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North Point Nature Preserve
Nature preserve
52 acres2.6 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
Outdoors · Charlevoix
Charlevoix, MI parks, trails & bike paths
About 13% of Charlevoix is conserved land, roughly 988 acres. There are about 17 miles of mapped trails, and the biggest networks are in North Point Nature Preserve (2.6 mi), Fisherman's Island State Park (2.5 mi), and Mt. McSauba Recreation Area (1.6 mi).
Conserved land, trails, parks and bike routes in Charlevoix, measured from OpenStreetMap and USGS data.
At a glance
Charlevoix outdoors
Conserved land
13%
988 of 7,743 acres
Trails
17 mi
1.4 mi per sq mi · 8 on conserved land
Parks & preserves
8
592 conserved acres per 1,000 residents
Bike routes
2.1 mi
0.0 mi lanes · 2.1 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
Fisherman's Island State Park
Nature preserve
563 acres2.5 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
3
Mt. McSauba Recreation Area
Managed by City of Charlevoix
61 acres1.6 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
4
Andrew and Mary Aish ke bug Nature Preserve
Nature preserve
48 acres
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
Who protects the land
988 conserved acres
Who manages it, from PAD-US. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.
Conserved doesn't always mean open to visitors. Public access isn't recorded for 2 of 10 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 paths2.1 mi
- Shoulders & shared lanes0.0 mi
Courts & fields
- Tennis11
- Pickleball2
- Soccer1
- Basketball1
- Baseball1
Counts include school and college facilities, which aren't always open to the public.
Nearby
Charlevoix and its neighbors
Towns whose outdoors data has been built so far.
Trail talk
Conditions & tips from neighbors
No recent posts about Charlevoix'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.