Michigan Trailway Opportunities

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NAME OF TRAIL	PROPOSED MANAGER	PARTICIPATING LOCAL ORG.	MILES
			TOTAL	SURFACED
TRAILWAYS COMPLETED OR UNDER DEVELOPMENT
1.  Bay City Area Trailway System	Local government, DNR	Saginaw Bay Watershed Initiative	21	14
2.  Bay View-Oden	DNR, local government	Top of Michigan Trails Council	9	1
3.  Betsie Valley Trail	Betsie Valley Trlwy Mgmt Council	Friends of Betsie Valley Trail	21	1*
4.  Bridge-to-Bay Trail	Local governments in St Clair County		54	20*
5.  Charlevoix-Petoskey Trail	Local governments	Top of Michigan Trails Council	17	8*
6.  Downriver Greenway	Local governments in Wayne County	Downriver Community Conference	30	21
7.  Fred Meijer Heartland Trail	Friends of Fred Meijer Heartland Trail	Friends of Fred Meijer Heartland Trail	33	13
8.  Hart-Montague Trail State Park	DNR	Oceana-Muskegon Trailways Commission	21	21
9.  Huron Valley Trail Phase I	W. Oakland Trlwy Mgmt Council		11	10
10. Ionia-Lyons Trail	City of Ionia, DNR		6	4
11. Island Lake State Rec. Area Trail	DNR		4	4
12. Jackson Intercity Bike Trail	City of Jackson	Jackson Recreational Trails Coalition	3	2
13. Kalamazoo River Valley Trailways	Local governments, DNR	Friends of K'zoo River Valley Trailway	30	2*
14. Kal-Haven Trail State Park	DNR	Friends of Kal-Haven Trail	34	34
15. Kensington Metropark Trails	Huron-Clinton Metro Authority		8	8
16. Kent Trails	Kent County		9	9
17. Lakelands Trail State Park	DNR		31	12*
18. Lansing River Trail/MSU	City of Lansing		12	8
19. Leelanau Trail	Leelanau Trails Association	Traverse Area Recreation & Transp. Trails	15	5
20. Mackinac Island--Perimeter Road	Mackinac Island State Park & city		8	8
21. Mackinac-Cheboygan Trail	DNR, local gov.	Top of Michigan Trails Council	16	3
22. Macomb County Bike/Hike Path	Local government & agencies		5	5
23. Montague-Berry Junction Trail	Local government, DNR		14	1
24. Muskegon Lakeshore Trail	City of Muskegon		16	6*
25. Musketawa Trail	Ottawa County, DNR, others	Friends of Muskegawa Trail	26	26
26. Paint Creek Trail	Paint Creek Trailways Commission	Paint Creek Trailways Commission	10	10
27. Paul Henry Thornapple Trail	Private org., local government	Thornapple Trail Association	26	11
28. Pere Marquette Rail-Trail of Mid-MI	Isabella Co., County & City of Midland	Friends of Pere Marquette Rail-Trail	29	29
29. Pere Marquette State Trail	DNR, local gov.	Reed City Crossroads Trail Comte., others	56	8*
30. Polly Ann Trail--Oakland County	Polly Ann Trailway Mgmt Council, DNR		12	0*
31. Portland Riverwalk	City of Portland		4	4
32. Riverside, Oxford, Plaster Cr., others	City of Grand Rapids		12	4*
33. Saginaw Valley Rail-Trail	Saginaw County		10	1*
34. Traverse Area Recreational Trail	City of Traverse City	Traverse Area Recreation & Transp. Trails	8	8
35. Van Buren Trail State Park	DNR		15	0*
36. Wadhams-Avoca Trail	St. Clair County		10	1
37. West Bloomfield Rail-Trail	West Bloomfield Twp.		4	4
38. White Pine Trail State Park	DNR	Friends of the White Pine Trail, others	93	22*
Miles of Trailways Completed or Under Development			743	348
PRESERVED CORRIDORS WITH GREAT TRAILWAY POTENTIAL
39. Alpena-Hillman	DNR, local gov.	Alpena Snowmobile Association	20
40. Bill Nicholls Trail	DNR, local gov.		55
41. Cheboygan-Gaylord	DNR, local gov.	Top of Michigan Trails Counci	47
42. Cheboygan-Hawks	DNR, local gov.	Top of Michigan Trails Council	44
43. Clinton River Trail	Four Oakland County cities	Friends of Clinton River Trail	17
44. Hancock-Calumet Trail	DNR, local gov.		17
45. Mackinaw-Alanson	DNR, local gov.	Top of Michigan Trails Council	23
46. Macomb Orchard Trail	Macomb County, other local gov.	Friends of Macomb Orchard Trail	24
47. Manistee-Traverse (segments)	DNR, local gov.		24
48. Muskegon-Musketawa Link	City of Muskegon, DNR	Friends of Musketawa Trail	4
49. Polly Ann Trial--Lapeer County	Lapeer County, DNR	Friends of Polly-Ann Trail of Lapeer Co.	20
50. Sault Ste. Marie-Soo Junction	DNR, US Forest Service, local gov.		32
51. Thompsonville-Viaduct Road	DNR, local gov.		10
Miles of Preserved Corridor with Great Trailway Potential			337
CORRIDOR ACQUISITION OPPORTUNITIES
52. Bay City-Zilwaukee	Local government	Bay Area Community Foundation	6
53. Chassell-Lake Linden	DNR		18
54. Clinton-Ionia-Shiawassee	Local government	Friends of Clinton-Ionia-Shiawassee Trail	41
55. Falling Waters Trail	Jackson County, DNR	Friends of Falling Waters Trail	13
56. Hawks to Alpena & Rogers City	DNR	Alpena Snowmobile Association	13
57. Marquette-Munising	DNR		37
58. Oden-Alanson	DNR	Top of Michigan Trails Council	2
59. Pere Marquette Trail--Clare Segment	City of Clare	Clare Area Rail-Trail Committee	3
Miles of corridor Acquisition Opportunity			158
CORRIDORS AND TRAILWAYS UNDER CONSIDERATION (not on map)
Blossomland River Trail	Local governments in Berrien County	Blossomland River Trail Association	33
Oakland County Trailway Links	Local government, DNR	Various	20
Trolley Line Trail (Genesee/Saginaw Co.)	Local government		20
Grand Total Mileage			1311	348

                           

The Michigan Natural Resources Trust Fund has supported, or is supporting, the acquisition and/or development of several of the proposed trailways listed above. The Trust Fund receives revenue from development of State-owned oil, gas, and mineral resources.

4/2002