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Rode from St Ignace to King's Fish Market, and back in early fall. About 10 miles each way. Trail is rough, big gravel, potholes, dirt, some sand, and water running across the road in a couple of places. ATVs don't slow for bicycles. Good experience but the trail beat us up. Riding mountain bike with front shock and 44mm tires.
Note all the other comments here are over a dozen years old.
We are lucky to have this trail! In the summer, I bicycle it at least once a week, especially on hot days when bicycling or walking under the shade of trees, along the water front is much cooler! and more quite than on the road side! It is also nice to bicycle and walk in cold weather to get out of the wind. The DNR repairs this trail after big floods, replacing culverts, digging ditches along side of the trail etc. It still needs work, but like everything else, it takes funding. If we had a trail authority including Chassell, Portage Township and the city of Houghton, they could apply for funding and really make some improvements to this trail. Chassell maintains their portion of the trail more every year. It would be nice if Portage Township would keep their portion mowed on the sides of the trail, and it would be nice if the City of Houghton replaced the deteriorating asphalt that has wide cracks and bumps and crumbled sides on the east end of their portion of trail. But overall, it is great to have this waterside rail trail available. Note, this is a non-motorized trail, ATVs and snowmobiles are not supposed to be on this trail. Homes are located very near the trail and loud ORVs and snowmobiles would make those homeowners very upset.
You don't send a lot of time in a nature setting with this trail, with the first three or so mile south of Hillsdale being alongside a busy road and pretty rough pavement to boot, and with the last three odd miles being dirt, you might want to skip this trial completely. Falling Waters Trail is short distance driving away, so try that one instead.
Just found this trail by accident. It’s s just a beautiful,peaceful trail that I can enjoy on my bike ride without worrying about car traffic . The country within the city. This will be one of my favorites for sure.
This is a pretty hilly trail with few stretches of flat, level terrain.
IT's an okay trail, but as it's so short, it's only real use is to connect to the Detroit Riverwalk, otherwise skip it.
It's not bad, but really only worth it if you're a local.
It's sunny, wide and open, a good round trip, and has a great view of Lake Erie. The northern portion by Carlson High School is pretty rough but evens out quickly.
We have now rode nearly every section of the trail several times and highly recommend it. My favorite parts are from Ashton to Cadillac and from Cedar Rapids to Grand Rapids.
This is an excellent trail, great signage, benches, picnic tables, bathrooms, food stops along the way and beautiful views. The tree identifications are wonderful. Highly recommend. The trail is in excellent condition.
We live nearby in Idlewild and have rode nearly every section of this trail except from Chase to Reed City. We enjoyed most all of it except from Reed City to Evart. The path is very bumpy and the scenery is not great.
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