The Michigan Water Trails Manual is a resource for people who want to create a water trail in their community. The Manual provides tools to help you plan, develop amenities around, more...

This fall, a new boat launch was opened at the North Fishing Site in Lower Huron Metropark in Belleville, MI. This site provides accessible access to the Huron River Water Trail more...

Michigan Paddle Stewards has designed a set of signs that can be posted along water trails to inform paddlers about invasive species in the area and how to prevent their spread. more...

The Friends of Ludington State Park successfully raised funds for and installed an accessible kayak launch on Hamlin Lake in August 2021. In addition, they will be adding signage to several more...

Michigan Water Trails is pleased to announce that Bear Creek Township has added the Bear River Water Trail to the website. The Bear River runs 14.5 miles from Walloon Lake in more...

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The Beaver Island Water Trail in Lake Michigan is now available in Northwest Michigan! The Beaver Island Water Trail is a 42-mile (68 km) paddling trail that circumnavigates the entire Island. more...

The White Cloud Blue Water Trail in Newaygo County is now available in West Michigan Coastal Water Trail Experiences. The three mile paddle begins in White Cloud, MI at the White more...

The Quiet Water Society will once again join Michigan State University’s College of Agriculture and Natural Resources to host the Quiet Water Symposium on March 3, 2018 at the MSU Pavilion more...

As of 2019, Michigan boasts an estimated 2,880 miles of coastal water trails — covering nearly every mile of coastline on both the Upper and Lower Peninsulas — as well as more...

Saxon Harbor Marina & Campground was destroyed by a torrential rainstorm on July 11, 2016.  All facilities are closed until further notice.

Saturday, March 4, 20179:00 to 5:30 PMMichigan State University Pavilion4301 Farm Lane, East Lansing MI“Outdoor Michigan’s Favorite Indoor Show” Several thousand of the Great Lakes area’s most enthusiastic out-of-doors adventurers will meet more...

The Michigan Water Trail Summit was held on Thursday, September 15, 2016 at Shanty Creek Resort in Bellaire, MI. Over 80 people attended, and heard from over 30 presenters on topics more...

UpNorthLive.com sent a producer to the Michigan Water Trails Summit on September 15, 2016. Take a look at the video and text coverage here: UpNorthLive.com at the Summit

September is the perfect time to experience Michigan's many miles of trails, both on land and on water! Michigan has designated the week of September 17 as Michigan Trails Week. Use more...

Michigan’s 2016 State Water Trail SummitThursday, September 15, 2016Shanty Creek Resort, Bellaire, Michigan 8 a.m. Breakfast/Check-in9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Conference  Join your friends and colleagues for a great day of learning, sharing more...

The Union City Heritage Water Trail was featured in an article in the South Bend Tribune on June 29, 2016. The article includes a nice video with Val Rossman, founder of more...

Friends of the Rouge took two Crain's Detroit reporters on a tour of the Industrial Lower Rouge on June 8, 2016 with kayaks provided by Riverside Kayak Connection.  Reporter Dustin Walsh more...

Thanks to Sally Petrella from the Friends of the Rouge, the Rouge River Water Trail has been extensively updated on Michigan Water Trails. Several sub-trails were added and the Lower Rouge more...

The end of 2015 brought some new and updated trail information to the Michigan Water Trails website. The Eastern Upper Peninsula Regional Planning & Development Commission revised or added their water trails more...

Michigan DNR invited residents to vote for their favorite water trails via social media and an online voting contest, and the results are in! Here are the top 11 water trails more...

Paddlers can still participate in the Paddle Around Lower Michigan Relay. This exciting event started in June Detroit and will end in August in Belle Isle. Learn More Here http://paddlerelay.com/ 

Today, the Michigan Water Trails website underwent a major update, including the following: The site is now responsive, i.e. it can be used on any device with a browser, including smart phones, more...

This June, with Ann Arbor and the beautiful Huron River as its backdrop, the National Park Service held its very first Water Trails Forum for National Water Trails. The three-day event more...

Today there are more oblique airphotos on the Michigan Water Trails website: The Shoreviewer photos can now be added as an overlay on the Upper Peninsula maps. We also created a video more...

Paddlers of Michigan's Upper Peninsula coastlines should take a look at Superior Watershed Partnership's Great Lakes Shoreviewer. The Great Lakes Shoreviewer provides professional color photography of every inch of coastline (and many more...

TRAVERSE CITY, Mich. – September 25, 2014 – The Great Lakes State just got easier to explore for paddlers. Thanks to concerted support from Michigan’s Coastal Zone Management Program, water trail information more...

The project organized a water trail along the inland waterway and refined the water trail from Cheboygan to Mackinaw City. The regional effort involved communities, agencies, organizations, businesses and general public more...