Michigan's longest trail as of 2020, it creates a non-highway right-of-way through the western third of the Upper Peninsula.
[1] Proceeding from west to east, the trail departs Wakefield, at a point adjacent to U.S. Route 2.
[1][2] The State Line Trail uses more than 50 bridges to cross the humid, temperate forested lands of the western Upper Peninsula.
The state of Michigan describes the tree life of the trail's right-of-way as being dominated by aspen, birch, maple, beech, and hemlock.
[1] The State Line Trail is a lengthy, repurposed stretch of railroad right-of-way once used by the Chicago-based Chicago and Northwestern Railway (C&NW).