Welcome to the Kal-Haven Trail!

The Kal-Haven Trail, the first State Park of its kind in Michigan, is a wonderful 34 mile long linear, multi-use trail that links Kalamazoo to South Haven and is one of southwest Michigan’s premier tourist destinations. The Trail passes over a glacial moraine, through busy towns, ghost towns  and  small villages, open farmland and orchards, delicate wetlands and ends on the shores of Lake Michigan losing only 300′ in elevation along the way. Read more about the trail at

• Michigan DNR website
• West Michigan Trails & Greenways
• The Rails to Trails Conservancy
• Yelp
• All Trails
• Awesome Mitten
• Michigan Trails Magazine
• The Hiking Project
• Wikipedia

The Kal-Haven is a
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Friends of the Kal-Haven Trail

In the 1980’s the community came together for the purpose of transforming the old Kalamazoo & South Haven Railroad bed into a multi-use trail for all to walk, bike, snowmobile, and enjoy. It was their vision and their efforts that brought us the Kal-Haven Trail as we know it today.

The Friends’ exist to help maintain, improve and build on the trail for future generations to enjoy and your participation is always welcome.

Donate to the Friends:

Write us at info@kalhaven.org

This site was updated on July 22, 2023