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Merrill-Gorrel County Park
Managed by Mecosta County
80 acres0.1 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet
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Outdoors · Fork
Fork, MI parks, trails & bike paths
About 2% of Fork is conserved land, roughly 451 acres. There are about 4.0 miles of mapped trails.
Conserved land, trails, parks and bike routes in Fork, measured from OpenStreetMap and USGS data.
At a glance
Fork outdoors
Conserved land
2%
451 of 22,395 acres
Trails
4.0 mi
0.1 mi per sq mi
Parks & preserves
4
290 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
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
Central Park
Managed by Village of Barryton
17 acres0.2 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
3
Barryton Lions Club Riverside Park
Managed by Village of Barryton
2 acres
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet
4
East River Park
Managed by Village of Barryton
1 acres
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
Things to do
Beaches, playgrounds, falls & more
Pick a kind of place for the list, directions, or pins on the map above.
Playgrounds in Fork
Unnamed playground in East River Park
Unnamed playground
Unnamed playground
Unnamed playground in Central Park
Unnamed playground in Merrill-Gorrel County Park
Water
Lakes & rivers
Browns LakelakeGorrel LakelakeMerrill LakelakeChippewa RiverNorth Branch Chippewa RiverWest Branch Chippewa River
Tap a name for directions.
Who protects the land
451 conserved acres
Who manages it, from PAD-US. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.
Conserved doesn't always mean open to visitors. 186 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
Courts & fields
- Baseball4
- Soccer2
- Tennis1
- Beach volleyball1
Counts include school and college facilities, which aren't always open to the public.
Public lands
The biggest protected places in Fork
From USGS PAD-US: who manages each one and whether visitors are welcome.
Conservation Easement 186 acPrivate Park 111 acLocal Park 91 acPrivate Recreation or Education 62 ac
| Place | Managed by | Acres | Public access |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lazy Lake Rod and Gun ClubPrivate Park | Private owners | 111 | Open |
| Merrill Lake ParkLocal Park | County | 91 | Open |
| Barryton Rod and GunPrivate Recreation or Education | Private owners | 62 | Open |
History
Historic places to visit
Brown CemeteryCemetery
Flake CemeteryCemetery
Fork CemeteryCemetery
Nearby
Fork and its neighbors
Towns whose outdoors data has been built so far.
Trail talk
Conditions & tips from neighbors
No recent posts about Fork'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.