Outdoors · Aetna

Aetna, MI parks, trails & bike paths

About 14% of Aetna is conserved land, roughly 3,189 acres. There are about 18 miles of mapped trails.

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

At a glance

Aetna outdoors

Conserved land
14%
3,189 of 22,854 acres
Trails
18 mi
0.5 mi per sq mi · 11 on conserved land
Parks & preserves
0
1,412 conserved acres per 1,000 residents
Bike routes
4.2 mi
0.0 mi lanes · 4.2 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

Tap a number or a place below to zoom in© OpenStreetMap contributors · USGS PAD-US
Places to walk

Parks & preserves with trails

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

3,189 conserved acres

Who manages it, from PAD-US. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.
U.S. Forest Service
2,636 ac
Private owners
267 ac
Other state land
215 ac
County
75 ac
Biking & sports

Bike routes, courts & fields

  • Painted or protected bike lanes0.0 mi
  • Off-road bike paths4.2 mi
  • Shoulders & shared lanes0.0 mi
  • The Dragon (bike route)4.2 mi
Nearby

Aetna and its neighbors

Towns whose outdoors data has been built so far.
TownConservedTrailsParks & preserves
Aetna14%17.9 mi0
Deerfield0.8%7.1 mi1
Big Prairie16.5%43.9 mi4
Mecosta2.4%16.0 mi3
Reynolds10.1%8.6 mi5
Trail talk

Conditions & tips from neighbors

No recent posts about Aetna'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 20-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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