1
Otto Nature Preserve
Managed by Oceana Conservation District
81 acres1.5 mi of trail
Beech-Maple TrailOak Trail
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet
Website
Outdoors · Benona
Benona, MI parks, trails & bike paths
About 5.9% of Benona is conserved land, roughly 1,558 acres. There are about 21 miles of mapped trails, and the biggest networks are in Otto Nature Preserve (1.5 mi) and Silver Lake State Park (1.1 mi).
Conserved land, trails, parks and bike routes in Benona, measured from OpenStreetMap and USGS data.
At a glance
Benona outdoors
Conserved land
5.9%
1,558 of 26,219 acres
Trails
21 mi
0.5 mi per sq mi · 4 on conserved land
Parks & preserves
7
999 conserved acres per 1,000 residents
Bike routes
0.1 mi
0.0 mi lanes · 0.1 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
Silver Lake State Park
Managed by Michigan Department of Natural Resources
385 acres1.1 mi of trail
South Stone Church
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet
Website
3
Stony Creek Nature Preserve
Managed by Oceana Conservation District
37 acres
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet
Website
4
Benona Township Oval Park
Park
4 acres0.1 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
Things to do
Beaches, playgrounds, falls & more
Pick a kind of place for the list, directions, or pins on the map above.
Peaks in Benona
Trails
Named trails
Unpaved 8.6 mi
- S1.1 mi
- Beech-Maple Trail0.9 mi
- South Stone Church0.7 mi
- Oak Trail0.7 mi
Water
Lakes & rivers
Tap a name for directions.
Who protects the land
1,558 conserved acres
Who manages it, from PAD-US. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.
Conserved doesn't always mean open to visitors. 488 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 paths0.1 mi
- Shoulders & shared lanes0.0 mi
Courts & fields
- Tennis3
- Baseball1
- Basketball1
- Beach volleyball1
Counts include school and college facilities, which aren't always open to the public.
Public lands
The biggest protected places in Benona
From USGS PAD-US: who manages each one and whether visitors are welcome.
Agricultural Easement 488 acState Park 385 acLocal Recreation Area 295 acLocal Conservation Area 180 acPrivate Park 107 ac
Access
| Place | Managed by | Acres | Public access |
|---|---|---|---|
| Silver Lake State ParkState Park | State parks | 385 | Open |
| Camp MiniwancaLocal Recreation Area | Town or city | 295 | Open |
| Memorial Nature PreserveLocal Conservation Area | Town or city | 141 | Open |
| Benona Shores Golf CoursePrivate Park | Private owners | 107 | Restricted |
| Genevieve CaseyPrivate Conservation | Land trusts & nonprofits | 54 | Open |
| Hart-Montague Bicycle Trail ParkState Recreation Area | State natural resources | 43 | Open |
| Woods and Dunes Nature PreserveLocal Conservation Area | Town or city | 39 | Open |
| Benona Township ParkLocal Park | Town or city | 3 | Open |
| Marshville Dam ParkLocal Park | Town or city | 2 | Open |
| Knoll ParkLocal Park | Town or city | 1 | Open |
History
Historic places to visit
Kinji ShrineMemorial
The MonumentMemorial
Sky BridgeHistoric site
Evergreen Cemetery NorthCemetery
Evergreen Cemetery SouthCemetery
Gardner CemeteryCemetery
Saint Stephen's Lutheran CemeteryCemetery
Nearby
Benona and its neighbors
Towns whose outdoors data has been built so far.
Trail talk
Conditions & tips from neighbors
No recent posts about Benona'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 22.8-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.