Hart-Montague Bicycle Trail State Park - Information and Index Map Segment A - 6.3 trail miles Segment B - 6.0 trail miles Segment C - 7.2 trail miles Segment D - 6.8 trail miles Oceana Co. General Location: Montague/Whitehall to Hart Trail Elevation Information: 580' near the White River in Montague to 651' in Hart. Total elevation change between the cities is 71'. The highest point on the trail is in Shelby at 819' Total Mileage: 26.3 Surface: Asphalt the entire length D Hart For More Information Contact: The Michigan Department of Natural Resources and Environment at www.michigandnr.com/parksandtrails Shelby C New Era B Rothbury Montague A Muskegon Co. Ü Whitehall Segment A-1 Montague/Whitehall Areas 29
Sikkenga Rd. Colby St. Benston Rd. Segment A - White Hall to Montague Area 683 669 654 NF4 Doug Borns Smokehouse and Sausage Kitchen Montague 647 631 Segment A-1 Montague Area (Page 31) 592 580 589 627 631 Klinefelter's Art Gallery Howmet Park White Hall - Covell Park!i!_ BR31 Alice St.!i!_!² White Lake Community Library 31!i!_!² 0 0.5 1 2 3 Carlton Creek Kubon Rd. Henderson Rd. Meinert Park Rd. NF4 - Dry-mesic northern forest To the east of the trail you can see a forest that is dominated by black and white oak with scattered white pine trees. Also in the canopy are black cherry, American beech and red maple. Fruitvale Rd. Walsh Rd. Eilers Rd. Dicey St. Stanton Blvd. Dowling St. Lasley St. Silver Creek Rd. Hancock St. Wilcox St. Holton Whitehall Rd. Cook St. Peterson Rd. Whitbeck Rd. Whitehall Rd. Lewis St. Division St. Whitehall Rd. White River from US-31: Whitehall/Montague exit, BR-31/ Colby St. to trailhead parking on right. Howmet Park 30 Lake St. White Lake Trailway Lake St. Durham Rd. Main St. Old Channel Trl. Warner St. White Lake White Lake Dr.
Segment A-1 Montague and Whitehall Areas Dicey St. Montague NF3 NF3 - Relict conifer swamp Totheeastoffofthetrailisarelictconiferswamp that is dominated by tamarack and nothern white cedar. HF1 - Staple and Covell Mill Stanton Blvd. Lasley St. Hunt St. Dowling St.!G!G Twisters Ice Cream The Kickstand Stebbins St. Mobile Bicycle Repairs The Favor Cafe Weathervane Water St.!3!9 HF1 - Staple and Covell mill In 1856, the Staples and Covell mill, the first steam-powered lumber mill in Whitehall, was erectedonthissite. Rotary Picnic Area Putt Putt Golf Ferry St. Water St. Spring St. Buttermilk Creek White Lake Trailway Campground HF1 BR31 Lasley St. - Covell Park NF1 NF2!i!_!] Thompson St. White Lake Area Chamber of Commerce Hanson St. Colby St. 1st St. White River Mears Ave.!i!_ Lions Park Harbor View Grille Division St. NF2 - Southern shrub-carr To the east off of the trail is a southern shrub-carr dominated by willows with pockets of southern wet meadow and southern hardwood swamp.!]!_!i!3 Livingston St. NF1 - Great Lakes Marsh To the east of this point on the trail is an extensive high quality Great Lakes estuary marsh associated with the drowned river mouth of White River. There are several different natural communities associated with this marsh they include: emergent and submergent marsh, southern wet meadow, southern shrub-carr, and southern hardwood swamp. White Hall 0 0.05 0.1 0.2 0.3 31
Segment B - Rothbury Area to New Era 68th Ave. Water Rd. New Era 748 Yale Rd. 740 Schmidt Lake Arthur Rd. Park Rd. 80th Ave. Oceana Dr. 721 90th Ave. White Rd. 702 Cleveland Rd. Lake Sixteen 31 Flower Creek Clay Rd. Water Rd. Wildcat Lake!_!i Morgan's Country Kitchen McKinley Rd. Wilke Rd. Michigan Ave. 702 Rothbury 689 Bunker Lake 88th Ave. NF6 92nd Ave. Clay Rd. Winston Rd. McKinley Rd. Webster Rd. 72nd Ave. Carlton Creek NF6 - Carlton Creek Flowing under the trail at this point is Carlton Creek. The creek begins about 3.4 miles north of here and meanders fairly close to the trail for much of that distance. Just northwest of here outflow from Wildcat and Little Wildcat lakes enter the creek. The creek then flows southeast for another 5 miles, emptying into the White River. Heitman Lake NF5 - Wild Lupine along the trail Roosevelt Rd. Oceana Dr. NF5 NF5 - Right-of-way ground cover On this part of the trail, directly adjacent to the asphalt is ground cover that is dominated by bracken fern, sweet fern, and blueberry. Wild Lupine and scattered clumps of little bluestem and big bluestem grasses also occur sporadically along the trail. 80th Ave. 88th Ave. Mud Creek 0 0.5 1 2 3 32
Shelby Rd. 58th Ave. 56th Ave. Hayes Rd. Hayes Rd. 0 0.5 1 2 3 Segment C - New Era to Shelby Area 774 Old US 31 31 767 779 Shelby 780 819 794 Shelby Gem Factory!i!²!] Brown Bear Restaurant 758 756 728 Trailside Restaurant Flip Side Diner Baker Rd. Grant Rd. 761 758 Country Dairy Inc.!( 20!i!_!] 88th Ave. 72nd Ave. 80th Ave. 64th Ave. Shelby Rd. 90th Ave. 66th Ave. Warren Rd. Buchanan Rd. Buchanan Rd. 102nd Ave. NF7 Piper Creek Woodrow Rd. 72nd Ave. Stoney Creek Mason Creek Wren Rd. Hayes Rd. Dorrance Creek Water Rd. 64th Ave. 68th Ave. Stone Rd. 56th Ave. Stoney Lake Rd. New Era Lake Michigan Stony Lake NF7 - Piper Creek Piper Creek begins less than a mile from here to the northeast. The 3 mile long tributary flows into Stony Creek directly west of this point. Stony Creek then flows for about 5 miles to the southwest into Stony Lake. Stony Lake then empties into Lake Michigan. 33
Segment D - Shelby Area to Hart Wyckoff Lake!9!_!²!i Lake Michigan!] Hart Lake S. Branch Pentwater River!2!i!]!2 Huffile Creek Silver Lake!G Crystal Lake