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Pedestrian Trails

Current state of our State trails. See the Common Tagging Schemes section of the main Michigan for quick reference to mapping trails and their amenities.

NameRelationProgress and notes
Algonac-Blazing Star Trailway 1020020177Algonac-Blazing Star Trail Official Site
Algonac-Oak Savanna Trailway 463354159Algonac-Oak Savanna Trail Official Site
Algonac-Lake Plain Prairie Trailrelation 13657498
Algonquin Pathwayrelation 13657705Algonquin Pathway Official Site
Alpena Bi-Path Town Trail System
Anderson Lake Pathwayrelation 13658298Anderson Lake Pathway Official Site
Ann Arbor to Ypsilanti
Bald Mountain-Orange Looprelation 12562194Bald Mountain-North Unit Trails Official Site
Bald Mountain-White Looprelation 12562193Bald Mountain-North Unit Trails Official Site
Bald Mountain-South Unit Trailsrelation 4591338Bald Mountain-South Unit Trails Official Site
Baraga Nature TrailBaraga Nature Trail Official Site
Bass River-Equestrian TrailBass River-Equestrian Trail Official Site
Bass River-Multi-Use TrailBass River-Multi-Use Trail Official Site
Battle Creek Linear Park
Baw Beese Trail
Bay City-Andersen Nature TrailBay City-Andersen Nature Trail
Bay City-Tobico Lagoon TrailBay City-Tobico Lagoon Trail
Bay City-Tobico Marsh Trailrelation 92932344Bay City-Tobico Marsh Trail
Bay County Riverwalk/RailtrailBay County Riverwalk/Railtrail Official Site
Belle Isle Park
Besser Bell PathwayBesser Bell Pathway Official Site
Betsie Valley Trailrelation 1878390Betsie Valley Trail Official Site
Bewabic-Nature TrailBewabic-Nature Trail Official Site
Big Knob PathwayBig Knob Pathway Official Site
Big Oaks Equestrian TrailsBig Oaks Equestrian Trails Official Site
Big Rapids Riverwalk
Bill Nicholls TrailBill Nicholls Trail Official Site
Black Mountain PathwayBlack Mountain Pathway Official Site
Blind Sucker PathwayBlind Sucker Pathway Official Site
Blueberry Ridge PathwayBlueberry Ridge Pathway Official Site
Bodi Lake PathwayBodi Lake Pathway Pathway Official Site
Border-to-Border Trailrelation 38467Official Site
Boyne City to Charlevoix Trailrelation 13365068
Bridge to Bay Trailrelation 9767420Bridge to Bay Trail Official Site
Brighton-Equestrian TrailBrighton-Equestrian Trail Official Site
Brighton Recreation Area Bishop Lake Mountain Bike Trailsrelation 11111644
Burt Lake TrailBurt Lake Trail Official Site
Buttles Road PathwayButtles Road Pathway Trail Official Site
Cadillac PathwayOfficial Site
Calhoun County Trail
Canada Lakes PathwayOfficial Site
Cannon Township Trailrelation 6156193
Canton Trail Network
Cedar River PathwayOfficial Site
Chippewa Nature Trail
Clinton River Trailrelation 272100
Conner Creek Greenway
Cros-Lex Trail
Crow Lake PathwayCrow Lake Pathway
Detroit Riverwalk
Dodge Park Trail and Clinton River Park Trail
Downriver Linked Greenways
Falling Waters Trailrelation 272953Official Site
Flacks Lake Pathwayrelation 13658299
Fraser Township Rail Trail
