Where the Hersey meets the Muskegon
The Hersey River, thirteen and a half miles of cold trout water, empties into the Muskegon at the village that shares its name.
Tag: Muskegon River
Staying in Evart: the Muskegon River town in Osceola County
A small Osceola County city on the Muskegon River: the fishing, the quiet, and one loud July weekend of dulcimers.
The Muskegon River at Evart
Riverside Park straddles the Muskegon in Evart: two fishing platforms, a boat and canoe launch, a campground, and a summer livery.
After the dulcimers: Evart in October
The dulcimer festival owns July. October gives you the cold river, the color, and a town with the lights off.
A long weekend in Reed City
Three unhurried days for a family, built around one downtown home, two rail-trails, a river, and a burger.
Tubing and paddling the Muskegon
The free-flowing reach of the Muskegon River through Big Rapids — where to float, where to put in, and what the water is actually like.
The White Pine Trail Out of Big Rapids
Ninety-two miles of asphalt on the old Grand Rapids & Indiana grade, and the Big Rapids stretch that anchors it.
Big Rapids after the tubes come off
The Muskegon cools, the White Pine Trail turns, and Ferris fills the town back up. When to come, and what to pack.
A long weekend in Big Rapids
A park-once, two-or-three-night plan for Big Rapids: the White Pine Trail, the Muskegon River, downtown, and a burger.
Staying in Reed City: where the two rail-trails cross
The town where the White Pine and Pere Marquette trails cross at a rebuilt depot, near the Hersey and Muskegon rivers.