Editing Greenville, Michigan (section)

==Recreation==
===Swimming===
[[File:Baldwin Lake Beach Greenville Michigan.jpg|thumb|right|Baldwin Lake Beach]]
Baldwin Lake Beach offers a pavilion and two acres of white sand beach on the cool shores of Baldwin Lake.<ref>{{cite web |title=Baldwin Lake Beach |url=http://greenvillemi.org/City-of-Greenville/Departments/Recreation-and-Parks-(1)/Park-Information/Swimming.aspx |website=Greenville Michigan |publisher=City of Greenville |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120313051745/http://greenvillemi.org/City-of-Greenville/Departments/Recreation-and-Parks-%281%29/Park-Information/Swimming.aspx| archive-date=March 13, 2012}}</ref>
The swimming area is small with no docks in water off the beach. The pavilion has vending machines and changing rooms. No lifeguard oversees swimmers.

===Biking===
[[File:Greenville Michigan Fred Meijer Trail.jpg|thumb|left|Greenville Michigan Fred Meijer Trail]]Greenville has a well-developed trail system. The eight mile long Fred Meijer Flat River Trail connects Greenville's major parks and circumnavigates the city.<ref>{{cite web |title=Fred Meijer Flat River Trail Map |url=http://greenvillemi.org/getdoc/b2484a14-bceb-4dd2-ac0f-c74efde1e5df/FMFRT-Map.aspx |website=Greenville Michigan |publisher=City of Greenville |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110817124301/http://greenvillemi.org/getdoc/b2484a14-bceb-4dd2-ac0f-c74efde1e5df/FMFRT-Map.aspx |archive-date=August 17, 2011}}</ref>  Greenville is also the terminus of the 41 mile long Fred Meijer Heartland Trail.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.traillink.com/trail/fred-meijer-heartland-trail.aspx |title=Fred Meijer Heartland Trail {{!}} Michigan Trails |website=TrailLink.com |date=2014-07-19 |access-date=2015-06-05}}</ref> This trail connects Greenville to Alma, and various other communities in Montcalm and Gratiot counties. Mountain biking is available at both the Shearer Road and Edward's Creek mountain bike paths.<ref>{{cite web |title=Shearer Road Mountain Bike Trail |url=http://greenvillemi.org/City-of-Greenville/Departments/Recreation-and-Parks-(1)/Park-Information/Shearer-Road-Mountain-Bike-Trail.aspx |website=Greenville Michigan |publisher=City of Greenville |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120313051827/http://greenvillemi.org/City-of-Greenville/Departments/Recreation-and-Parks-%281%29/Park-Information/Shearer-Road-Mountain-Bike-Trail.aspx |archive-date=March 13, 2012}}</ref>
<ref>{{cite web |title=Edwards Creek Mountain Bike Trail |url=http://greenvillemi.org/City-of-Greenville/Departments/Recreation-and-Parks-(1)/Park-Information/Edwards-Creek-Mountain-Bike-Trail.aspx |website=Greenville Michigan |publisher=City of Greenville |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120313051855/http://greenvillemi.org/City-of-Greenville/Departments/Recreation-and-Parks-%281%29/Park-Information/Edwards-Creek-Mountain-Bike-Trail.aspx |archive-date=March 13, 2012}}</ref>

===Skiing===
[[File:Tower Mountain Ski Are Greenville Michigan.jpg|thumb|right|Tower Mountain Ski Area]]The Tower Mountain ski area offers the county's only tow rope operated skiing/sledding area and is free to the public.<ref>{{cite web |title=Tower Mountain |url=http://greenvillemi.org/City-of-Greenville/Departments/Recreation-and-Parks-(1)/Park-Information/Tower-Mountain.aspx |website=Greenville Michigan |publisher=City of Greenville |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120313051807/http://greenvillemi.org/City-of-Greenville/Departments/Recreation-and-Parks-%281%29/Park-Information/Tower-Mountain.aspx |archive-date=March 13, 2012}}</ref> Greenville also offers miles of cross country skiing trails at both the Greenville Community Center and along the snow-covered bike trails in the winter.

===Boating===
Canoe access to the [[Flat River (Michigan)|Flat River]] is available at Jackson's Landing, a popular starting point for paddling through the Flat River State Game area.<ref>{{cite web |title=Jackson's Landing |url=http://greenvillemi.org/City-of-Greenville/Departments/Recreation-and-Parks-(1)/Park-Information/Jacksons-Landing.aspx |website=Greenville Michigan |publisher=City of Greenville |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120313051909/http://greenvillemi.org/City-of-Greenville/Departments/Recreation-and-Parks-%281%29/Park-Information/Jacksons-Landing.aspx |archive-date=March 13, 2012}}</ref>

===Ice fishing===
Greenville has a proud culture of [[ice shanty]] building and annually displays some of its most technologically advanced creations on the area's many fishing lakes.<ref>{{cite news |first=Jessica |last=Dudenhofer |title=Greenville offers plenty of outdoor recreational opportunities through the cold winter months |url=http://www.thedailynews.cc/main.asp?Search=1&ArticleID=32229&SectionID=2&SubSectionID=11&S=1 |work=The Daily News |location=Greenville, Michigan |date=January 15, 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110929132556/http://www.thedailynews.cc/main.asp?Search=1&ArticleID=32229&SectionID=2&SubSectionID=11&S=1 |archive-date=September 29, 2011}}</ref>