Outdoors · Deep River

Deep River, MI parks, trails & bike paths

About 2.2% of Deep River is conserved land, roughly 487 acres. There are about 30 miles of mapped trails, and the biggest networks are in Au Sable State Forest - Gladwin Unit (1.7 mi).

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

At a glance

Deep River outdoors

Conserved land
2.2%
487 of 22,601 acres
Trails
30 mi
0.8 mi per sq mi · 2 on conserved land
Parks & preserves
1
210 conserved acres per 1,000 residents
Bike routes
0.1 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.
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Au Sable State Forest - Gladwin Unit

Managed by Michigan Department of Natural Resources
1,309 acres1.7 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet
Who protects the land

487 conserved acres

Who manages it, from PAD-US. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.
Private owners
239 ac
Land trusts & nonprofits
94 ac
Town or city
81 ac
USDA easements (NRCS)
41 ac
Other state land
16 ac
State natural resources
15 ac

Conserved doesn't always mean open to visitors. 106 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 lanes0.1 mi

Courts & fields

  • Baseball7
  • Football2
  • Tennis2
  • Soccer2
  • Basketball1

Counts include school and college facilities, which aren't always open to the public.

Next door

Deep River and its neighbors

Towns whose outdoors data has been built so far.
TownConservedTrailsParks & preserves
Deep River2.2%29.7 mi1
Adams5.3%57.4 mi2
Lincoln0.5%2.7 mi0
Arenac5.3%11.7 mi4
Clayton3.1%18.0 mi2
Mason0.9%12.9 mi1
Trail talk

Conditions & tips from neighbors

No recent posts about Deep River'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.

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