Point Beach Segment Segment
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Manitowoc County Ice Age Trail Manitowoc County Tisch Mills KEWAUNEE BB Segment Two Creeks MANITOWOC Tisch Buried Forest Mills Manitowoc County B Ice Age Trail Alliance East Twin River Segment www.iceagetrail.org 43 147 42 V Mishicot Mishicot Point Beach Segment Segment Point Beach State Forest 147 O City of Two Rivers Segment 310 10 10 10 Two Rivers 42 43 City of Manitowoc Segment Dunes Segment J Lower 42 10 Cato Falls JJ County Manitowoc Park 151 R 151 n a ig Valders h ic J M e k 151 a L 43 F 42 67 Existing Ice Age Trail, subject to change as it evolves toward completion X Other Trail Unofficial Connecting Route (unmarked) Walla Hi County Boundary Kiel Segment Public or IATA Land Walla Hi 57 32 County Miles Park MANITOWOC 0 1 2 3 4 5 SHEBOYGAN 32 September 4, 2019 57 Ice Age Trail Databook 2020 – 2022 Edition 95 87°36' 87°34' 87°32' 87°30' Tannery Rd. Sand Rd. Rahr School Bay Meyer Rd. Meyer Forest 1.0 3.3 Rd. V Wedge 1.7 MN18 Shore Rd. 0.2 V Meadow Dr. Tannery Rd. Division Dr. Dr. Lake 44°14' 44°14' Molash Ravine 1.4 O 42 BROWN MN7 KEWAUNEE Denmark Creek Group Camp 43 42 0.6 147 P Mishicot Point Beach State Forest P 0.2 Rawley Point MN8 Lighthouse MANITOWOC Nipissing 10 310 42 Two Swamp Rivers State 0.9MN9 151 Manitowoc Natural LAKE Area MN10 43 MICHIGAN MN28 44°12' 44°12' O 0.6 MN11 Point Creek Rd. 0.5 Beach Segment Bay 10.0 mi Sandy Lake MN12 Molash 0.6 0.8 VV Michigan ViceroyP Rd. MN14 VV MN13 1.4 Point VV Beach Ridges State N Natural 42 Area 147 2.1 44°10' East 44°10' O Twin Point Beach Map 96f State Forest Manitowoc County Two Includes Lake Michigan, East Twin, River and West Twin rivers, Malash West Historic Rivers Creek, Point Beach State Forest, Woodland Dunes Rogers St. Neshotah 0.3 Nature Center and Two Rivers Fishing Park and Preserve 0.1 Twin Village P Park Rd. 0 1/2 1 mile 0.5 310 42 1 : 48,000 scale St. River Dunes 0.2 Ice Age Trail Zander St. Segment 17th Zlatnik Dr. City of 2.7 mi Park St. 13 E St. Connecting Route 0.1 0.1 0.2 Two Rivers 0.1 Segment Future Trail Woodland Dunes Columbus 0.1 Washington River State Natural 12th St. St. Harbor 3.0 mi Other Trail Area 1.1 0.1 Park 87°36' 2.0 87°34' 87°32' 87°30' ICE AGE TRAIL ATLAS 2020 – 2022 EDITION • www.iceagetrail.org 122 Point Beach Segment (Atlas Map 96f; Databook pages 99–100) SNAPSHOT 10.0 miles: Park Rd. to Lake Shore Rd. 2 2 This segment highlights both the ancient and current shorelines of Lake Michigan. At Point Beach State Forest (PBSF) At PBSF campground/nature center entrance station, campground/nature area. center and outdoor group camp- amenities and activities ground. Pit toilet (no water) is also available near the PBSF Ice Age walk- Four ColdCache sites on segment. in campsite (please respect those who have reserved the campsite). By law, dogs are required to be on leash and not permitted within PBSF From Lake Michigan and Molash facilities. Creek. other uses Portions overlap park road, bike and At PBSF walk-in Ice Age campsite XC trails. Hike off to the side of ski . trails when groomed. At PBSF campground and nearby PBSF and School Forest trail net- private campground (see Area works. Services). TRAIL ACCESS AND PARKING Park Rd.: From Two Rivers at the intersection of Washington St. and 22nd St., take 22nd St. east until it ends. Note: 22nd St. turns right at Neshotah Park across from the water tower. At Neshotah Rd. turn left and go north 0.1 mi. At Park Rd. turn right and go north 0.3 mi to the end of the road. Roadside parking. Lake Shore Rd.: From Two Rivers take STH-42 and follow it north out of town for ~ 6 mi. At CTH-V turn right and go east 1.8 mi. At Lake Shore Rd. turn left and go north 0.2 mi. Roadside parking on the east side of the road. Additional Parking: (i) Viceroy Rd. (CTH-VV) parking area on the north side of the road, near its junction with Sandy Bay Road (CTH-O). (ii) Within Point Beach State Forest (PBSF), east and north of the entrance station. (iii) PBSF Red Pine Trail parking area on the west side of Sandy Bay Road (CTH-O) across from the main entrance road. THE HIKE From its starting point at the end of Park Road, the segment travels through a wooded area and across sand dunes atop a cordwalk installed to help pro- Itect the fragile environment to the beach along Lake Michigan. Hikers may encounter standing water between the