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Rudolphi Woods
Managed by City of Dowagiac;Southwestern Michigan College
92 acres0.9 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
Outdoors · Dowagiac
Dowagiac, MI parks, trails & bike paths
About 6.6% of Dowagiac is conserved land, roughly 190 acres. There are about 1.6 miles of mapped trails, and the biggest networks are in Rudolphi Woods (0.9 mi).
Conserved land, trails, parks and bike routes in Dowagiac, measured from OpenStreetMap and USGS data.
At a glance
Dowagiac outdoors
Conserved land
6.6%
190 of 2,885 acres
Trails
1.6 mi
0.4 mi per sq mi
Parks & preserves
13
33 conserved acres per 1,000 residents
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
Russom Park
Park
3 acres0.3 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
3
Rudolphi Wildlife Refuge
Managed by City of Dowagiac
79 acres
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
4
Rotary Park
Managed by City of Dowagiac
40 acres
Dog rules not recorded
All 13 parks & preserves
Showing 1–10 of 13 parks & preserves
Rudolphi Woods92 acres · 0.9 mi of trail · City of Dowagiac;Southwestern Michigan College
Russom Park3 acres · 0.3 mi of trail
Farr Park1 acres · 0.1 mi of trail
Burke Park1 acres · 0.1 mi of trail · City of Dowagiac
Rudolphi Wildlife Refuge79 acres · City of Dowagiac
Rotary Park40 acres · City of Dowagiac
Northwest Park8 acres · City of Dowagiac
Rudy Park5 acres · City of Dowagiac
Water Tower Park4 acres · City of Dowagiac
Walter Ward Park3 acres · City of Dowagiac
Who protects the land
190 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
- Tennis12
- Baseball7
- Basketball7
- Soccer4
- Pickleball4
- Football2
- Skate park1
Counts include school and college facilities, which aren't always open to the public.
Nearby
Dowagiac and its neighbors
Towns whose outdoors data has been built so far.
| Town | Conserved | Trails | Parks & preserves |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dowagiac | 6.6% | 1.6 mi | 13 |
| Pokagon | 3.1% | 2.2 mi | 2 |
| LaGrange | 1.5% | 3.3 mi | 8 |
| Silver Creek | 0.4% | 1.4 mi | 3 |
Trail talk
Conditions & tips from neighbors
No recent posts about Dowagiac'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.