TART Trail

T.A.R.T trail
Location within the state of Michigan
Location	Grand Traverse County, MI, US
Nearest city	Traverse City, Michigan
Coordinates	44°45′59″N 85°37′25″W / 44.766474°N 85.623712°W / 44.766474; -85.623712Coordinates: 44°45′59″N 85°37′25″W / 44.766474°N 85.623712°W / 44.766474; -85.623712
Established	1991
Governing body	Traverse City Department of Public Works Grand Traverse County Road Commission
Length	10.5 mi (16.9 km)
Trailheads	Traverse City, Michigan Acme, Michigan
Use	Cycling, Hiking
Trail difficulty	Easy
Season	All
Surface	Paved
Website	Officail site

The Traverse Area Recreational Trail (TART Trail) is a rail trail in Michigan and is part of U.S. Bicycle Route 35. It is a paved, non-motorized recreational trail of 10.5-mile (16.9 km) in length that extends from the west side of Traverse City (M-22) to Acme (M-72). Most, but not all, of the trail follows the 19th-century roadbed of the former Chicago and West Michigan Railway.

The trail intersects other non-motorized trails in greater Traverse City, including the Boardman Lake Trail that skirts Boardman Lake, the Leelanau Trail with a connection to Suttons Bay, and the Vasa Pathway, a system of loop trails constructed for cross-country skiing and other non-motorized recreational use in the Pere Marquette State Forest east of Traverse City.

The original TART Trail was constructed in 1991–95. It was enlarged and extended several times in 1995–2005. Eventually the trail will connect to the Little Traverse Wheelway, but for now segment 1 is being worked out to connect to Elk Rapids.^[1] Segment 2 between Lautner and Bates roads has no completion time, while segment 1 on is in a preliminary planning phase from Elk Rapids to Bates Road.

Points of interest along the trail include:

The shoreline of Grand Traverse Bay
Clinch Park along the downtown bay-front
Downtown Traverse City
Traverse City State Park
Traverse City Area District Library
Beaches
Hotels,Restaurants and Resorts
Local and regional transportation (Bay Area Transportation Authority)
TART in Town (on-street bike route)
Darrow Park
F&M Park

The trail's acronym "TART" pays tribute to one of the best-known agricultural products of the Traverse City area, the tart cherry or pie cherry. For similar reasons, the local airport is called Cherry Capital Airport.

TART in Town

TART in town

TART in Town is a cross-town route that uses surface streets to go from one side of town to the other.^[2] Points of interest include:

Downtown Traverse city
Traverse City State Hospital/Grand Traverse Commons
Civic center
Connection to the main TART Trail
Munson Medical Center
Old towne neighborhood

References

↑ "Traverse city to Charlvoix". TART trail. Retrieved January 1, 2014.
↑ http://traversetrails.org/trails/

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