New Petoskey/Charlevoix-Area Trail Now Open

Explore Enji-minozhiiyaamigak: The Place of Peacefulness Nature Preserve

Sept. 20, 2025

In September, the Little Traverse Conservancy announced the opening of a new universally-accessible trail in the Bay Shore area (between Petoskey and Charlevoix) that offers one of the few trail access points to the lake between Charlevoix and Mackinaw City. The 0.5-mile trail is tucked inside the 56-acre Enji-minozhiiyaamigak: The Place of Peacefulness Nature Preserve. Per a press release, the trail “leads to a platform overlooking Little Traverse Bay. Stairs take you to the cobblestone beach that stretches roughly a quarter mile along Lake Michigan.” The preserve also features a steel tree sculpture, made to look like an indigenous marker tree, that was created by the students of the Industrial Arts Institute in Onaway. All signs throughout the preserve are in both Anishinaabemowin and English. Learn more about the preserve and this new trail by visiting landtrust.org.