Fred Meijer Clinton-Ionia-Shiawassee Trail (CIS)relation 9767417Official Site
Fred Meijer White Pine Trail State Parkrelation 273878Official Site
Freedom Trail
Grand Blanc Township Pathway
Grand Haven Lakeshore Trailrelation 2815926
Grand Haven Lakeside Trail Network
Grand River Arts Walk
Grayling Community Pathway
Great Lakes Bay Regional Trail
Gregory K. Baderschneider Riverwalk Trailrelation 11533155
Grosse Ile Trail
Harger Line Rail Trailrelation 9768278
Harrison Township Freedom Trail
Hayhoe River Trail
Hickory Glen MTB Trailrelation 11967938
High Country Pathwayfoot relation 2450544, mtb relation 2438894Pigeon River Association
Hillman to Alpena Trail
Hines Park / Rouge Gateway Greenway
Hudson Mills to Dexter Huron Metroparks
Huron Valley Trailrelation 272278
Huron-Sunrise Trailrelation 9768479
I-275 Bike Pathrelation 272134
ITC Corridor Trailrelation 6176624
Indiana-Michigan River Valley Trail
Ionia River Trail
Michigan/Iron Belle TrailPDF Map DNR Site
Island Lake Pathway
Jackson Inter-City Trailrelation 272954
Kahchin Trailway 361822236Kahchin Trail Official Site
Kal-Haven Trailrelation 272890
Kalamazoo River Valley Trailrelation 272900
Kensington Metropark Trail
Kiwanis Trailrelation 9768483Kiwanis Trail Site
Kochville Township Pathway
Lakes Community Trailrelation 11968553
Lansing River Trailrelation 22308
Leelanu Trailrelation 281863
Little Traverse Wheelwayrelation 9767428
Lower Rouge River Trailrelation 6176625
Macomb Orchard Trailrelation 272055
Mid-Michigan Community Pathway
Midland City Trail
Midland to Mackinaw Trailrelation 13807090
Mike Levine Lakelands Trail State Parkrelation 272564DNR
Milford Trail
Millennium Park Trails Network Millennium Park
MLK Equality Trailrelation 10661699
Murray Lake Trailway 800017109 needs relationMurray Lake Trail Official Site
Muskegon Lakeshore Trailrelation 9767610
Musketawa Trailrelation 283289
North Central State Trailrelation 283256
North Country Trailrelation 1738662
North Eastern State Trailrelation 6120659
North Western State Trailrelation 13433967
Northern Tier Trailrelation 195704
Paint Creek Trailrelation 272097
Paul Henry Thornapple Trailrelation 283206
Penosha Trailway 361822237 (Needs Relation)Penosha Trail Official Site
Pere Marquette Rail Trailrelation 283226
Petoskey to Mackinaw Trailrelation 9767429
Polly Ann Trailrelation 272077
Portage Bikeway
Portland Riverwalk
Reeds Lake Trail
Rogers City Spur Trail
Shore-to-Shore State Horse Trailrelation 13778933See USDA and MTRA.
Sleeping Bear Heritage Trailrelation 2703225
Soo/Strong Trailway 17754201
South Lansing Pathwayrelation 11061618
Southern Links Trailwayrelation 9767685
TART Trailrelation 1579239
The Dragonrelation 13779115
The Edge
The Great Lake-to-Lake Trailsrelation 7962984Official Site
Torn Shirt Mountain Bike Trailway 436206294Torn Shirt Mountain Bike Trail Official Site
Van Buren State Park Rail Trailrelation 6138837
West Bloomfield Trailrelation 272123
White Pine Trailrelation 273878
William Field Memorial Hart-Montegue Trail State Parkrelation 9767611

