Huron-Manistee National Forest · Michigan

Bull Gap Hill Climb

0.2 mi of trail, end to end · native material surface · trail No. H57-15 · trail class 2 · typical grade 0-5% · tread 60-96 inches wide · hiking, bike, e-bike

Trailhead Bull Gap ORV Hill Climb and Trailhead Drive there

Bull Gap ORV Hill Climb and Trailhead the Forest Service's write-up

No Fee · season May 1 to October 31

Bull Gap Hill Climb is the ONLY designated motorized ‘Open Area Riding’ on the Huron-Manistee National Forest. The sand hill is 0.2 mile and at a 35 - 40% grade.

Bull Gap is open to all vehicles with a valid DNR ORV trail sticker. If you chose to use hill climb in a vehicle 50” wide or less, you are required to use the 50” return trail to return to the bottom of the hill. Users in motor vehicles greater than 50” are required to use the full-size motorized vehicle return route.

Restrictions As a visitor to the National Forest, you are asked to follow certain rules designed to protect the Forest, natural resources and to provide for public safety of visitors. These rules are available to you <a href="http://www.fs.usda.gov/detail/hmnf/notices/?cid=STELPRDB5181640">on-line</a> or at any office of the Huron-Manistee National Forests. Please take time to read and understand them. General Topic orders apply across the Forests. <em><strong>Applicable Orders - </strong></em> <ul><li>Motorized Vehicle Use of Roads, Trails and Off-road Areas</li><li>Occupancy and Use</li><li>Bull Gap Hill Climb Area and Road</li></ul>For a full list of ORV regulations for Michigan, consult the MI-DNR ORV Handbook <a href="http://www.michigan.gov/dnr/0,1607,7-153-10365_15070---,00.html"><u><f color="#0000ff" ont=""></f>website</u></a>.

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About this trail's facts

The lines are the US Forest Service's National Forest System trails layer (public domain), read 2026-10-16 and simplified for the map; the length is the line's, end to end, and the class, surface, grade and tread width are the forest's own entries where it publishes them - a forest that publishes the centreline alone has none. The trailheads and the points along the way are the Service's recreation points, and the write-ups its own recarea text, unedited. Heights come from USGS 3DEP through Terrain Tiles on AWS (Mapzen/Tilezen), read along each line and rounded; a short trail on steep ground can be off by a few tens of feet. Closures change: check the forest's own site before you go.