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Boardman Lake Trail
The Boardman Lake Trail (colloquially referred to as the "BLT") is a recreational trail in Traverse City, Michigan. Established in 2005 and completed in 2022, the trail encircles Boardman Lake, and features a number of bridges over the lake and Boardman River. The trail connects to and is part of the TART Trail The Traverse Area Recreation and Transportation Trails (TART Trails) are a system of non-motorized trails in and around Traverse City, Michigan, extending further into Grand Traverse and Leelanau counties. The system was established in 1998. T ... system. See also * List of rail trails in Michigan References Hiking trails in Michigan {{GrandTraverseCountyMI-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Traverse City, Michigan
Traverse City ( ) is a city in the U.S. state of Michigan. It is the county seat of Grand Traverse County, although a small portion extends into Leelanau County. It is the largest city in the 21-county Northern Michigan region. The population was 15,678 at the 2020 census, with 153,448 in the Traverse City micropolitan area. Traverse City is well-known for being a cherry production hotspot, as the area was the largest producer of tart cherries in the United States in 2010. The city hosts the National Cherry Festival, attracting approximately 500,000 visitors annually. The area is also known for its viticulture industry, and is one of the centers of wine production in the Midwest. Traverse City is located nearby the Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore, as well as a number of freshwater beaches, downhill skiing areas, and numerous forests. For these reasons, Traverse City is a year-round tourism hotspot, winning multiple accolades and awards. Traverse City has also been not ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Garfield Township, Grand Traverse County, Michigan
Garfield Township, officially the Charter Township of Garfield, is a charter township of Grand Traverse County in the U.S. state of Michigan. As of the 2020 census, the township had a total population of 19,499. Garfield Township is the largest municipality in Northern Lower Michigan by population. Much of the township is suburban, due to its proximity to Traverse City. It is one of four charter townships in the Traverse City micropolitan area; the others being Elmwood Township in Leelanau County, and East Bay and Long Lake townships in Grand Traverse County. History The first two townships of Grand Traverse County were organized in 1853; the Old Mission Peninsula was assigned to Peninsula Township, with its present-day boundaries, and the rest of the county, including Traverse City, was assigned to Traverse Township. However, it was renamed in 1882 in honor of recently assassinated president James A. Garfield. It is one of six townships named Garfield in Michigan, but ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Michigan
Michigan () is a state in the Great Lakes region of the upper Midwestern United States. With a population of nearly 10.12 million and an area of nearly , Michigan is the 10th-largest state by population, the 11th-largest by area, and the largest by area east of the Mississippi River.''i.e.'', including water that is part of state territory. Georgia is the largest state by land area alone east of the Mississippi and Michigan the second-largest. Its capital is Lansing, and its largest city is Detroit. Metro Detroit is among the nation's most populous and largest metropolitan economies. Its name derives from a gallicized variant of the original Ojibwe word (), meaning "large water" or "large lake". Michigan consists of two peninsulas. The Lower Peninsula resembles the shape of a mitten, and comprises a majority of the state's land area. The Upper Peninsula (often called "the U.P.") is separated from the Lower Peninsula by the Straits of Mackinac, a channel that joins Lak ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Boardman Lake
Boardman Lake is an alpine lake in Camas County, Idaho, United States, located in the Soldier Mountains in the Sawtooth National Forest. While no trails lead to the lake, it can be most easily accessed from trail 091. The lake is north of Boardman Peak.Sawtooth National Forest. "Sawtooth National Forest" ap1:126,720, 1"=2 miles. Twin Falls, Idaho: Sawtooth National Forest, United States Forest Service, 1998. References See also * Sawtooth National Forest * Soldier Mountains The Soldier Mountains are a mountain range in the U.S. state of Idaho, spanning northern Camas and eastern Elmore counties. The highest point in the range is Smoky Dome at , and the range is bounded on the west and north by the South Fork Bo ... Lakes of Idaho Lakes of Camas County, Idaho Glacial lakes of the United States Glacial lakes of the Sawtooth National Forest {{CamasCountyID-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Boardman River
The Boardman River ( '), also known as the Ottaway River ( ') or the Boardman–Ottaway River, is a U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline dataThe National Map, accessed November 21, 2011 river in the northwestern Lower Peninsula of Michigan. It rises in western Kalkaska County, and flows west and north through Grand Traverse County to end in downtown Traverse City at the Grand Traverse Bay, a bay of Lake Michigan. The river's watershed drains an area of through a combined of river and tributaries. Additionally, the Boardman River is considered one of the top ten trout streams in Michigan. History Prior to European settlement, the river was known as ''adaawewiziibi'', roughly translating from Ojibwe as "river of trade". In the year 1847, Captain Horace Boardman of Naperville, Illinois, purchased land at the head of Grand Traverse Bay, at a river then known as the Ottaway River. With the arrival of Hannah-Lay in the 1850s, the river w ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
TART Trail
The Traverse Area Recreation and Transportation Trails (TART Trails) are a system of non-motorized trails in and around Traverse City, Michigan, extending further into Grand Traverse and Leelanau counties. The system was established in 1998. The senior trail's acronym "TART" pays tribute to one of the best-known agricultural products of the Traverse City area, the tart cherry or pie cherry. For similar reasons, the local airport is called Cherry Capital Airport. Component trails Boardman Lake Trail The Boardman Lake Trail is a loop trail around Boardman Lake. It was established in 2005, and completed in 2022. Boardman/Ottaway River Trail The Boardman/Ottaway River Trail is a singletrack trail paralleling the Boardman River from Traverse City into the heart of Grand Traverse County. Buffalo Ridge Trail The Buffalo Ridge Trail is a trail on Traverse City's west side, in Garfield Township. Completed in 2012, the trail connects the former Traverse City State Hospital ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
List Of Rail Trails In Michigan
This list of rail trails in Michigan lists former railroad rights-of-way in Michigan that have been converted to rail trails for public use. A rail trail may still include rails, such as light rail or streetcar. By virtue of their characteristic shape (long and flat), some shorter rail trails are known as greenways and linear parks. , Michigan has the most total mileage (2,381) of any state. Upper Peninsula Northern Michigan West Michigan Central Michigan and the Thumb Southwest Michigan Southeast Michigan and Metro Detroit Images File:Dequindre Cut Detroit b.JPG, Dequindre Cut File:Fred meijer heartland trail gratiot.jpg, Fred Meijer Heartland Trail File:Kal-Haven Trail.jpg, Kal-Haven Trail File:Kiwanis Trail Adrian Michigan.JPG, Kiwanis Trail File:Rochester Michigan Paint Creek Trail.JPG, Paint Creek Trail File:PM-Rail-trail.jpg, Pere Marquette Rail-Trail File:White Pine Trail, Michigan.jpg, White Pine Trail See also * List of rail trails in th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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