
We recently moved up to Traverse City but we still have a little cabin over in Lewiston between Atlanta and Mio. In addition to logging roads there are a lot of gas well service roads and power lines to explore.

Skyd Ram wrote:

SheepdogOutdoorsman wrote:

Skyd Ram wrote:Like others have mentioned you have the following the Lower Peninsula:

Bundy Hill
The Mounds
Twisted Trails
Rocks and Valleys
Silver Lake Sand Dunes

There are also a lot of random trails up in the Mio/Lewiston/Atlanta area as well as over by Grayling.

Another great place to go is out on Drummond Island. They have a bunch of public trails as well as a designated off road park (Turtle Ridge). It's super beautiful and there are quite a bit of motel, cabin, and camping options.

My family has cabins in both Mio and Atlanta. There are some great logging roads in those areas. I grew up in Michigan and we went up to Atlanta every year for deer camp. Good memories and good wheeling!


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Cool,
We recently moved up to Traverse City but we still have a little cabin over in Lewiston between Atlanta and Mio. In addition to logging roads there are a lot of gas well service roads and power lines to explore.

I couldn't agree more. It's beautiful up there. Especially in the fall when the leaves change colors. I miss Michigan at times, but Arizona has so much more to offer. I'll take four months of brutal heat in the summer over eight months of deep winter any day. I originally moved out here for college, but stayed when I experienced all AZ has to offer. I'm still a farm boy from Richmond, MI, but AZ is my home!


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^^^^^^^^^^ same here I moved down to north an south carolina right of high school I miss the hell out of MI except the salt and the cold!!!! MI deff has the best summers and fall!!
heres some pic from bull gap which is part of the Mio trail system

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This was the first time I went up the hill hit it a little to fast hahaha
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Heres a clip of the trail system

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SheepdogOutdoorsman wrote:
I couldn't agree more. It's beautiful up there. Especially in the fall when the leaves change colors. I miss Michigan at times, but Arizona has so much more to offer. I'll take four months of brutal heat in the summer over eight months of deep winter any day. I originally moved out here for college, but stayed when I experienced all AZ has to offer. I'm still a farm boy from Richmond, MI, but AZ is my home!


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I know Richmond well as we just moved from 26 mile and Romeo Plank!

Most of southern MI is pretty lackluster if you are into outdoors but NW MI is where it's at. We live about 10 minutes NW of downtown Traverse City and I couldn't think of a place that I would rather live year round than here. I've traveled most of the country many times over for work and play and although there are many places that are awesome to visit in certain seasons and for certain activities they either don't offer much in diversity on the seasons or the off-season time is pretty boring. This area meets pretty much all of our needs and wants. Up here we don't bother with salt very much so the winters aren't as bad on vehicles and it's a white snowy winter (although cold) as opposed to that white/brown/white/gray/white/salty/rainy type of winter that we get in southern MI. You really have to embrace winter with some cool activities and dressing for the weather makes it far more enjoyable. My motto has always been that you can always add a layer as it gets colder but there isn't anything that you can take off that will make you feel comfortable when it starts to get over 90.

What does everyone do out there for the 4 months that it is 100+?

When it gets cold here we just change up our form of off roading. All of these pics were taken in the last 1.5 months:


















The Last Ride of the Season. May riding in the Upper Peninsula in a t-shirt!

100+ is pool weather out here in AZ ... We pretty much spend all our free time at the lakes or in our swimming pool. For the most part though our summers are equivalent to everyone else's winter. That's when we hibernate. But, 4+ months of brutal heat beats 8+ months of brutal cold. We really only have three seasons here. Summer, Fall, and Spring. We basically have 8 months of what I used to call summer in Michigan. In the end anywhere you go has upsides and downsides. I personally feel there are less downsides to AZ over MI, but that's personal preference. I still love my home state, but it's a little too blue for my liking anymore. Both politically and psychologically.


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