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Ottawa National Forest - Kenton Ranger District
Managed by United States Forest Service
19,822 acres26.8 mi of trail
North Country TrailForest Road 2418
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet
Outdoors · Covington
Covington, MI parks, trails & bike paths
About 38% of Covington is conserved land, roughly 46,880 acres. There are about 142 miles of mapped trails, and the biggest networks are in Ottawa National Forest - Kenton Ranger District (26.8 mi), Copper Country State Forest- Baraga Unit (23.3 mi), and Baraga Plains Waterfowl Management Area (7.3 mi).
Conserved land, trails, parks and bike routes in Covington, measured from OpenStreetMap and USGS data.
At a glance
Covington outdoors
Conserved land
38%
46,880 of 124,833 acres
Trails
142 mi
0.7 mi per sq mi · 56 on conserved land
Parks & preserves
10
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
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
Copper Country State Forest- Baraga Unit
Managed by Michigan Department of Natural Resources
26,320 acres23.3 mi of trail
Old US-41
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
3
Baraga Plains Waterfowl Management Area
Managed by Michigan Department of Natural Resources
1,252 acres7.3 mi of trail
North Country TrailSpur to Oren Krumm shelter
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the trailhead
4
Sturgeon River Gorge Wilderness
Managed by United States Forest Service
2,330 acres1.1 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet
Website
5
Forests for the Future #2 Conservation Reserve
Managed by Upper Peninsula Land Conservancy
31 acres0.3 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet
Website
All 10 parks & preserves
Ottawa National Forest - Kenton Ranger District19,822 acres · 26.8 mi of trail · United States Forest Service
Copper Country State Forest- Baraga Unit26,320 acres · 23.3 mi of trail · Michigan Department of Natural Resources
Baraga Plains Waterfowl Management Area1,252 acres · 7.3 mi of trail · Michigan Department of Natural Resources
Sturgeon River Gorge Wilderness2,330 acres · 1.1 mi of trail · United States Forest Service
Forests for the Future #2 Conservation Reserve31 acres · 0.3 mi of trail · Upper Peninsula Land Conservancy
Forests for the Future #5 Conservation Reserve46 acres · 0.1 mi of trail · Upper Peninsula Land Conservancy
Tioga Falls State Roadside Park9 acres · 0.1 mi of trail · Michigan Department of Transportation
Forests for the Future #4 Conservation Reserve36 acres · Upper Peninsula Land Conservancy
Forests for the Future #3 Conservation Reserve33 acres · Upper Peninsula Land Conservancy
Vermilac Lake Boating Access Site12 acres · Michigan Department of Natural Resources
Who protects the land
46,880 conserved acres
Who manages it, from PAD-US. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.
Biking & sports
Bike routes, courts & fields
- Painted or protected bike lanes0.0 mi
- Off-road bike paths0.0 mi
- Shoulders & shared lanes0.0 mi
Courts & fields
- Baseball2
Counts include school and college facilities, which aren't always open to the public.
Nearby
Covington and its neighbors
Towns whose outdoors data has been built so far.
Trail talk
Conditions & tips from neighbors
No recent posts about Covington'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 50.8-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.