“The Pere Marquette Rail Trail is 30 miles long beginning at the “Tridge” in downtown Midland and running continuously to the City of Clare. There are trailheads with vehicle parking located in Midland; Averill; Sanford; North Bradley; Coleman; Loomis; and Clare. There are either permanent or portable restrooms at all trailhead locations; and water refill stations at the Tridge, Sanford, and Coleman. Additionally, the cities of Midland, Sanford, Coleman, and Clare have many restaurant and convenience store options to purchase food and drinks along the way.” https://www.peremarquetterailtrail.org/

The trail is smoothly paved and it excellent for riding bikes, roller skating, walking/running with a stroller! There is a really cool solar system checkpoints from Coleman to North Bradley. Since this trail runs through many cities, I chose the North Bradley staging area as a central location on the map. But there are many staging areas where you can start and stop wherever you’d like. See below for a picture of the staging areas.