Portage Creek Bicentennial Park — Attraction in Portage

Visited garden lane entrance. Free open parking, large covered event shelter with flush bathrooms and potable water filling stations, table and chairs in shelter. Deck overlooks pond, we used paved trail heading north to Kilgore road and back. Mostly shaded areas and multiple option routes to head north, park benches along the route allow for pulling off and setting if desired. Took my kids on bikes while I ran. Kilgore entrance has flush bathrooms, bike repair, air, and bottle filling station and a little pagoda with benches under. Return trip was nice, under i94 is 144 and 143 miles to Detroit and Chicago. Be aware of road rules for traffic, keep right unless you pass, this park is popular. Speed limit is 15. Pavement maintained, rollerblade/skate, skateboard carefully there are a few seams. Mile posts show distance traveled. Bridges are wide and...

Watch out for park ranger kurt shistle? , old white guy , he is a danger to the community and his actions damaged my bike and nearly hurt several others as well. He often stands on in the middle of the bridge and stops people to inspect their bikes for gas motors , its the most dangerous place to stop someone coming around a blind corner and having to slam on the breaks on a slick surface with no where to go even if you are going a safe speed. We are supposed to be a bike friendly community, seems illegal to stop people like this when they are on a normal quiet bike, and not breaking any rules. I've filed a 3 complaints now and the parks service is ignoring it, so i'm sure the issues are at the top and they dont care about safety or possibly legal issues. Someone is going to get hurt because of him...

Don’t get me wrong, I do enjoy these trails. I’ve walked them throughout my childhood and for a while, they were my nature getaway. However, invasive species have been slowly and surely taking it over. Over the past 5 years, I’ve watched woodlands I could once walk through become completely shrubbed in with invasive autumn olive and multiflora rose. Not only will this impact the wildlife diversity, but will create an eyesore to nature enthusiasts. If better land management projects were put into place, this would save the trails and the critters...