Riverwalk & Rapids Park

A comprehensive plan encompasses a downtown Grand River "boardwalk" trail and other watershed trails which will connect local trails to regional and statewide trails. The interconnected parks and pathways along the Grand River offer what will be a continuous loop, on both sides of the Grand River from Fulton Street north to Sixth Street. Walking this route, you will encounter a variety of art in park sites as well as historic interpretive markers explaining significant events in Grand Rapids history. Much of the downtown system is operational and an abandoned railroad bridge has been purchased to connect separate local trail systems and link with regional and statewide trail systems. The final trail systems will connect users to existing trails north to Cadillac (100 miles) and south to Barry County (50 miles).