Spider Lake ATV/ORV/ORM Trails Parking Lot — Attraction in Pequot Lakes

What an amazing trail system! Came here in September with my Lexus LX470 (Land Cruiser), this was my first time off-roading anywhere. Park is huge with lots of trails, there are posted maps at parking lots but I did not see any printed maps so I took a picture of the map on my phone and previously I pre-downloaded this area in Google Maps which doesn't show trails unfortunately but at least it shows which direction my vehicle is pointing/traveling and switching between this and the picture of posted map at parking lot I was able to understand which trail I am at and which direction heading. All trails are clearly marked with a number and have pictogram on what vehicles are allowed on the trail. There are many camping sites, all of those I saw were clearly visible from main gravel road that goes through the whole park and connects both parking lots. Everyone on the trail was super nice and always waived and smiled, there are everyone from little kids on bikes and ATVs to older folks in UTVs and anyone in between. Trails are two-way so you or they have to pull aside to yield (especially if you are driving a tank like mine), that said, I never encountered another 4x4 but if we did, one of us would have to back up to wider spot of trail, most of trails are narrow. I haven't seen much mud, 99.9% of trails I've been on were dry impacted dirt with lots of rocks. Scenery is beautiful with color changing leaves. For the most part there is no reception but sometimes it comes through for few seconds on some parts of some trails. If your 4x4 vehicle has MN license plates, you do NOT need any permits to run trails. I aired down my 285/75/16 BFGoodrich KO2s from 38 to 18psi and they did very well along with truck being in 4 low. Cannot...

After doing Nemadji, I travelled to Spider Lake and what a difference. This is a great spot for ORVs. Plenty of purple trails with varying grades of difficulty. The most outer trail (Eastern side) was a doozy. ATVs were amazed to see my big LC 100 on those tracks. Everyone was very respectful, hang signaling how many were behind them. Overall a great place for all ORV/ATV/OHMs. If you are coming in a ORV, be mindful of scratches of your body. Vegetation has grown and you will rub on the body. Not recommended for soft tops (unless you...

I finally got to explore Spider Lake OHV Park/ trails. We had a blast. It has a large area to explore and plenty of trails. The trails are well maintained and marked decent. They could be marked better, but we were with a group, so that didn't bother us at all this time. I enjoyed that the trails are fun, but not super hard or technical, so you need a really built rig to get through. I have a pretty basic build at this time and the trails were oerfect for it. "2 inch lift with oversized tires" I'm excited to go...