Good bicycling roads and routes in the UP

This section will expand as more content is developed - certainly there are enough ideas and known roads. I'll try to add a few routes initially and then continue to fill those descriptions out while adding more routes. Please let me know if you have ideas or recommendations.

The UP has many great roads that are ideal for bicycling, as discussed elsewhere on this website. It's a little unfortunate that many bicycling maps and recommendations focus on the (comparatively) high-traffic routes one might favor in an automobile trip. Bicycle tourists seem to follow this lead too, and it's much more likely to see cyclotourists on US-2 or M-28 than H-40 or H-58.

Of course the main routes aren't too bad either compared to similar roads further south, and in some cases, particularly when the most direct east-west route is needed. But there is much to be gained in selecting a lesser-used route. County highways such as H-40 or H-13, or lesser used highways such as M-94 or M-95, and lesser known roads like route 426 between Gladstone and Ralph can be a fantastic way to see lesser-travelled areas of the UP with very little automobile traffic to distract you.

The first route that gets to be described here is H-58 between Grand Marais and Deer Park and H-17 from there to Newberry.

Next routes destined for inclusion here will include, the Seney Stretch, Route 426, H-40, H-13, Brockway Mountain Drive, M-94, M-95, Republic to Negaunee backroads, H-03 (the Au Train road), the Mackinaw Trail, and more!