Information for each version of the GPS Snowmobile & ORV Trail Maps

You can tell which version you have by:

• Choosing "about MapSource", then clicking "installed products"
• Noting the date listed on map image files.
• Noting the information in the Read Me file (shown during the installer program as well as located in the C:\VVMapping\ folder)
• Noting the date listed on the installed map information screen on your GPS.

Version 5.1.0 (2/3/12)
Added new connector between Trail 59 and 591 near Middleville; thanks to J. Berens for data.
Added section of Trail 2 near Rapid River back to map (now open); thanks to B. Olsick for info.
Added new Trail 159 near Baraga.
Updated Trails 3, 8 & 13 in western UP, thanks to R. Mrakitsch for data.
Updated Trail 8 near Shingleton, thanks to C Pomerville for data.
Updated Trail 109 near Alston.
Updated Trails 310, 8, 14, 16, 116, 111, 5, 2, 15, 107 & 3; western UP.
Removed closed sections of Trails 16 and 107; Ontonagon and Iron Counties.
Added misc local access trails; updated misc POI.
Misc fixes to routing functions in Gladwin & Roscommon counties.
Updated Kalkaska Routes.

Version 5.0.0 (1/3/12)
Added new trail 665 near Glennie (Iosco).
Added Trail 643 near Lupton (Oscoda).
Added Trail 692 near St Helen (Roscommon).
Updated Trail 3 near Ahmeek (Keweenaw).
Added Keweenaw Lodge connector trail (Keweenaw).
Updated trails 492 & 493 on Drummond Island, thanks to R Mrakitsch for data.
Added Alpena Town Routes (Alpena)
Updated Trail 35 near Bass Lake (Manistee).
Updated/Added many POI (food/fuel/lodging/parking). Now list "Seasonal" if gas station is questionable if it will be open.
Improved visibility of certain lines including thicker forest and county roads.
Updated Evart Trail.
Updated Grand Traverse System.
Updated Denton Creek Trail.
Updated MCCCT between M115 and Cross State Connector.
Updated Alcona Trail.
Updated Kalkakaska Trail.

Version 4.9.0 (7/19/11)
Added new gas spur trail to Huron Trail - thanks to L VanCamp for data.
Added new Keweenaw ORV System (Houghton and Keweenaw Counties).
Updated Freda Grade ORV Route (near Houghton).
Updated Bill Nichols ORV Route (near Houghton).
Updated Hancock-Calumet ORV Route (near Hancock).
Updated new trail sections, removed closed sections, on Porterfield Lake trail (southwest of Marquette).
Updated Atlanta Trail - thanks to M Bathgate for data.
Added Clear Lake State Park ORV Route connector (Atlanta system).

Version 4.8.1 (6/14/11)
Updated Little O Trail.
Updated Alcona county (error in ORV line in version 4.8.0).

Version 4.8.0 (5/31/11)
Added new Routes in North Missaukee system.
Added new Route connecting North Missaukee to Kalkaska System.
Updated Routes in Kalkaska System.
Added new MCCCT trail section near Boon.
Added new Alcona Trail in Alcona and Oscoda Counties.
Updated Tomahawk Trails including MCCCT.
Updated Tin Cup Trail
Adjusted map display, now with thicker/more visible lines for forest and county roads (User Request).

Version 4.7.1 (3/19/2011)
Corrected error in ORV + Snowmobile map that caused dashed-line snowmobile trails not to display.
Does not affect Snowmobile + ORV map.

Version 4.7.0 (2/28/2011)
Added new Trail 760 to Petoskey.
Updated Trail 59 near Niles.
Added Trail 11 near Niles.
Updated Trail 3 near Baldwin, thanks to F Hovorka for info.
Updated Trail 3 & 36 near Baldwin, Irons, Thanks to J Rigterink for data.
Removed closed Trail 3 (connector) near Mass City, thanks to A Wilkins for info.
Updated Trail 478 near Mancelona.
Updated Trail 7 near Frederic.
Updated Trail 124 & 3, removed closed section of Trail 135 near Houghton/Keweenaw; thanks to B Much for data.
Updated Trail 8 and other in-town trails in the Soo.
Added new Trail 386 to Bear Lake.
Updated Trail 59, 12 and 130 near Edwardsburg & PawPaw.
Updated Trail 59, 19 and 191; Allegan and Shelby areas, thanks to J Berens for data.

