 Highway 226 serves as a short north–south connector route between State Highway 34 and the community of Dorset in north-central Minnesota.The southern terminus of Highway 226 intersects State Highway 34, which is briefly four lanes to facilitate turns and two through lanes.The northern terminus of Highway 226 is approximately one-tenth of a mile north of the "Heartland Trail" intersection in Dorset, where the route becomes Hubbard County State-Aid Highway 7.