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Featured National Recreation Trails
A sampling of National Recreation Trails in the news or recently designated. The NRT program showcases the diversity of trails across America, from our cities and suburbs to the deserts, waterways, and high mountains.
National Recreation Trails... America's great trails!
Every kind of trail activity is represented in the listing of designated NRTs. Besides hiking and bicycling, the system includes water trails, motorized routes, snow tracks, greenways, and equestrian paths.
Search all of Michigan's designated National Recreation Trails in the Online NRT Database
Prairie Restoration Art Project along Paint Creek Trail
Agonikak Snowmobile Trail — Open in summer to hikers and mountain bikers, the trail extends northward 10.5 miles from Land O' Lakes toward Watersmeet. In winter the route is open to snowmobilers on miles of groomed trails maintained by dedicated volunteers of local snowmobile clubs.
Lake Michigan National Water Trail - Chicago to New Buffalo Segment — Running through three States, the 75-mile Chicago to New Buffalo Segment of the Lake Michigan Water Trail is part of a larger vision for a nationally designated water trail around the entirety of Lake Michigan. This segment covers Chicago’s lakefront in Illinois and the entire coast of Indiana to New Buffalo in Michigan, easily accessible to the more than six million people who live in the five counties adjacent to the trail. The trail takes paddlers on a journey past urban shorelines, natural and remote lakeshore landscapes, industry, and beach communities (designated 2011).
Musketawa Trail — Providing a handicapped-accessible connection between Marne and Muskegon, Michigan, this 24.7-mile rail-trail and greenway allows a variety of trail users to enjoy a range of landscapes while biking, snowmobiling, horseback riding, or simply taking a stroll (designated 2008).
Paint Creek Trail — This 8.9-mile rail-trail, identified as the first rail-trail in Michigan, is an integral part of the extensive Oakland Trail Network and follows the Paint Creek as it flows through diverse natural habitats, offering nature lovers the opportunity to observe a variety of wildlife. The photo shows the Prairie Restoration Art Project celebrating the process of controlled burns and planting native vegetation along the Paint Creek Trail. This gazebo-style structure surrounds a copper Bur Oak sculpture (designated 2006).
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