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Pere Marquette State Forest - Traverse City Unit
Managed by Michigan Department of Natural Resources
11,468 acres35.2 mi of trail
Trail 39Rail Trail
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
Outdoors · Colfax
Colfax, MI parks, trails & bike paths
About 1.7% of Colfax is conserved land, roughly 398 acres. There are about 42 miles of mapped trails, and the biggest networks are in Pere Marquette State Forest - Traverse City Unit (35.2 mi).
Conserved land, trails, parks and bike routes in Colfax, measured from OpenStreetMap and USGS data.
At a glance
Colfax outdoors
Conserved land
1.7%
398 of 22,833 acres
Trails
42 mi
1.2 mi per sq mi
Parks & preserves
1
named on the map
Bike routes
0.2 mi
0.0 mi lanes · 0.2 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.
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 Colfax
Grass Lake Boat LaunchIn Pere Marquette State Forest - Traverse City Unit
Trails
Named trails
Unpaved 37.2 mi
- Trail 392.7 mi
- Rail Trail0.9 mi
Water
Lakes & rivers
Tap a name for directions.
Who protects the land
398 conserved acres
Who manages it, from PAD-US. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.
Conserved doesn't always mean open to visitors. 146 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 paths0.2 mi
- Shoulders & shared lanes0.0 mi
Public lands
The biggest protected places in Colfax
From USGS PAD-US: who manages each one and whether visitors are welcome.
State Conservation Area 252 acUnknown Easement 146 ac
| Place | Managed by | Acres | Public access |
|---|---|---|---|
| Grass Lake Flooding State Wildlife Management AreaState Conservation Area | State fish & wildlife | 132 | Open |
| MNRTF ParcelState Conservation Area | State natural resources | 78 | Restricted |
| MNRTF Parcel 50State Conservation Area | State natural resources | 40 | Restricted |
| MNRTF Parcel 25State Conservation Area | State natural resources | 3 | Restricted |
History
Historic places to visit
Colfax Township CemeteryCemetery
Holy Family CemeteryCemetery
Nearby
Colfax and its neighbors
Towns whose outdoors data has been built so far.
| Town | Conserved | Trails | Parks & preserves |
|---|---|---|---|
| Colfax | 1.7% | 42.4 mi | 1 |
| Grant | 3.6% | 25.1 mi | 2 |
| Inland | 1.7% | 60.8 mi | 4 |
| Weldon | 4.1% | 100.1 mi | 6 |
| Cleon | 0.4% | 15.1 mi | 4 |
| Green Lake | 7.9% | 43.4 mi | 6 |
Trail talk
Conditions & tips from neighbors
No recent posts about Colfax'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.