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About 29% of Bliss is conserved land, roughly 8,433 acres. There are about 49 miles of mapped trails, and the biggest networks are in Wilderness State Park (33.5 mi) and Mackinaw State Forest - Gaylord Unit (6.5 mi).
Conserved land, trails, parks and bike routes in Bliss, measured from OpenStreetMap and USGS data.
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Conserved land
29%
8,433 of 29,262 acres
Trails
49 mi
1.1 mi per sq mi · 25 on conserved land
Parks & preserves
4
named on the map
Bike routes
2.0 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.
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Conserved land, trails & bike routes
🛶 O'Neal Lake Rustic Boat Launch 🛶 Unnamed boat launch in Wilderness State Park 🛶 Unnamed boat launch in Wilderness State Park ⛰️ Billiau Hill ⛰️ Mount Nebo 🏕️ O'Neal Lake Back Country Campsite 🏕️ Wilderness State Park Campground 🏕️ Wilderness State Park Campground 🏕️ Wilderness State Park Pines Campground 🏕️ Unnamed campground in Wilderness State Park 🏕️ Unnamed campground in Wilderness State Park 🏕️ Unnamed campground in Wilderness State Park 🏕️ Unnamed campground in Wilderness State Park 1 2 3 4
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Places to walk
Parks & preserves with trails
Ranked by mapped trail miles. Directions go to the nearest marked trailhead or public parking.
1 Wilderness State Park Park
9,989 acres33.5 mi of trail
North Country National Scenic Trail O'Neil Lake Trail Sturgeon Bay Trail Nebo Trail Old South Boundary Trail
🐕 Dog rules not recorded
Directions To NCT Traihead Parking - W Sturgeon Bay Trail
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2 Mackinaw State Forest - Gaylord Unit Managed by Michigan Department of Natural Resources
2,492 acres6.5 mi of trail
North Country National Scenic Trail
🐕 Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet Show on map
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3 Straits of Mackinac Underwater Preserve Nature preserve
242 acres
🐕 Dog rules not recorded
4 Ralph and Ursula Compton Nature Preserve Nature preserve
4 acres
🐕 Dog rules not recorded
Directions To Lake O'Neal Rustic Parking & Boat Launch
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Things to do
Beaches, playgrounds, falls & more
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Campgrounds in Bliss Show all on map
🏕️ O'Neal Lake Back Country Campsite In Wilderness State Park · Michigan DNR
🏕️ Wilderness State Park Campground Fee · In Wilderness State Park · Michigan DNR
🏕️ Wilderness State Park Campground Fee · In Wilderness State Park · Michigan DNR
🏕️ Wilderness State Park Pines Campground Fee · In Wilderness State Park · Michigan DNR
🏕️ Unnamed campground in Wilderness State Park
🏕️ Unnamed campground in Wilderness State Park
🏕️ Unnamed campground in Wilderness State Park
🏕️ Unnamed campground in Wilderness State Park
Trails
Named trails
Open to bikes 3.1 mi Unpaved 32.9 mi
Showing 1–10 of 13 trails
North Country National Scenic Trail 7.9 mi O'Neil Lake Trail 4.2 mi Sturgeon Bay Trail 3.7 mi Nebo Trail 2.4 mi Old South Boundary Trail 1.8 mi Old East Boundary Trail - Flooded 1.6 mi East Ridge Trail 1.3 mi Red Pine Trail 1.1 mi Wiikehns Trail 1.0 mi Big Stone Trail 0.6 mi Water
Lakes & rivers
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Who protects the land
8,433 conserved acres
Who manages it, from PAD-US. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.
State natural resources
1,787 ac Land trusts & nonprofits
5 ac Biking & sports
Bike routes, courts & fields
Painted or protected bike lanes 0.0 mi Off-road bike paths 0.0 mi Shoulders & shared lanes 2.0 mi
Public lands
The biggest protected places in Bliss
From USGS PAD-US: who manages each one and whether visitors are welcome.
State Conservation Area 7,098 ac State Park 1,326 ac Local Park 5 ac Private Conservation 5 ac
Place Managed by Acres Public access
Hardwood State Forest Wilderness Area State Conservation Area State parks 5,158 Open Wilderness State Park Natural Area State Conservation Area State parks 1,337 Open Wilderness State Park State Park State natural resources 1,326 Open Waugoshance and Temperance Islands Natural Area State Conservation Area State natural resources 455 Restricted Natural Area Sturgeon Bay Dunes State Conservation Area State parks 128 Open Natural Area Big Stone-Cecil Bay Nature Study Research Area State Conservation Area State parks 13 Open Natural Area Inholding State Conservation Area State natural resources 6 Restricted Bliss Township Park Local Park Town or city 5 Open Ralph and Ursula Compton Private Conservation Land trusts & nonprofits 5 Open Natural Area Waugoshance Point Nature Study Reserve State Conservation Area State parks 1 Open
History
Historic places to visit
🪦 Bliss Township Cemetery Cemetery
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Conditions & tips from neighbors
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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 32.1-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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