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Located 13 miles northeast of Merrill on Copper Lake Avenue.
If you are walking or biking you'll find the trails poorly market. Beautiful area but, we left feeling we'd spent more time wondering where we were instead of enjoying the view.
The area is beautiful. Went with Scout troop and the was something for everyone to do. Canoeing(bring your own canoe) fishing, Mountain biking trails. There are also horse trails for riding.
Great place to ride horses. 20miles of trails but plenty of shortcuts to tailor your ride. Very well marked.Beautiful scenery- a few trails oversee lakes. Gentle rolling hills and well maintained sandy/grassy trails. Choice of camping options: private single lots in the woods or group camping with or without hitching areas. They are treating a few sites for garlic mustard so a few sites are closed. We went during a dry spell, absolutely no bugs. It has vault toilet which was very clean. Water is available but there is a hand pump(wish it was electric!).
Absolutely beautiful woodland setting for camping! We camped on lucky #7. EASILY parked our 2 trucks plus trailer on the campsite. We recommend bringing LOTS of mosquito repellent as they do get bad around sunset. 4G Cell service was great in the area! 👍 Toilet areas were neat & clean, although the solar light didn't turn on in the women's bathroom at night. Love that there were wheelbarrows for the manure pits! That made hauling so much easier! The trails were in good shape! We did come across some downed trees and my boyfriend helped by chopping back limbs. We saw ample wildlife including some rare birds, deer and a very cute waddling porcupine! Hills and valleys made for good experience and even better exercise for my Stallion. **The Constructive criticism I will give is that the trail system isn't marked very well and really needs a map update. I would recommend a "top down" satellite shot of the area, and color lines over the marked trails.** All in all it was a great experience and we can't wait to ride again!!!