National Recreation Trails

Thirty-one trails in Michigan are designated National Recreation Trails

NameRelationProgress and notes
Agonikak National Recreation Trailrelation 14414508Complete from Ottawa NF Visitors Center to US-45 as shown by Wilderness Lakes Trails
Bay de Noc - Grand Island Trailrelation 3149603
Belle Isle Bicycle Trail
Binder Winter Park Nordic Trail
Caberfae Way Snowmobileway 377540395way represents spur of this trail, check
Copper Harbor Trails
Ferguson Bayou Nature Trail
Flint River Water Trail
For-Mar Nature Preserveway 585470683way represents outer boundary of nature preserve, create Relation for network?
Gallup Parkway 218719815way represents outer boundary of park, create Relation for network?
Huron River Water Trail
Iron Ore Heritage Trailrelation 6157604
Jordan River Pathway
Lake Michigan National Water Trail
Lansing River Trailrelation 22308
Mackenzie Touring
Mackinac Island Trail System
Munising Cross Country Ski Trail
Musketawa Trailrelation 283289
North Central State Trailrelation 283256There are three relations for this, each one is a hiking/mtb/cycling route relation
North Eastern State Trail (NEST)relation 6120659
North Western State Trailrelation 13433967
Paint Creek Trailrelation 272097
Pine Ridge Nature Trailway 843589971needs relation created
Potawatomi-Gorge Falls Trail
Rapid River Cross-Country Trail
Saline River Trail, Curtiss Park Section
Shiawassee River
State Line-Mile Post Zero
The Island Loop Route
Wildwood Pathwayrelation 942970837Needs relation created

Water Trails

Current state of our State water trails. See the Common Tagging Schemes section of the Michigan page for a quick reference to mapping water trails and their amenities.

