Delhi Township's Sycamore Trail, constructed over the summer and fall of 2014, connects with the City of Lansing trail system at Jolly and Aurelius Roads, and with the Valhalla Trail through Valhalla Park. The paved trail winds through gently rolling portions of northern Delhi Township. You can find more information at http://delhitrails.com/trails/sycamore-trail/
Closest access is from a small parking lot at a Delhi Township pumping station on Dell Road. Depending on how far you want to walk, you could certainly start at Valhalla Park, from the dead end at the west end of English Oak Drive, or even from Maguire Park at Jolly and Aurelius Roads. Access from the north may be a problem if the trail is flooded where it goes under the I-96 freeway.
The major feature of this section of the trail is the two bodies of water immediately east of the trail. Each is several acres in size. These lakes are two of many lakes that can be found in a chain that stretches from south of Mason to north of Dewitt. These man-made lakes are the result of many years of gravel mining along what is known as the Mason Esker. An esker is a long, winding ridge of stratified sand and gravel, examples of which occur in glaciated and formerly glaciated regions of Europe and North America. Eskers are frequently several kilometres long and, because of their peculiar uniform shape, are somewhat like railway embankments. There are over 1,000 eskers in the state of Michigan, primarily in the south-central Lower Peninsula. The Mason Esker is the longest one, at 22 miles in length. (Text adapted from WikiPedia)
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