1
Ottawa National Forest - Kenton Ranger District
Managed by United States Forest Service
17,355 acres27.9 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet
Outdoors · Bates
Bates, MI parks, trails & bike paths
About 38% of Bates is conserved land, roughly 31,823 acres. There are about 112 miles of mapped trails, and the biggest networks are in Ottawa National Forest - Kenton Ranger District (27.9 mi), Ottawa National Forest - Iron River Ranger District (21.3 mi), and Copper Country State Forest - Crystal Falls Unit (2 mi).
Conserved land, trails, parks and bike routes in Bates, measured from OpenStreetMap and USGS data.
At a glance
Bates outdoors
Conserved land
38%
31,823 of 83,484 acres
Trails
112 mi
0.9 mi per sq mi · 53 on conserved land
Parks & preserves
8
named on the map
Bike routes
0.0 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
Ottawa National Forest - Iron River Ranger District
Managed by United States Forest Service
11,552 acres21.3 mi of trail
Forest Road 2143Forest Road 2144
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet
3
Copper Country State Forest - Crystal Falls Unit
Managed by Michigan Department of Natural Resources
2,485 acres2 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet
4
Ontonagon Wild And Scenic River
Managed by United States Forest Service
708 acres1.2 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet
Website
Who protects the land
31,823 conserved acres
Who manages it, from PAD-US. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.
Biking & sports
Bike routes, courts & fields
- Painted or protected bike lanes0.0 mi
- Off-road bike paths0.0 mi
- Shoulders & shared lanes0.0 mi
- Iron County Recreational Trail (bike route)4.1 mi
Courts & fields
- Baseball2
- Basketball1
Counts include school and college facilities, which aren't always open to the public.
Nearby
Bates and its neighbors
Towns whose outdoors data has been built so far.
| Town | Conserved | Trails | Parks & preserves |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bates | 38.1% | 112.3 mi | 8 |
| Hematite | 16.4% | 169.0 mi | 2 |
| Iron River | 65.3% | 263.2 mi | 5 |
| Stambaugh | 43.9% | 183.1 mi | 4 |
| Crystal Falls | 14.8% | 88.9 mi | 3 |
| Iron River | 3.3% | 7.9 mi | 7 |
| Duncan | 77.9% | 218.4 mi | 3 |
Trail talk
Conditions & tips from neighbors
No recent posts about Bates'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 60.8-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.