Fred Meijer White Pine Trail State Park

Fred Meijer White Pine Trail State Park is a 92-mile (148 km) long linear state park in the U.S. state of Michigan.

Fred Meijer White Pine Trail State Park
Length	92 mi (148 km)
Location	Lower Peninsula, Kent County, Mecosta County, Montcalm County, Osceola County, Wexford County, Michigan USA
Established	1996[1]
Trailheads	Comstock Park, Michigan Rockford, Michigan Cedar Springs, Michigan Sand Lake, Michigan Howard City, Michigan Morley, Michigan Big Rapids, Michigan Paris, Michigan Reed City, Michigan Tustin, Michigan Cadillac, Michigan
Use	Cycling, Hiking, Snow-mobiling, XC skiing
Difficulty	Easy
Season	All
Surface	Asphalt, Packed Gravel, Cinders
Maintained by	Michigan Department of Natural Resources
Website	Official site
Trail map Bike trail route highlighted in red

The trail extends from northern Grand Rapids to Cadillac, and it lies on the path graded for the Grand Rapids and Indiana Railroad (later absorbed by the Pennsylvania Railroad). The White Pine Trail is a rail trail park. It was named the "Fred Meijer White Pine Trail State Park"^[2] after a donation by grocery store executive Fred Meijer.

History

As the railroad ceased operation in the mid-1980s, the Michigan Department of Transportation came to own the rail bed. By 1994 the property was transferred to the Michigan Department of Natural Resources (DNR), which began replacing the rails with a trail for public recreational use.

Current Condition

The trail extends from Ann Street in Grand Rapids north to Cadillac. The trail is completely paved as of the fall of 2023.

Snowmobiles are permitted on most of the trail, between Russell Road (near Cedar Springs) and South Street in Cadillac. Motorized wheel vehicles (other than personal accessibility devices) are not permitted.

In addition to the Michigan DNR doing maintenance on the trail, volunteers, organized by Friends of the White Pine Trail. Archived August 15, 2010, at the Wayback Machine also provide hundreds of volunteer hours of maintenance and advocacy work.

Communities Along Trail

The trail passes through the following communities:

• Comstock Park, Michigan
• Belmont, Michigan
• Rockford, Michigan
• Cedar Springs, Michigan
• Sand Lake, Michigan
• Pierson, Michigan
• Howard City, Michigan
• Morley, Michigan
• Stanwood, Michigan
• Big Rapids, Michigan
• Paris, Michigan
• Reed City, Michigan
• Ashton, Michigan
• Le Roy, Michigan
• Tustin, Michigan
• Cadillac, Michigan

Waypoints

Waypoints for the Fred Meijer White Pine Trail State Park.^[3] ↑ in the Distance column points to the other waypoint that the distance is between.

Location	Services	Distance (approx.)	Coordinates
Cadillac, Michigan	Parking, Restroom		44°14′49″N 85°24′01″W
Waypoint 2	Parking, Restroom	↑ 2.2 miles (3.5 km)	44°13′22″N 85°25′37″W
Tustin, Michigan	Drinking Fountain, Restroom	↑ 8.5 miles (13.7 km)	44°06′09″N 85°27′29″W
Le Roy, Michigan	Drinking Fountain, Restroom	↑ 4.5 miles (7.2 km)	44°02′19″N 85°27′00″W
Reed City, Michigan	Drinking Fountain, Restroom	↑ 12 miles (19 km)	43°52′41″N 85°30′32″W
Paris, Michigan	Drinking Fountain, Restroom	↑ 6.2 miles (10.0 km)	43°47′20″N 85°30′08″W
Big Rapids, Michigan		↑ 5 miles (8.0 km)	43°43′04″N 85°29′09″W
Morley, Michigan	Drinking Fountain, Parking, Restroom	↑ 16 miles (26 km)	43°29′26″N 85°26′42″W
Howard City, Michigan	Drinking Fountain, Restroom	↑ 6.5 miles (10.5 km)	43°23′49″N 85°28′12″W
Cedar Springs, Michigan	Parking	↑ 12.1 miles (19.5 km)	43°11′01″N 85°34′00″W
Comstock Park, Michigan		↑ 16 miles (26 km)	43°01′30″N 85°39′56″W

Plans

The trail is also connected to other trail systems in the state, including the Kent Trails system in Grand Rapids (currently connected with a designated bike route through the city between Butterworth Ave SW and the Lake Michigan Credit Union Ballpark,) Musketawa Trail, much as the White Pine Trail already connects with the Pere Marquette State Trail in Reed City.