1
Mackinaw State Forest - Gaylord Unit
Managed by Michigan Department of Natural Resources
6,112 acres4.1 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
Outdoors · Carp Lake
Carp Lake, MI parks, trails & bike paths
About 1.2% of Carp Lake is conserved land, roughly 264 acres. There are about 13 miles of mapped trails, and the biggest networks are in Mackinaw State Forest - Gaylord Unit (4.1 mi) and Barb and Joe Traub Family Working Forest Reserve (1 mi).
Conserved land, trails, parks and bike routes in Carp Lake, measured from OpenStreetMap and USGS data.
At a glance
Carp Lake outdoors
Conserved land
1.2%
264 of 22,335 acres
Trails
13 mi
0.4 mi per sq mi
Parks & preserves
6
named on the map
Bike routes
7.9 mi
0.0 mi lanes · 6.6 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
Barb and Joe Traub Family Working Forest Reserve
Nature preserve
193 acres1 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet
3
William and Stephanie Veling Nature Preserve
Nature preserve
66 acres
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet
4
Stony Point Nature Preserve
Nature preserve
44 acres
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet
Who protects the land
264 conserved acres
Who manages it, from PAD-US. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.
Conserved doesn't always mean open to visitors. 76 acres are conservation easements, which are usually private land. Public access isn't recorded for 1 of 6 parcels. 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 paths6.6 mi
- Shoulders & shared lanes1.2 mi
Courts & fields
- Tennis1
Counts include school and college facilities, which aren't always open to the public.
Nearby
Carp Lake and its neighbors
Towns whose outdoors data has been built so far.
Trail talk
Conditions & tips from neighbors
No recent posts about Carp Lake'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.