1
Azaadiikaa Park
Managed by City of East Lansing
122 acres1.9 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
Outdoors · East Lansing
East Lansing, MI parks, trails & bike paths
About 10% of East Lansing is conserved land, roughly 888 acres. There are about 31 miles of mapped trails, and the biggest networks are in Azaadiikaa Park (1.9 mi), Baker Woodlot and Rachana Rajendra Neotropical Migrant Bird Sanctuary (1.5 mi), and Sanford Natural Area (1.2 mi).
Conserved land, trails, parks and bike routes in East Lansing, measured from OpenStreetMap and USGS data.
At a glance
East Lansing outdoors
Conserved land
10%
888 of 8,593 acres
Trails
31 mi
2.3 mi per sq mi · 13 on conserved land
Parks & preserves
27
19 conserved acres per 1,000 residents
Bike routes
34.2 mi
26.3 mi lanes · 6.4 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
Baker Woodlot and Rachana Rajendra Neotropical Migrant Bird Sanctuary
Nature preserve
75 acres1.5 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
3
Sanford Natural Area
Nature preserve
35 acres1.2 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
4
Albert A. White Memorial Park
Managed by City of East Lansing
56 acres1 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
5
Henry Fine Park
Park
29 acres0.8 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
6
Horticultural Garden
Park
6 acres0.8 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
7
Clarence E. Lewis Landscape Arboretum
Park
10 acres0.6 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
8
John M. Patriarche Park
Park
39 acres0.4 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
All 27 parks & preserves
Showing 1–10 of 27 parks & preserves
Azaadiikaa Park122 acres · 1.9 mi of trail · City of East Lansing
Baker Woodlot and Rachana Rajendra Neotropical Migrant Bird Sanctuary75 acres · 1.5 mi of trail
Sanford Natural Area35 acres · 1.2 mi of trail
Albert A. White Memorial Park56 acres · 1 mi of trail · City of East Lansing
Henry Fine Park29 acres · 0.8 mi of trail
Horticultural Garden6 acres · 0.8 mi of trail
Clarence E. Lewis Landscape Arboretum10 acres · 0.6 mi of trail
John M. Patriarche Park39 acres · 0.4 mi of trail
Cherry Lane Field22 acres · 0.4 mi of trail · Michigan State University
Red Cedar Natural Area75 acres · 0.2 mi of trail
Who protects the land
888 conserved acres
Who manages it, from PAD-US. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.
Conserved doesn't always mean open to visitors. 27 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 lanes26.3 mi
- Off-road bike paths6.4 mi
- Shoulders & shared lanes1.5 mi
- MSU River Trail (bike route)0.9 mi
Courts & fields
- Tennis44
- Basketball42
- Soccer23
- Beach volleyball20
- Baseball12
- Football9
- Pickleball6
Counts include school and college facilities, which aren't always open to the public.
Nearby
East Lansing and its neighbors
Towns whose outdoors data has been built so far.
Trail talk
Conditions & tips from neighbors
No recent posts about East Lansing'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.