Mountain Bike Trail Maps Unveiled

Peninsula State Park superintendent Eric Hyde points to one of the trails scheduled for closure, all shown in orange, including this one where federally endangered dwarf lake iris grow. Photo by Craig Sterrett.

With improvement of recreational trails and the addition of mountain-biking trails already approved in the Northern Lake Michigan Coastal Regional Master Plan, turnout was small last week for Peninsula State Park’s open house for new mountain-biking trails.

Park superintendent Eric Hyde showed maps, and said the Peninsula Mountain Bike Club has raised $650,000 for construction to start this year on trails specifically designed for mountain bikes.

Hyde said construction cannot begin until the end of July, due to rules seasonally protecting species.

The Peninsula Pulse published a detailed story on the single-track mountain-biking trails in February, tinyurl.com/msd2a3u5, but the maps shown at the open house provided more-specific trail routing.