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www.oakgov.com Website: Paint Creek Polly Ann Clinton River Lakes Community Headwaters West Bloomfield Huron Valley 858-0720 (248) Phone: Waterford, Michigan 48328-0412 Michigan Waterford, 2100 Pontiac Lake Road Lake Pontiac 2100 Trail Trail Trail Trail Trails Trail Trail West 41 Building Executive Office Building Office Executive The Paint Creek Trail is located in northeast Oakland The Clinton River Trail is a 16-mile recreational trail that The Lakes Community Trail is a linear connection between The West Bloomfield Trail was Huron Valley Trail Services Development Economic ( G F & Planning County Oakland County and connects the suburban Detroit communities travels through the eastern half of Oakland County, the four communities of Commerce, Wolverine Lake, once part of the interurban The Western Oakland County of Rochester, Rochester Hills, Oakland Township, Orion roughly paralleling and frequently crossing the Clinton Walled Lake, and Wixom. The trail links municipal parks railroad in Oakland County. Trailway Management Council È | Opened in 1992, the West 58000 Grand River Avenue Executive County Oakland Township, and Lake Orion. The trail follows the former River. Primarily constructed on the abandoned railroad within each community grade of the old Grand Trunk Railroad, the Clinton River Bloomfield Trail stretches 4.25 New Hudson, Michigan 48065 Patterson, Brooks L. Penn Central Railroad up the Paint Creek Valley as it and serves as a multi- miles through the communities Phone: (248) 437-2240 meanders through highlands, prairies, and wetlands. Trail traverses Rochester, Rochester Hills, Auburn Hills, use, non-motorized trail. Headwaters Trails, Inc. of West Bloomfield, Orchard Website: www.southlyonmi.org Pontiac, and Sylvan Lake. It serves as a key “hub” in The compacted limestone surface provides a solid, but Hiking, biking, cross- P.O. Box 33 Lake, Keego Harbor, and Length: 10.5 miles Oakland County’s trail network, since it connects with the Holly, Michigan 48442 natural, surface for year round non-motorized uses. country skiing, and in- Sylvan Lake. The 162 acre Surface: Asphalt West Bloomfield Trail, the Paint Phone: (248) 634-3513 West Bloomfield Woods Nature Preserve anchors the western line skating can all be Website: www.headwaterstrailsinc.org Network. Paint Creek Trailways Commission Creek Trail, and the Macomb trailhead and Sylvan Manor Park, a small neighborhood park, The 10.5-mile Huron Valley Trail extends along the former 4393 Collins Road Orchard Trail in Macomb County. enjoyed while traversing serves as the eastern trailhead. Sylvan Manor Park also serves Grand Trunk Railroad from the City of South Lyon, through Lyon Trail County Oakland an of vision the implement to Council Rochester, Michigan 48306 a portion of southwest as a western trailhead for the Clinton River Trail, enabling Township and into Milford Township, then south on Old Plank Advisory Trail Oakland the of members and Commission Parks Trail usage has increased tremendously since all sections County Oakland the with work to continuing to forward look I Phone: (248) 651-9260 Oakland County. The Lakes Community Trail also serves users to continue to the northeast toward Pontiac. Traveling Road to Pontiac Trail, and east on Pontiac Trail along the north Polly Ann Trail Management Council of the trail are now surfaced. The pedestrian-only bridge Email: [email protected] along the trail, visitors experience a sense of being in the north side of Lyon Oaks County Park to the Wixom City boundary. society. our facing issues critical are costs care health P.O. Box 112 as an important link between the Huron Valley Trail and Connecting the beautiful and interesting places in northwest Oakland County. Website: www.paintcreektrail.org constructed over I-75 and the 100’ steel truss bridge woods of Michigan and, just as quickly, they are transported The trail has a mile of frontage along Lyon Oaks County Park. related obesity and Transportation transportation. of means 12 East Elmwood the West Bloomfield Trail. Headwaters Trails Inc. is a non-profit group dedicated to Length: 8.9 miles constructed over the Clinton River provide critical links back to reality as the trail passes through urban housing tracts, alternative an plus exercise for opportunities close-to-home Leonard, Michigan 48367 the construction of a non-motorized trail network in the An extension to the west goes through the Lyon Township Surface: Crushed Limestone business and commercial districts. Along the trail, twenty- providing by fitness physical promotes also network trail The Phone: (248) 969-8660 in the trail’s continuity. The only gap that still exists is in headwaters region of northwest Oakland County. We Park and along Grand River Avenue into Island Lake State downtown Pontiac, one nature interpretive sites give visitors the opportunity to are currently in the planning stages of trail development. Recreation Area, where it crosses under I-96 to connect to the lifestyle. desired Email: [email protected] Friends of Clinton River Trail see various habitats without