Leelanau Trail

The 17-mile Leelanau Trail provides a paved off-road connection between Traverse City and Suttons Bay. Running through the last of Leelanau County’s former railroad corridors, the Leelanau Trail features picturesque forests, farms, vineyards, lakes, and ponds. In the winter, the Leelanau Trail is groomed by TART Trails' volunteers as conditions permit and includes conditions well-suited for classic and skate skiing, fat tire biking, and snowshoeing. The trail is groomed from the DeYoung Natural Area to the 4th Street trailhead. The Leelanau Trail bisects the land of the DeYoung Natural Area (191 acres) for 0.75 of a mile. From the Cherry Bend parking lot, a Universal Access trail (0.2 mile) leads to a lakeside fishing and viewing platform, where you can see the protected shoreline of Cedar Lake (4,500 feet). After your stop at the fishing pier, you can continue onto The Cedar Forest Trail (0.5 mile) which will take you through an enchanting hardwood, conifer swamp with open views of an old field meadow.