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Au Sable State Forest - Gladwin Unit
Managed by Michigan Department of Natural Resources
5,359 acres28 mi of trail
Big Mud Lake TrailWhiskers Trail
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
Outdoors · Freeman
Freeman, MI parks, trails & bike paths
About 11% of Freeman is conserved land, roughly 2,418 acres. There are about 41 miles of mapped trails, and the biggest networks are in Au Sable State Forest - Gladwin Unit (28 mi).
Conserved land, trails, parks and bike routes in Freeman, measured from OpenStreetMap and USGS data.
At a glance
Freeman outdoors
Conserved land
11%
2,418 of 22,747 acres
Trails
41 mi
1.2 mi per sq mi · 8 on conserved land
Parks & preserves
1
1,690 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.
Things to do
Beaches, playgrounds, falls & more
Pick a kind of place for the list, directions, or pins on the map above.
Campgrounds in Freeman
Lost Lake Camp
Mud Lake State Forest CampgroundIn Au Sable State Forest - Gladwin Unit
Trails
Named trails
Unpaved 12.9 mi
- Big Mud Lake Trail9.3 mi
- Ford Trail2.8 mi
- Whiskers Trail1.8 mi
Water
Lakes & rivers
Showing 1–10 of 15 places
Big Dollar LakelakeBig Norway LakelakeCaboose LakelakeDevil's HolelakeDoc & Tom LakelakeGrass LakelakeGreen Pine LakeLake TahoelakeLittle Silver LakelakeLong Pondpond
Tap a name for directions.
Who protects the land
2,418 conserved acres
Who manages it, from PAD-US. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.
Conserved doesn't always mean open to visitors. 7 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
- Basketball1
Counts include school and college facilities, which aren't always open to the public.
Public lands
The biggest protected places in Freeman
From USGS PAD-US: who manages each one and whether visitors are welcome.
Private Recreation or Education 2,404 acConservation Easement 7 acLocal Park 4 acPrivate Park 3 ac
| Place | Managed by | Acres | Public access |
|---|---|---|---|
| Clinton Valley CouncilPrivate Recreation or Education | Private owners | 2,324 | Open |
| Bird CampPrivate Recreation or Education | Private owners | 80 | Open |
| LandLocal Park | Town or city | 4 | Open |
| Dollar Lake Hunt ClubPrivate Park | Private owners | 3 | Open |
History
Historic places to visit
Benett LodgeManor
Freeman CemeteryCemetery
Nearby
Freeman and its neighbors
Towns whose outdoors data has been built so far.
Trail talk
Conditions & tips from neighbors
No recent posts about Freeman'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.