The Trans-Wisconsin Adventure Trail (TWAT) is a 600+ mile route running from the Illinois border near Galena all the way to Lake Superior at Cornucopia, WI. Designed originally for adventure motorcycles but popular with high-clearance rigs, it covers roughly 50% pavement, 40% gravel, and 10% dirt/forest roads through Wisconsin’s most scenic backroads. Trail Info Type:…
The Southeastern Minnesota Adventure Trail (SEMAT) winds through the bluff country and river valleys of the Driftless Area — one of the most scenic and underrated overlanding regions in the upper Midwest. Expect winding county roads, ridge-top views, and river crossings through areas like the Root River Valley and Whitewater State Park corridor. Trail Info…
The Trans-Minnesota Adventure Trail (TMAT) is Minnesota’s ultimate overland route — a 1,200+ mile corridor stretching across the entire state from border to border. It connects the prairies of the southwest to the boreal forests of the northeast, stitching together forest roads, gravel highways, and remote two-track along the way. Trail Info Type: Overland Route…
The Northeastern Minnesota Adventure Trail (NEMAT) cuts through the Arrowhead Region — Minnesota’s wildest corner, bordered by Lake Superior, the Boundary Waters, and the Iron Range. This route connects the boreal forest, lakes, and logging roads of the north in a challenging overland loop through some seriously remote country. Trail Info Type: Overland Route Region:…
There are trails you cruise, and there are trails that demand your full attention. Mesabi Mountain is the second kind. Four miles of nearly continuous rock crawling across the Laurentian Divide — the continental divide that splits water flow between Hudson Bay and the Gulf of Mexico. It’s technical from the trailhead. And it’s a…
Six miles doesn’t sound like much. But the Virginia Expansion — the newer section of the Iron Range Off-Highway Vehicle State Recreation Area — packs more variety into those miles than trails twice its length. Dense north woods, dramatic rock ledges, wetland crossings, and a route that drops you directly into the city of Virginia…
A ~300-mile off-road route through northern Wisconsin and Michigan’s Upper Peninsula — from the Crandon raceway to Lake Superior. One of the most compelling overlanding routes in the Midwest, and it’s been on our list since we first heard the name.