putting undue pressure on the Website: www.pollyanntrailway.org where the final The trails span several municipalities, including the trail system in Kensington Metropark. The entire trail is paved. our matches which setting a in live to freedom the and choices 719 Fieldstone Drive ecosystems and sensitive wildlife townships of Groveland, Holly, Rose, and Springfield, many us offered has diversity This all. it have we countryside, Length: 14.5 miles route of the trail is Rochester Hills, Michigan 48309 species. The trail is open to The segment through Lyon and Milford Townships is relatively and the Village of Holly. Headwaters Trails Inc. operates natural and rural our to centers town historic and cities Surface: Crushed Limestone being determined. Phone: (248) 652-1434 bicycles, walking, running, and flat with very gentle grades, while the extension to Island Lake with the support of a variety of public, private, and cosmopolitan our From lands. recreation and park of acres The rest of the Email: [email protected] cross-country skiing. offers some challenging hills. business sources interested in promoting local trails and 89,000 over has and systems river major five of headwaters PAINT CREEK trail is open with Website: www.clintonrivertrail.org The Huron Valley Trail provides direct access to McHattie & TRAILWAYS Oakland County is home to 14.5 of this 35 mile linear park, recreational activities. the to home is state, the in county other any COMMISSION convenient access Length: 16 miles West Bloomfield Trail Volunteer Parks in South Lyon, the James F. Atchison Memorial traversing some of the most beautiful rural landscapes Lakes Community Trail than more lakes, 1,400 over with blessed been points and amenities Surface: Asphalt, crushed limestone, & West Bloomfield Parks Park, Lyon Oaks County Park, Kensington Metropark, and Island and historic villages in northern Oakland County. It Phone: (248) 624-2850 has county The play. and work, live, to place in every community. recycled asphalt and Recreation Commission Lake State Recreation Area. Vehicle parking and access to the ( begins in Orion Township at Scripps Road and continues Email: [email protected] 4640 Walnut Lake Road trail is available at all of these parks. The Huron Valley Trail premier a County Oakland make that features through Oxford, Leonard, and Dryden Villages. Only non- Length: 3.5 miles West Bloomfield, Michigan 48323 provides connections to over 25 miles of adjoining trails. man-made and natural abundant the to access Surface: Asphalt Phone: (248) 451-1900 citizens’ our expand to continues system G motorized vehicles and equestrians are permitted on the ( ( ( The Western Oakland County Trailway Management Council The development of Oakland County’s trail trail County’s Oakland of development The Email: [email protected] trail. The Polly Ann Trail is suitable for hiking, jogging, developed the Huron Valley Trail. Council members include Lyon Website: www.westbloomfieldparks.org County Oakland F horseback riding, cross-country skiing, and biking. G G Length: 4.25 miles G Township, Milford Township, the Huron-Clinton Metropolitan Surface: Crushed Limestone Authority, and the City of South Lyon. È (GFÈ F F A Water Heritage canoe/kayak trail is available for paddlers. F ( G F Road Commission for Oakland County Oakland County Michigan Department Oakland Oakland County Sheriff’s Office Parks & Recreation of Natural Resources Trails Advisory Council The Road Commission for Oakland County is a member of the Oakland County Parks & Recreation Oakland County Trails Advisory Council in order to accomplish There are more than 60 miles of two goals. First, our goal is to encourage and facilitate the trails throughout the 13 Oakland Oakland County Drain Commission movement of people throughout the county by non-motorized County Parks with wide-ranging Oakland County Planning & Economic Dev. means as a way to promote healthier living and reducing the Michigan Department of Natural Resources number of trips required on the road system. Secondly, the designated uses such hiking, Road Commission wants to create the best possible non- biking, horseback riding, and cross- Oakland County Board of Commissioners motorized network by contributing technical expertise to the (GFÈ| country skiing. Trails range from Oakland County Business Round Table location and design of the pathway system. This will create paved to natural to challenging fewer conflicts with the motorized network and result in the Road Commission for Oakland County safest possible trails for all users. Accomplishing both goals is mountain bike single-track and Michigan Department of Transportation in the best interest of our residents’ health, safety, and quality travel through some of the most Oakland County Parks and Recreation (OCPR) and the Michigan Mountain Biking Association of life. The Road Commission for Oakland County beautiful landscapes in Oakland Oakland Trails Advisory Council (OTAC) are teaming up to Michigan Trails & Greenways Alliance County. 31001 Lahser Road The Oakland County Sheriff’s expand and coordinate a network of trails.