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Cascade Peace Park
Park
201 acres4.2 mi of trail
Main TrailNorth Loop TrailSouth Loop TrailLookout TrailMiddle South Trail
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
Outdoors · Cascade
Cascade, MI parks, trails & bike paths
About 4% of Cascade is conserved land, roughly 884 acres. There are about 23 miles of mapped trails, and the biggest networks are in Cascade Peace Park (4.2 mi), Cascade Burton Park (2.9 mi), and Cascade Township Park (1.5 mi).
Conserved land, trails, parks and bike routes in Cascade, measured from OpenStreetMap and USGS data.
At a glance
Cascade outdoors
Conserved land
4%
884 of 22,160 acres
Trails
23 mi
0.7 mi per sq mi · 14 on conserved land
Parks & preserves
7
45 conserved acres per 1,000 residents
Bike routes
20.1 mi
0.0 mi lanes · 18.4 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
Cascade Burton Park
Park
80 acres2.9 mi of trail
Sarah and Mike Julien Hiking Trail
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
3
Cascade Township Park
Park
68 acres1.5 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
4
Shaggy Pines Dog Park
Park
18 acres0.9 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet
Who protects the land
884 conserved acres
Who manages it, from PAD-US. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.
Conserved doesn't always mean open to visitors. 98 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 paths18.4 mi
- Shoulders & shared lanes1.6 mi
Courts & fields
- Tennis12
- Pickleball6
- Baseball5
- Soccer4
- Basketball3
- Beach volleyball1
Counts include school and college facilities, which aren't always open to the public.
Nearby
Cascade and its neighbors
Towns whose outdoors data has been built so far.
| Town | Conserved | Trails | Parks & preserves |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cascade | 4% | 23.0 mi | 7 |
| Ada | 10.2% | 31.3 mi | 17 |
| Kentwood | 4.2% | 17.1 mi | 15 |
| Caledonia | 3.9% | 10.3 mi | 10 |
| Lowell | 5.3% | 3.9 mi | 3 |
| Grand Rapids | 7.1% | 22.6 mi | 7 |
Trail talk
Conditions & tips from neighbors
No recent posts about Cascade'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.