Jackson, MI Mountain Biking Trails and Maps

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Mike Levine Lakelands Trail State Park

38.2 mi
State: MI
Asphalt, Ballast, Crushed Stone

Wabash Cannonball Trail

64.1 mi
State: OH
Asphalt, Ballast, Cinder, Crushed Stone

Huron Valley Trail

13.5 mi
State: MI
Asphalt

Iron Horse River Trail

2 mi
State: OH
Asphalt, Boardwalk, Dirt, Grass

Paul Henry-Thornapple Trail

31.1 mi
State: MI
Asphalt, Cinder, Crushed Stone

Watkins Lake County Preserve and State Park

5.8 mi
State: MI
Crushed Stone, Dirt, Grass, Gravel

Litchfield Nature Trail

2 mi
State: MI
Dirt, Grass
Trail Image Trail Name States Length Surface Rating
The Mike Levine Lakelands Trail State Park is a 38-mile trail that runs through forests, fields, and wetlands between the community of Whitmore Lake and the city of Jackson. About the Route The...
MI 38.2 mi Asphalt, Ballast, Crushed Stone
The Wabash Cannonball Trail is a 64.1-mile multiuse trail in northwest Ohio. Running along a former railroad, the rail-trail surface is a mix of paved asphalt and hard packed cinder ballast. The...
OH 64.1 mi Asphalt, Ballast, Cinder, Crushed Stone
Paved and mostly flat, the 13.5-mile Huron Valley Trail links several suburban communities, parks, and a large recreation area while providing connections to a growing network of trails. About the...
MI 13.5 mi Asphalt
The Iron Horse trail is a multi-use 2-mile trail located in Montpelier, OH, with one mile of paved asphalt trail with two boardwalks, and another mile of rustic dirt + grass trail. The improved trail...
OH 2 mi Asphalt, Boardwalk, Dirt, Grass
The Paul Henry-Thornapple Trail is a 31-mile, multi-use recreation trail, extending from Grand Rapids to Vermontville.  The trail passes through farmlands, woodlands, and small towns, coursing...
MI 31.1 mi Asphalt, Cinder, Crushed Stone
The Watkins Lake County Preserve and State Park has a 5.8-mile linear rail-trail that offers scenic views of the lake and landscape as it runs through meadows, woods and wetlands. The trail surface is...
MI 5.8 mi Crushed Stone, Dirt, Grass, Gravel
The Litchfield Nature Trail meanders through scenic property owned by the City of Litchfield, in some places adjacent to the St. Joseph (St. Joe) River. At one point, the trail passes through...
MI 2 mi Dirt, Grass

Recent Trail Reviews

Iron Horse River Trail

Great Year-Round Trail

July, 2025 by motter.kb

I enjoy walking and riding my bike on both the paved and unpaved portions of the trail. Great river views with Deer, Fox, Turkey and Eagle among other wildlife. The Williams County Veterans Memorial is a very short distance from the east entrance to the trail on the fairgrounds and well worth the extra ride.

ITC Corridor Trail (Novi)

Pretty

July, 2025 by clonetrooper5373

This is a fairly good trail, as long as you don't mind a mostly marsh/swamp style of scenery, with power lines also dominating. It's an enjoyable ride despite that, with a good round trip, and smooth pavement, so I would defiantly recommend if you're looking for a good trail.

Lower Rouge River Recreation Trail

Ok

July, 2025 by clonetrooper5373

Although there's nothing really to see here, this mostly shaded trail has a good round trip distance with some river crossings to break up the scenery, though I might skip this one.

Accordion

Wayne County Metroparks Trail

A bit Rough

June, 2025 by clonetrooper5373

I feel this trail is a bit of a mixed bag, as it has an excellent round trip and is completely open to the sun, but the pavement is very rough and badly needs an upgrade (which seems to have started around 2025) throughout most of the trail.

With that said, I would cautiously recommend this trail if you're wiling to try it.

Kensington Metropark Trail

absolutely Gorgeous

June, 2025 by bears64

Walking, biking, fishing, boating, wildlife, skiing, sledding, waterpark, picnic tables everywhere. Miles and miles, plenty of bathrooms everywhere. Swans, blue Herons, Sandhills Cranes, turtles….. I could go on forever. I love it here, drive 45 min. To an hour all the time to come. It’s my haven, it’s my peace. Water everywhere, very safe, park staff, park police. Come and enjoy!!

Iron Horse River Trail

Ok

May, 2025 by clonetrooper5373

Split into two sections, one paved and the other wooded with packed dirt, it's a decent trail but nothing special.

The first part is completely paved with not a single bump or crack that I saw, and the second is the wooded part that's a bit rougher though with a better view of the St. Joseph's River.

Granger Meadows Park Trail

Nice

May, 2025 by clonetrooper5373

GMPT is a enjoyable but short trail that's full of tight twists and turns to the point riding a bike might be a bit iffy.

You might want to walk this one but I do recommend it.

Lakes Community Trail

Very Rough

May, 2025 by clonetrooper5373

This is a pretty bad trail, with pavement being cracked and rutted all throughout, with some cracks being bad enough to launch me out of my seat.

There's nothing even to see except some playgrounds, as the trail is largely urban.

LAFF Pathway

Ok

May, 2025 by clonetrooper5373

It's a nice round trip but there's nothing to see except some schools.

Battle Creek Linear Park

No signs, no maps, no restrooms, no water

May, 2025 by rjdurkee

We rode from Bailey Park west on the Linear trail to the end. While the surface was pretty good, the fact that there are several busy road crossings, no signs or maps, no water or restrooms, made this trail undesirable. What a shame that the city of Battle Creek doesn't spend a few bucks to make this trail top-notch.

Russell Street to Patterson Street Trail

Nice, if short

May, 2025 by clonetrooper5373

It's nice and smooth pavement, but it's so short (even round trip) that's it's only kinda worth it if you walk it.

Riverbend Preserve Rail-Trail

Nice, if short

May, 2025 by clonetrooper5373

A nice, quick, slightly hilly jaunt through the woods. Wouldn't recommend cycling through here, only walking.

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