Version 4.6.1 (1/1/2011)
Corrected misc routing errors

Version 4.6.0 (12/28/2010)
Updated Trail 590 in Berrien County, thanks to C White for data.
Updated Trail 99 and 996 in Presque Isle County, thanks to H Lawson for info.
Updated Trail 6/7 near Higgins Lake, thanks to M Kelly for info.
Updated Trail 5, 14 & 310 near Big Bay, thanks for P Allen for data.
Added Trail 82 near Ishpeming, thanks to D Britton for info.
Removed closed section of Trail 2 west of Manistique.
Removed closed section of Trail 415 near Garden.
Corrected misc routing errors.

Version 4.5.0 (12/9/10)
Updated Snowmobile and ORV Map to include full routing support for snowmobile trails, county and State roads plus USFS Roads.
Misc POI updates.

Version 4.1.0 (9/12/10)
Added new Trails and Routes, updated existing and removed closed Routes in North Missaukee system (primarily cycle trail and Route additions).
Updated MCCCT south of Tower.
Added new section of trail on Porterfield Lake - thanks to B Much for data.
Added new Route on Kalkaska - thanks to K Lesnick for data.
Updated St Helen #1 Trail (reroutes and closures).
Misc POI updates.

Version 4.0.0 (7/12/10)
Map is fully routable for ORV trails, county roads, state highways and National Forest roads on ORV & Snowmobile. Only snowmobile trails on Snowmobile & ORV (future release will have full routing on this map).
No longer need to disable other maps to see VVMapping.
Updated Meadows, Bull Gap and Devil's Lake trail systems.
Updated Huron National Forest Motor Vehicle Use Map (2010).
Updated Forest Islands ORV System (changed portions of ORV Trail to ORV Route).
Minor adjustments on majority of trail systems (to accommodate routing).
Special Notes regarding routing:
Routing parameters will not stay only on ORV-legal roads and trails, but is designed to prefer them.
Routing does not understand expressway on/off ramps nor one-way roads; may route to/from expressway at a point that does not have a ramp or against designated traffic flow - DO NOT FOLLOW GPS ADVICE!. Correcting this behavior is on the to-do list.
Private roads do not route.
Snowmobile trails on ORV & Snowmobile do not route.
Forest roads on State land do not route.
Updated White Cloud Trail (new section replaced portion of existing northern loop).
Updated Kalkaska ORV Route (new section of Route on west side).
Updated Kalkaska ORV Trail (section of trail re-routed on NW side).
Updated Frederic ORV Route.
Updated MCCCT near Wolverine.
Updated St Helen ORV Routes (Re-Route on #3, new Route to Fuel on south side of St Helen).
Updated Geels ORV Trail.
Added State Line ORV Route (Crystal Falls area).
Updated Pine Ridge Trail.
Updated Two Hearted Trail (including new section, short).
Updated SandTown Trail (including reroute near McAlpine Pond).
Updated SandTown to Newberry Trail.
Added numerous non-motorized trails throughout the State.
Removed portion of closed trail 19 in Oceana County. Update Trail 194 in Oceana County.
Updated Trail Trail 130 near Cassopolis, thanks to T Noone.
Updated Trail 122 & 124 near Gay.
Misc trail updates in Keweenaw.
Updated Trail 33 near Gwinn, thanks to B Much.
Updated Trail 3 near Maple Valley, thanks to A Zell.
Updated Trail 5 near Cedar Springs, thanks to M Kelly.
Various POI updates.

Version 3.7.1 (2/10/2010)
Updated Trail 133 near Gay (was mis-labeled as trail 124). Thanks to M Kelly for data.
Added new trail near Hopkins (labeled as 593, no DNR # assigned at this time); updated trail 591. Thanks to J Berens for data/info.
Improved "night mode" road line visibility on most models.
Updated/added various POI.

Version 3.7.0 (2/5/2010)
Updated Trail 4 near Lakes of the North, thanks to R Edmunds for data.
Updated Trail 5, 6, 37, 379 & connectors near Caberfae & Cadillac.
Added SM-134 back in; removed closed portion of SM-124 (Keweenaw area), thanks to A Hicks for data/info.
Updated Trail 8 & 89 near Seney/Grand Marais, thanks to F Kraemer & S Chick for data/info.
Corrected label on portion of SM-473 (near Rexton, was SM-2), thanks to B Ulrich.
Updated MVUM data with current 2010 release Data for Huron National Forest (USFS Road)
Updated/added various POI.

Version 3.6.0 (1/18/10)
Added trail 996 (Rogers City connector).
Added trail 101 (near Konteka/Bergland).
Updated trails 4, 9, 99, 992, 464 (minor changes).
Added numerous points of interest (gas/food).
Thanks to Fred K, Bob U, Andrew W and Mark U for notice of needed trail updates & data.

