Outdoors · Elba

Elba, MI parks, trails & bike paths

About 4.7% of Elba is conserved land, roughly 1,007 acres. Elba has 3 named parks and preserves on the map.

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

At a glance

Elba outdoors

Conserved land
4.7%
1,007 of 21,465 acres
Trails
0.4 mi
0 mi per sq mi
Parks & preserves
3
192 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

123
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

Petite Wetland Plant Preserve

Managed by Michigan Nature Association
13 acres
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet Website
2

Elba Fields

Park
7 acres
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet
3

Lake Nepessing Public Access

Managed by Michigan Department of Natural Resources
1 acres
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
Who protects the land

1,007 conserved acres

Who manages it, from PAD-US. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.
Private owners
948 ac
USDA easements (NRCS)
46 ac
Land trusts & nonprofits
13 ac

Conserved doesn't always mean open to visitors. 46 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 lanes0.0 mi
  • Off-road bike paths0.0 mi
  • Shoulders & shared lanes0.0 mi
Nearby

Elba and its neighbors

Towns whose outdoors data has been built so far.
TownConservedTrailsParks & preserves
Elba4.7%0.4 mi3
Lapeer9.9%18.6 mi9
Hadley20.8%30.9 mi4
Oregon17.6%25.1 mi6
Davison7.8%12.0 mi7
Lapeer1%0.1 mi1
Trail talk

Conditions & tips from neighbors

No recent posts about Elba'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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