cordwalk and the beach, especially dur- ing rainy periods. Expect to find smaller beaches and a possible new water run- off. Hikers should hike as close as possible to the shoreline. At an Ice Age Trail marker at the top of the beach, the segment turns north and follows the shoreline for 2.0 miles to another Trail marker (MN14) at the top of the beach. Note: There are no other Trail markers or signage along the beach walk. This Trail marker can be difficult to spot; a sure sign hikers have gone too far along the beach is if they reach the mouth of Molash Creek, which always requires a ford. From the Trail marker, the segment heads west (inland), crosses sand dunes atop another cordwalk and then heads briefly north where it connects with Point Manitowoc County 345 Tannery Rd. Sand Rd. Rahr School Bay Meyer Rd. Meyer Forest Shore Rd. V Wedge MN18 Rd. Lake Tannery Rd. V Meadow Dr. Tannery Rd. Sand Dr. Beach State Forest’s (PBSF) scenic Molash Rd. Rahr School Bay Creek Trail. It continues southwest,Rd. Meyer crosses a Forest Molash 5.3-mi CR to Ravine marshy area on a short board walk, then heads Shore O Rd. Mishicot Segment V Wedge MN18 northwest. AlongRd. the way, the segment offers Lake nice views of Molash Creek and surrounding V Meadow Dr. Tannery Rd. wetlands. Dr. As the segment nears Sandy Bay Road 42 (CTH-O), it intersects (MN13) PBSF’s Rawley Molash Point Bike Trail. The segment followsMN7 theRavine bike O Creek path north across a bridge over Molash GroupCreek, then in about 0.4 miles departs the bikeCamp path and heads east in a mixed Pointconifer/hardwoods Beach P forest to an intersection (MN12State) Forestwith theP YellowMN8 Rawley Point Loop of PBSF’s Ridges42 Trail. Lighthouse Nipissing MN7 From this point, the segmentSwamp follows a series of PBSF’s trailsCreek as it traverses overState ancient beachMN9 Group Natural Camp ridges and swales left behind fromArea Lake Nipiss- ing, the predecessor of Lake Michigan.MN10 The Point Beach P MN28 State Forest P MN8 Rawley Point Trail travels generally north in this unique area Lighthouse through mixed forests, with occasional glimpses Nipissing of and openings to the dunes Oat the top of the Swamp State MN9 MN11 Natural Area MN10 Rd. MN28 Creek Bay O MN12 Molash Sandy MN11 VV ViceroyP Rd. beach,Rd. and cuts across ridges MN13 MN14 Creek VV and marshy swales. Hikers shouldBay pay attention to Ice Point Age Trail signage. Beach MN12 Ridges State Molash Sandy From the intersection VV Natural ViceroyP with the Yellow Loop, the 42 Area Rd. segment continues briefly MN13 MN14 147 VV East south then north on the Yel- O low Loop, which then transi- Lake tionsPoint (MN11) onto the Blue Twin Point Beach Beach State Forest Michigan RidgesLoop. State Farther on, the segment reachesNatural a junction (MN28) 42 Area with a spur trail that leads River City of Two Rivers West Historic 147 Rogers St. East Segment to a walk-in campsite with a Fishing O bench, fire ring and a picnic Twin Village Park Rd. 0 ½ 1 Lake Twin Point Beach table. A pit toilet and a kayak 310 miles 42 State Forest campsite are nearby. From St. River Michigan Zander St. Park 17th St. River West 346 Historic Ice Age Trail Guidebook 2020 – 2022 Edition Columbus Rogers St. Washington Two 12th St. Fishing Rivers Twin Village Park Rd. 310 42 Segment 92 Point Beach St. River page 334 Zander St. 11/15/19 Park 17th St. Columbus 12th St. Washington Two Rivers Segment 92 Point Beach page 334 11/15/19 here the Trail turns left away from Lake Michigan and soon reaches a junction (MN10) where the segment switches onto the Red Loop and follows it north. The segment eventually leaves (MN9) the Red Loop to follow a narrow, winding tread on a ridge between marshy swales under a red-pine canopy to PBSF’s entrance road (MN8). For a short side trip, hikers can head east on the entrance road to a trail leading to the working Rawley Point Lighthouse. At 113 feet, it is the tallest octagonal skeletal light tower and the only one of its kind on the Great Lakes. At the northern end of PBSF off Rawley Point lies Lake Michigan’s most famous shipwreck, the Rouse Simmons “Christmas Tree Ship.” In 1912, the ship, bound for Chicago with a cargo of evergreens, sank in a storm. The segment continues west on the entrance road, crosses Sandy Bay Road (CTH-O) and heads for the northeast corner of the Trail access parking area for PBSF’s Red Pine Trail.