Outdoors · Beaver

Beaver, MI parks, trails & bike paths

About 26% of Beaver is conserved land, roughly 5,994 acres. There are about 4.0 miles of mapped trails.

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

At a glance

Beaver outdoors

Conserved land
26%
5,994 of 22,768 acres
Trails
4.0 mi
0.1 mi per sq mi · 2 on conserved land
Parks & preserves
0
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.
Trails

Named trails

  • National Forest Road 96730.1 mi
  • NFS 55250.1 mi
Water

Lakes & rivers

Tap a name for directions.

Who protects the land

5,994 conserved acres

Who manages it, from PAD-US. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.
U.S. Forest Service
5,245 ac
USDA easements (NRCS)
726 ac
Other state land
28 ac

Conserved doesn't always mean open to visitors. 749 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 lanes0.0 mi
Public lands

The biggest protected places in Beaver

From USGS PAD-US: who manages each one and whether visitors are welcome.
National Forest 5,245 acConservation Easement 754 ac
PlaceManaged byAcresPublic access
Manistee National ForestNational ForestU.S. Forest Service5,245Open
Nearby

Beaver and its neighbors

Towns whose outdoors data has been built so far.
TownConservedTrailsParks & preserves
Beaver26.3%4.0 mi0
Denver14.3%6.3 mi3
Merrill59.5%80.7 mi1
Leavitt29.7%12.5 mi3
Troy66.1%53.8 mi1
Trail talk

Conditions & tips from neighbors

No recent posts about Beaver'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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