USFS National Forest System Trails · Superior National Forest · Minnesota · Updated June 2026
Franklin Lake Atv (USFS trail 61217) is a 0.7 mi trail in Superior National Forest, Minnesota. Mountain-bike use here is accepted but discouraged in USFS data, with Class 1 e-bikes also designated.
Can I bike Franklin Lake Atv?
| Use | Status | Season on record |
|---|---|---|
| Mountain bike | Accepted but discouraged | — |
| Class 1 e-bike (pedal-assist, 20 mph) | Allowed | year-round |
| Class 2 e-bike (throttle, 20 mph) | Allowed | year-round |
| Class 3 e-bike (pedal-assist, 28 mph) | Allowed | year-round |
Zooming out: across Superior National Forest, 22% of rideable trail miles are open to mountain bikes — a Bike Access Grade of D.
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About this trail
Franklin Lake Atv (USFS trail 61217) is a 0.7 mi trail in Superior National Forest, Minnesota. Everything below comes straight from the US Forest Service National Forest System Trails dataset — length, surface, slope-derived difficulty, and the specific bike and e-bike designations on record — so you can check legality before you load up. Underfoot, the trail is recorded as native material. USFS slope data puts it in the Intermediate band (grade band +10-12%), meaning a moderate climb — keep in mind this measures steepness, not trail technicality. Note that mountain-bike use here is discouraged in USFS records — confirm with the ranger district before riding. The record additionally permits Class 1, Class 2, Class 3 e-bike use; recall that Class 1 is pedal-assist, while Class 2 adds a throttle and Class 3 a higher cutoff speed. The route is mapped as USFS Trail Class 4 on the agency's 1-to-5 development scale, where 1 is the most primitive, minimally maintained tread and 5 is the most developed. Treat this as a planning reference rather than a live conditions report, and verify any time-sensitive closure or order with the ranger district that manages Superior National Forest.
Frequently asked questions
- Can you mountain bike on Franklin Lake Atv?
- Mountain-bike use on Franklin Lake Atv is discouraged in USFS records, though Class 1 e-bike use is designated. Confirm current rules with the managing ranger district.
- Are e-bikes allowed on Franklin Lake Atv?
- Class 1, Class 2, Class 3 e-bikes are designated on Franklin Lake Atv in the USFS data.
- How long is Franklin Lake Atv?
- Franklin Lake Atv measures about 0.7 mi in total, summed across its mapped National Forest System segments.
- What is the surface of Franklin Lake Atv?
- USFS data records the tread surface of Franklin Lake Atv as native material.
- How difficult is Franklin Lake Atv?
- Its grade-based difficulty is Intermediate (grade band +10-12%), derived from USFS slope data. This reflects steepness, not technical mountain-bike difficulty.
How we read this data
Grade-based difficulty above is the USFS grade (route steepness), not a technical mountain-bike rating — a gentle-grade trail can still be rocky or technical, and vice versa. Bike and e-bike status come verbatim from the USFS managed-use fields for this trail; we never infer access we can't cite. See our methodology for how the dataset is built and what each field means.
Where it is
Approximate location of Superior National Forest (USFS trail geometry isn't mapped).
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