The Pere Marquette State Trail is a bicycle

Bicycle

A bicycle, also known as a bike, pushbike or cycle, is a human-powered, pedal-driven, single-track vehicle, having two wheels attached to a frame, one behind the other. A person who rides a bicycle is called a cyclist, or bicyclist....

 and multi-use trail

Trail

A trail is a path with a rough beaten or dirt/stone surface used for travel. Trails may be for use only by walkers and in some places are the main access route to remote settlements...

 in west-central lower Michigan

Michigan

Michigan is a U.S. state located in the Great Lakes Region of the United States of America. The name Michigan is the French form of the Ojibwa word mishigamaa, meaning "large water" or "large lake"....

, running 55 miles (88.5 km) through Clare

Clare County, Michigan

- Demographics :As of the census of 2000, there were 31,252 people, 12,686 households, and 8,753 families residing in the county. The population density was 55 people per square mile . There were 22,229 housing units at an average density of 39 per square mile...

, Lake

Lake County, Michigan

-Highways:* US 10* M-37-Demographics:As of the census of 2000, there were 11,333 people, 4,704 households, and 3,052 families residing in the county. The population density was 20 people per square mile . There were 13,498 housing units at an average density of 24 per square mile...

, and Osceola

Osceola County, Michigan

-Demographics:As of the census of 2000, there were 23,197 people, 8,861 households, and 6,415 families residing in the county. The population density was 41 people per square mile . There were 12,853 housing units at an average density of 23 per square mile...

 Counties. Intersecting with the White Pine Trail

White Pine Trail State Park

Fred Meijer White Pine Trail State Park is a long linear state park in the U.S. state of Michigan.The trail extends from northern Grand Rapids to Cadillac, and it lies on the path graded for the Grand Rapids and Indiana Railroad. The White Pine Trail is a rail trail park...

 in Reed City

Reed City, Michigan

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, the trail is paved in areas, particularly between Reed City and the Village of Hersey, with a ballast or cinder surface elsewhere. The Pere Marquette State Forest and the Hersey and Muskegon Rivers can be seen from the trailside. The Pere Marquette State Trail is open to non-motorized uses.

The Pere Marquette State Trail may be confused with another trail of similar name, the Pere Marquette Rail Trail, also in central Michigan, with which the Pere Marquette State Trail may one day be connected.