Belle Isle became a state park in 2014, after Detroit leased the island to the Department of Natural Resources in an agreement implemented while the city was run by an emergency manager.

The trail will run from Belle Isle Park in Detroit to Ironwood in the western Upper Peninsula along the border with Wisconsin. ... Related:See the full map of the trail.

A network of trails connecting parks, schools, and downtown hubs spanning more than 2,000 miles, from the far western tip of the Upper Peninsula to Belle Isle in Detroit, is nearing completion ...

The Iron Belle Trail stretches more than 2,000 miles across Michigan, ... New trail on Belle Isle is part of country's longest state trail. Hayley Harding. The Detroit News. View Comments.

Blazing a hiking and biking trail from Detroit's Belle Isle to the Wisconsin border may not quite be of Lewis & Clark proportions. But Michigan's plan to give hikers and bikers a clear, 924-mile ...

DETROIT (AP) - The Michigan Department of Natural Resources is developing a master plan for Belle Isle's trail system that includes a trail around its perimeter and a Detroit trailhead for the ...

The Ralph C. Wilson Jr. Foundation's support of the two Belle Isle legs of the Iron Belle Trail comes as part of a $50 million commitment to create a connected, regional trail system in Southeast ...

Belle Isle will get a new six-mile, multi-use loop trail around the Detroit park. . U.S. Senators Debbie Stabenow and Gary Peters announced $750,000 in federal funding, which will be matched by ...

Michigan's Natural Resources department is hosting an open house to discuss plans for a 6-mile loop of the Iron Belle Trail on Detroit's Belle Isle. The meeting starts at 6:30 p.m. Wednesday at ...

DETROIT (AP) - Federal funds will help pay for a 6-mile, multi-use loop trail around Belle Isle Park in Detroit. U.S. Sens. Debbie Stabenow and Gary Peters of Michigan say $750,000 is being ...

Engineering is moving ahead on a new six-mile loop trail around Belle Isle Park in Detroit with a $400,000 grant. Click here for important updates to our privacy policy.