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Kalamazoo Park 56th Nature Gezon Pkwy Kentwood Wing Preserve Division Kent Trails Kent 131

15 8 Ivanrest M-6 Trail 60th 60th 60th

6 Park Clyde 6 M-6 Trail 64th 9

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Burlingame Cutlerille 10

68th Eastern 68th 68th0 .5 1 2 Fred Meijer Kenowa Trail Miles

(See page 75) Byron Center Kent Trails Kent Buck Creek Trail Access 72nd Division Access Site Parking Restrooms Water Kenowa 1 Baldwin Street Trailhead Yes No No 76th 2 Wedgewood Park Yes Yes Yes 3 Lemery Park Yes Yes Yes Wilson 4 Buck Creek Homerich Brn Nature Preserve Yes Yes Yes ©2021 Rockford Advertising. Center 7 All rights reserved. 84th 5 Palmer Park Yes No No Kent Trails Access Kent Trails passes through a shady 6 Spartan Industrial Dr. Yes No No

Kent Trails Wilson

Homerich wooded section north of Byron Center. Kent County’s first paved rail trail, 7 Byron Center Trailhead Yes No No the 15-mile Kent Trails opened Fred Meijer M-6 Trail Access in 1992 linking John Ball Park in 8 Burlingame Staging Area Yes No No Grand Rapids to downtown Byron Center. This interconnected series 9 Division Avenue Parking Yes No No of trails takes you across several 10 Creekside Park Yes Yes Yes bridges, through two tunnels East West Trail Access (under I-196 and M-6) and along 11 Kelloggsville Park Yes No No some very scenic stretches as you Plaster Creek Trail Access pass through several parks in urban, suburban and rural Kent County. 12 Ken-O-Sha Park Yes No No The journey from the Millennium Photo by Jim Kuzdal Paul Henry Thornapple Trail Access trailhead to Byron Center is a 13 Bowen Park Yes Yes Yes popular day trip. See page 81 for 14 Stauffer St Staging Area Yes Yes Yes the northern section of Kent Trails. 15 Wing Street Trailhead Yes No No Buck Creek Trail Fred Meijer M-6 Trail A beautiful trail that follows the course of The Fred Meijer M-6 Trail was built along the Plaster Creek Trail Buck Creek through the cities of Grandville M-6 highway. The trail connects Kent Trails Plaster Creek Trail takes you along the and Wyoming, Buck Creek Trail consists of with the Paul Henry Thornapple Trail. A new course of Plaster Creek as it meanders three segments that pass through three parks section of trail, from Division Avenue to 68th through southern Grand Rapids. The and a natural area. Riding all three segments Street, was completed in 2019. Construction trail begins on Ken-O-Sha Park Drive of Buck Creek Trail on a single trip requires is planned for an extention of the trail that (off Kalamazoo Avenue) and travels some good navigation skills, but the reward will go north along Buck Creek to the old along a series of paved paths, boardwalks is well worth the extra effort. Interuban Trail (currently in poor condition). and bridges to Division Avenue.