North Central State Trail

In 2008 the North Central State Trail was named as one of the top five autumn destinations in the nation by Rails to Trails Conservancy.

The resurfaced Gaylord to Mackinaw City Trail, officially known as the North Central State Trail, opened on June 7, 2008, National Trails Day. The Gaylord to Mackinaw City Trail is an former railroad line that was improved with a crushed limestone surface in the fall of 2007.

The designated trailhead is located just north of downtown Gaylord on Fairview Road right across from the Soccer complex where parking is available. The view along the trail showcases some of the prettiest landscapes in the North. Farms, forest and open fields share the scene with scads of sparkling lakes, rivers and marshes buzzing with wildlife.

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Aspen Park

Aspen Park Dirt Trail

Featuring 100 acres of woods, paved and unpaved trails, tennis courts and some of the best scenery in Northern Michigan. 

If mountain biking is more to your liking then that too can be done in Aspen Park on one of the "dirt" trails developed in cooperation with the Northern Mid-Michigan Chapter of Michigan Mountain Biking Association (NMBA)