Mike Levine Lakelands Trail State Park | |
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Location | Lower Peninsula, Ingham County, Livingston County, Washtenaw County, Michigan USA |
Nearest city | Pinckney, Michigan |
Coordinates | 42°28′03″N 84°00′27″W / 42.4675°N 84.0075°W |
Established | 1991[1] |
Governing body | |
Length | 26 mi (42 km) |
Trailheads | Stockbridge, Michigan Hamburg Township, Michigan |
Use | Cycling, Equestrian, Hiking, XC skiing, Running |
Difficulty | Easy |
Season | All |
Website | Official site |
Lakelands Trail State Park, officially the Mike Levine Lakelands Trail State Park since January 20, 2017, is a state park in Michigan that runs east–west from southwest of Munith to Hamburg Township, Michigan. It is a multi-use trail converted from abandoned railroad corridors. According to the Michigan DNR web site, the north side of the trail is for hiking and biking, and the south side is for horseback riding.[2] Based on the latest published DNR map[3] the trail is 31.9 miles (51.3 km) long with the surface from Hawkins Rd. southwest of Munith to west of Pinckney composed of sections of crushed limestone, slag and sand, or unimproved. 10 miles (16 km) are paved in Hamburg Township [4] from the first intersection with M-36 west of Pinckney to end of the park east of the Hamburg Rd. trailhead. A paved section of trail also extends from the edge of the park east of Hamburg Rd. to the west side of Whitmore Lake Rd., just south of its intersection with 9 Mile Rd in Green Oak Township.
From Stockbridge to Pinckney, horses are routinely ridden on the unpaved trail surface. Only the paved portion from just west of Pinckney to the east end in Hamburg Township is consistently usable by bicyclists.
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