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Billings, MI parks, trails & bike paths

About 2% of Billings is conserved land, roughly 300 acres. There are about 2.2 miles of mapped trails.

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

At a glance

Billings outdoors

Conserved land
2%
300 of 14,751 acres
Trails
2.2 mi
0.1 mi per sq mi
Parks & preserves
3
144 conserved acres per 1,000 residents
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

123
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.
1

Beaverton School Nature Area Number 2

Managed by Beaverton Schools
67 acres0.4 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet
2

Au Sable State Forest - Gladwin Unit

Managed by Michigan Department of Natural Resources
1,592 acres0.1 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet
3

Billings Township Park

Managed by Township of Billings
27 acres0.2 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet
Who protects the land

300 conserved acres

Who manages it, from PAD-US. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.
Private owners
223 ac
County
60 ac
Land trusts & nonprofits
9 ac
Other state land
8 ac

Conserved doesn't always mean open to visitors. 17 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
Nearby

Billings and its neighbors

Towns whose outdoors data has been built so far.
TownConservedTrailsParks & preserves
Billings2%2.2 mi3
Tobacco5.1%6.5 mi3
Bentley0.3%13.5 mi3
Hay1.5%5.3 mi2
Hope4.3%1.0 mi1
Trail talk

Conditions & tips from neighbors

No recent posts about Billings'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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