Why is that sad? These can be logging trails you’d need to squint to actually see in the brush.
And 115 miles? That’s a huge distance.
Invasive species for one thing --- folks aren't nearly as careful about checking their vehicles as they ought to be.
Not huge enough when you're considering how the McDonald's have driven out little hole-in-the-wall places and that the presence of such a fast food restaurant requires a busy highway, or a reasonably dense population center.
Invasive species? Most of these trail aren't even used?
If they weren't used, they would quickly grow over and disappear.
Trail on a map don’t just “disappear” because they aren’t used.
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-42104894
With more than 14,000 of them, it's not possible to be more than 115 or so miles from one:
https://www.rd.com/article/farthest-away-from-mcdonalds/