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Snowmobiling

Groomed trail networks through the northern forests.

Michigan maintains a network of designated snowmobile trails, much of it through the northern Lower Peninsula. Trail conditions change daily, so plan with official, current information.

Licenses and passes: what you need before you goRead the guide

Places for snowmobiling

A welcome sign and map stand beside the paved Betsie Valley Trail.

Trail

Betsie Valley Trail

A 22-mile rail trail from Frankfort past Crystal Lake and Beulah, paved at the west end and aggregate beyond, with snowmobiling on the east part in winter.

The paved White Pine Trail runs straight through a green tunnel of trees at the Ashton trailhead.

Trail

Fred Meijer White Pine Trail

A 92-mile paved rail trail whose northern end is in Cadillac, for long rides south through towns, farmland and woods toward Grand Rapids.

A wooden trail bridge crosses Carlton Creek on the Hart-Montague Trail.

Trail

Hart-Montague Trail

A 22-mile rail trail state park between Montague and Hart, through woods, orchards, farms and the village of New Era.

On the map

Snowmobiling: places on the map

3 places on an OpenStreetMap map

Snowmobiling: places on the map. The same places are listed on this page.

Also with snowmobiling nearby

Lakes

A rocky shoreline on Lake Cadillac under a pink and purple sunrise in fall.

Lake · Grand Traverse & Inland Lakes

Lake Cadillac

Cadillac's in-town, all-sports lake: 1,150 acres and 28 feet deep, a canal to Lake Mitchell, a 7.5-mile path and winter ice fishing for perch and walleye.

  • All-sports
  • Swim beach
  • Public launch
  • Rentals

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