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the Grand and Red Cedar rivers, you can Mountie Hope Mount Hope S Harrison S cross a bridge to Riverpoint Park where Lansing River Trail Access 127 MICHIGAN a western branch of the trail continues STATE Sunnyside UNIVERSITY Access Site Parking Restrooms Water Devonshire 496 along the Grand River to Moores Park. Tisdale Aurelius 1 Dietrich Park Yes No No Lincoln 10 Forest The eastern branch follows the S Washington 2 Turner Dodge Park Yes No Yes edge of the Red Cedar River through Dunlap 3 Brenke Fish Ladder Yes Yes Yes Scott Ruth

S Pennsylvania S Trails Legend a natural area from Potter Park Zoo to Woods 4 Burchard Park Yes Yes Yes Park Michigan State University, where you W Hodge Paved Trail 5 Rotary Park Yes Yes Yes Highways can explore a series of bike paths that W Holmes Hawk 6 Moores Park Yes Yes Yes Island Roads

wind through the campus. Be advised Cedar S County Sycamore Creek that this section of the trail is in a 7 Elm Park Yes No No Park Irvington 8 Potter Park and Zoo Yes Yes Yes Lansing Trail River

flood plain and may be impassable Stabler 11 Lowcroft during periods of high water. 9 Crego Park Yes No No

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Aurelius Meandering along Sycamore Creek, Collins the southern branch is, hands down, 11 Hawk Island County Park Yes Yes Yes Wayne one of the most beautiful sections of 12 Maguire Park Yes Portable No Munn — S. Lansing Pathway 127

Tranter Park 13 Clippert Street Parking Yes No No 12 paved trail in all of Michigan! Traveling Maguire Park E Jolly E Jolly 14 Kircher Field ParkW Jolly Yes No No Dunckel through a series of woodlands and 496 Sycamore Trail wetlands, and crossing several bridges, ©2021 Rockford Advertising.

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