Renderers

Other maps and Information

Clean up

The following Overpass Turbo queries can be used for migrating to the canoe=* key.

whitewater to canoe

Likely because of OsmAnd's support of the whitewater schema, the whitewater key has been used in many places, where canoe would be more appropriate. Rather than map for the renderer, please upvote and comment on the request for OsmAnd to add support for the canoe key.

All Michigan whitewater tags have been converted to canoe=*.

nwr["whitewater"];

slipway to canoe=put_in

Presumably so they will be rendered by Mapnik, many canoe=put_ins have incorrectly been labeled as slipways.

nwr["leisure"="slipway"];

Water Trail Statuses

NameRelationProgress and notes
Central River Raisin Water Trail ★relation 15433781Official Site The relation now runs the length of the trail. Two portages were approximated using areal imagery. However, there are several low head dams without portages mapped and no landing was found at its end, Saint Mary's Park.
Chain of Lakes Water Trail ★relation 15433347Official Site The route relation has been roughed in. Not sure how good of an idea it is to mix river, township boundaries and route relations in one way. Some slipways and hazards have been mapped. There is also a fair amount of this river missing riverbank areas.
Clinton River Water Trail ★relation 15463386Official site map at MichiganWaterTrails.org YouTube - OutsidewithClyde Started to map the relation, but cannot figure out where the takeout would be near Dixie Highway.
Flint River Water Trail (FRWT) ★relation 15437359Official Site The relation runs the length of the trail. A final put in will need to be identified and mapped. There are sections of riverbank not mapped along Farmers Creek and the Flint River. Most of the riverbank of the Flint River is one giant area formed by two lengths of way combined by a relation. This should be split into smaller areas. From looking at the official guide, there are many more put ins and amenities yet to be mapped.
Lower Grand River Water Trailrelation 15314552Official Site The route relation has been created. See project page for details.
Middle Grand River Water Trailrelation 10716367Official Site Complete. See project page for details.
Upper Grand River Water Trailrelation 15541303Official Site Relation started. See project page for details.
Huron River Water Trail ★relation 12366431Official Site Relation complete. Needs portages, put_ins and amenities added.
Island Loop Route ★relation 15470475Official site Relation complete. Other amenities may need to be mapped or improved.
Kalamazoo River Water Trailrelation 14574863Website Not listed as an official water trail on Michigan's website.
Lower Rouge River Water TrailWebsite
Shiawassee River Trail ★relation 15486516Official site Relation complete. Needs portages, put_ins and amenities added. Needs river areas along many sections.

State-Designated

Equestrian Trails

The trails best described as having primary use for horseback riding can be tracked using route=horse, usually composed of segments with the primary highway=bridle_way, or ancillary permitted use horse=yes and are listed below:

NameRelationProgress and notes
Addison Oaks County Parkmultiple relationsneeds superroute to contain multiple relations relation 12666887, relation 12666897, relation 12666890, relation 12666894, relation 12666893, these also appear to duplicate hiking route relations with same name, i.e. "Trail Loop E", relation 2363203. Recommend review to determine which ways are primarily bridleways, and add foot=yes to route relation vs. have duplicated relations for same named route.
Shore to Shore Trailrelation 13778933
Shore to Shore Trail - North Spurrelation 13946947

Bicycle Trails

Bicycle and Cycle routes are popular in the state of Michigan for recreation use. Following is a listing of route relations that may consist of ways primarily dedicated to bicycle use ( highway=cycleway), a cycle lane within a road (cycleway=*), trails or roads which are part of cycle routes bicycle=designated. Mountain biking use can be distinguished by using route=mtb, mtb=* values.

