Safety is the key to a great Dirt experience. We prefer you get hurt on the trail instead of on the road or in a car. The drive route is generally the shortest route with the highest portion of paved roads and the least conflict (Not, “No Conflict!”!) with incoming vehicles and runners. Basic concepts:

• Be on high watch for runners crossing the roads as they do bolt from the trails!
• Follow the precise drive route
• Be attentive to parking instructions from the exchange volunteers.
• Stay in designated entrances, flow lanes and exits.
• Use odometer – trip odometer.
• Do not lay down behind the wheels of a vehicle in parking areas (Common and ugly!)
• Drive the route after your runner starts leg
• Printable Drive Instructions (PDF).

 

1. The Stampede - Half Moon to Half Moon

• Stay at Half Moon
  
  

2. Buttslider - Half Moon to Silver Lake

• If possible, leave your #5 Runner here at Half Moon, you'll be pressed to get back here after your #4 leaves Silver Lake.
• Exit Half Moon (E) to Hankerd Caution: Confused/Lost runners maybe crossing Hankerd at exit
• Right (S) Hankerd 1.9 miles
• Left (E) N. Territorial 1.6
• Left (N) Dexter-Town Hall 1.1
• Left (W) Pinckney Rec. Area 0.6
• Park in lower lot until full then upper lot
  
  

3. Rave Run – Silver Lake to Silver Lake

• Stay at Silver Lake
  
  

4. Dirty Blond – Silver Lake to Half Moon

• I hope your #5 is already at Half Moon...
• Left (E) out of Pinckney Rec. Parking lot 0.5 Caution: Runners crossing parking access
• Right (S) on Dexter-Town Hall Road 1.1
• Right (W) on N. Territorial 1.6
• Right (N) onto Hankerd Road 1.9
• Left (W) into parking lot of Half Moon Exchange 4-5 is on parking side of HQ
  
  

5. Purgatory – Half Moon to Hell Creek Ranch

• Hell Creek Ranch Parking map below
• Exit (E) Half Moon to Hankerd
• Left (N) Hankerd/Glenbrook 1.8 Caution: Runners cross Glenbrook & Patterson
• Right (E) Patterson Lake Rd 2.1 Past Hell Store & IScream
• Left (N) Cedar Lake Road 0.1 Caution: Runners wandering around on Cedar Lake Road; turn into parking off Cedar Lake Road before you hit them.
• Right (E) into parking across from Ranch.
• Signs to Exchange in NW corner of parking, to Exchange across street in Ranch; do not try to cross Cedar Lake by going out the vehicle entrance.

 

 

6. This Sucks – Hell Creek Ranch to Neilsen's Rating
    *** Vehicle Exit SE corner of parking ***

• Left (E) Patterson Lake Rd 1.0 miles Caution: Runners wandering around
• Left (N) Toma 1.2 miles (Toma changes to Howell St)
• Left (W) M-36 1.4 miles
• Left (S) into Neilsen's
• Shoe / Body Wash – Donate to Pinckney X-Country
  
  

7. Nookin' Futs – stay at Neilsen's Rating

8. Stripper Pole – Neilsen's Rating return to Hell Creek Ranch

• Right (E) M-36 1.4 miles
• Right (S) Howell St (Toma) 1.2 miles in downtown Pinckney
• Right (W) Patterson Lake Rd 1.1 miles
• Right (N) Cedar Lake Rd 0.1 miles Caution: Runners wandering around
• Right (E) into Parking. CAUTION: OBLIVIOUS RUNNERS ON ROAD
  
  

9. Styx – Hell Creek Ranch to Silver Lake
*** Vehicle Exit SE corner of parking ***

• Exit: Left (E) Patterson Lake. Rd. 1.0
• Right (S) Toma 0.75
• Right (W) Tiplady 0.25
• Left (S) Dexter-Townhall to Park 1.6
• Right (W) into Park to parking 0.7 Caution: Runners crossing parking access
• Park in lower (first) lot by trail head until full, then upper lot
  
  

10. Potto – Silver Lake to Half Moon

• Left (E) out of Pinckney Rec. Parking Lot 0.6 Caution: Runners crossing parking access and lot
• Right (S) Dexter-Town Hall Road 1.1
• Right (W) N. Territorial 1.6
• Right (N) Hankerd Road 1.9 Caution: Runners crossing Hankerd
• Left (W) into parking lot of Half Moon Exchange 11-12 is on parking side of HQ
  
  

11. Be Prepared - Half Moon to Camp Munhacke

• Exit Half Moon
• Right (S) Hankerd Road 1.8
• Right (W) North Territorial 3.6 (Buy stuff – North Lake Gas & Store (open))
• Right (N) Hadley Rd 0.7
• Right (NE) on Goodband Rd 1.5
• Left (W) Bartell Rd 0.2
• Right (N) into Camp Munhacke parking
  
  

12. Camp Munhacke to The Farm

• Exit Parking
• Left (E) Bartell Rd 0.2
• Right (S) Goodband Rd 1.5
• Left (S) Hadley Rd 0.7
• Right (W) North Territorial 0.1
• Right (N) Joslyn Lake Rd 2.1
• Left (W) into parking

13. Oh Brother, Where Are Thou? – The Farm to The Farm

• Stay down on the Farm & enjoy the music
  
  

14. Don't Get No Better - The Farm to Camp Munhacke

• Exit Farm
• Left (S) Joslyn Lake Rd 2.1
• Left (E) North Territorial 0.1
• Left (N) Hadley 0l7
• Right (NE) Goodband 1.5
• Left (W) Bartell 0.2
• Right (N) in Munhacke parking
  
  

15. Don’t Get No Worse: Glory – Camp Munhacke to Half Moon Lake

• Exit parking
• Left (E) Bartell 0.2
• Right (S) Goodband Rd 1.5
• Left (S) Hadley Rd 0.7
• Left (E) North Territorial Rd. 3.6
• Left (N) Hankerd Rd. 1.8 - Caution runners on road!
• Left Half Moon to finish