Outdoors · Eaton

Eaton, MI parks, trails & bike paths

About 1.4% of Eaton is conserved land, roughly 279 acres. There are about 4.4 miles of mapped trails, and the biggest networks are in Crandell Park (3.1 mi).

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

At a glance

Eaton outdoors

Conserved land
1.4%
279 of 20,435 acres
Trails
4.4 mi
0.1 mi per sq mi
Parks & preserves
2
70 conserved acres per 1,000 residents
Bike routes
9.1 mi
1.0 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.
1

Crandell Park

Park
424 acres3.1 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot Website
2

Charlotte State Game Area

Managed by Michigan DNR
39 acres
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet
Who protects the land

279 conserved acres

Who manages it, from PAD-US. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.
Private owners
194 ac
USDA easements (NRCS)
40 ac
State fish & wildlife
38 ac
County
6 ac

Conserved doesn't always mean open to visitors. 40 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 lanes1.0 mi
  • Off-road bike paths0.0 mi
  • Shoulders & shared lanes8.1 mi
Nearby

Eaton and its neighbors

Towns whose outdoors data has been built so far.
TownConservedTrailsParks & preserves
Eaton1.4%4.4 mi2
Charlotte10.2%12.4 mi9
Carmel1.1%0.0 mi1
Eaton Rapids2%0.7 mi3
Benton2.5%6.4 mi2
Brookfield1.7%0.0 mi1
Trail talk

Conditions & tips from neighbors

No recent posts about Eaton'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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