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.
Print a general map of the Tittabawassee Chapter's section.
For more detailed maps of the trail go to North Country Trail's home page and click on "The Shop".
Or print a map of the Jordan Valley Pathway. The map is on page 2 of the PDF document.
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 schedule our meetings at the National Fish Hatchery in the Jordan Valley near our trail, 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 E-mail Peg
Get to know us
Chapter President: Gary Johnson E-mail Gary
Chapter Secretary: Peg Jones E-mail Peg
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 at the left and going to the bottom of that page.
Join us for a hike
On Saturday, February 20, 2010, for a snowshoe adventure into the Jordan Valley. Meet at 10:00 A.M. at the corner of M-32 and US-131 at the gas station parking lot. From there we will spot cars and proceed to the beginning of the hike.
We plan to begin the hike at 11:00 A.M. on Deadman Hill Rd where the plowed road ends. We will snowshoe to Deadman Hill and then down into the valley and come out at the Jordan River National Fish Hatchery, approximately 5 miles.
Some of the high lights of the hike are the overlook of the Jordan Valley at the beginning of the hike, observation deck to view natural springs coming out of the hills, boardwalk over ponds and beaver dams, hiking alongside the Jordan River and ending at the Jordan River National Fish Hatchery where you can see fish and take a tour of the facility if you want to.
Bring snacks and water for the hike. We plan on going to a resturant after the hike to eat. Not sure where yet. Keep tuned to this web site :)
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
We have many projects to complete this year; repairs on existing trail structures in the Jordan Valley, building a side trail to beautiful Sand Lake in Antrim County, rerouting trail that is currently on the road, securing a parking lot area on private land by putting up fencing and a metal gate, and many more.
We have more projects than we have workers, so If you want to go out in the woods with a purpose, join us.
The month of May should find us building a shelter on federal land.
June 19th will be a work day and
September 25th will be a work day. We haven't made all the plans yet, but as they become available they'll be posted here.
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. This year the date is March 6th.
June 5, 2010, is National Trails Day. We plan on celebrating the day by meeting at the Jordan River National Fish Hatchery for a Celebration of Trails and Dedication of the Newly Built Hiking Shelter.
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 Duane
In advancing our trail
We are working on getting the necessary permissions to reroute trail off of roads southeast of the City of Petoskey onto private land. We will need lots of extra hands to put this trail in.
If you are interested in helping, please E-mail Duane
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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