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NorthEnd Park
Park
112 acres2.3 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
Outdoors · Big Rapids
Big Rapids, MI parks, trails & bike paths
About 5.5% of Big Rapids is conserved land, roughly 159 acres. There are about 4.3 miles of mapped trails, and the biggest networks are in NorthEnd Park (2.3 mi).
Conserved land, trails, parks and bike routes in Big Rapids, measured from OpenStreetMap and USGS data.
At a glance
Big Rapids outdoors
Conserved land
5.5%
159 of 2,904 acres
Trails
4.3 mi
1 mi per sq mi · 2 on conserved land
Parks & preserves
13
19 conserved acres per 1,000 residents
Bike routes
7.7 mi
0.0 mi lanes · 7.7 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
River Street Park
Park
28 acres0.3 mi of trail
Big Rapids River Trail
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
3
Vogel Field
Managed by City of Big Rapids
6 acres0.3 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
4
Clay Cliffs Nature Area
Managed by City of Big Rapids
66 acres
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
All 13 parks & preserves
Showing 1–10 of 13 parks & preserves
NorthEnd Park112 acres · 2.3 mi of trail
River Street Park28 acres · 0.3 mi of trail
Vogel Field6 acres · 0.3 mi of trail · City of Big Rapids
Santer Nature Preserve17 acres · 0.2 mi of trail
Mitchell Creek Park3 acres · 0.2 mi of trail
Community Pool4 acres · 0.1 mi of trail · City of Big Rapids
Library Park1 acres · 0.1 mi of trail
Clay Cliffs Nature Area66 acres · City of Big Rapids
Industrial Park Ballfield9 acres
Swede Hill Park4 acres
Who protects the land
159 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 paths7.7 mi
- Shoulders & shared lanes0.0 mi
Courts & fields
- Baseball14
- Soccer9
- Basketball5
- Pickleball4
- Tennis4
- Football2
Counts include school and college facilities, which aren't always open to the public.
Trail talk
Conditions & tips from neighbors
No recent posts about Big Rapids'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.