Outdoors · Almira
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About 2% of Almira is conserved land, roughly 466 acres. There are about 50 miles of mapped trails, and the biggest networks are in Pere Marquette State Forest - Traverse City Unit (34.8 mi), Lower Woodcock Lake Nature Preserve (3.1 mi), and Ransom Lake Natural Area (2.6 mi).
Conserved land, trails, parks and bike routes in Almira, measured from OpenStreetMap and USGS data.
At a glance
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Conserved land
2%
466 of 22,903 acres
Trails
50 mi
1.4 mi per sq mi
Parks & preserves
14
118 conserved acres per 1,000 residents
Bike routes
7.8 mi
0.0 mi lanes · 7.8 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
🏖️ Unnamed beach 🏖️ Unnamed beach 🏖️ Unnamed beach 🛝 Unnamed playground in Almira Township Park 🛝 Unnamed playground 🛝 Unnamed playground in Burnett Park 🛝 Unnamed playground 🛝 Unnamed playground 🛶 Brooks Lake Boat Launch 🛶 Davis Lake Boat Launch 🛶 Herendeene Lake Boat Launch 🛶 Lake Ann Boat Launch 🛶 Stevens Lake Boat Launch 🛶 Unnamed boat launch 🛶 Unnamed boat launch in Pere Marquette State Forest - Traverse City Unit 🛶 Unnamed boat launch 🔭 Unnamed scenic view in Ransom Lake Natural Area ⛰️ Warner Hill 🧺 Chuck Wagon 🏕️ Lake Ann State Forest Campground 🥏 Unnamed disc golf course in Almira Township Park 1 2 3 4 5 6
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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 Pere Marquette State Forest - Traverse City Unit Managed by Michigan Department of Natural Resources
6,042 acres34.8 mi of trail
Lake Ann Pathway Outer Loop Lake Ann Pathway Campground Loop Shore-to-Shore Trail Lakewood Circle Lake Ann Pathway Connector 1
🐕 Dog rules not recorded
2 Lower Woodcock Lake Nature Preserve Managed by Grand Traverse Regional Land Conservancy
229 acres3.1 mi of trail
Lower Woodcock Lake Nature Preserve Trail
🐕 Dog rules not recorded
3 Ransom Lake Natural Area Managed by Almira Township
246 acres2.6 mi of trail
Ransom Lake Parsons Center Trail
🐕 Dog rules not recorded
4 Cedar Run Creek Natural Area Managed by Long Lake Township
149 acres1.8 mi of trail
🐕 Dog rules not recorded
5 Eastern Michigan University Parsons Center for Arts and Sciences Managed by Eastern Michigan University
87 acres0.9 mi of trail
Parsons Center Trail
🐕 Dog rules not recorded
6 Pearl Lake Natural Area Nature preserve
28 acres0.3 mi of trail
🐕 Dog rules not recorded
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Website
All 14 parks & preserves
Showing 1–10 of 14 parks & preserves
🌲 Pere Marquette State Forest - Traverse City Unit 6,042 acres · 34.8 mi of trail · Michigan Department of Natural Resources
🌲 Lower Woodcock Lake Nature Preserve 229 acres · 3.1 mi of trail · Grand Traverse Regional Land Conservancy
🌲 Ransom Lake Natural Area 246 acres · 2.6 mi of trail · Almira Township
🌲 Cedar Run Creek Natural Area 149 acres · 1.8 mi of trail · Long Lake Township
🌲 Eastern Michigan University Parsons Center for Arts and Sciences 87 acres · 0.9 mi of trail · Eastern Michigan University
🌲 Pearl Lake Natural Area 28 acres · 0.3 mi of trail
🌳 Almira Township Lakefront Park 2 acres · 0.1 mi of trail · Township of Almira
🌳 Almira Township Park 58 acres
🌳 Davis Lake Public Water Access Site 12 acres · Michigan Department of Natural Resources
🌳 Stevens Lake Public Water Access Site 3 acres · Michigan Department of Natural Resources
Things to do
Beaches, playgrounds, falls & more
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Boat launches in Almira Show all on map
🛶 Herendeene Lake Boat Launch
🛶 Lake Ann Boat Launch In Pere Marquette State Forest - Traverse City Unit
🛶 Stevens Lake Boat Launch
🛶 Unnamed boat launch in Pere Marquette State Forest - Traverse City Unit
Trails
Named trails
Open to bikes 6.3 mi Horses 5.5 mi Unpaved 44.5 mi
Lake Ann Pathway Outer Loop 3.1 mi Ransom Lake 2.2 mi Lake Ann Pathway Campground Loop 1.4 mi Parsons Center Trail 1.1 mi Shore-to-Shore Trail 1.0 mi Lower Woodcock Lake Nature Preserve Trail 0.6 mi Lakewood Circle 0.4 mi Lake Ann Pathway Connector 1 0.3 mi Lake Ann Pathway Connector 2 0.3 mi Lake Ann Pathway Lake Shortcut 0.1 mi Water
Lakes & rivers
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Who protects the land
466 conserved acres
Who manages it, from PAD-US. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.
State natural resources
238 ac Land trusts & nonprofits
13 ac Conserved doesn't always mean open to visitors. 13 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 lanes 0.0 mi Off-road bike paths 7.8 mi Shoulders & shared lanes 0.0 mi
Courts & fields Baseball 4 Beach volleyball 4 Basketball 2 Tennis 2 Equestrian 1 Soccer 1 Volleyball 1 Counts include school and college facilities, which aren't always open to the public.
Public lands
The biggest protected places in Almira
From USGS PAD-US: who manages each one and whether visitors are welcome.
State Conservation Area 238 ac Private Park 213 ac Unknown Easement 13 ac Local Park 2 ac
Place Managed by Acres Public access
MNRTF Parcel 32 State Conservation Area State natural resources 238 Restricted Mistwood Golf Course Private Park Private owners 213 Restricted Bumett Park Local Park Town or city 2 Open
History
Historic places to visit
🏛️ Veterans Memorial In Almira Township Park · War memorial
🏛️ Loon Song Covered Bridge Historic site
🪦 Green Briar Cemetery Cemetery
🪦 Lake Ann Cemetery Cemetery
Nearby
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Towns whose outdoors data has been built so far.
Trail talk
Conditions & tips from neighbors
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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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