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        Short Trails In Michigan

The following are short trails of between 0.5 mile and 3 miles and, in general, are easy hikes:

Lower Peninsula

Antrim
Coy Mountain Walking Trail

Bay
Andersen Trail (Bay City State RA)
Lagoon Trail (Bay City State RA)

Benzie
Platte River Springs Pathway

Charlevoix
Avalanche Walking Trail
Deer Flats Trail (Young SP)
Ransom Nature Preserve
Susan Creek Nature Preserve
White Birch Trail (Young SP)

Crawford
Mertz Grade Trail (Hartwick Pines SP)
North Point Nature Preserve
Old Growth Forest Trail (Hartwick Pines SP)

Eaton
Deer Run (Lincoln Brick County Park)
Keehne Environmental Area
Ledges Trail (Fitzgerald County Park)

Emmet
Camp Pet-O-Se-Ga
McCune Nature Preserve
Oden Island Nature Preserve
Oden State Fish Hatchery
Old Baldy Trail (Petoskey SP)
Portage Trail (Petoskey SP)
Red Pine-Big Stone (Wilderness SP)
Skyline Trail

Genesee
Edge of the Woods Trail (For-Mar)

Gladwin
Trout Lake Pathway

Grand Traverse
Pines Nature Trail (Interlochen State Park)
Yuba Creek Natural Area

Gratiot
Maple River State Game Area

Huron
Huron County Nature Center

Ingham
Lake Lansing-North County Park

Iosco
Tawas Point State Park

Kalkaska
Skegemog Swamp Pathway

Leelanau
Dunes Trail - Sleeping Bear Point
Empire Bluff Trail (Sleeping Bear Dunes)
Good Harbor Bay Trail (Sleeping Bear Dunes)
Pyramid Point Trail (Sleeping Bear Dunes)
Shauger Hill Trail (Sleeping Bear Dunes)
Valley View Trail (Sleeping Bear Dunes)
Windy Moraine Trail (Sleeping Bear Dunes)

Livingston
Kahchin Trail (Brighton Recreation Area)

Mason
Sable River Trail (Ludington SP)
Skyline Trail (Ludington SP)

Newaygo
Hardy Dam Rustic Nature Trail
Loda Lake Wildflower Sanctuary

Oakland
White Loop (Bald Mountain Recreation Area)
Lakeshore Trail (Holly Recreation Area)
River Loop (IndependenceOaks County Park)
Discovery Trails (Indian Springs Metropark)
Pondside Trail (Indian Springs Metropark)
Farmland Trail (Indian Springs Metropark)
Whispering Pines Trail (Holly Recreation Area)
Lyon Oaks County Park
Paint Creek Rail-Trail
Marsh Trail (Proud Lake Recreation Area)
Green Trail (Seven Lakes State Park)
Dickinson Trail (Seven Lakes State Park)
Shiawassee Basin Preserve
Sorensen Park

Otsego
Aspen Park
Big Bear Lake Pathway
Pickerel Lake Pathway (Pigeon River SF)

Ottawa
Rosy Mound Natural Area
Upper Macatawa Natural Area

Presque Isle
Sinkholes Pathway

Roscommon
Green Trail (Marl Lake Trail)

Saginaw
Cass River Unit Trail (Shiawassee NWR)
Green Point ELC Trails (Shiawassee NWR)
Price Nature Center

Sanilac
Sanilac Petroglyphs Historic Site

Washtenaw
Brauer Preserve
Hoyt Post Trail (Parker Mill Park)
Silver Lake Trail (Pinckney Recreation Area)

Wayne
Crosswinds Marsh County Park
Long Bark Trail (Oakwoods Metropark)
Sky-Come-Down Trail (Oakwoods Metropark)

 


Wexford
Heritage Nature Study Area (Mitchell SP)

A family on a trail in Hartwick Pines State Park.

A family pauses on a short trail
in Hartwick Pines State Park
.

 

Upper Peninsula

Gogebic
Wolf Mountain Trail



 
 

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