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WALK WITH US
On our section of the North Country Trail
From Starvation Lake Road in Kalkaska County to north of Conway, Michigan in Emmet County. For descriptions of the segments click on the OUR TRAIL link to the left. For maps go to North Country Trail's home page and click on The Shop.
To our chapter meetings
We meet every other month except for July. January we meet in Houghton Lake. March and November we meet in Sanford, Michigan.
During the warmer months of May and September
we have scheduled our meetings near Gaylord, to allow our members who live up north to attend and also to be able to do our trail walk-thru's at the same time.
Check the OUR MEETINGS link on the left for details. If you would like to get our news e-mails about chapter business meetings and trail work meetings, please send your name, address, phone and e-mail address to Stella, at E-mail Stella
Get to know us
Chapter President: Gary Johnson E-mail Gary
Chapter Secretary: Stella Thelen E-mail Stella
The members who started the chapter had two things in common; hiking and the Tittabawassee River in their back yard; that's how our chapter got its name.
Read more about it by clicking on the GET TO KNOW US link at the left under Chapter Features.
A new addition to our membership is Friends of the Hatchery, an affiliate organization, that
adopted a section of trail to maintain. Read more by clicking on the GET TO KNOW US link and going to the bottom of that page.
Join us for a hike
Sunday, June 7, Sara will lead a loop hike on the NCT/Jordan Valley Pathway in celebration of National Trails Day which is on June 6. It is a 18-mile hike at a 3 mph pace, over 6 hrs with stops. The trail is very hilly and the scenery is ever changing, from overlooks of the valley at Landslide Lookout & Deadman's Hill, to bubbliing Cascade & Lookout Creeks on the south side. Portions on the north side, along back waters of the Jordan River, have boardwalks crossing a beaver-dammed marsh at the pond.
We will meet at 9:30AM at Landslide, at the end of Harvey Rd (dirt), which is north off of Alba Hwy, C-42, between Alba & M-66. There is a pit toilet in the parking lot. Don't leave any valuables in your car. We will hike 3.6 miles, crossing Cascade Creek, to Pinney Bridge Campground around 11:00 A.M., where there is a water pump & pit toilet.
From there, we will continue on the north side, with a stop along the Jordan River for lunch about noon. After lunch, we will head to the pond, up to Deadman's Hill overlook,then continue on the south side back to Landslide. You should bring hiking poles, day pack, lunch & snacks, water, rain gear, windbreaker, and bug net/repellent, at minimum. Wear broken-in hiking boots & appropriate clothes for the weather. We should be finished before 5:00 P.M.and could have dinner in Mancelona or Kalkaska on the way home.
Mileages, clockwise: Landslide to Pinney, 3.6 miles, to Jordan River Rd, 5.0 miles, to Deadman's Hill, approx 4.0 miles, back to Landslide, 6.5 miles.
Our TBW chapter is planing on scheduling occasional hikes, so keep checking this web site for details as they become available.
To work on the trail
Tittabawassee Chapter is awstruck at the approx 4.25 miles of new trail that was built last summer. That is 4.25 miles of trail that is off the road and into the woods. We had fun doing it while working toward a common goal.
This summer we will work on the trail June 20-21. Join us for campfire and campout June 20.
To adopt a trail
Our members adopt three to five mile pieces of trail and do walk-thru's, checking for downed trees and branches, blazing and doing general trail upkeep.
Clicking on the ADOPT A TRAIL link on the left under Chapter Features will take you to our trail maintainers page
where you will find resources for trail maintenance, forms for reporting hours and on-line trail maintainer reports.
On a trail promotion
In the spring our Tittabawassee Chapter has a North Country National Scenic Trail promotion and display at Michigan State University during their Quiet Waters Symposium.
In the fall our chapter has a display about hiking trails at Deadman's Hill in Antrim County where our trail is located.
During the spring and winter months we have promotions at Jay's Sporting located in Clare and Gaylord.
On our Ridge Runner program
Every weekend during the summer months, our chapter has a member hiking the NCT/Jordan Valley Pathway as a representative of trails to pass out maps and promote the NCT. For more information please E-mail Connie
In advancing our trail
We have gained necessary permissions to cross private lands and to move trails off two-track roads and into the woods. We are working on this and will need lots of help.
If you are interested in helping, please E-mail Cora
Everybody needs beauty as well as bread, Places to play in and pray in, where
nature may heal and give strength to body and soul alike. ---John Muir
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