Harger Line Rail Trail

Michigan

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Description

The trail is 10 miles long and you will encounter views of farmland, wood lots and some water courses. If you travel the entire trail, you will cross five bridges over creeks or drains, cross eight county or state roadways with the two major roads. There are 10 benches located along the trail for you to rest and/or take in the surrounding view.

Parking and Trail Access

Western trailhead can be accessed by taking Interstate 75 to the Holland Avenue exit and heading East. After just three quarters of a mile take a left on South Towerline Road, one half mile up this road on the right is George Kueffner Park there is parking avaliable here.

The Eastern trailhead is at M-15 on the north edge of Richville. Parking is avaliable for 15 cars.

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Great for Cross country skiing, HOWEVER......

By ronald1 in January, 2011

The Richville parking is regularly snow plowed and kept opened for parking. It's a surprisingly picturesque trail and person can bird watch plus see many different animals tracks along the trail. I've seen rabbits, squirrels, and I've seen fox tracks ...

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Updated review

By ronald1 in November, 2010

Kudos to MDOT, Michigan Department of Transportation, for the M-15 bridge and shoulder repair east of the Richville parking lot. There is a new smooth 3 feet wide paved shoulder along M-15 to Richville which makes an excellent bike path to Richville. ...

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Hidden jewel, Harger Line Rail Trail

By ronald1 in July, 2010

10 mile long paved trail that runs East to West located between Towerline Road and M-15. It is surprisingly peaceful, quiet, beautiful, and not to many people use it. The people that I saw with dogs on the trail either have their dogs on leashes if walking ...

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