Pere Marquette State Trail

Recreational trail in Michigan, United States

Not to be confused with Pere Marquette Rail Trail.

Pere Marquette State Trail

View of the trail in Grant Township just west of the city of Clare

Length| 55 mi (89 km)
Location| Clare, Lake, and Osceola Counties, Michigan
Trailheads| Baldwin, Michigan
Reed City, Michigan
Hersey, Michigan
Evart, Michigan
Lake, Clare County, Michigan
Farwell, Michigan
Use| Walking, running, biking, rollerblading
Difficulty| Easy
Surface| Asphalt, Ballast, Cinders
| Trail map

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.[1] Intersecting with the White Pine Trail in Reed City, the trail is paved in areas,[2] 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.

## Historical background

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The Pere Marquette Railway ran trains along the route, west past Baldwin to Ludington and east to Saginaw. At Saginaw the trains were timed to meet with separate Bay City-originating trains to Detroit. The PM's successor, the Chesapeake and Ohio Railway ended the Ludington to Saginaw trains in the latter months of 1949.[3][4]

## Location

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Pere Marquette State Trail  Location  | Coordinates

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West of Clare ( M-115)  | 43°49′40.4″N 84°48′40.0″W﻿ / ﻿43.827889°N 84.811111°W﻿ / 43.827889; -84.811111
Baldwin ( M-37 (Michigan Ave.))  | 43°53′50.6″N 85°51′05.9″W﻿ / ﻿43.897389°N 85.851639°W﻿ / 43.897389; -85.851639

## References

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1. ^ Pere Marquette State Trail Archived 2009-09-18 at the Wayback Machine
2. ^ TrailLink :: Pere Marquette State Forest Trail
3. ^ "Chesapeake and Ohio Railway, Tables 50, 53". Official Guide of the Railways. 82 (3). National Railway Publication Company. August 1949.
4. ^ "Chesapeake and Ohio Railway, Table 53, freight only, November 1950 schedule". Official Guide of the Railways. 82 (8). National Railway Publication Company. January 1950.

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