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Escanaba River State Forest - Escanaba Unit
Managed by Michigan Department of Natural Resources
11,878 acres37.6 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
Outdoors · Ford River
Ford River, MI parks, trails & bike paths
About 1.5% of Ford River is conserved land, roughly 603 acres. There are about 91 miles of mapped trails, and the biggest networks are in Escanaba River State Forest - Escanaba Unit (37.6 mi).
Conserved land, trails, parks and bike routes in Ford River, measured from OpenStreetMap and USGS data.
At a glance
Ford River outdoors
Conserved land
1.5%
603 of 41,421 acres
Trails
91 mi
1.4 mi per sq mi · 8 on conserved land
Parks & preserves
4
320 conserved acres per 1,000 residents
Bike routes
15.4 mi
0.0 mi lanes · 3.0 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.
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Fuller County Park
Park
83 acres
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet
Website
3
Hyde State Roadside Park
Managed by Michigan Department of Transportation
7 acres
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
4
Ford River Township Park
Managed by Ford River Township
5 acres
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet
Who protects the land
603 conserved acres
Who manages it, from PAD-US. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.
Conserved doesn't always mean open to visitors. 21 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 paths3.0 mi
- Shoulders & shared lanes12.4 mi
Nearby
Ford River and its neighbors
Towns whose outdoors data has been built so far.
| Town | Conserved | Trails | Parks & preserves |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ford River | 1.5% | 90.9 mi | 4 |
| Escanaba | 5.1% | 10.0 mi | 11 |
| Bark River | 0.4% | 36.3 mi | 2 |
| Wells | 4.8% | 21.3 mi | 3 |
| Gourley | 0.9% | 36.7 mi | 1 |
| Cedarville | 1.6% | 83.3 mi | 3 |
Trail talk
Conditions & tips from neighbors
No recent posts about Ford River'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 43.1-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.