On Saturday, June 28, 2025 the 7th annual Tacos & Trek for the Trail, a fun-filled taco luncheon and guided 5K ride/run/walk through Pentwater will take place on Pentwater’s Village Green. The 5K ride/walk/run begins at 11:30 a.m. Registration for the event may be completed online at Pentwaterharttrail.com or at 11 a.m. the day of the event.
A donation of $35 per person includes participation in the 5K ride/walk/run, two tacos and a T-shirt (with a pre-registration link online at: Pentwaterharttrail.com) or a two-taco lunch is available for a $10 donation.
The groups of bikers, runners and walkers, will depart from Second Street on the north side of the Village Green, following their group’s leader through the village.
All proceeds from the event go toward future maintenance of the Pentwater Hart Trail (PHT). The PHT begins at Carroll Street at Sixth Street in Pentwater on the paved shoulders, continues along Monroe Road to Longbridge Road, then along Longbridge Road to Wayne Road. At that location, the proposed 10-foot wide trail will be constructed in right-of-way along Wayne Road to Harrison, Harrison east to 72nd Avenue and 72nd to Tyler, where the Safe Route to School Section begins and then connects with the Hart-Montague Rail Trail on Water Street.
The effort to create a trail from Pentwater to Hart, to connect with the rail trail, began in 2015. In 2020, the committee formally became a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization called the “Friends of the Pentwater Hart Trail.” Of the total cost, $5.2 million is still needed for construction of the trail. The FPHT is working to raise most of this goal through state and federal grants, but private donations are also critical to the trail’s completion. In 2018, an allocation of $1.4 million for trail construction was made by former Michigan Senator Goeff Hansen. Volunteer members of the FPHT currently work on the creation of the trail and, in the future, will work to maintain the trail to the safety standards of the appropriate government agencies. Funds raised in excess of the goal shall be placed in a reserve fund and shall be used solely for trail maintenance.
Anyone interested donating to the trail and/or becoming a “Friend of the Pentwater Hart Trail” may find more information at Pentwaterharttrail.com.
