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Au Sable State Forest - Gladwin Unit
Managed by Michigan Department of Natural Resources
3,790 acres13.1 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
Outdoors · Franklin
Franklin, MI parks, trails & bike paths
About 3.5% of Franklin is conserved land, roughly 783 acres. There are about 37 miles of mapped trails, and the biggest networks are in Au Sable State Forest - Gladwin Unit (13.1 mi).
Conserved land, trails, parks and bike routes in Franklin, measured from OpenStreetMap and USGS data.
At a glance
Franklin outdoors
Conserved land
3.5%
783 of 22,564 acres
Trails
37 mi
1.1 mi per sq mi · 1 on conserved land
Parks & preserves
2
named on the map
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.
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Au Sable State Forest - Roscommon Unit
Managed by Michigan Department of Natural Resources
12 acres
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet
Website
Water
Lakes & rivers
Dunham LakelakeElbow LakelakeFrost LakelakeLittle Lake GeorgepondRollway LakelakeTrout LakelakeTuohy Lakelake
Tap a name for directions.
Who protects the land
783 conserved acres
Who manages it, from PAD-US. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.
Conserved doesn't always mean open to visitors. 170 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
Public lands
The biggest protected places in Franklin
From USGS PAD-US: who manages each one and whether visitors are welcome.
Private Recreation or Education 342 acPrivate Park 268 acConservation Easement 170 acState Recreation Area 3 ac
| Place | Managed by | Acres | Public access |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cottontail-Whitetail ClubPrivate Park | Private owners | 268 | Open |
| Smittys PartyPrivate Recreation or Education | Private owners | 166 | Open |
| Whitetail Hunting CampPrivate Recreation or Education | Private owners | 138 | Open |
| Camp JuwanaPrivate Recreation or Education | Private owners | 38 | Open |
| Gladwin Game Unit and Field Trial Area of State ForestState Recreation Area | State fish & wildlife | 3 | Open |
Nearby
Franklin and its neighbors
Towns whose outdoors data has been built so far.
Trail talk
Conditions & tips from neighbors
No recent posts about Franklin'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.