USFS National Forest System Trails · Chequamegon-Nicolet National Forest · Wisconsin · Updated June 2026
Mcdonald Creek Hwt (USFS trail 55298B) is a 1.6 mi trail in Chequamegon-Nicolet National Forest, Wisconsin. Mountain bikes are designated as allowed, Jan–Mar, May–Dec, with no Class 1 e-bike designation on record.
Can I bike Mcdonald Creek Hwt?
| Use | Status | Season on record |
|---|---|---|
| Mountain bike | Allowed | Jan–Mar, May–Dec |
| Class 1 e-bike (pedal-assist, 20 mph) | — | |
| Class 2 e-bike (throttle, 20 mph) | — | |
| Class 3 e-bike (pedal-assist, 28 mph) | — |
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
In Chequamegon-Nicolet National Forest, Wisconsin, Mcdonald Creek Hwt (USFS trail 55298B) covers 1.6 mi of National Forest System trail. 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. No grade band is recorded, so a steepness-based difficulty isn't available for this trail. Bike use is designated as allowed, typically Jan–Mar, May–Dec. No e-bike class (1, 2 or 3) is designated on this trail in the USFS data, so treat it as a non-motorized route unless a posted order says otherwise. The route is mapped as USFS Trail Class 2 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 Mcdonald Creek Hwt?
- Yes. Mountain bikes are designated as allowed on Mcdonald Creek Hwt in Chequamegon-Nicolet National Forest, typically Jan–Mar, May–Dec, per USFS data.
- Are e-bikes allowed on Mcdonald Creek Hwt?
- No e-bike class (1, 2 or 3) is designated on Mcdonald Creek Hwt in the USFS data.
- How long is Mcdonald Creek Hwt?
- Mcdonald Creek Hwt measures about 1.6 mi in total, summed across its mapped National Forest System segments.
- What is the surface of Mcdonald Creek Hwt?
- USFS data records the tread surface of Mcdonald Creek Hwt 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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