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Copper Country State Forest - Crystal Falls Unit
Managed by Michigan Department of Natural Resources
107 acres1.1 mi of trail
Iron City Rec Trail
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
Outdoors · Crystal Falls
Crystal Falls, MI parks, trails & bike paths
About 5.4% of Crystal Falls is conserved land, roughly 125 acres. There are about 2.3 miles of mapped trails, and the biggest networks are in Copper Country State Forest - Crystal Falls Unit (1.1 mi).
Conserved land, trails, parks and bike routes in Crystal Falls, measured from OpenStreetMap and USGS data.
At a glance
Crystal Falls outdoors
Conserved land
5.4%
125 of 2,314 acres
Trails
2.3 mi
0.6 mi per sq mi
Parks & preserves
3
73 conserved acres per 1,000 residents
Bike routes
0.1 mi
0.0 mi lanes · 0.1 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.
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Runkle Lake Park
Managed by City of Crystal Falls
39 acres
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet
Website
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Lincoln Park
Park
5 acres0.2 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
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 Crystal Falls
Paint River Bridge Boat LaunchIn Copper Country State Forest - Crystal Falls Unit
Unnamed boat launch
Trails
Named trails
- Iron City Rec Trail0.6 mi
Water
Lakes & rivers
Tap a name for directions.
Who protects the land
125 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 paths0.1 mi
- Shoulders & shared lanes0.0 mi
- Iron Range Trail (bike route)1.4 mi
- Iron County Recreational Trail (bike route)0.6 mi
Courts & fields
- Baseball3
- Tennis2
- Basketball1
- Football1
- Soccer1
Counts include school and college facilities, which aren't always open to the public.
Public lands
The biggest protected places in Crystal Falls
From USGS PAD-US: who manages each one and whether visitors are welcome.
Local Recreation Area 59 acState Conservation Area 35 acLocal Park 32 ac
| Place | Managed by | Acres | Public access |
|---|---|---|---|
| Crystal View Golf CourseLocal Recreation Area | Town or city | 59 | Restricted |
| Crystal Falls State Forest AreaState Conservation Area | State natural resources | 35 | Open |
| Runkle Lake Recreation ComplexLocal Park | Town or city | 31 | Open |
| Lincoln ParkLocal Park | Town or city | 1 | Open |
Nearby
Crystal Falls and its neighbors
Towns whose outdoors data has been built so far.
| Town | Conserved | Trails | Parks & preserves |
|---|---|---|---|
| Crystal Falls | 5.4% | 2.3 mi | 3 |
| Crystal Falls | 14.8% | 88.9 mi | 3 |
Trail talk
Conditions & tips from neighbors
No recent posts about Crystal Falls'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.