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North Central State Trail

Rail-trail in Michigan

Length
74.9 mi 121 km1
Surface
Crushed stone1
Last checked
Oct 12, 2026

The North Central State Trail is a 74.9 mile (120.5 km) recreational rail trail serving a section of the northern quarter of the Lower Peninsula of the U.S. state of Michigan. Following a route generally parallel to Interstate 75, the trail goes northward from the Crawford-Otsego County line south of the community of Waters to the top of the Lower Peninsula at Mackinaw City and connects to the North Western State Trail. It serves the communities of Gaylord, Vanderbilt, Indian River, and Cheboygan which connects to the North Eastern State Trail.

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Managed by DNR Parks And Recreation PRD.25

Indian River from North Central State Trail Cheboygan County Michigan.jpg
Indian River from North Central State Trail Cheboygan County Michigan.jpg · Photo: Tim Kiser · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons

Photos

  • Topinabee, Michigan library.jpg Topinabee, Michigan library.jpg
    Photo: Notorious4life (talk) (Uploads) · CC0 · Wikimedia Commons
  • Gaylord, along the trail Gaylord, along the trail
    Photo: Scottb211 · CC BY · Flickr
  • Gaylord, along the trail Gaylord, along the trail
    Photo: Someone archiving photos · CC BY · Flickr
  • Gaylord, along the trail Gaylord, along the trail
    Photo: Someone archiving photos · CC BY · Flickr
  • Gaylord, along the trail Gaylord, along the trail
    Photo: marada · CC BY-ND · Flickr

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Sources

  1. OpenStreetMap ways for this trail, OpenStreetMap contributors · Map data · ODbL · checked Oct 12, 2026
  2. Michigan DNR Statewide Railtrails, Michigan · Government dataset · Michigan DNR open data (verify redistribution terms) · checked Oct 12, 2026
    “managing_org from Michigan DNR Statewide Railtrails”
  3. “North Central State Trail”, Wikipedia · Encyclopedia · CC BY-SA 4.0 · checked Oct 12, 2026
  4. Wikidata Q7054762, Wikidata · Knowledge base · CC0 · checked Oct 12, 2026
  5. DNR Parks And Recreation PRD · Official site · checked Oct 12, 2026

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