Английская Википедия:Fred Meijer White Pine Trail State Park

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Шаблон:Short description Шаблон:Use mdy dates Шаблон:Infobox trail Fred Meijer White Pine Trail State Park is a Шаблон:Convert long linear state park in the U.S. state of Michigan.

The trail extends from northern Grand Rapids to Cadillac, and it lies on the path graded for the Grand Rapids and Indiana Railroad (later absorbed by the Pennsylvania Railroad). The White Pine Trail is a rail trail park. It was named the "Fred Meijer White Pine Trail State Park" after a donation by grocery store executive Fred Meijer.

History

As the railroad ceased operation in the mid-1980s, the Michigan Department of Transportation came to own the rail bed. By 1994 the property was transferred to the Michigan Department of Natural Resources (DNR), which began replacing the rails with a trail for public recreational use.

Current Condition

The trail extends from Ann Street in Grand Rapids north to Cadillac. The trail is completely paved as of the fall of 2023.

Snowmobiles are permitted on most of the trail, between Russell Road (near Cedar Springs) and South Street in Cadillac. Motorized wheel vehicles (other than personal accessibility devices) are not permitted.

In addition to the Michigan DNR doing maintenance on the trail, volunteers, organized by Friends of the White Pine Trail. [1] also provide hundreds of volunteer hours of maintenance and advocacy work.

Communities Along Trail

The trail passes through the following communities:

• Comstock Park, Michigan
• Belmont, Michigan
• Rockford, Michigan
• Cedar Springs, Michigan
• Sand Lake, Michigan
• Pierson, Michigan
• Howard City, Michigan
• Morley, Michigan
• Stanwood, Michigan
• Big Rapids, Michigan
• Paris, Michigan
• Reed City, Michigan
• Ashton, Michigan
• Le Roy, Michigan
• Tustin, Michigan
• Cadillac, Michigan

Waypoints

Шаблон:GeoGroup Waypoints for the Fred Meijer White Pine Trail State Park. ↑ in the Distance column points to the other waypoint that the distance is between.

Location	Services	Distance (approx.)	Coordinates
Cadillac, Michigan	Parking, Restroom		Шаблон:Coord
Waypoint 2	Parking, Restroom	↑ Шаблон:Convert	Шаблон:Coord
Tustin, Michigan	Drinking Fountain, Restroom	↑ Шаблон:Convert	Шаблон:Coord
Le Roy, Michigan	Drinking Fountain, Restroom	↑ Шаблон:Convert	Шаблон:Coord
Reed City, Michigan	Drinking Fountain, Restroom	↑ Шаблон:Convert	Шаблон:Coord
Paris, Michigan	Drinking Fountain, Restroom	↑ Шаблон:Convert	Шаблон:Coord
Big Rapids, Michigan		↑ Шаблон:Convert	Шаблон:Coord
Morley, Michigan	Drinking Fountain, Parking, Restroom	↑ Шаблон:Convert	Шаблон:Coord
Howard City, Michigan	Drinking Fountain, Restroom	↑ Шаблон:Convert	Шаблон:Coord
Cedar Springs, Michigan	Parking	↑ Шаблон:Convert	Шаблон:Coord
Comstock Park, Michigan		↑ Шаблон:Convert	Шаблон:Coord

Plans

The trail is also connected to other trail systems in the state, including the Kent Trails system in Grand Rapids (currently connected with a designated bike route through the city between Butterworth Ave SW and the Lake Michigan Credit Union Ballpark,) Musketawa Trail, much as the White Pine Trail already connects with the Pere Marquette State Trail in Reed City.

External links

• The White Pine Trail - TheRockfordNetwork.com
• Friends of the White Pine Trail
• Michigan Rail Trail info
• White Pine Trail State Park page at RailsToTrails.us