Trails
The TART Trails system currently consists of seven multi-use trails in Grand Traverse and Leelanau counties as well as a cross-town bike route. The nearly 60-miles of trails vary in length, surface type and difficulty.
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Trail Guidelines
- Be considerate of all trail users.
- Cyclists yield to slower traffic, especially children.
- Keep to the right, except when passing.
- Cyclists ride single file when other users present.
- Alert others when passing.
- Keep pets on a 6-foot leash. Clean up after your pet.
- Respect private property. Stay on the trail.
- Stop at all STOP signs.
- For all emergencies, DIAL 911.
- Winter Snow/Fat Bike Cyclists – There are several options for you to enjoy the trails in the winter. We encourage you to either:
- Ride at the Vasa Single-track off of Supply Road.
- Start at Timber Ridge Resort and follow their marked trail to the Vasa Single-track.
- Start behind the warming hut at the Vasa Pathway trailhead – there is ‘unmarked’ single-track that leads to the Vasa Single-track. As of January 2012, there are green dots on trees marking the way. Please do not ride on the trails that are groomed for cross-country skiing.
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TART Trail
The 10.5 mile long TART Trail is a paved urban transportation corridor with an eastern end point at M-72 (Bates Road) in Acme Township and a western end point at the M-22/M-72 intersection in Traverse City. The eastern trail section from M-72 to Lautner Road is 2 miles, and then the trail leapfrogs to Bunker [...]
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Leelanau Trail
The 15.5 mile Leelanau Trail is a non-motorized pathway connecting Traverse City to Suttons Bay. Running through the last of Leelanau County’s former railroad corridors, the Leelanau Trail creates the perfect setting for transportation, recreation and environmental education. The route stretches through rolling hills, lush forests, picturesque orchards, peaceful meadows and an aquatic medley of [...]
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Vasa Pathway
Located in the Pere Marquette State Forest, the Vasa Pathway features a series of loops (3K, 5K, 10K, 25K) that offer users a variety of challenges from easy to difficult. The Vasa Pathway is maintained and groomed for cross-country skiing by TART Trails under an agreement with the Michigan Department of Natural Resources and Grand [...]
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Boardman Lake Trail
The 2-mile wooded trail along the east side of Boardman Lake was constructed in October 2005. Access and parking at the north end is off Hannah Road just south of the Traverse Area District Library, and at the south end from Medalie Park in the Logan’s Landing area off South Airport Road. The heavily wooded, [...]
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Buffalo Ridge Trail
The Buffalo Ridge Trail is a proposed 2.7 mile trail connecting Division Street to South Airport Road.The trail will link to the existing Mall Trail and Boardman Lake Trail by way of Griffin Street. The trail will provide access to three schools, numerous natural areas, the Commons, Historic Barns Park, Great Wolf Lodge and the [...]
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Boardman River Trail
The Boardman River Trail Committee, composed of various partners and spearheaded by Richard Naperala, formed in 2010 to explore feasibility of developing a 24-mile trail that follows the Boardman River Valley from Traverse City to the North Country Trail (NCT). Most of the proposed trail is in forested area on existing dirt paths and two-tracks. [...]
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Three Mile Trail
The first phase of the Three Mile Trail opened in 2006. The 2-mile long trail goes along Three Mile Road from the State Park beach on US 31 to South Airport Road. The trail was built as part of the Three Mile Road widening project. TART worked with the Grand Traverse County Road Commission on [...]
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Mall Trail
The nearly 2-mile long Mall Trail parallels US-31 from 14th St to South Airport Rd near the Grand Traverse Mall. The Mall Trail connects downtown Traverse City residents with many commercial businesses and restaurants. The Grand Traverse County Road Commission built the Mall Trail in 1997 with the financial assistance of the Charter Township of [...]
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TART in Town Cross-Town Route
TART in Town is a program to mark point-to-point bike routes in downtown Traverse City. The “Cross-Town Route” is an east-west bike route that currently goes from TC Central High to the TART the Commons and Munson Medical Center. Other planned bike routes include several north-south connections. Possible connections are planned are a “Rose St. [...]
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