Registration for the 10th annual Top of Michigan Festival of Races 5k, 10k, half marathon opens on Wednesday, Jan. 15. Can you believe 2025 will mark the 10th year of the Festival? Although many things have changed since the inaugural race, we want to celebrate this...
Thanks to the support and vision of the Eastport and Torch Lake Township community, the Nakwema Trailway has secured a key piece of property at the gateway to Eastport! This marks a major step forward in meeting the community’s desire for a trailhead and opens the...
The Michigan Department of Natural Resources is teaming up with students at Michigan State University to help five communities in their trail-planning efforts. Through the DNR's partnership with the Community Sustainability Department in the College of Agriculture and Natural Resources at MSU, students taking a Michigan...
The Little Traverse Wheelway can be a busy place in the summer season. As the crown jewel of our trail network, the Wheelway annually draws thousands of visitors who want to stride and ride along Lake Michigan's shore. That much traffic - though an economic boon...
Thanks to the generous support of 104 donors, TART Trails recently reached funding goals for the Deepwater Connector Trail, a key Nakwema Trailway project in partnership with Acme Township. When completed, the Trailway will connect Charlevoix with the TART Trails system. Top of Michigan Trails Council...
For the first time in a long time, there is a major update on efforts to repair the Little Traverse Wheelway's washed out "Miracle Mile." On October 21, 2024 Baird Engineering presented an update to the Petoskey City Council. We encourage everyone to review the presentation...
Workers are nearing completion of Phase 3 of the Boyne City-Charlevoix Trail, a 2.36 mile extension from Springwater Beach Road (near Young State Park) to Horton Bay. The trail isn't open yet, but we'll let you know when it is. The trail paving appears complete. Workers...
Getting kids on bicycles is becoming a popular theme in Northern Michigan. Between Cindy Okerlund's popular Kids Pedaling with a Purpose program and other school-based bicycling programs popping up regionally, it seems children are rediscovering biking like never before. In Emmet and Charlevoix counties high school-age mountain...
Delayed by a large fire in downtown Cheboygan last year, the inaugural Tap Into the Trails event finally took place Saturday, Sept. 21. Thank you to everyone who participated or volunteered in the Trails Council's 5k and 10k Family Fun run, which was a big success....
Cindy Okerlund's volunteer-driven Kids Pedaling with a Purpose program runs like a well-oiled machine. But weather sometimes derails all best efforts. Such was the case last spring when rain forced the cancellation of two rides for then-fourth graders at Lincoln Elementary School. Nevertheless, Okerlund worked with...
