1
Richard A. Padgett Natural Area
Managed by DeWitt Charter Township
64 acres1.9 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
Outdoors · DeWitt
DeWitt, MI parks, trails & bike paths
About 5.8% of DeWitt is conserved land, roughly 1,050 acres. There are about 14 miles of mapped trails, and the biggest networks are in Richard A. Padgett Natural Area (1.9 mi) and Granger Meadows Park (0.8 mi).
Conserved land, trails, parks and bike routes in DeWitt, measured from OpenStreetMap and USGS data.
At a glance
DeWitt outdoors
Conserved land
5.8%
1,050 of 18,000 acres
Trails
14 mi
0.5 mi per sq mi · 2 on conserved land
Parks & preserves
10
69 conserved acres per 1,000 residents
Bike routes
16.2 mi
5.8 mi lanes · 10.5 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
Granger Meadows Park
Park
83 acres0.8 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
3
Waters Edge Park
Managed by DeWitt Charter Township
17 acres0.3 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
4
Valley Farm Park
Park
10 acres
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
All 10 parks & preserves
Richard A. Padgett Natural Area64 acres · 1.9 mi of trail · DeWitt Charter Township
Granger Meadows Park83 acres · 0.8 mi of trail
Waters Edge Park17 acres · 0.3 mi of trail · DeWitt Charter Township
Springbrook Hills Park1 acres · 0.1 mi of trail
Valley Farm Park10 acres
Wood Road Nature Area9 acres · DeWitt Charter Township
Looking Glass River Park6 acres · DeWitt Charter Township
Valley-Turner Park3 acres
McGuire Park1 acres · City of DeWitt
Coleman Road Playlot1 acres
Who protects the land
1,050 conserved acres
Who manages it, from PAD-US. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.
Conserved doesn't always mean open to visitors. 21 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 lanes5.8 mi
- Off-road bike paths10.5 mi
- Shoulders & shared lanes0.0 mi
Courts & fields
- Baseball9
- Soccer7
- Basketball6
- Beach volleyball5
- Pickleball4
- Tennis3
- Equestrian2
Counts include school and college facilities, which aren't always open to the public.
Nearby
DeWitt and its neighbors
Towns whose outdoors data has been built so far.
Trail talk
Conditions & tips from neighbors
No recent posts about DeWitt'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.