Hot Spots

Go Outside and Play!

Your Own Backyard

Spring Lake Park (between Petoskey and Harbor on M119)

The Petoskey Waterfront Park

North Central Michigan College, Petoskey Campus
www.ncmich.edu

The State Parks – Young or Petoskey

Any Little Traverse Conservancy Nature Preserve (check out McCune, Round Lake and Thorne Swift)
www.landtrust.org – directions

The Petoskey-Mackinaw Trail (bike and snowmobile trail)
www.trailscouncil.org – directions

Cecil Bay Beach – county park on Lake Michigan just west of Mackinaw City – nature trails and beach access

Church Beach in Goodhart

Sturgeon Bay Dunes
www.fishweb.com/maps/emmet/wildernesspark/sturgeonbay/1.html

North Country Trails – 46 miles of trails running from Mackinaw to Petoskey
www.northcountrytrail.org

“The Bike Path” (Little Traverse Wheelway) – from Charlevoix to Harbor Springs
(check out the new section from Magnus Park – Petoskey, MI)

Oden Fish Hatchery Visitors Center – trails and interpretive center

Do you know of other area hot spots? If so, we’d love to hear about them.Send them to info@gettingkidsoutdoors.org