Lakelands Trail State Park Explained

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:42.4675°N -84.0075°W
Established:1991[1]
Governing Body:

Michigan Department of Natural Resources

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Lakelands Trail State Park
Length Mi:26
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 31.9miles 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. 10miles are paved in Hamburg Township 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.

Waypoints

Waypoints for Lakelands Trail State Park.[4] ↑ in the Distance column points to the other waypoint that the distance is between.

Location Services Distance
(approx.)
Coordinates
Parking
Parking ↑ 5miles
Parking ↑ 7.3miles
Merrill Road Parking ↑ 6.2miles
Hamburg Road ↑ 1miles

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: State of Michigan. When were Michigan state parks and recreation areas established?. 2019. March 30, 2022.
  2. http://www.dnr.state.mi.us/parksandtrails/Details.aspx?id=465&type=SPRK Lakelands Trail State Park
  3. https://www2.dnr.state.mi.us/Publications/PDFS/RecreationCamping/LinearTrail_MikeLevineLakelandsTrailStatePark.pdf#view=Fit Mike Levine Lakelands Trail State Park Multi-use rail-trail map
  4. http://www.traillink.com/trail/lakelands-trail-state-park.aspx Lakelands Trail State Park