1
Sarett Nature Center
Managed by Sarett Nature Center
371 acres7 mi of trail
Grassland LoopUpland TrailLowland TrailPine Tree LoopRolling Meadow Loop
Dog rules not recorded
Outdoors · Benton
Benton, MI parks, trails & bike paths
About 4.8% of Benton is conserved land, roughly 1,000 acres. There are about 13 miles of mapped trails, and the biggest networks are in Sarett Nature Center (7 mi) and Brown Sanctuary (1 mi).
Conserved land, trails, parks and bike routes in Benton, measured from OpenStreetMap and USGS data.
At a glance
Benton outdoors
Conserved land
4.8%
1,000 of 20,915 acres
Trails
13 mi
0.4 mi per sq mi · 7 on conserved land
Parks & preserves
7
70 conserved acres per 1,000 residents
Bike routes
9.8 mi
0.0 mi lanes · 9.8 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
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
Brown Sanctuary
Managed by Sarett Nature Center
369 acres1 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
3
Benton Park
Managed by Benton Charter Township
62 acres0.1 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
4
Southwest Michigan Underwater Preserve
Nature preserve
4 acres
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet
Who protects the land
1,000 conserved acres
Who manages it, from PAD-US. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.
Conserved doesn't always mean open to visitors. 1 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 paths9.8 mi
- Shoulders & shared lanes0.0 mi
Courts & fields
- Soccer5
- Baseball5
- Tennis4
- Basketball3
- Softball2
- Volleyball1
Counts include school and college facilities, which aren't always open to the public.
Nearby
Benton and its neighbors
Towns whose outdoors data has been built so far.
| Town | Conserved | Trails | Parks & preserves |
|---|---|---|---|
| Benton | 4.8% | 13.1 mi | 7 |
| Benton Harbor | 3.2% | 2.9 mi | 8 |
| Bainbridge | 0.1% | 1.7 mi | 1 |
| Royalton | 1.5% | 1.5 mi | 2 |
| Hagar | 3.9% | 5.9 mi | 2 |
Trail talk
Conditions & tips from neighbors
No recent posts about Benton'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 21.8-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.