USFS National Forest System Trails · Chequamegon-Nicolet National Forest · Wisconsin · Updated June 2026
Cayuga Connector (USFS trail 214B) is a 8.2 mi trail in Chequamegon-Nicolet National Forest, Wisconsin. Mountain-bike use here is accepted but discouraged in USFS data, with Class 1 e-bikes also designated.
Can I bike Cayuga Connector?
| Use | Status | Season on record |
|---|---|---|
| Mountain bike | Accepted but discouraged | — |
| Class 1 e-bike (pedal-assist, 20 mph) | Allowed | May–Oct |
| Class 2 e-bike (throttle, 20 mph) | Allowed | May–Oct |
| Class 3 e-bike (pedal-assist, 28 mph) | Allowed | May–Oct |
Zooming out: across Chequamegon-Nicolet National Forest, 99% of rideable trail miles are open to mountain bikes — a Bike Access Grade of A.
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About this trail
Cayuga Connector (USFS trail 214B) is a 8.2 mi trail in Chequamegon-Nicolet National Forest, Wisconsin. This profile summarizes what the official US Forest Service trail record says about riding it: how long the trail is, what it's built on, how steep the route grades out, and which forms of bike use the agency has designated. The tread is mapped as native material. No grade band is recorded, so a steepness-based difficulty isn't available for this trail. 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, May–Oct; 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 3 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 Chequamegon-Nicolet National Forest.
Frequently asked questions
- Can you mountain bike on Cayuga Connector?
- Mountain-bike use on Cayuga Connector 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 Cayuga Connector?
- Class 1, Class 2, Class 3 e-bikes are designated on Cayuga Connector in the USFS data.
- How long is Cayuga Connector?
- Cayuga Connector measures about 8.2 mi in total, summed across its mapped National Forest System segments.
- What is the surface of Cayuga Connector?
- USFS data records the tread surface of Cayuga Connector as native material.
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 Chequamegon-Nicolet National Forest (USFS trail geometry isn't mapped).
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