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Ludington Park
Park
66 acres0.6 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
Outdoors · Escanaba
Escanaba, MI parks, trails & bike paths
About 5.1% of Escanaba is conserved land, roughly 528 acres. There are about 10 miles of mapped trails, and the biggest networks are in Ludington Park (0.6 mi) and Portage Point State Wildlife Area (0.5 mi).
Conserved land, trails, parks and bike routes in Escanaba, measured from OpenStreetMap and USGS data.
At a glance
Escanaba outdoors
Conserved land
5.1%
528 of 10,399 acres
Trails
10 mi
0.6 mi per sq mi · 2 on conserved land
Parks & preserves
11
43 conserved acres per 1,000 residents
Bike routes
11.2 mi
0.0 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
Portage Point State Wildlife Area
Nature preserve
131 acres0.5 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
3
Aronson Island
Park
36 acres0.3 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
4
Escanaba River State Forest - Escanaba Unit
Managed by Michigan Department of Natural Resources
168 acres
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
All 11 parks & preserves
Showing 1–10 of 11 parks & preserves
Ludington Park66 acres · 0.6 mi of trail
Portage Point State Wildlife Area131 acres · 0.5 mi of trail
Aronson Island36 acres · 0.3 mi of trail
Rose Park2 acres · 0.1 mi of trail
Escanaba River State Forest - Escanaba Unit168 acres · Michigan Department of Natural Resources
Upper Peninsula State Fair Grounds79 acres
Veterans Park7 acres
Royce Park3 acres
Stephenson Park3 acres
John D. Besse Public Park2 acres
Who protects the land
528 conserved acres
Who manages it, from PAD-US. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.
Conserved doesn't always mean open to visitors. 230 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 paths10.5 mi
- Shoulders & shared lanes0.7 mi
Courts & fields
- Tennis17
- Baseball12
- Basketball4
- Beach volleyball4
- Soccer3
- Football1
- Equestrian1
Counts include school and college facilities, which aren't always open to the public.
Nearby
Escanaba and its neighbors
Towns whose outdoors data has been built so far.
| Town | Conserved | Trails | Parks & preserves |
|---|---|---|---|
| Escanaba | 5.1% | 10.0 mi | 11 |
| Wells | 4.8% | 21.3 mi | 3 |
| Ford River | 1.5% | 90.9 mi | 4 |
Trail talk
Conditions & tips from neighbors
No recent posts about Escanaba'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.