Hart-Montague Trail State Park

Hart-Montague Bicycle Trail State Park - Information and Index Map
General Location: Montague/Whitehall to Hart
Oceana Co.
Segment A - 6.3 trail miles
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'
Segment B - 6.0 trail miles
Segment C - 7.2 trail miles
Total Mileage: 26.3
Segment D - 6.8 trail miles
Surface: Asphalt the entire length
Hart
For More Information Contact: The Michigan Department of
Natural Resources and Environment at
www.michigandnr.com/parksandtrails
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Whitehall
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Kubon Rd.
Henderson Rd.
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Meinert Park Rd.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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