Huron-Manistee National Forest · Michigan

Ruffed Grouse Walk

0.5 mi of trail, end to end · native material surface · trail No. H54 · trail class 3 · typical grade 0-5% · tread <12 inches wide · hiking, bike

Begins at the forest's mile 0, 44.5896, -83.9281 - no trailhead mapped Drive to where the trail begins

Ruffed Grouse Walk the Forest Service's write-up

No Fee · season April 15 to October 10

This is a .6-mile walk through Ruffed Grouse habitat. This site is also a stop on the Jack Pine Wildlife Viewing Tour.

Restrictions <strong>Allowed -</strong> <ul><li>Nonmotorized Use</li><li>Nonmotorized Snow Use</li></ul><strong>Prohibited - </strong> <ul><li>Motorized Vehicles</li><li>Motorized Over-snow Vehicles</li></ul>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; R904-14-02</li><li>Occupancy and Use - Developed Recreation Areas, Dispersed Areas, Being Publicly Nude, Marine Prohibitions, Parking and Sanitation; R904-14-03</li></ul>

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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.