NameRelationProgress and notes
RAMBA Trailsrelation 12425503

Off-Road Vehicle Trails/Routes

Current state of ATV/UTV/Motorcycle trails. See the Common Tagging Schemes section of the main Michigan for quick reference to mapping trails and their amenities. Many of these trails are limited to a specified width, so consider tagging with the maxwidth=*, value is in meters, not feet or inches so conversion is needed from published data. Some trails are narrow and specifically for motorcycle use; others may permit full-size highway vehicles. Use *=designated to specify the allowed motorized vehicle use such as for (motorcycle=*, atv=*). Trails may also be open to multiple uses such as foot or bicycle use, consider tagging foot=yes, bicycle=yes, or mtb=yes. Horse-back riding is generally not a permitted use on off-road vehicle trails, so carefully review any segments tagged with horse=*. These routes may coincide with winter snowmobile=* trails and routes also. Consider creating a relation when a route includes both on-road and off-road trail segements. A comprehensive listing of off-road vehicle trails and routes can be found at the Michigan DNR website. Many of these trails have been financed by annual off-road vehicle licenses and trail permit fees, which in turn increases the number of trails available to ride and their continued maintenance.

NameRelationProgress and notes
20 Rd. To Grand Traverse County Motorcycle MCCCTrelation 13433354created relation from MDNR data; this is an approved connector route on county roads
A RouteA Route East to West, in both Eastern UP and Central UP regions
AE RouteCentral UP
AF RouteCentral UP
AG RouteCentral UP
AH RouteEastern UP
AI RouteEastern UP
AJ RouteEastern UP
AN RouteEastern UP
AQ RouteEastern UP
AR RouteEastern UP
Alcona ORV Trailway 564783377Needs relation created
Ambrose Lake Trail
Ambrose Lake to Ogemaw Hills Trail
Ambrose Lake to Rose City Trail
Atlanta to Hunt Creek Motorcycle MCCCT
B RouteWestern UP
BD RouteWestern UP
BF RouteWestern UP
BH RouteWestern UP
BK RouteWestern UP
BL RouteWestern UP
BN RouteWestern UP
Baraga Plains Trailref="BPT"
Bass Lake Motorcycle Trailref="BLM"
Bay City Lake Trailref="BCT"
Beaver Creek Motorcycle & MCCCT
Big Bear Trail
Big O Motorcycle MCCCT
Birch Hill Motorcycle Trailref="BHM"
Black Lake Trail & Route
Brevort-Trout Lake Motorcycle Trailref="BTM"
Bull Gap Trailway 544256140Needs to be continued- see fixme
Bull Gap HCA Access Trailway 1030399510Needs to be continued- see fixme
Bummers Roost Trail
C RouteC Route East to West, in both Eastern UP and Central UP regions
CL RouteCentral UP
Cedar Creek Trail
Cranberry Lake Trailref="CLT"
Danaher Plains Trail
Denton Creek ORV Trail Eastway 17955377Denton Creek Trail & Route, East and West
Devils Lake Route
Drummond Island Route & Trailref="DIR" and "DIT"
Evart Motorcycle Trail
F RouteCentral UP
Foreman Lake Motorcycle Trailref="FLM"
Forest Island Route & Trailref="FIR" and "FIT"
Frederic ORV Trailway 509691880Needs relation created, Frederic Trail & Route, North and South
G RouteCentral UP
Geels to Roscommon Route Map
Geels Trail
Gladwin Trail & Route
Grand Traverse Motorcycle Trailrelation 14029908started, needs additional ways, connectivity established
Grand Traverse to Leetsville Motorcycle MCCCT
Holton Loop Motorcycle Trail
Hunt Creek Motorcycle Trail
Huron ORV Trailway 567133163Needs to be continued, Huron Trail East and West
Huron Trail West & Huron-Sand Lake Spur Trail
ICR RouteWestern UP
Indian Gardens ORV Route
Indian River Route
J RouteEastern UP
K RouteEastern UP
KA RouteEastern UP
Kalkaska Trail & Route
Kinross Motorcycle Trailref="KRM"
L RouteEastern UP
LL RouteWestern UP
Leetsville to Kalkaska Motorcycle & MCCCT
Leetsville Trail
Leota Trail
Lincoln Hills Motorcycle Trail & Route
Little Manistee Routeway 17847558Coincides with SMT LP362
Little Manistee Motorcycle Trailrelation 14029649needs more work, more ways added for connectivity, extending route
Little O Trail
Long Lake Motorcycle Trail
M RouteEastern UP
MA RouteEastern UP
M-20 to Big O Motorcycle MCCCT
M-20 to Big O Trail
M-30 North Gladwin Motorcycle MCCCT
M-30 to St. Helen #3 Motorcycle MCCCT
M-55 to 20 Rd. Motorcycle MCCCT
M-55 to State Rd. Motorcycle MCCCT
MCCCT Cross State Connector Map
Mack Lake Loop Trailway 558942057formerly Bull Gap Trail, Needs to be continued- see fixme
Mio Trail and Route
Mio to Meadows Motorcycle MCCCT
Missaukee Junction Trail
Moss Lake Motorcycle Trailref="MLM"
Newberry-Rexton Motorcycle Trailref="NRM"
North Branch Route
North Missaukee Motorcycle MCCCT
North Missaukee Trail, Route, Motorcycle & MCCCT
Norway Trailref="NWT"
OC RouteWestern UP
OR RouteWestern UP
Ogemaw Hills to St. Helen Trail
Ogemaw Hills Trail & Route
Old State House Trail and Route
P RouteWestern UP
Pine Ridge Trailrelation 14092274ref="PRT"
Porterfield Lake Motorcycle Trailref="PLM"
Red Bridge to Atlanta Motorcycle MCCCT
Red Bridge Trail & Routeway 17759745
Rose City Trail & MCCCT
SB RouteWestern UP
SL RouteWestern UP
SLA RouteWestern UP
SLC RouteWestern UP
SLW RouteWestern UP
Sandtown Motorcycle Trailref="STM"
Silver Creek Trailref="SCT"
Silver Lake ORV Area
St. Helen to Geels Trail & MCCCT
St. Helen Trail & Route
The Meadows Trail
The Meadows Trail - Rose City Trail Connector MCCCT
Tin Cup Spring Motorcycle Trail & Route
Tomahawk to Kalkaska Motorcycle MCCCT
Tomahawk to Red Bridge Motorcycle MCCCT
Tomahawk Trail A Loop
Tomahawk Motorcycle Trail B Loop
Tomahawk Motorcycle Trail C Loop
Two-Heart Trailrelation 14092211ref="THT"
West Higgins Route
West Higgins Trail & Routeway 17952427
White Cloud Trail Loop

