Bruce Tanner Trails at Tompkins Center Historical Society, Rives Junction, Michigan

Date	Distance	Time	Elevation Gain	Average Moving Time	Year to Date Miles
8/10/2026	3 miles	1 hour 19 minutes	87'	2.4 mph	220.8

Parking: 

• Dirt parking lot in entrance next to the museum (museum address is 10138 Tompkins Road, Rives Junction, MI)

Map:

• tompkinscenterhistorical.org 
• I don't think the trails show up in the Gaia GPS app
• See map on sign photo

Directions:

• Green and red trail loops

In this part of Michigan, most people go hiking at the Pinckney Waterloo Recreation Area. We've hiked there before and I just remember it as being hot, humid, buggy, and overgrown in the summer. This year, I decided to look around for other areas to hike. After doing some research, this place came up on my list. This set of trails is on the Stewart Farm, which also houses historical farm buildings. We did see what we think are soybeans growing in the fields. The hike is on grassy, gravel, and dirt paths. It was hot and humid, but the bugs fortunately weren't too bad. There was occasional signage on the trail. Having a copy of the online map to get started, and then a photo of a map from one of their trail signs was helpful.

This map looks different than the online map. We used this one for navigating
However, doing the green and red trails, we still only came up with a 3 mile hike.

Typical trail

Radio controlled plane runway