Baja Acres

Baja Acres in Millington, Michigan has been running motocross since 1974, putting it among the longest continuously operating motocross facilities in the entire Midwest. The 80-acre property is built around a 1.5-mile national-caliber main track plus a dedicated peewee track, with the kind of family-oriented infrastructure that has built Baja Acres into one of the most popular amateur destinations in the country. The main track is a sand-to-hardpack mix on natural elevation, a soil profile rare for the Midwest and one of the reasons riders from across the eastern half of the country make the trip. The Michigan glacial deposits give the property real grade changes and the kind of natural-terrain variety that flat Midwest farmland tracks cannot match. The mix of soils through the layout means lines shift through the day as the sand sections develop ruts and the hardpack sections firm up. The marquee event is the Baja Brawl Amateur National, one of the most popular amateur racing weekends in the country. The Brawl draws fields from across the U.S. and Canada, factory amateur teams send rosters of riders, and the event has built a national reputation as the kind of amateur weekend that families plan vacations around. The dates and registration run through bajaacres.com and announce on the property's social channels. The on-site amenity stack is one of the property's defining features. Free camping is available, a swimming pond gives riders and families a way to cool off between sessions, a playground keeps younger kids occupied, and a catch-and-release fishing operation rounds out the recreational offerings. The combination of riding, camping, swimming, fishing, and play infrastructure turns Baja Acres into a multi-day destination rather than a daily practice stop. Spectator viewing covers roughly 90 percent of the track, an unusual layout choice that makes Baja Acres especially family-friendly. Parents and siblings can follow a rider through most of the lap from a single vantage point, which matters for families with multiple riders or for visiting fans during major events. The location is in eastern Michigan, an easy run from Saginaw (45 minutes northwest), Flint (45 minutes south), and Detroit (90 minutes southeast). The combination of central Michigan position and major-event draw means Baja Acres serves both regional weekend traffic and destination amateur racing. For anyone searching for motocross tracks in Michigan, MX tracks near Saginaw or Flint, or the venue of the Baja Brawl Amateur National, Baja Acres is the answer with the deepest amateur racing pedigree in eastern Michigan.