Outdoors · Columbus

Columbus, MI parks, trails & bike paths

There are about 9.7 miles of mapped trails, and the biggest networks are in Columbus County Park (9.4 mi).

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

At a glance

Columbus outdoors

Conserved land
0.1%
26 of 23,489 acres
Trails
9.7 mi
0.3 mi per sq mi
Parks & preserves
3
6 conserved acres per 1,000 residents
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

Columbus County Park

Managed by St Clair County
424 acres9.4 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
2

Belle River Park

Park
10 acres
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet
3

Bertha A. Daubendiek Memorial Plant Preserve

Managed by Michigan Nature Association
6 acres
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet Website
Who protects the land

26 conserved acres

Who manages it, from PAD-US. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.
Other state land
19 ac
Land trusts & nonprofits
7 ac

Conserved doesn't always mean open to visitors. 19 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
  • Columbus County Park Trails (bike route)9.1 mi
Nearby

Columbus and its neighbors

Towns whose outdoors data has been built so far.
TownConservedTrailsParks & preserves
Columbus0.1%9.7 mi3
St. Clair2.4%1.2 mi2
Wales4.8%3.7 mi3
Richmond2%0.5 mi3
Casco1.2%7.9 mi0
Trail talk

Conditions & tips from neighbors

No recent posts about Columbus'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 20.4-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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