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Pere Marquette State Trail

Rail-trail in Michigan · OpenStreetMap relation

Length
56.1 mi 90.2 km1
On former railbed
46.1 mi 82%
Surface
Paved1
Last checked
Oct 12, 2026

The Pere Marquette State Trail is a bicycle and multi-use trail in lower Michigan, running 55 miles (89 km) through Clare, Lake, and Osceola Counties. Intersecting with the White Pine Trail in Reed City, the trail is paved in areas, with a ballast or cinder surface elsewhere. The trail's western terminus is the Village of Baldwin with the City of Clare as its eastern terminus. From Baldwin east to The Pere Marquette State Trail is open to non-motorized uses. Except for a gap at its eastern end as the trail enters the City of Clare, it is developed on a former railroad bed. From the City of Clare southeast to Midland, the trail continues as the Pere Marquette Rail Trail.

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Pere Marquette State Trail 2022.jpg
Pere Marquette State Trail 2022.jpg · Photo: Notorious4life (talk) (Uploads) · CC0 · Wikimedia Commons

Photos

  • Reed City, along the trail Reed City, along the trail
    Photo: BIG ALBERT · CC0 · Flickr
  • Reed City, along the trail Reed City, along the trail
    Photo: Harold Litwiler, Poppy · CC BY-SA · Flickr
  • Grant Township, along the trail Grant Township, along the trail
    Photo: Chic Bee · CC BY · Flickr
  • Grant Township, along the trail Grant Township, along the trail
    Photo: Ken Lund · CC BY-SA · Flickr
  • Grant Township, along the trail Grant Township, along the trail
    Photo: Ken Lund · CC BY-SA · Flickr

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Sources

  1. OpenStreetMap relation 4279469, OpenStreetMap contributors · Map data · ODbL · checked Oct 12, 2026
  2. 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”
  3. “Pere Marquette State Trail”, Wikipedia · Encyclopedia · CC BY-SA 4.0 · checked Oct 12, 2026
  4. Wikidata Q7167748, Wikidata · Knowledge base · CC0 · checked Oct 12, 2026

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