Outdoors · Chapin

Chapin, MI parks, trails & bike paths

About 2% of Chapin is conserved land, roughly 318 acres. Chapin has 1 named park and preserve on the map.

Conserved land, trails, parks and bike routes in Chapin, measured from OpenStreetMap and USGS data.

At a glance

Chapin outdoors

Conserved land
2%
318 of 15,679 acres
Trails
0.0 mi
0 mi per sq mi
Parks & preserves
1
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

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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.
1

Gratiot - Saginaw State Game Area

Managed by Michigan Department of Natural Resources
72 acres
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet
Who protects the land

318 conserved acres

Who manages it, from PAD-US. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.
USDA easements (NRCS)
161 ac
Private owners
86 ac
State fish & wildlife
71 ac

Conserved doesn't always mean open to visitors. 161 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
Public lands

The biggest protected places in Chapin

From USGS PAD-US: who manages each one and whether visitors are welcome.
Conservation Easement 161 acPrivate Other or Unknown 86 acState Conservation Area 71 ac
PlaceManaged byAcresPublic access
Utility CorridorPrivate Other or UnknownPrivate owners86Open
Gratiot-Saginaw State Game AreaState Conservation AreaState fish & wildlife71Open
Nearby

Chapin and its neighbors

Towns whose outdoors data has been built so far.
TownConservedTrailsParks & preserves
Chapin2%0.0 mi1
Brady1.6%3.2 mi0
Marion22.2%0.1 mi2
Trail talk

Conditions & tips from neighbors

No recent posts about Chapin'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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