Version 3.5.1 (1/3/10)
Added new feature/function that enables gas stations and parking lots to show on all units, especially Nuvi models, at all zoom levels. Now can visually browse the map up to 5 mile zoom to see gas stations in addition to search functionality.
Improved appearance/functionality of several points of interest.
Modified behavior in MapSource to signficantly reduce detail when zooming out futher (major performance improvement, only affects MapSource on Windows).

Version 3.5.0 (1/1/10)
Major new feature - Snowmobile Trails are now "routable".
Made adjustments to custom line colors to improve visibility of forest roads on some models as well as when used in "night" mode.
Removed Trail 159 near Baraga (closed for 2nd year)
Updated Thumb area trails including renaming to new numbers and adding new trails. Thanks to Thumbs Up snowmobile club for data.
Removed known closed fuel stations; added various other POI.

Version 3.1.0 (10/26/09)
Added Snowmobile Trail 464 near Alpena.

Version 3.0.0 (10/19/09)
Major change to road line appearance - now has same look/feel on all color models (eTrex to Nuvi) as well as MapSource.
Updated MCCCT between Tower & Afton
Updated Drummond Island ORV Trail
Added new Drummond Island ORV Routes.
Updated Snowmobile Trail 655e near Prudenville.
Updated Snowmobile Trail 591 near Middleville.
Updated/Added Black Lake ORV Routes, added parking area.
Added new search/Find functionality in MapSource and GPS, search for Fuel and see nearest, etc.

Version 2.7.0 (10/9/09)
Added/updated serveral POI
Updated minor re-route on Meadows trail, north of M-72.
Added new trail spur to Lupton from Bull Gap; new parking area on Doll Rd and in Rose City.
Added Manistee National Forest Motor Vehicle Use Map; updated Hiawatha MVUM road data as well as Ottawa National Forest.
Updated Old State House Trail & Route to reflect new closures & re-routes.
Updated Huron Trail near Dam Store.
Thanks to Larry V for notice of changes on Old State House and Huron Trail.

Version 2.5.0 (7/14/09)
Added Moss Lake Cycle Trail.
Added Thunderbowl ORV Use Area.
Updated Missuakee Junction ORV Trail.
Updated Long Lake Cycle Trail.
Updated portions of MCCCT near Boon.

Version 2.4.5 (5/25/09)
Updated Beaver Creek ORV Trail
Updated West Higgins ORV Trail (portions of)
Added New segment of North Missaukee Cycle Trail.
Added new segment of North Missaukee ORV Route.
Removed closed sections of North Missaukee ORV Route.

Version 2.4.0 (5/19/09)
Updated MCCCT, Meadows Trails, Snowmobile Trail #9 north of Luzerne.
Updated Evart Trail near Evart (thanks to Andy W for info).
Updated St Helen #1 ORV Trail
Updated various POI.

Version 2.3.5 (2/9/09)
Added several POI (food/parking)
Updated trail 2 near Wakefield; trail 1 near Lake Gogebic; updated trail 132; added trail 122 from Gay to Lac La Belle back in; updated trail 3 near Lake Linden; Added Ranch Rudolf connector trail (Traverse City); Updated trail 37 to Mesick; updated trail 638 near Caberfae; added gas connector near M37-M55. Updated trail numbering on several sections near Wellston and Mesick. Updated trails 160 and 11 in Gogebic and Ontonagon Counties (including rename of trail 100 to 160).
Thanks to Rob E and Charlie K for updates in western UP.

Version 2.3.0 (1/13/09)
Added new "Horny Bear" trail near Mancelona (trail 768). Corrected trail designation on portions of 769 and 79; minor updates to trails 4, 7, 76, 79 & 769 near Starvation Lake.

Version 2.2.0 (12/20/08)
Minor updates to trail 442 in Alger County, 109 in Houghton County, 16 in Iron, 2 in Schoolcraft and trail 2 in Mackinac County. Thanks to Rob E for info.

Version 2.1.2 (12/7/08)
Minor updates to trails in Luce County (including through town route).
Removed section of closed Trail 2 on west side of Escanaba.

Version 2.1.1 (11/10/08)
Updated/corrected color of trails when GPS units are in "night" mode.

Version 2.1.0 (7/18/08)
Added Indian River ORV Route
Corrected major issue with Marquette county where some GPS units would fail to show map detail when physically located within county boundary.
Major corrections for Norway ORV Trail.
Updates for Felch Grade ORV Route; Forest Islands ORV Trail; Bass Lake Motorcycle Trail; Porterfield Lake ORV Trail.
Misc POI (gas stations mostly) updates for much of UP and some LP areas.
Updated maps to support latest Garmin MapSource version 6.14.1.

