Outdoors · Ada

Ada, MI parks, trails & bike paths

About 10% of Ada is conserved land, roughly 2,410 acres. There are about 31 miles of mapped trails, and the biggest networks are in Seidman Park (8 mi), Cannonsburg State Game Area (4.5 mi), and Roselle Park (3.9 mi).

Conserved land, trails, parks and bike routes in Ada, measured from OpenStreetMap and USGS data.

At a glance

Ada outdoors

Conserved land
10%
2,410 of 23,608 acres
Trails
31 mi
0.8 mi per sq mi · 18 on conserved land
Parks & preserves
17
166 conserved acres per 1,000 residents
Bike routes
17.1 mi
0.0 mi lanes · 16.8 mi off-road paths

Conserved land is a share of the whole town area. Bike lanes are often missing from the map in smaller towns, so that number is likely low.

Map

Conserved land, trails & bike routes

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Places to walk

Parks & preserves with trails

Ranked by mapped trail miles. Directions go to the nearest marked trailhead or public parking.
1

Seidman Park

Park
425 acres8 mi of trail
Seidman Park TrailGoodwillie School Trail
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
2

Cannonsburg State Game Area

Managed by Michigan Department of Natural Resources
476 acres4.5 mi of trail
Egypt Valley - Section 3Egypt Valley - Section 4Bandit trail - unsanctioned
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo Egypt Valley Trailhead Parking Lot
3

Roselle Park

Park
253 acres3.9 mi of trail
Mowed TrailAda Township Trails
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
4

Ada Township Park

Park
52 acres0.7 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
5

Carl Creek Crossings Preserve

Park
9 acres0.5 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot Website
6

Grand River Nature Area

Managed by Ada Township
141 acres0.4 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet
7

Chief Hazy Cloud Park

Park
278 acres0.3 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
8

Legacy Park

Managed by Ada Township
3 acres0.3 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
All 17 parks & preserves
  • Leonard Field3 ac · 0.1 mi trail · Directions
  • Carl Creek Wetlands Preserve37 ac
  • Lions Park14 ac · Directions
  • Grand River Fulton Street Preserve6 ac
  • Ada Boating Access Site6 ac · Directions
  • Knapp Street Bridge Boating Access Site4 ac · Directions
  • Ada Roadside Park3 ac · Directions
  • Michael McGraw Park1 ac
  • Knapp Corner Preserve1 ac
Who protects the land

2,410 conserved acres

Who manages it, from PAD-US. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.
County
548 ac
Private owners
526 ac
State natural resources
487 ac
Town or city
423 ac
Land trusts & nonprofits
386 ac
Other state land
50 ac

Conserved doesn't always mean open to visitors. 435 acres are conservation easements, which are usually private land. The places listed above are parks and preserves people visit.

Biking & sports

Bike routes, courts & fields

  • Painted or protected bike lanes0.0 mi
  • Off-road bike paths16.8 mi
  • Shoulders & shared lanes0.3 mi

Courts & fields

  • Tennis27
  • Baseball18
  • Soccer15
  • Basketball12
  • Pickleball10
  • Football3
  • Softball2

Counts include school and college facilities, which aren't always open to the public.

Next door

Ada and its neighbors

Towns whose outdoors data has been built so far.
TownConservedTrailsParks & preserves
Ada10.2%31.3 mi17
Cascade4%23.0 mi7
Cannon7.1%55.4 mi6
Grand Rapids7.1%22.6 mi7
Vergennes11.5%16.9 mi6
Lowell5.3%3.9 mi3
Kentwood4.2%17.1 mi15
Trail talk

Conditions & tips from neighbors

No recent posts about Ada's trails yet. Muddy, icy, a bridge out, where to park: a quick post helps the next person.

Sources: trails, parks, preserves, courts and bike lanes © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL), map data as of 2026-09-28. Conserved land: USGS Gap Analysis Project, Protected Areas Database of the United States (PAD-US). Measured against the Census town boundary.

How we measure"Trails" are OpenStreetMap paths, bridleways, public tracks and unpaved footways, plus footways inside a park or preserve or on a named trail route. Sidewalks are left out. Areas are counted on a 21.4-meter grid, so overlapping parcels count once. "Conserved" includes conservation easements, which protect land from development but are usually private property. Trailheads are the nearest marked trailhead, public parking lot or information board within about 150 meters of a preserve. Dog rules come from OpenStreetMap when someone has tagged them; otherwise we show what's typical for the land manager, or say the rules aren't recorded.

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