Falling Waters Trail

We drove to Concord, MI, this morning to ride the Falling Waters Trail, which runs about 10.5 miles from Concord to Jackson along the former route of the Michigan Central Railroad section of the Air Line Railroad. It is a beautifully paved trail.

One of the unique features of this trail is that it runs along a causeway between the northern and southern parts of Lime Lake.

Originally there was just a pond here, but the Portland Cement Co. dredged the area for marl, the lime rich mud useful for cement making. Bird houses have been added to some of the old telegraph poles.

At the east end of the trail at Weatherwax Rd. in Jackson, we spotted this bike rental station. While we were there, two people rented bikes and another person returned one. They are clearly popular. You don't need an account to rent one, just a credit card.

On the way back we stopped at a picnic table on the lake to eat.

We spotted this little free library in the trailhead parking lot at Lime Lake, placed here by the Reading Writing Connection, a nonprofit in Jackson. On top is a quotation from Dr. Seuss: “The more that you read, the more things you will know. The more that you learn, the more places you'll go.”