5 to 4 Road

Trail Overview

The 5 to 4 Road is a semi-maintained, creek gravel and dirt primary road connecting point to point from the 5 intersection and going downhill to the 4 intersection in Turkey Bay OHV, within the Land Between the Lakes National Recreation Area. Its official ID is forestry M01. The road on its eastern point starts from the 5 intersection, and features a mostly solid dirt road, with scattered smaller golf ball- to softball-sized rock, gradually headed downward for the first 0.5 miles, featuring whoops, ruts, and moderate grades. Then it meets the bottoms of the valley, featuring coarse creek gravel mixed with dirt, and creek crossings at two points. The road slowly goes downhill leading to the final quarter mile, where the creek gravel and finer rock become predominant right into the 4 intersection.

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Difficulty

The 5 to 4 Road is a great blend of the two main types of Turkey Bay primary roads, the hilly section roads and the creek bottom valley roads. This one features a blend of both. Though in times of dry weather, this road probably rides like a 2/10, the base rating given to this trail is the overall average of 3/10, due to the rutted dirt and small rock terrain of the hills mixed with the potential to turn the dirt into thin mud on these moderate grades. Due to the visible gravel, fine rock, and sand at the 4 intersection, it's likely that the creek bottom area does flash flood and carries heavy soil towards Turner Hollow Bay. This creates the serious potential for water fording in a decent rain, reaching ratings above 3/10. On an average day, you can still expect water collection spots, small mud sections, and potential mud holes, less than a foot in depth range. Difficulty can increase in heavy rains and wet seasons, and the bottoms could be mostly mud roads in times of consistent wet conditions.

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