Our Trails

Accessing the Trailhead in Marquette:

To reach the trailhead, park on South Street near the ballpark. You'll find restrooms, water, a shelter, and a playground just outside the left field fence.

To get on the trails, walk or ride up Thornton Lane, the paved road that runs parallel to the first base line of the ball field. A signpost at the top of the road will guide you to the trails.

Please Note: There is no parking available at the top of Thornton Lane or along the road itself.

Thornton Road

Thornton Road is a single lane paved road that experiences very little traffic, as it only services one residence and access to the city's water reservoir. The road was rebuilt and paved in the summer of 2024, but remains a somewhat aggressive uphill entry to the trail system. MMHPT and the cities of Marquette and McGregor are working together to create a "friendlier" trail through the woods to get up the hill to access the Main Line and other trails in the vicinity.

Main Line

The Mainline is a 0.5 mile doubletrack trail which was rehabilitated in the summer of 2024 to improve drainage and create a more esthetic and safe connector traversing the slight hillside between Thornton Lane and the Evacuation Road.

Milwaukee Road

The Milwaukee Road is a singletrack loop trail which follows the sideslope of a ridge to a nice, peaceful rest area with a bench and overlook, before turning back and returning to the Main Line Trail on the other side of the ridge. This trail was hand built by volunteers in the summer of 2024 as a part of Phase I of the MMHPT project and for most of the volunteers, was their first experience at building sustainable singletrack trails. The length of the trail from the Main Line back to the Main Line on the opposite side of the hill is 0.28 miles.

North Siding

The North Siding is a short but fun trail connecting the Main Line to the Roundhouse trail junction and rest area. This trail is a mere 0.1 miles in length.

South Siding

The South Siding is proposed to be built in 2025 and will connect the west end of the Main Line with the north trailhead for the Soo Line. The purpose of this trail will be to mitigate some of the climb from the Main Line to the Soo Line and to keep users on trails, rather than on the Evacuation Road.

Soo Line

The Soo Line is at the highest elevation of the Phase I trails constructed in 2024. It can be accessed from the Evacuation Road near the chain gate on the border of Marquette and McGregor just a short distance from Eagle Drive in McGregor or from the north end just to the east of the Evacuation Road. Plans are in the works for a connector trail (South Siding) between the Main Line and the Soo Line to keep users on the trails, rather than on the road. The south (upper) half of the trail has been cleared, but the trail surface has not yet been constructed.

Evacuation Road

The Evacuation Road was created a few years ago as an emergency escape/evacuation option for the residents who live on the Bench in Marquette in the event that the one in/out route from the Bench near the casino is closed or blocked due to flooding, train derailment, toxic spill, or other calamity.  The road was created under a 28-E sharing agreement between the cities of Marquette and McGregor At the north (lower) end, the road connects with Walnut St. in the NW corner of the Bench residential area and at the south (upper) end it is simply an extension of Center Street in McGregor and crosses Eagle Drive. 

McGregor Trail

The McGregor Trail connects the Methodist Hollow residential area in McGregor with the Eagle Drive residential area which borders the rest of the MMHPT trails.  In that direction, it is a challenging uphill ride, but manageable on foot. The trail is 0.7 miles in length and passes through secluded woods bordering a quiet neighborhood. This trail follows a historical trail that was important to the early residents of McGregor.

Lookout Point Trail

Scheduled to be rebuilt in the spring/summer of 2025, this easy trail follows the blufftop from McGregor Heights out to the point overlooking Marquette above the Casino Queen. People have visited the overlook for several hundred years, and in the early 1900's (and maybe before), it was known as "Lookout Point". 

Wells Hollow Trail

Scheduled to be rebuilt in the spring/summer of 2025, this easy trail follows the blufftop from McGregor Heights out to the point overlooking Marquette above the Casino Queen. People have visited the overlook for several hundred years, and in the early 1900's (and maybe before), it was known as "Lookout Point".