ATI CONSULTING				Benzie County Michigan Trail Guide A guide to trails for hiking, biking, cross-country skiing, and snowshoeing in Benzie County, one of Northwestern Michigan’s favorite counties. Jim Stamm • 231-882-5673 Send Email • Beulah, MI, 49617 Web: www.ATIC.biz Mobile: m.ATIC.biz
• HOME • SERVICES OFFERED • Consulting and Support • Web Site Design and Domain Services COMPUTER & INTERNET RESOURCES • Amazon Shopper • Computer Resources • Internet Resources • Recommendations For Healthy Computers • Submit Your Site to Search Engines BENZIE COUNTY, MICHIGAN RESOURCES • Benzie County Michigan Web Site Directory (separate site) • West Benzie County, Michigan Internet Service Providers OUTDOOR RESOURCES • Canoe & Kayak Links • NW Michigan River Log • NW Michigan Trail Guide WEB SITE © Copyright 1996-2013 by ATI Consulting. All Rights Reserved.				The Book With the fourth edition, the Benzie County Michigan Trail Guide provides the details for 23 trails in Benzie County for hiking, mountiain biking, cross-country skiing, and snowshoeing. One former railroad trail has a paved section that can also be used by road bikes and roller blades. Included in the guide is a road map of Benzie County showing trailhead locations. Many details are provided for each trail, including: links to each trail's Web site and trail map; trail lengths, hiking times, and difficulty; GPS coordinates, detailed directions, and links to Google Maps for each trailhead; as well as helpful tips and comments. So, besides some good hiking shoes, this is about all one should need to "take a hike!" Keep this guide in your car or at your cottage for easy reference! The book are available at these fine establishments throughout the county: Benzonia • Benzie Area Historical Museum • Curves • Stapleton's Corner Market (q) • Timberline Campground Beulah • Benzie County Conservation    DIstrict • Crystal Lake Adventure Sports Elberta: • Conundrum Café Frankfort: • Charlie's Natural Foods • Frankfort Chamber • The Bookstore (q) Honor: • Riverside Canoe Trips (Retailers: please contact me for wholesale arrangements.) Although you are very much encouraged to shop and buy locally, should it be needed, the Benzie County Michigan Trail Guide is also available online at Amazon. The Trails The trails covered in the Benzie County Michigan Trail Guide are a great way to explore year-round one of northwestern lower Michigan's favorite counties. The trails travel along streams, rivers, inland lakes, as well as Lake Michigan overlooks, beaches, and bluffs. They travel through hills, woods, valleys, dunes, wetlands, and meadows. Some trails follow former railroads or logging roads, or go through former farms and orchards. Four of the trails are in the Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore. All encompass a myriad of plant and animal life and have something unique to offer. See the Northwestern Michigan Trail Guide page for more details about Benzie County trails (and many other nearby), links to trail Web sites, trail maps, and road maps, and much more. To view the Benzie County trailhead locations electronically… users of ANY device with Web access – click here (or enter this Web address: goo.gl/maps/Pxd4E ) in any Web browser to see the trailhead locations at the Google Maps Web site. computer users with the Google Earth program – download this KMZ file to your computer then open it to see the trailhead locations in Google Earth. mobile device users with a Google account and the Google Earth app – in a Web browser (on any device) go to this Google Maps address: goo.gl/maps/Pxd4E, sign in with your Google account, copy the URL of the KML file seen in the search box, go to My Places, click Create Map, enter a title, paste and import the URL copied above, click Done. on your mobile device, run Google Earth, go to My Maps and see trailhead locations. See more of the county here: Roaming Benzie County – a 3:30 minute slideshow (with music) of photos taken while roaming the Benzie County trails. More Trails and Details See the Northwestern Michigan Trail Guide page for details about Benzie County trails as well as MANY MORE throughout northwestern lower Michigan — all within about an hour of Traverse City. All the trails mentioned can be used for hiking, most allow cross-county skiing and/or snowshoeing, some can be used for mountain or road biking, and a few even for horseback riding. Click on image for larger view