Grand Traverse Natural Education Reserve
Current Trail Closures on the Natural Education Reserve:
The connecting trail between Jack's Landing and Beaver Pond trailhead
All trails South of Cass Road, including the Boardman-Ottaway River Trail (TART) and Oleson Footbridge (with the exception of Lone Pine Trailhead, Lone Pine Trail northbound, and mile markers 16 and 17).
Beitner Canoe Landing is closed for upstream and downstream traffic
Keystone Rapids Trailhead is also closed
Trails north and south of the Ottaway Crossing Footbridge (just east of the Boardman River Nature Center) are open. The bridge is not yet open to the public. Please use caution when hiking during ongoing construction and restoration efforts.
Acreage: 505
Miles of trail: 7
Owned By: Grand Traverse County
Within the 505-acres of the Grand Traverse Natural Education Reserve, which adjoins Garfield Township’s Boardman Valley Nature Preserve to the north, are a marsh, swamp, level terrain, upland forest, pine forest, creek, and a river. The cover types of the area provide excellent habitat for beaver, otter, mink, fox, deer, and many other animals and birds. The Boardman River, the central feature of the Reserve, runs through the property.
Visit our two Chronolog sites on the Natural Education Reserve! Chronolog is a photo monitoring tool powered by people like you to view bottomlands restoration and changes to the environment over time.
