Top of Michigan Trails Council

Suggested Cycling Road Routes

The Top of Michigan Cycling Map

Curated road and gravel routes from cyclists, bike shop owners, and trail enthusiasts — with GPX detail on Strava.

The Top of Michigan Cycling Map is one of our great resources for trail use and cycling in Northern Lower Michigan. Built with input from cyclists, bike shop owners, and trail enthusiasts, it brings you great suggestions for any biking adventure — gravel, mountain, or road. We’ve even included GPX points for more detail. Here are the map routes on Strava.

Road routes

1 Ride Around Torch → 2 Bellaire Blast → 3 Upper Chain of Lakes Loop → 4 Take on Mt. Bliss → 5 Take on “The Wall” → 6 The Charx → 7 Joy Valley Loop → 8 Hills and Flats → 9 Tunnel of Trees → 10 Sturgeon Bay / Cross Village → 11 Starker Mann Loop → 12 Otsego Lake & Michaywe → 13 Black Lake & River Run → 14 Ocqueoc Loop → 15 Metz Fire Run → 16 Sinkhole Loop → 17 Presque Isle & Grand Lake → 18 Long Lake Loop → 19 Find the King → 20 Twin Lakes Loop →

Gravel routes

G1 MMM Gravel Grinder → G2 Beaver Island → G3 Bois Blanc Island →

Special thanks to the Great Lakes Energy People Fund, the DALMAC Fund, and the Petoskey-Harbor Springs Area Community Foundation for grant funding to help produce this map.