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Lake Superior State Forest - Sault Ste. Marie Unit
Managed by Michigan Department of Natural Resources
4,609 acres9.5 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet
Outdoors · Detour
Detour, MI parks, trails & bike paths
About 4.1% of Detour is conserved land, roughly 1,947 acres. There are about 32 miles of mapped trails, and the biggest networks are in Lake Superior State Forest - Sault Ste. Marie Unit (9.5 mi) and Carl A. Gerstacker Nature Preserve (1.2 mi).
Conserved land, trails, parks and bike routes in Detour, measured from OpenStreetMap and USGS data.
At a glance
Detour outdoors
Conserved land
4.1%
1,947 of 47,951 acres
Trails
32 mi
0.4 mi per sq mi · 2 on conserved land
Parks & preserves
12
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
Carl A. Gerstacker Nature Preserve
Managed by The Nature Conservancy
678 acres1.2 mi of trail
Dogs usually not allowedTypical for Nature Conservancy preserves. Check posted rules
No trailhead mapped yet
3
De Tour Passage Underwater Preserve
Nature preserve
3,359 acres
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
4
Elise M Kummer Nature Preserve
Managed by Little Traverse Conservancy
568 acres
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet
Website
All 12 parks & preserves
Showing 1–10 of 12 parks & preserves
Lake Superior State Forest - Sault Ste. Marie Unit4,609 acres · 9.5 mi of trail · Michigan Department of Natural Resources
Carl A. Gerstacker Nature Preserve678 acres · 1.2 mi of trail · The Nature Conservancy
De Tour Passage Underwater Preserve3,359 acres
Elise M Kummer Nature Preserve568 acres · Little Traverse Conservancy
Detour Peninsula Nature Preserve165 acres
James V. Foster Hartley Lake Nature Preserve160 acres
De Tour Roadside Park51 acres · Michigan Department of Transportation
Seymour Bay Nature Preserve21 acres
Walter and Elaine Carey Memorial Plant Preserve19 acres · Michigan Nature Association
Lake Huron Sand Dunes Nature Sanctuary17 acres · Michigan Nature Association
Who protects the land
1,947 conserved acres
Who manages it, from PAD-US. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.
Conserved doesn't always mean open to visitors. Public access isn't recorded for 2 of 9 parcels. 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
Courts & fields
- Baseball1
Counts include school and college facilities, which aren't always open to the public.
Nearby
Detour and its neighbors
Towns whose outdoors data has been built so far.
Trail talk
Conditions & tips from neighbors
No recent posts about Detour'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 32.3-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.