Version 2.0.1 (6/3/08)
Added Sidnaw to Bergland ORV Route
Added Freda Grade ORV Route

Version 2.0.0 (5/19/08)
Updated ORV Trail depictions to match new State DNR rules regarding motorcycle-only trails in addition to visual differentiation between Route, Trail, Cycle Trail, MCCCT and Street Licensed Cycle Trail.
Added secondary installer to facilitate loading maps directly to Nuvi and other units including directly to memory cards.
Corrected Wayne County, now just one tile for entire county instead of 2.

Version 1.5.0 (5/16/08)
Incorporated MVUM Road data from all three National Forests in Michigan. Manistee is incomplete, Huron, Hiawatha & Ottawa are complete.

Version 1.3.0 (5/7/08)
Added USFS Roads for Hiawatha National Forest including representation of current Motor Vehicle Use Map. USFS Roads open to ORVs labeled as "FS OHV ####" to indicate Forest Service Off Highway Vehicle road number.
Updated Meadows ORV Trail.
Updated White Cloud ORV Trail.

Version 1.2.3 (2/19/08)
Added old-style fuel station points to map to better show fuel stations on the map while also keeping the "new" style to better enable searching (points are now duplicated in map). This enables viewing on Nuvi/Zumo units which do not have ability to show all POI regardless of zoom unlike other Garmin models.
Added misc POI for food/fuel/other (approx 30 items).
Updated Trails 1, 3, 12, 120, 122, 124 from White Pine through Keweenaw.
Thanks to Gary R. & Craig P. for information and tracks for these corrections.
Updated Trails 59, 590, 591 near Niles.
Thanks to Tony S. for information and tracks for these corrections.

Version 1.2.2 (2/15/08)
Updated Trail 6, 96 and 960 near Foote Dam.
Thanks to Larry V. for information and tracks for these corrections.

Version 1.2.1 (2/14/08)
Updated Trail 7 from Alanason to Reams Rd (west of Indian River).
Updated Trail 4 near Waters (where Trail 4 & Trail 7 Intersect).
Thanks to Rob E. for information & tracks for these corrections.

Version 1.2.0 (2/5/08)
Added hundreds of points of interest (POI). Includes Commercial Members of the Michigan Snowmobile Association - members have "(MSA)" appended to end of name. POI added include gas, food, lodging, dealers and other (not all POI have had coordinates verified, expect some location discrepancy).
Corrected search function for POI such as fuel, food and lodging so that "find" within the GPS will work as expected.
Modified zoom levels so that trails now show at extended views (was 3 miles, now is 150+ miles).
Changed county and forest roads to show only at lower zoom levels, improves map display performance.
Corrected name for Trail 8 segment, was labeled Trail 2 from Shingleton to Wetmore.

Version 1.1.4 (1/30/08)
Added missing Trail 88 (888 to 43 North of Seney)
Added missing Trail 448 (from Lewiston to 404) - thanks to Rob E for notification and track data.
Corrected trail 4/76 (Alba to Starvation Lake) - thanks to Frank L for reporting issue and Rob E for notification and track data.
Updated, added Missing Spurs & Corrected Trails 14, 310, 14/310, 5, 7, 419, 417, 8, 419 Spur, 7/8, 2 in the Marquette/Big Bay/Munising/Manistique/Gwinn areas. Thanks to Mike H. for notification on 14/310 trail discrepancy.

Version 1.1.3 (1/06/08)
Updated Thumb Snowmobile Trail to current trail ground conditions as of publish date, significant change from previous trail. Thanks to Rob E. for assistance.

Version 1.1.2 (1/04/08)
Corrected missing trail data for Thumb snowmobile trail. Thanks to Rob E. for reporting issue.

Version 1.1.1 (12/27/07)
Minor update to installer only; corrected issue during upgrade from previous version that could cause error when loading maps to GPS (no reports of such an error nor was it found when testing specifically for error).

Version 1.1.0 (12/15/07)
Major updates.
Trail line is now thicker, yellow with orange border. Trail lines display proper color on 276C and other models that had related bug.
Corrections on snowmobile trail data; removed incorrect trail segments (data errors); merged all segments for better performance.
Dozens of new gas stations; many parking/staging area updates.
Trail now displays at further-out zoom levels (3 miles on computer, 2 miles on GPS).
Advanced Users have multiple color options for trail display (see documentation).
Added options to change trail color (see C:\VVMapping\Color Picker).
Thanks to Tony Suddon for trail corrections near Indiana.

Version 1.00 (10/1/07)
First Release.

Version 1.01 (10/28/07)
Corrected Wayne(west) county

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