Welcome to Swedetown
The Swedetown Recreation Area in Calumet, Michigan, provides outstanding opportunities for recreation: winter cross country skiing, snow biking, and sledding; and summer mountain biking, hiking, and running.
Winter trails include 29 km of groomed cross-country ski trails and 15 km (9 miles) of snow bike trails.
Summer trails include 25 miles of purpose-built singletrack mountain bike trails which are also available for hiking and running.
The Swedetown Chalet provides a welcoming starting point for all trail adventures, and there are two additional trailheads for both summer and winter use. Check out our maps for details.
The Swedetown Trails Club, a volunteer organization, provides the stewardship for the trails in partnership with Calumet Township.
Support the Chalet Expansion
The Swedetown Trails Club has launched a crowdfunding campaign to complete the funding for the upcoming chalet expansion and universal accessibility. If we raise $50,000 by August 20, the Michigan Economic Development Corporation will provide an additional $50,000 through its Public Places Community Spaces program.
The project will move all common areas to the ground floor, which will increase in size by 33%, make the chalet barrier free, and provide a paved walkway and handicap parking spaces.
You can see the history of the Swedetown Universal Accessibility Project here, and you’ll find the crowdfunding details at patronicity.com/chalet.
How to Find Us
The main trailhead for Swedetown is on Osceola Road in Calumet near the intersection with Swedetown Road. Look for the big welcome sign marking the driveway.
There is a trailhead with parking on M203. In the summer and fall you can enter here to connect to Lakeview and other bike and hike trails. In the winter you can access ski and snowshoe trails here. Watch for the brown trailhead sign just north of the intersection of M203 and Cloverland Road (the trailhead address is 22500 State Highway M203).
