1
Au Sable State Forest - Gladwin Unit
Managed by Michigan Department of Natural Resources
3,442 acres3 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet
Outdoors · Alabaster
Alabaster, MI parks, trails & bike paths
About 5.8% of Alabaster is conserved land, roughly 814 acres. There are about 11 miles of mapped trails, and the biggest networks are in Au Sable State Forest - Gladwin Unit (3 mi).
Conserved land, trails, parks and bike routes in Alabaster, measured from OpenStreetMap and USGS data.
At a glance
Alabaster outdoors
Conserved land
5.8%
814 of 14,132 acres
Trails
11 mi
0.5 mi per sq mi
Parks & preserves
2
named on the map
Bike routes
6.0 mi
0.0 mi lanes · 6.0 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.
2
Lake Huron Coastal Preserve
Managed by Alabaster Township
165 acres0.3 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo Dyer Road Trailhead
Who protects the land
814 conserved acres
Who manages it, from PAD-US. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.
Conserved doesn't always mean open to visitors. 196 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 paths6.0 mi
- Shoulders & shared lanes0.0 mi
Nearby
Alabaster and its neighbors
Towns whose outdoors data has been built so far.
Trail talk
Conditions & tips from neighbors
No recent posts about Alabaster'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.