Pere Marquette Rail-Trail

Rail-trail in Michigan · OpenStreetMap relation

Length: 30.2 mi 48.6 km¹
Surface: Paved¹
Last checked: Oct 12, 2026

The Pere Marquette Rail-Trail (PMRT) is a rail trail in Michigan occupying a 28-mile (45 km) abandoned CSX railroad corridor in Midland County and Isabella County that was once part of the Flint and Pere Marquette Railroad. In 1874, the tracks stretched from Ludington to Flint, transporting supplies to the timber industry in southern Michigan's mills. It is currently a Michigan Rails to Trails Conservancy Hall of Fame trail.

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bridge and ice fogged trees · Photo: Christian Collins · CC BY-SA · Flickr

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Bridge and ice fogged trees (31817771236).jpg
Photo: Christian Collins · CC BY-SA 2.0 · Wikimedia Commons
PM-Rail-trail.jpg
Photo: O. David Redwine · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Wikimedia Commons
Pere Marquette Rail Trail 2022.jpg
Photo: Notorious4life (talk) (Uploads) · CC0 · Wikimedia Commons
Roadside spring (34110056825).jpg
Photo: Christian Collins · CC BY-SA 2.0 · Wikimedia Commons
Clare, along the trail
Photo: Christian Collins · CC BY-SA · Flickr

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Sources

OpenStreetMap relation 283226, OpenStreetMap contributors · Map data · ODbL · checked Oct 12, 2026
Michigan DNR Statewide Railtrails, Michigan · Government dataset · Michigan DNR open data (verify redistribution terms) · checked Oct 12, 2026
“managing_org from Michigan DNR Statewide Railtrails”
“Pere Marquette Rail-Trail”, Wikipedia · Encyclopedia · CC BY-SA 4.0 · checked Oct 12, 2026
Wikidata Q7167745, Wikidata · Knowledge base · CC0 · checked Oct 12, 2026
Private · Official site · checked Oct 12, 2026

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