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Kawishiwi Ranger District

Superior National Forest · Minnesota · 295.8 mi of motorized routes · 394 routes · USFS EDW MVUM, retrieved 2026-07-11

The Kawishiwi Ranger District in Superior National Forest (Minnesota) has 295.8 miles of motorized routes on the U.S. Forest Service Motor Vehicle Use Map — 208.2 miles of roads and 87.6 miles of trails across 394 designated routes. Vehicle access: ATV 229.4 mi · Motorcycle 226.7 mi · E-bike routes. Seasonal routes generally open Apr 1 and close Nov 30. Every route here is informational and derived from the MVUM data — it is not a legal document; carry and follow the district's official Motor Vehicle Use Map. Download the routes as GPX for your GPS or riding app.

Every designated motorized route in the Kawishiwi Ranger District, drawn from the MVUM geometry (simplified, not to scale, north up). The static map is an instant preview — open the interactive map to explore the routes on a USGS topographic or satellite basemap. Download the routes as GPX below.
Motorized routes Superior National Forest · Minnesota
Total motorized miles
295.8

208.2 mi of roads · 87.6 mi of trails, across 394 designated routes on the Motor Vehicle Use Map.

Roads
208.2 mi
Trails
87.6 mi
Year-round miles
196.4 mi
Seasonal miles
99.4 mi

Vehicle access

What the MVUM designates for each vehicle class in this district — open miles, route count and season. A blank designation means the class is not designated here; it is shown as such, never guessed. ATV, motorcycle and e-bike classes are highlighted.

Per-vehicle-class access in the Kawishiwi Ranger District, from the Forest Service MVUM.
Vehicle class Open miles Routes Season
Core off-highway (OHV)
ATV 229.4 296 Varies by route
Motorcycle / dirt bike 226.7 218 Varies by route
Other wheeled OHV 226.7 217 Varies by route
Wider OHV (over 50 inches)
4WD > 50" 201.6 171 Varies by route
2WD > 50" 188.1 152 Varies by route
Tracked OHV > 50" 179.9 146 Varies by route
Other OHV > 50" 179.9 146 Varies by route
Narrow OHV (under 50 inches)
Tracked OHV < 50" 226.7 217 Varies by route
Other OHV < 50" 226.7 217 Varies by route
E-bikes
E-bike Class 1 0 80 Varies by route
E-bike Class 2 0 80 Varies by route
E-bike Class 3 0 80 Varies by route
Road-legal / licensed vehicles
Passenger vehicle 208.2 229 Varies by route
High-clearance vehicle 208.2 229 Varies by route
Truck 208.2 229 Varies by route
Bus 208.2 229 Varies by route
Motorhome 208.2 229 Varies by route

Seasons

Of the 295.8 motorized miles here, about 196.4 miles are open year-round and 99.4 miles are seasonal — the seasonal window generally runs from 04/01 to 11/30 (MM/DD). Each vehicle class can carry its own season; see the access matrix above, and always confirm current status on the official Motor Vehicle Use Map.

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Named routes

Show the 202 named routes in this district

Named routes on the MVUM and whether ATV and motorcycle use is designated on each. This is a per-district reference, not a separate page per route. Use the filter to find a route.

