page_title: TART Trail
section_title: TART in Town
hierarchical_section_title: TART Trail / Trails / TART in Town
caption_attribution_description: English: TART in Town sign
context_page_description: The Traverse Area Recreational Trail is a rail trail in Michigan and is part of U.S. Bicycle Route 35. It is a paved, non-motorized recreational trail of 10.5-mile in length that extends from the west side of Traverse City to Acme. Most, but not all, of the trail follows the 19th-century roadbed of the former Chicago and West Michigan Railway.
  The trail intersects other non-motorized trails in greater Traverse City, including the Boardman Lake Trail that skirts Boardman Lake, the Leelanau Trail with a connection to Suttons Bay, and the Vasa Pathway, a system of loop trails constructed for cross-country skiing and other non-motorized recreational use in the Pere Marquette State Forest east of Traverse City.
  The original TART Trail was constructed in 1991–95. It was enlarged and extended several times in 1995–2005. Eventually the trail will connect to the Little Traverse Wheelway, but for now segment 1 is being worked out to connect to Elk Rapids. Segment 2 between Lautner and Bates roads has no completion time, while segment 1 on is in a preliminary planning phase from Elk Rapids to Bates Road.
  Points of interest along the trail include:
  The shoreline of Grand Traverse Bay
context_section_description: TART in Town is a cross-town route that uses surface streets to go from one side of town to the other. Points of interest include:
  Downtown Traverse City
  Traverse City State Hospital/Grand Traverse Commons
  Civic Center
  Connection to the main TART Trail
  Munson Medical Center
  Old Towne Neighborhood
caption: TART in town
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