Beaver Island Michigan

I've been visiting the island for 15 years now. I've ridden just about every gravel road and two track. From a mountain biker's perspective, these roads and tracks are so-so. I've ridden some off-road trails and cuts on the island that are more to my liking and the island has a lot of potential for ...

Thanks for your input Mike & Sharon. My personal interest for trail use is mountain biking. I don't own or ride ATV's so I don't know what is needed to develop and maintain ATV trails. My thought was, with a little more work, the existing trails could facilitate mountain bike use. I don't unders...

We visit BI every year and enjoy all the things the island has to offer. In recent years we've noticed the condition of the trails (Buffalo Camp and Blue Trail specifically) to be severely degraded. It appears that there are some attempts to maintain the trails (clearing dead falls, brush, building ...

I found out that there is a Trails Committee that is part of the Peaine and St. James Township governing body. If anyone has any contact information for this committee I would appreciate it. I also saw a trail map on the Peanie Township web site titled, "Friends of the Trail Map". This may...

According to the BI Master Plan, the third most important issue was to provide access to public lands to foster recreation opportunity. Included in this is bike trails. I have a Wojan Cashman map from two years ago, I do not have the new one yet. It is a fantastic map and I encourage anyone who vent...

:idea: I am interested in obtaining information about trail usage on the island. My intention is to establish an interest in BI, among the mountain biking community. The majority of this group is environmentally conscious. Mountain Biking groups have worked successfully with state and federal agenci...