Named routes in the Kawishiwi Ranger District with ATV / motorcycle designations.
ARMSTRONG CREEK ✓ ✓
AUGUST CREEK ✓ ✓
BAIRD LAKE ACCESS ✓ ✓
BANDANA ✓ ✓
BANDANA SPUR A ✓ ✓
BANDANA SPUR G ✓ ✓
BANDANA SPUR I ✓ ✓
BANDANA SPUR J ✓ ✓
BANDANA SPUR K ✓ ✓
BANDANA SPUR KA ✓ ✓
BEAVER FARM SPUR A ✓ ✓
BEAVER FARM SPUR AA ✓ ✓
BEAVER FARM SPUR AAA ✓ ✓
BEAVER FARM SPUR AAAA ✓ ✓
BIRCH LAKE ✓ ✓
BIRCH LAKE ACCESS ✓ ✓
BIRCH LAKE ACCESS SPUR A ✓ ✓
BIRCH LAKE RESERVOIR ✓ ✓
BROWNS LAKE ✓ ✓
CAMP B ✓ ✓
CAMPERS ✓ ✓
CHOW LAKE PIT ✓ ✓
CLOVER LAKE SPUR A ✓ ✓
CLOVER LAKE SPUR B ✓ ✓
CLOVER LAKE SPUR G ✓ ✓
CLOVER LAKE SPUR H ✓ ✓
CROCKET ✓ ✓
DEEP LAKE ✓ ✓
DENLEY LAKE SPUR A ✓ ✓
DENLEY LAKE SPUR AC ✓ ✓
DENLEY LAKE SPUR ACA ✓ ✓
DENLEY LAKE SPUR D ✓ ✓
DENLEY LAKE SPUR E ✓ ✓
DENLEY LAKE SPUR EA ✓ ✓
DENLEY LAKE SPUR K ✓ ✓
DRAGON LAKE ACCESS ✓ ✓
DUNKA RIVER ✓ ✓
DUNKA RIVER SPUR B ✓ ✓
DUNKA RIVER SPUR P ✓ ✓
EAST CHUB LAKE PIT ✓ ✓
EIKALA LAKE ACCESS ✓ ✓
ELY BUYCK SPUR 1025 ✓ ✓
FH 15 SPUR 941 ✓ ✓
FH 16 SPUR 1510 ✓ ✓
FH 16 SPUR 1514 ✓ ✓
FH 16 SPUR 1518 ✓ ✓
FH 7 SPUR 1464 ✓ ✓
FH 7 SPUR 1468 ✓ ✓
FH 7 SPUR 1468 SPUR A ✓ ✓
FH 7 SPUR 1468 SPUR AB ✓ ✓
FH 7 SPUR 1525 ✓ ✓
FH 7 SPUR 933 ✓ ✓
FR 1514 SPUR A ✓ ✓
FR 412 ✓ ✓
FRAN LAKE ✓ ✓
GANDER LAKE ✓ ✓
GANDER LAKE SPUR A ✓ ✓
GANDER LAKE SPUR D ✓ ✓
GRASSY CREEK ✓ ✓
GRASSY CREEK SPUR D ✓ ✓
GRASSY CREEK SPUR E ✓ ✓
GRASSY CREEK SPUR G ✓ ✓
GRASSY GRAVEL PIT ✓ ✓
GRAVEL PIT ROAD ✓ ✓
GUNSTEN LAKE ✓ ✓
HARRIS LAKE ACCESS ✓ ✓
HATCHET ✓ ✓
HATCHET SPUR A ✓ ✓
HATCHET SPUR AA ✓ ✓
HEADWATERS ✓ ✓
HEADWATERS SPUR L ✓ ✓
HEADWATERS SPUR M ✓ ✓
HIGH LAKE ✓ ✓
INCO ✓ ✓
JACKPOT LAKE ✓ ✓
KAWISHIWI RIVER ✓ ✓
KEELEY CREEK ✓ ✓
KELLY LAKE ✓ ✓
KELLY LAKE SPUR C ✓ ✓
KELLY LAKE SPUR K ✓ ✓
LITTLE LAKE ✓ ✓
LOW LAKE (MUDRO ACCESS ROAD) ✓ ✓
LOW LAKE SPUR E ✓ ✓
MADDEN LAKE ✓ ✓
MCDOUGAL LAKE ✓ ✓
MUCKAWA ✓ ✓
NINETEEN PROOF ✓ ✓
OMADAY LAKE ✓ ✓
OMADAY LAKE SPUR A ✓ ✓
PEAR LAKE ACCESS ✓ ✓
PIKE LAKE ✓ ✓
PORTAGE RIVER ✓ ✓
SAND RIVER SPUR B ✓ ✓
SECTION 11 ✓ ✓
SECTION TWO ✓ ✓
SHAMROCK LAKE GRAVEL PIT ✓ ✓
SNAKE RIVER ✓ ✓
SNAKE RIVER SPUR A ✓ ✓
SNAKE RIVER SPUR D ✓ ✓
SNOWBANK SPUR B ✓ ✓
SNOWBANK SPUR BA ✓ ✓
SNOWBANK SPUR BB ✓ ✓
SOUTH BOUNDARY ✓ ✓
SPAWN CREEK PIT ✓ ✓
SPHAGNUM LAKE PIT ✓ ✓
SPRING CREEK PIT ROAD ✓ ✓
SPRUCE ✓ ✓
SPRUCE SPUR B ✓ ✓
SPRUCE SPUR L ✓ ✓
SPRUCE SPUR LA ✓ ✓
SPRUCE SPUR N ✓ ✓
STONY RIVER ✓ ✓
STONY RIVER ACCESS ✓ ✓
STONY RIVER SPUR B ✓ ✓
STONY RIVER SPUR C ✓ ✓
STONY RIVER SPUR G ✓ ✓
STONY SPUR PIT ✓ ✓
SUMMER HOME EAST ✓ ✓
SUMMER HOME WEST ✓ ✓
SURPRISE LAKE ✓ ✓
TOMAHAWK ✓ ✓
TOMAHAWK SPUR E ✓ ✓
TOMAHAWK SPUR I ✓ ✓
TOMAHAWK SPUR IA ✓ ✓
TROUT STREAM ✓ ✓
WEST BOUNDARY SPUR A ✓ ✓
WEST BOUNDARY SPUR B ✓ ✓
WHISPER LAKE ✓ ✓
ANGLEWORM · ·
BASS LAKE · ·
BEAVER FARM · ·
BEETLE LAKE · ·
BIG LAKE LANDING · ·
BIG LAKE OVERFLOW PARKING · ·
BIRCH LAKE CAMPGROUND · ·
BIRCH LAKE CMPGR BOAT RAMP · ·
BIRCH LAKE CMPGR NORTH LOOP · ·
BIRCH LAKE CMPGR SOUTH LOOP · ·
BIRCH LAKE CMPGR SPUR BA · ·
CEDAR LAKE ACCESS · ·
DENLEY CREEK · ·
DENLEY LAKE SPUR F · ·
DUNNIGAN LAKE ACCESS · ·
FALL LAKE · ·
FALL LAKE SPUR A · ·
FALL LAKE SPUR B · ·
FALL LAKE SPUR C · ·
FALL LAKE SPUR D · ·
FALL LAKE SPUR DA · ·
FALL LAKE SPUR F · ·
FALL LAKE SPUR FA · ·
FALL LAKE SPUR G · ·
FARM LAKE BOAT LANDING · ·
FARM LAKE BOAT LANDING SPUR A · ·
FENSKE BOAT LANDING · ·
FENSKE GROUP SITE · ·
FENSKE LAKE · ·
FH6 SPUR 1542 · ·
GABBRO LAKE ACCESS · ·
GLACIER POND 2 · ·
GLACIER POND 2 (WNTR PARKING) · ·
GOVERNMENT SERVICES · ·
JOHNSON LAKE BOAT LANDING · ·
KAWISHIWI OFFICE · ·
KAWISHIWI OFFICE SPUR B · ·
KAWISHIWI OFFICE SPUR C · ·
KEKEKABIC TRAIL HEAD · ·
LITTLE LONG · ·
MADDEN PIT · ·
MOOSE LAKE BOAT ACCESS · ·
MOOSE LAKE CANOE ACCESS · ·
NELS LAKE · ·
NORTH ARM BOAT LANDING · ·
NORTH ARM PIT ROAD · ·
NORTH ARM SPUR D · ·
OJIBWAY LAKE · ·
OJIBWAY LAKE SPUR A · ·
OJIBWAY LAKE SPUR B · ·
ONE PINE LAKE BOAT LANDING · ·
S. KAWISHIWI EXPERIMENT STA · ·
S. KAWISHIWI R. SPUR A · ·
S. KAWISHIWI R. CAMPGROUND · ·
S. KAWISHIWI R. SPUR AA · ·
S. KAWISHIWI R. SPUR B · ·
S. KAWISHIWI SUMMER HOMES · ·
SAND LAKE BOAT LANDING · ·
SAND RIVER · ·
SAND RIVER SPUR E · ·
SECRET BLACKSTONE ACCESS · ·
SNOWBANK CANOE LANDING · ·
SNOWBANK LANDING · ·
SNOWBANK LANDING SPUR B · ·
SNOWBANK LANDING SPUR BA · ·
SNOWBANK LANDING SPUR C · ·
SNOWBANK TRAILHEAD · ·
SOUTH HEGMAN · ·
SOUTHEAST BOUNDARY · ·
STUART · ·
TOFTE LAKE BOAT LANDING · ·
TOWERS · ·
WEST BOUNDARY · ·
WOOD LAKE TRAIL HEAD · ·

