Hiking and Biking

Renew your spirit, Energize your body, Explore the exhilarating trails of Marquette Country

Marquette’s new Biking Site - Let’s Bike Marquette

Marquette Country has more hiking and biking opportunities than anywhere else in the Upper Peninsula. With thousands of miles of back roads, marked trails, logging roads, cross-country ski tracks, national and state forest trails, and paved biking paths. Enjoy a leisurely ride along the largest fresh water lake, Lake Superior.

Some of the many marked trails for which maps are readily available include the Harlow Lake, Hogsback, and Sugarloaf Mountain trail systems, some of Marquette’s beautiful charms. The Mountain is known for its stunning views of Lake Superior, cliffs, and Marquette city. Presque Isle and the Bog Walk, Vandenboom Nature Trail, and the Elliot Donnelly and McCormick Wilderness are also nearby.

Every year Marquette plays host to the Ore to Shore Mountain Bike Epic and the Superior Bike Fest.

For eleven years the Ore to Shore Mountain Bike Epic race has brought bike enthusiasts to Marquette County. In the beginning 480 racers competed for glory. In 2009 over 2300 racers competed, and for 2010 the race committee expects to reach far over the 2000 registration mark.
For more information: http://www.oretoshore.com/

Superior Bike Fest includes Pro and Citizen classes in Criterium, Road Bike to 100 miles, Mountain Bike Downhill, Mountain Bike Cross Country and Road Bike Circuit racing. Friday night sees the return of Marquette’s Twilight Criterium. We’re closing the roads and bringing criterium racing to Marquette just the way it should be racing dead center downtown at twilight. Even the youngsters will have a chance to race their bikes through the streets of downtown Marquette.
For more information: http://www.superiorbikefest.com/index.php

What do the experts say about Marquette?

btrails Bike Magazine Bike Magazine 2009 Quiet Sports Top 10

For more information on Hike and Bike Trails:

The Noquemanon Trail Network- We envision a community with trails leading from schools, downtown’s, and neighborhoods to each other and out into our beautiful wilderness areas. We see the network as an important asset to the health of our residents and economy.

Our mission is to develop and maintain an interconnected, year round, non-motorized land and water trail network in the central Upper Peninsula of Michigan.
The Noquemanon Trail Network www.noquetrails.org

Trail Range: Based in Marquette in the Upper Peninsula of Michigan, the North Country Trail Hikers (NCTH) Chapter is responsible for developing, maintaining, protecting and promoting the North Country National Scenic Trail (NCNST) in western Alger County beginning at Rock River Road, traveling west through Marquette County including the City of Marquette along the shore of Lake Superior, and ending in eastern Baraga County at the Long Lake outlet west of Craig Lake State Park. See our Trail Segments page for detailed information about the trail in our area, including driving directions to trail-heads and maps.
North Country Trail Hikers Chapter www.northcountrytrail.org

The Iron Ore Heritage Trail will be a 48-mile, multi-use, year round trail that connects communities and people to the regions historic sites and human stories. Through a multitude of interpretation methods, we can share the story of the Marquette Iron Range and our 160+ years of mining ore that changed the landscape of Marquette County and the United States. Iron Ore Heritage Trail www.ironoreheritage.com