Snowmobile Trail/Routes

Current state of Over-Snow, Snowmobile trails and routes. See the Common Tagging Schemes section of the main Michigan for quick reference to mapping trails and their amenities. See snowmobile=* for a guide to tagging snowmobile routes. More information can also be found at the Michigan Snowmobile & ORV Assocation. Snowmobile routes are best created as relations because they coincide with many other roads and trails that have spring/summer/autumn uses. Some segments may be limited to only seasonal=winter use for over-snow vehicles because they cross wetlands or cultivated fields that are impassable in other seasons. Use snowmobile=designated to specify the approved use of the segment as part of a route for over-snow vehicles. Consider using the ref=* tag to indicate the route name/number to avoid conflicts with name=*. For seasonal roads included in the snowmobile route, add winter_service=* and snowplowing=* to record winter maintenance level. See trailblazed=* for information on recording trail markers and blazes. Sometimes snowmobile routes parallel snowplowed roads, operating on the shoulder or the vegetation-free right-of-way (verge=*, and in that case should be mapped as part of the road feature.

NameRelationProgress and notes, grooming/operator
LP 3many operators
LP 3_35
LP 3_6
LP 4
LP 4_7Gaylord Area Snowmobile Trails Council
LP 4_76
LP 4_9
LP 5
LP 5_30Pere Marquette Snowmobile Club
LP 6
LP 12Edwardsburg Snowmobile Club
LP 18Grand Traverse Area Snowmobile Club
LP 19West Shore Snowmobile Council
LP 20Thumbs Up Snowmobile Club
LP 21Thumbs Up Snowmobile Club
LP 22Thumbs Up Snowmobile Club
LP 30
LP 33
LP 35
LP 36Irons Area Tourist Association
LP 37
LP 39Benzie-Manistee Snowbirds
LP 47Greater Grayling Snowmobile Association
LP 55Grand Traverse Area Snowmobile Club
LP 58not groomed/no operator listed, Great Lake to Lake Trail
LP 59Allegan County Snowmobile Club and others
LP 130Edwardsburg Snowmobile Club
LP 182Snowbusters Snowmobile Club
LP 191West Shore Snowmobile Council
LP 192West Shore Snowmobile Council
LP 194West Shore Snowmobile Council
LP 196
LP 222Great Lakes Four Wheel Drive Association, Cycle Conservation Club
LP 312
LP 320
LP 324
LP 340
LP 344E
LP 344W
LP 345
LP 350Irons Area Tourist Association
LP 358Cadillac Winter Promotions
LP 362
LP 373
LP 376Cadillac Winter Promotions
LP 379Cadillac Winter Promotions
LP 386Benzie-Manistee Snowbirds
LP 386NBenzie-Manistee Snowbirds
LP 386SBenzie-Manistee Snowbirds
LP 391Benzie-Manistee Snowbirds
LP 395Benzie-Manistee Snowbirds
LP 404Great Lakes Four Wheel Drive Association
LP 409Lewiston Fun Ones
LP 429Lewiston Fun Ones
LP 448Lewiston Fun Ones
LP 449Lewiston Fun Ones
LP 450Lewiston Fun Ones
LP 461Alpena Snowmobile Association
LP 462Alpena Snowmobile Association
LP 464Alpena Snowmobile Association
LP 468Alpena Snowmobile Association
LP 482Greater Grayling Snowmobile Association
LP 487Rosco-Higgins Trail Cruisers
LP 492Great Lakes Four Wheel Drive Association
LP 494Great Lakes Four Wheel Drive Association
LP 496Great Lakes Four Wheel Drive Association
LP 510Grand Traverse Area Snowmobile Club
LP 551Grand Traverse Area Snowmobile Club
LP 590DriftSkippers Snowmobile Club
LP 591Allegan County Snowmobile Club, West Michigan Snowmobile Council
LP 592Allegan County Snowmobile Club
LP 593Allegan County Snowmobile Club
LP 594Allegan County Snowmobile Club
LP 595DriftSkippers Snowmobile Club
LP 599Allegan County Snowmobile Cl
SM 76way 17715970not reviewed, needs relation for multiple ways, way 17721187, way 17721807, way 17722938, way 17744327, way 17751913, way 17758582
Unnamed Routeway 17750867may be part of SM76? needs review
SMT LP76way 17753466Also tagged as Indian River Route, appears to have good tagging information from MDNR, Needs relation because there are multiple ways with this tag (e.g. way 17759858)
SMT LP362way 17847558Coincides with Little Manistee ORV Route

To Do

NameRelationProgress and notes
Bangor-South Haven Heritage
Beaver Island
Blueways of St. Clair
Boardman Rive
Cass River
Chain of Lakeswebsite
Clinton River
Detroit Heritage River
Flint River
Galien River Marsh
Grand River Heritage Water TrailAll, Upper, Middle relation 10716367, LowerIn process. See project page for details.
Hiawatha
Huron River Water Trailtrail relation 12366431 river relation 10716367official map

Added the trail's relation and corrected minor issues along the way. Still need to map access points and portages, then add them to the relation.

Inland Waterway
Isle Royale National Park
Kalamazoo River
Keweenaw
Lake Huron Blueways
Lake Huron North Shore
Lake Macatawa Loop
Lake Michigan (Mason-Lake)
Lake Michigan (WMEAC)
Lake Michigan
Lake St. Clair Coastal
Lake Superior East
Mona Lake Loop
Monroe County
Paw Paw River
Pentwater Lake Loop
Pine River Canoe
Rouge River
Saginaw Bay
Shiawassee Heritage River
Silver Lake Loop
Spring Lake
St. Joseph River
St. Marys River Island Explorer
Thumb Heritage
Western U.P.
White Cloud Blue
White Lake
White River
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