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Pere Marquette Rail-Trail • Chippewa Trail East Michigan Trails Pere Marquette Rail-Trail • Chippewa Trail Northwood University 2 1 1 10 10 10 10 10 10 20 20 20 30 30 18 18 30 30 2 3 8 9 Wackerly Wackerly Isabella Isabella Saginaw Rd Lyle W Curtis Hope Hope Stark Stark Shaffer 9 Mile 11 Mile Shearer Coleman Meridian Meridian Nielson Baker Baker Water Olson Jefferson Chippewa River Rd Shearer McNally Isabella Pine River Rd Guernsey Barden Eastman Hull N Lewis Middle Wackerly Wackerly Saiko Shaffer Monroe Eastman Eastman Castor Castor Bergman Bombay Ruhle Flock Swede W Burns Geneva River Curtis Curtis McGruder Jefferson Hurley Swede Bard Eddy Lake Sanford Roehrs Olson Love Rd 7 Mile Vance Weinert Lewis Deer Sturgeon Hubbard 7 Mile Ashby Maynard Hunter Dublin School 11 Mile Bergman Walter Ruhle Mier Coleman Townhall 10 Mile 5 Mile Neiner Fike Martin Orchard N Jack Meridian Saginaw Rd Main St Wakerly Saginaw Rd Coolidge Wheeler Lakeview Isabella Pomranky Whitman E Price E Price Stark Fike Coolidge 8 Mile Coleman Shearer Shearer Saiko Poseyville Patterson Badour Blakely Burns Burns 4 6 7 5 Midland City Forest Park Magrudder Tittabawassee River Rd Brine Pond number 6 C hip p ew a T rail C h i p p e w a R i v e r S a n f o r d La k e Sanford Midland Coleman Access Site Parking Restrooms Water 1 Loomis Staging Area Yes Yes Yes 2 Coleman Staging Area Yes Yes Yes 3 North Bradley Staging Area Yes Yes No 4 Sanford Staging Area Yes Yes Yes 5 Averill Rollaway Park Yes No No 6 Duck Hunters Memorial Yes No No 7 Emerson Park Yes Yes Yes 8 Midland Staging Area Yes Yes Yes Pere Marquette Rail-Trail Access 9 Chippewa Nature Center Yes Yes Yes Chippewa Trail Access 1 10 10 127 127 1 Saginaw Rd Pere Marquette Rd Crawford Shepherd Loomis E Coleman E Coleman Webster Clarabella Chippewa Grass Lake Herrick Herrick Washington Tobacco Grant Brand Main St M-115 Eberhart Isabella Rodgers County Line Rd Stevenson Lake Wise Bawkey Elm Cornwell McEwan Wise Herrick Stevenson Lake Clarabella Clarabella Washington Pere Marquette Clare ©2020 Rockford Advertising. All rights reserved. Trails Legend Paved Trail Connector Route Highways Roads YOUR TRAIL Needs a Friend Our National Rails to Trails Hall of Fame trail is a Michigan treasure… and it needs your help. Friends of the Pere Marquette Rail-Trail provides funding and volunteer-power to help maintain the quality of our trail. Join our cause! Single mem- berships start at only $15 a year. www.PereMarquetteRailTrail.org Do you use the Pere Marquette Rail-Trail? Visit Us on Facebook FREE Visitor Center Admission! 989.631.0830 | 400 S Badour Rd • Midland, MI www.chippewanaturecenter.org • 19 miles of trails open dawn-to-dark including the 3.5 mile paved Chippewa Trail from Downtown Midland! Find us on Facebook THE FINEST BIKE SHOP in the Tri Cities and Central Michigan for more than 32 years Midland City Forest 7814 Eastman Ave (989) 486-9490 Downtown Midland 301 McDonald St (989) 835-1691 SPECTACULARLY FRIENDLY STAFF 4 stores Midland City Forest Downtown Midland Bay City • Clare 9 Location on map. 1 See locations on map. Pere Marquette Rail-Trail Racing from Clare to Midland, the Pere Marquette Rail-Trail is one of Michigan’s most widely used and nicely maintained nonmotor- ized multi-use trails. So highly regarded, it was inducted into “The Rail-Trail Hall of Fame” by the national Rails-to-Trails Conservancy. The 30-mile asphalt trail crosses several bridges and travels through a series of small towns with plenty of stores and restaurants to stop for lunch or a cool drink along the way. A separate path for horseback riding runs parallel to the trail for 5 miles between Coleman and North Bradley. The entire trail is closed to snowmobiling, but is plowed during the winter months to allow year-round use. Sections of the Pere Marquette Rail-Trail receive a fresh coat of sealer each year and in excellent condition. This is a flat, fast, exceptionally smooth trail, making it an easy ride for people of all abilities. For a day trip, we recommend starting your journey at the downtown Midland Staging Area where you can check out “The Tridge,” a unique three-span bridge crossing the confluence of the Tittabawassee and Chippewa rivers. As you head west, the trail passes by the Northwood University campus and the entrance to the Dow Historical Museum. You will also pass by several small parks, memorials, historic sites and natural areas along the trail as you travel through Sanford and Coleman on your way to Clare. Chippewa Trail Like to add a few more scenic miles to your trail adventure? In Midland, you can cross “The Tridge” to ride along the 3.7-mile Chippewa Trail, a nonmotorized, paved pathway that meanders through the Chippewa Nature Center. Interpretive signs along the way tell the story of this unique landscape. Pass through a tunnel under US-127 in Clare. Cross the “Tridge” in Midland where you can connect with the Chippewa Trail. 0 2 3 4 5 1 Miles Photo by Laurie Brown