Links

Brick Wheels
Ready to hit the trails, but your gear isn't? Rent or buy the latest in-line skates, bikes and skis then hop out the backdoor and onto the trails!

City Bike Shop
Perfect your current ride or find the one of your dreams. The City Bike Shop has been located in Old Town for over 40 years.

Cherry Capital Cycling Club
With over 122,000 total miles rode in 2007, these folks know their trails! Check out the club's site for photos and information on the next ride!

Grand Traverse Regional Community Foundation
Grand Traverse Regional Community Foundation; Is committed to enhancing the quality of life in our region; Facilitating philanthropy by providing leadership; That coordinates the use of resources for community improvement; Today and for future generations.

League of Michigan Bicyclists
The LMB is a non-profit, tax-exempt statewide organization of more than 2,000 members working to improve conditions for bicycling in Michigan. LMB supports many programs and projects and cooperates with state and local agencies and other like-minded groups toward this goal.

McLain Cycle & Fitness
McLain Cycle & Fitness offers supplies and quality equipment for Cycling, Paddling, Hiking, Camping, Snowshoeing, and Adventuring. Located just off the TART Trail!

MDOT's Biking in Michigan
Discover the advantages of exploring Michigan by bicycle. Tips and other information about bicycling in Michigan from the Michigan Department of Transportation.

Michigan Department of Natural Resources - Trails
The DNR is actively working with local communities and other nonprofit organizations to create a network of long-distance, multi-use trails passing through Michigan's communities and countryside linking our population centers, public parks and lands, and natural resources.

Michigan Land Use Institute
Are you interested in helping northern Michigan avoid the patterns of suburban sprawl and over-development that cause traffic congestion, pollution, loss of community, rising costs to individuals and governments, and a deteriorating quality of life. Please visit the Michigan Land Use Institutes web site.

Michigan Mountain Biking Association
The mission of the MMBA is to promote responsible mountain biking and to work toward the goals of common land access and natural resource protection through interaction with policy makers, the cycling industry, race promoters, mountain bikers and other trail users.

Michigan Trails and Greenways Alliance
MTGA is a non-profit organization that shall foster and facilitate the creation of an interconnected statewide system of trails and greenways for recreation, health, transportation, economic development and environmental/cultural preservation purposes.

North American Vasa
The offical website of the organization that runs the premier cross-country ski races on TART's Vasa Pathway each winter!

Rails to Trails Conservancy - Midwest Field Office
The purpose of Rails-to-Trails Conservancy (RTC) is to enrich America's communities and countryside by creating a nationwide network of public trails from former rail lines and connecting corridors.

Recycle Smart - Grand Traverse County's Resource Recovery
"RecycleSmart" is the name for a collection of Resource Recovery programs offered by Grand Traverse County. These programs include H ousehold Hazardous Waste collections, Take It Back program, a Brush Drop-off site, R ecycling Opportunities, Educational presentations, and S olid Waste Management.

The IceMan Cometh
The offical site for the IceMan Cometh bike races from Kalkaska to Traverse City, Michigan held in Rain, Sleet, Mud and/or Snow

Trail Information from the Traverse City Convention & Visitors Bureau
The trail network in and around Traverse City is just about the best you can get for in-line skating, hiking and biking. Check out their links to reviews and ratings of the TART Trails as well as others.

Trail Link.Com
Trail Link allows you to search for the best outdoor recreation trails that the nation has to offer. Search by keyword, state/region or activity.

Vasa Ski Club
After many years of minimal activity, new and existing members of the Traverse Nordic Ski Club have reestablished our cross country ski club. Their new mission statement is: "to promote and encourage cross country skiing in the Grand Traverse region through recreation and competition."

Women's Winter Tour
The Women's Winter Tour is the only event of its kind in the United States that offers an opportunity for women to experience cross-country skiing in a recreational, noncompetitive environment while benefiting the community. The event encourages women of all ages and abilities to get up and join in the celebration of women, winter and chocolate! A great family event. The Women's Winter Tour works hard and plays hard to raise funds for the Women's Resource Center of Grand Traverse.

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