1
Huron National Forest
Managed by United States Forest Service
5,157 acres6.9 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet
Website
Outdoors · Alcona
Alcona, MI parks, trails & bike paths
About 17% of Alcona is conserved land, roughly 7,161 acres. There are about 47 miles of mapped trails, and the biggest networks are in Huron National Forest (6.9 mi).
Conserved land, trails, parks and bike routes in Alcona, measured from OpenStreetMap and USGS data.
At a glance
Alcona outdoors
Conserved land
17%
7,161 of 42,185 acres
Trails
47 mi
0.7 mi per sq mi · 12 on conserved land
Parks & preserves
4
6,564 conserved acres per 1,000 residents
Bike routes
6.5 mi
0.0 mi lanes · 0.0 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
Au Sable State Forest - Grayling Unit
Managed by Michigan Department of Natural Resources
624 acres
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet
Website
3
Thunder Bay National Marine Sanctuary
Managed by National Oceanographic and Atmospheric Administration;State of Michigan
511 acres
Dog rules not recorded
4
Black River Beach Park and Boat Launch
Managed by Michigan Department of Natural Resources;Alcona Township
6 acres0.1 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
Who protects the land
7,161 conserved acres
Who manages it, from PAD-US. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.
Conserved doesn't always mean open to visitors. 14 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 paths0.0 mi
- Shoulders & shared lanes6.5 mi
Courts & fields
- Tennis3
- Baseball1
- Basketball1
Counts include school and college facilities, which aren't always open to the public.
Nearby
Alcona and its neighbors
Towns whose outdoors data has been built so far.
Trail talk
Conditions & tips from neighbors
No recent posts about Alcona'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 33.9-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.