Petoskey Trail Town Celebration

Petoskey Parks and Recreation Department and the North Country Trail Association will hold the 5thAnnual “Petoskey Trail Town Celebration” in Pennsylvania Park between Lake Street and Mitchell Street on National Trails Day, Saturday, June 3, from 9:00 am to 3:00 pm. “National Trails Day” was established in 1991 by the American Hiking Society as a celebration of America’s magnificent Trail System, and occurs annually on the first Saturday in June.

Top of Michigan Trails Council will be involved as a sponsor of this celebration of trails in our area. The North Country Trail shares parts of the Little Traverse Wheelway and the North Western State Trail, so we will celebrate the Trail Town status of Petoskey on Saturday by hosting a “Trail Rally” for families and other groups that want to get on bikes and explore our shared part of the trail.

Watch for your list of challenges on this page after 3:00 p.m. Friday, June 2. Then head out on the Wheelway to meet the challenges. You’ll want to bring a friend, since some challenges require at least two people. And you’ll need a cell phone, since some require photo proof!

Turn in the solutions to your challenges between 10 and noon on Saturday, June 3 at the TOMTC table in Pennslyvania Park. All with correct solutions will be entered into a prize drawing during the FREE lunch at 12:30 p.m.

Top of Michigan Trails Council

National Trails Day Trail Rally on the Little Traverse Wheelway

Please note:

You may use this list, or print an identical one: Top of Michigan Trails Council Trail rally.

There are two challenge levels for the Trail Rally.  One is abbreviated for families with small children that can’t easily pedal from Bayfront Park to D&W. The extended challenge list includes everything on List I and also List II! A good place for everyone to start their challenge is at the parking lot behind the Historical Museum at Petoskey’s Bayfront Park.

List I (for families with small kids)

1. How many steps are there on the stairway from Lake Street to the Historical Museum parking lot?
2. There is some outdoor history to be found on the trail near the museum! Name one of the passenger ships that used to take visitors to Petoskey “back in the day.”
3. There is a memorial garden by the waterfall. The garden is in memory of a man born in 1901. What is his MIDDLE name?
4. Take a picture of at least one person in your party on the middle landing of the stairs coming down to the waterfall from Sunset Park.
5. Near the restroom at the end of the Bayfront Park drive, there is a map of the Little Traverse Wheelway. How many parking areas are there along this bike path?
6. By the restroom there is a list of invasive species on a kiosk. Name one!
7. Take a picture of at least one of your party, with a bicycle, by the “No Teaming or Driving” sign.
8. Take a picture of at least one member of your party in front of the Bob-In Again sign. NOTE: You’ll have to get off the Wheelway to do this.

List II (for everyone else!)

All of the above challenges, plus

1. How many tennis courts are there by the waterfront in Bay View?
2. One of the cottages on Grove Street has a name. What is it?
3. The Fettis-McCue Trailhead is named after two founders of the Top of Michigan Trails Council. What are their first names?
4. On the back of the D&W store is a mural. Take a picture with as many of your party as possible in front of the mural.

You’re done! Come back to Pennsylvania Park with your answers!