Data: U.S. Forest Service, Enterprise Data Warehouse (EDW) Motor Vehicle Use Map — Roads (layer 1) and Trails (layer 2), retrieved 2026-07-11. A work of the U.S. Government, public domain (17 U.S.C. §105). State assignment: U.S. Census Bureau TIGERweb state boundaries.

Important — informational, not a legal document

This page is a searchable summary of the Forest Service Motor Vehicle Use Map data — it is not the official MVUM and not a legal document. Route designations, closures and conditions change. The controlling document is the district's official Motor Vehicle Use Map: carry it and follow posted signs when you ride.

Official Motor Vehicle Use Map for Superior National Forest →

Data vintage: USFS EDW MVUM, retrieved 2026-07-11.

Nearby districts

The six nearest ranger districts by centroid distance (great-circle) — cross-forest and cross-state neighbours included — for planning a wider trip.

Nearby ranger districts, with total motorized miles and distance.
District Forest Total miles Distance
Tofte Ranger District Superior National Forest, MN 616 43 km
Laurentian Ranger District Superior National Forest, MN 393.3 51 km
Lacroix Ranger District Superior National Forest, MN 395.2 85 km
Gunflint Ranger District Superior National Forest, MN 356.4 100 km
Washburn Ranger District Chequamegon-Nicolet National Forest, WI 232.9 142 km
Deer River Ranger District Chippewa National Forest, MN 795.6 167 km

Frequently asked questions

Can you ride an ATV in the Kawishiwi Ranger District?
Yes. The MVUM designates ATV use on about 229.4 miles across 296 routes here (varies by route). Confirm on the district's official Motor Vehicle Use Map before you ride.
How many miles of motorized routes are in the Kawishiwi Ranger District?
295.8 miles total — 208.2 miles of roads and 87.6 miles of trails, across 394 designated routes on the Forest Service MVUM.
Is this the official Motor Vehicle Use Map?
No. This page is an informational, searchable view of the MVUM route data. It is not a legal document. The controlling document is the district's official MVUM — always carry and follow it.
Are the routes open year-round?
Partly. About 196.4 miles are open year-round and 99.4 miles are seasonal (typically open Apr 1 to Nov 30). Each vehicle class can have its own season — see the access matrix above.

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