Date: January 4-March 15, 2012
Category: South Haven Events
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Wells Street
South Haven, Mi 49090
Hours: Everyday 8am to 10 pm
Travel through small towns, beautiful wooded areas, countryside, and pass points of historical interest. Towns along the way have food and lodging for trail users. Unique experience for cross-country skiing and snowmobiling. 34-mile trail from South Haven to Kalamazoo. Snowmobilers are exempt from buying daily or annual Kal-Haven Trail Passes, but instead are required to purchase a Michigan Snowmobile Trail Permit to use the trail.
There must be a minimum of 4 inches of snow. Snowmobiles must be registered with the Michigan Secretary of State and riders MUST display a snowmobile Trail Permit. Annual Michigan Snowmobile Trail Permits are sold for $35 in most cases are available where you would purchase a hunting and or fishing license. Also available online at: http://www.michigan.gov/dnr/0,1607,7-153-10366_34947-32299--,00.html, from the DNR Service center in Plainwell or at Dunham Sports in South Haven
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Saturday, November 26, 2011
Tuesday, September 27, 2011
South Haven Presents Boo On Your Bike
Date: Sunday, October 23, 2011
Start Time: 12:00 pm End Time: 3:00 pm
Category: South Haven Events
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Ride the Kal-Haven Trail with your family & friends where you will find treats & scary surprises along the way. Costumes are encouraged. This event will start at the trailhead & there will be a free safety clinic on biking, plus free helmets will be given to kids until they run out. You can come on the trail any time between noon-3pm. This is a FREE event!
Location: Kal-Haven Trail Head- Bailey & Wells
Contact: 269-639-0003
Start Time: 12:00 pm End Time: 3:00 pm
Category: South Haven Events
Get More Details:
Ride the Kal-Haven Trail with your family & friends where you will find treats & scary surprises along the way. Costumes are encouraged. This event will start at the trailhead & there will be a free safety clinic on biking, plus free helmets will be given to kids until they run out. You can come on the trail any time between noon-3pm. This is a FREE event!
Location: Kal-Haven Trail Head- Bailey & Wells
Contact: 269-639-0003
Thursday, November 4, 2010
South Haven- Kal-Haven Trail
Here are the details:
The Kal-Haven Trail is a 33.5 mile long linear multi-use trail that links Kalamazoo a major southwest Michigan city to South Haven a Lake Michigan resort area. The trail starts in South Haven on North Bailey Avenue and ends in Kalamazoo on 10th Street.
The route of the Kal-Haven originally was a railroad compleated in 1870, the railroad bed has been converted to a trail with a limestone/slag surface. It is usable for all non-motorized bicycles, hiking, and snowmobiling when there is a 4-inch snow base. In 2004 Van Buren County obtained a use permit to operate and maintain The Kal-Haven Trail Sesquicentennial State Park. Van Buren County continues to operate the trail under this permit.
The trail fee was suspended the first of 2011.
Hours of Operation:
8:00 AM to 10:00 PM 7 days a week
The Kal-Haven Trail is a 33.5 mile long linear multi-use trail that links Kalamazoo a major southwest Michigan city to South Haven a Lake Michigan resort area. The trail starts in South Haven on North Bailey Avenue and ends in Kalamazoo on 10th Street.
The route of the Kal-Haven originally was a railroad compleated in 1870, the railroad bed has been converted to a trail with a limestone/slag surface. It is usable for all non-motorized bicycles, hiking, and snowmobiling when there is a 4-inch snow base. In 2004 Van Buren County obtained a use permit to operate and maintain The Kal-Haven Trail Sesquicentennial State Park. Van Buren County continues to operate the trail under this permit.
The trail fee was suspended the first of 2011.
Hours of Operation:
8:00 AM to 10:00 PM 7 days a week
Tuesday, October 19, 2010
South Haven Presents-Boo On Your Bike
Date: Sunday, October 24, 2010
Start Time: 12:00 pm End Time: 3:00 pm
Category: South Haven Events
Here are the details:
12-3pm
Kal-Haven Trail Head
Contact: 269.639.0003
Ride the Kal-Haven Trail with your family & friends where you will find treats & scary surprises along the way. Costumes are encouraged. This event will start at the trailhead & there will be a free safety clinic on biking, plus free helmets will be given to kids until they run out. You can come on the trail any time between noon-3pm. This is a FREE event!
Start Time: 12:00 pm End Time: 3:00 pm
Category: South Haven Events
Here are the details:
12-3pm
Kal-Haven Trail Head
Contact: 269.639.0003
Ride the Kal-Haven Trail with your family & friends where you will find treats & scary surprises along the way. Costumes are encouraged. This event will start at the trailhead & there will be a free safety clinic on biking, plus free helmets will be given to kids until they run out. You can come on the trail any time between noon-3pm. This is a FREE event!
Saturday, August 7, 2010
South Haven-Biking The Kal-Haven Trail
While vacationing in Michigan recently, I rented a bike and checked out the Kal-Haven Trail, a 33.5-mile multi-use trail that runs from South Haven to Kalamazoo.
Awesome!
The bike rental cost $14; entry fee to the trail was $3, which I slipped into a drop box at the trailhead in South Haven.
The route, part of the Rails-to-Trails program that converts old railroad tracks to hike-and-bike (and cross country ski and snow mobile) trails, stretched out long and straight from the quaint little resort town on Lake Michigan where my mom lives.
I rolled past the Black River, over a wonderful covered bridge, past fields of blueberry bushes and into the woods.
I know Texas has trees, but it doesn’t have trees like this, which grow tall and thick and spread their shady arms overhead like a protective umbrella.
I passed a few runners and other cyclists close to town, but the farther away from South Haven I pedaled, the fewer folks I saw. I rode 15 miles out, then turned and came back the same 15.
No hills, no traffic, no stoplights, no cars to deal with — just miles of limestone/slag path, a herd of baby frogs and the occasional swam of mosquitoes.
There’s also a quirky little museum in a train car and a little shop that bakes up fresh cinnamon rolls along the way.
Next time, I’m going all the way to Kalamazoo! Folks at the bike shop told me a shuttle service will pick you up and bring you back to South Haven for $6 a person.
By Pam LeBlanc
Tuesday, July 20, 2010, 05:10 AM
Awesome!
The bike rental cost $14; entry fee to the trail was $3, which I slipped into a drop box at the trailhead in South Haven.
The route, part of the Rails-to-Trails program that converts old railroad tracks to hike-and-bike (and cross country ski and snow mobile) trails, stretched out long and straight from the quaint little resort town on Lake Michigan where my mom lives.
I rolled past the Black River, over a wonderful covered bridge, past fields of blueberry bushes and into the woods.
I know Texas has trees, but it doesn’t have trees like this, which grow tall and thick and spread their shady arms overhead like a protective umbrella.
I passed a few runners and other cyclists close to town, but the farther away from South Haven I pedaled, the fewer folks I saw. I rode 15 miles out, then turned and came back the same 15.
No hills, no traffic, no stoplights, no cars to deal with — just miles of limestone/slag path, a herd of baby frogs and the occasional swam of mosquitoes.
There’s also a quirky little museum in a train car and a little shop that bakes up fresh cinnamon rolls along the way.
Next time, I’m going all the way to Kalamazoo! Folks at the bike shop told me a shuttle service will pick you up and bring you back to South Haven for $6 a person.
By Pam LeBlanc
Tuesday, July 20, 2010, 05:10 AM
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