The North Eastern State Trail is a bicycle and

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that creates a non-highway right-of-way between Alpena and Cheboygan within three northern counties of Michigan's

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. The trail uses a section of the former roadbed of the

Detroit and Mackinac Railway The Detroit and Mackinac Railway , informally known as the "Turtle Line", was a railroad in the northeastern part of the Lower Peninsula of the U.S. state of Michigan. The railroad had its main offices and shops in Tawas City with its main line r ...

. Points of interest along the trail, from south to north, include: * Alpena * Posen * Onaway *

Aloha State Park Aloha State Park is a public recreation area located south of Cheboygan, Michigan, Cheboygan in Cheboygan County, Michigan, Cheboygan County, Michigan. The state park covers on the northeast side of Mullett Lake at the center of the Inland Wate ...

Mullett Lake Mullett Lake is a lake in Cheboygan County in the U.S. state of Michigan. The lake is named after John Mullett, who, together with William A. Burt, made a federal survey of the area from 1840 to 1843. A neighboring lake was named after Burt. Hist ...

* Cheboygan

References

{{Coord, 45.361475, -84.298603, type:landmark_region:US-MI, display=title Protected areas of Alpena County, Michigan Protected areas of Cheboygan County, Michigan Protected areas of Presque Isle County, Michigan