A long weekend in Lake
Three nights on a small spring-fed lake in Clare County, with one afternoon drive north to Cadillac's two-lake waterfront.
Tag: Rail Trail
You’re walking the railroad that named the town
The nearest rail-trail to Sears is the Pere Marquette line itself — the railroad that put the town on the map, now asphalt over the old grade you can walk from the…
The Pere Marquette State Trail near Hersey
Paved rail-trail from Reed City through Hersey to Evart, past the settlement that founded a county.
A long weekend in Hersey
Two nights for a family from one Hersey home: a river morning, the rail-trail, and a meal in Reed City.
Staying in Hersey
The first village in Osceola County, where the Hersey River meets the Muskegon — trout water, quiet, and not much else.
Twenty-Two Miles of Somebody’s Stubbornness: The Hart-Montague Trail
Michigan's first paved rail-trail runs about twenty-two flat miles from Montague north to Hart, through orchards and four small towns.
Montague when the season turns
The White Lake beaches empty after Labor Day, the trail and the White River turn cold, and Lake Michigan gets dramatic. When to come.
A long weekend in Montague
A three-night, one-house plan: the rail trail, a Lake Michigan beach, the giant weathervane, and a downtown meal.
Staying in Montague
A small city on the north shore of White Lake, twinned with Whitehall, a channel away from Lake Michigan.
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.