1
Au Sable State Forest - Gladwin Unit
Managed by Michigan Department of Natural Resources
9,716 acres10.9 mi of trail
Midland to Mackinaw Trail
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet
Outdoors · Bentley
Bentley, MI parks, trails & bike paths
There are about 14 miles of mapped trails, and the biggest networks are in Au Sable State Forest - Gladwin Unit (10.9 mi).
Conserved land, trails, parks and bike routes in Bentley, measured from OpenStreetMap and USGS data.
At a glance
Bentley outdoors
Conserved land
0.3%
72 of 22,727 acres
Trails
14 mi
0.4 mi per sq mi
Parks & preserves
3
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
Robert H. Briggs and Herald W. Cox Memorial Nature Sanctuary
Managed by Michigan Nature Association
40 acres
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet
Website
3
Bentley Township Park
Park
14 acres
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet
Who protects the land
72 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
Courts & fields
- Baseball2
- Basketball1
Counts include school and college facilities, which aren't always open to the public.
Nearby
Bentley and its neighbors
Towns whose outdoors data has been built so far.
| Town | Conserved | Trails | Parks & preserves |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bentley | 0.3% | 13.5 mi | 3 |
| Billings | 2% | 2.2 mi | 3 |
| Mills | 10.8% | 8.2 mi | 2 |
| Mount Forest | 1.3% | 1.5 mi | 1 |
| Grim | 11.4% | 141.4 mi | 2 |
Trail talk
Conditions & tips from neighbors
No recent posts about Bentley'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.