I live just south of I-70 in central Ohio. A freind and I made the trip to SL back in June it was about an 8hr drive from here. Well worth it!!! I ride trails around here, everything from well groomed trails at wayne national forest To some really rough stuff through an old strip mining area. If I had my choice I would take silver lake any day. The ability to just go full throttle all day long is awesome. Plus the dunes are always changing so there are always new jumps popping up, and Silver lake is right on lake michigan so there are lots of water holes to play in (just watch out they can be deeper than they look, I ended up almost going over the bars on one)