1
Houghton Lake Wildlife Research Area
Managed by Michigan Department of Natural Resources
6,662 acres14.3 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet
Outdoors · Butterfield
Butterfield, MI parks, trails & bike paths
About 36% of Butterfield is conserved land, roughly 8,270 acres. There are about 18 miles of mapped trails, and the biggest networks are in Houghton Lake Wildlife Research Area (14.3 mi) and Pere Marquette State Forest - Cadillac Unit (2.3 mi).
Conserved land, trails, parks and bike routes in Butterfield, measured from OpenStreetMap and USGS data.
At a glance
Butterfield outdoors
Conserved land
36%
8,270 of 22,898 acres
Trails
18 mi
0.5 mi per sq mi · 17 on conserved land
Parks & preserves
7
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
Pere Marquette State Forest - Cadillac Unit
Managed by Michigan Department of Natural Resources
1,223 acres2.3 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet
3
Osceola Missaukee Grasslands State Game Area
Managed by Michigan Department of Natural Resources
74 acres
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet
4
Butterfield Township Park
Managed by Butterfield Township
42 acres
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet
Who protects the land
8,270 conserved acres
Who manages it, from PAD-US. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.
Conserved doesn't always mean open to visitors. 259 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
Courts & fields
- Equestrian1
Counts include school and college facilities, which aren't always open to the public.
Nearby
Butterfield and its neighbors
Towns whose outdoors data has been built so far.
| Town | Conserved | Trails | Parks & preserves |
|---|---|---|---|
| Butterfield | 36.1% | 17.5 mi | 7 |
| Holland | 66.1% | 77.6 mi | 3 |
| Roscommon | 12.4% | 246.4 mi | 4 |
| Enterprise | 39% | 24.0 mi | 2 |
| Aetna | 8.5% | 14.1 mi | 1 |
Trail talk
Conditions & tips from neighbors
No recent posts about Butterfield'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.