Outdoors · Center
Center, MI parks, trails & bike paths
There are about 12 miles of mapped trails, and the biggest networks are in Mackinaw State Forest - Gaylord Unit (4.7 mi).
Conserved land, trails, parks and bike routes in Center, measured from OpenStreetMap and USGS data.
At a glance
Center outdoors
Conserved land
0.5%
118 of 22,413 acres
Trails
12 mi
0.3 mi per sq mi
Parks & preserves
4
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
Places to walk
Parks & preserves with trails
Ranked by mapped trail miles. Directions go to the nearest marked trailhead or public parking.
1Mackinaw State Forest - Gaylord Unit
Managed by Michigan Department of Natural Resources
5,856 acres4.7 mi of trail
Indian Gardens ORV ROUTE & SMT LP721North Country National Scenic TrailSMT LP704
🐕Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet
Website
2Sims-Moffat Working Forest Reserve
Nature preserve
215 acres
🐕Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet
3Van Lokeren Family Lakeside Nature Preserve
Nature preserve
33 acres
🐕Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet
21 acres
🐕Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet
Things to do
Beaches, playgrounds, falls & more
Pick a kind of place for the list, directions, or pins on the map above.
Boat launches in Center
Trails
Named trails
Unpaved 7.0 mi
- Indian Gardens ORV ROUTE & SMT LP7211.5 mi
- SMT LP7210.8 mi
- North Country National Scenic Trail0.4 mi
- SMT LP7040.1 mi
Water
Lakes & rivers
Tap a name for directions.
Who protects the land
118 conserved acres
Who manages it, from PAD-US. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.
Land trusts & nonprofits
100 ac Biking & sports
Bike routes, courts & fields
- Painted or protected bike lanes0.0 mi
- Off-road bike paths0.0 mi
- Shoulders & shared lanes0.0 mi
Public lands
The biggest protected places in Center
From USGS PAD-US: who manages each one and whether visitors are welcome.
Private Conservation 100 acLocal Park 18 ac
| Place | Managed by | Acres | Public access |
|---|
| Sims-MoffatPrivate Conservation | Land trusts & nonprofits | 67 | Closed |
| Dove FieldsPrivate Conservation | Land trusts & nonprofits | 33 | Open |
| Pioneer Picnic ParkLocal Park | Town or city | 18 | Open |
History
Historic places to visit
🪦Greenwood CemeteryCemetery
🪦Saint Nichols CemeteryCemetery
Nearby
Center and its neighbors
Towns whose outdoors data has been built so far.
Trail talk
Conditions & tips from neighbors
No recent posts about Center'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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