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Wm. C. Sterling State Park
Park
846 acres2.3 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
Outdoors · Frenchtown
Frenchtown, MI parks, trails & bike paths
About 4.5% of Frenchtown is conserved land, roughly 1,233 acres. There are about 3.6 miles of mapped trails, and the biggest networks are in Wm. C. Sterling State Park (2.3 mi) and Pointe Aux Peaux State Wildlife Area (0.8 mi).
Conserved land, trails, parks and bike routes in Frenchtown, measured from OpenStreetMap and USGS data.
At a glance
Frenchtown outdoors
Conserved land
4.5%
1,233 of 27,445 acres
Trails
3.6 mi
0.1 mi per sq mi · 1 on conserved land
Parks & preserves
9
57 conserved acres per 1,000 residents
Bike routes
10.8 mi
4.4 mi lanes · 6.4 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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Pointe Aux Peaux State Wildlife Area
Managed by Michigan Department of Natural Resources
175 acres0.8 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet
3
Nike Park
Park
72 acres0.2 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
4
Frenchtown Park 3
Managed by Frenchtown Charter Township
16 acres
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
All 9 parks & preserves
- Captain Norman Heck Park14 ac · Directions
- Frenchtown Kiwani's Park10 ac · Directions
- Woodland Park8 ac
- Frenchtown Township Hall Park7 ac · Directions
- Swan Creek Plant Preserve5 ac
Who protects the land
1,233 conserved acres
Who manages it, from PAD-US. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.
Conserved doesn't always mean open to visitors. 66 acres are conservation easements, which are usually private land. Public access isn't recorded for 1 of 34 parcels. The places listed above are parks and preserves people visit.
Biking & sports
Bike routes, courts & fields
- Painted or protected bike lanes4.4 mi
- Off-road bike paths6.4 mi
- Shoulders & shared lanes0.0 mi
Courts & fields
- Baseball15
- Tennis7
- Basketball7
- Soccer4
- Volleyball1
- Football1
Counts include school and college facilities, which aren't always open to the public.
Next door
Frenchtown and its neighbors
Towns whose outdoors data has been built so far.
| Town | Conserved | Trails | Parks & preserves |
|---|---|---|---|
| Frenchtown | 4.5% | 3.6 mi | 9 |
| Monroe | 9.3% | 12.4 mi | 21 |
| Monroe | 5.4% | 5.1 mi | 2 |
| Berlin | 20.5% | 24.9 mi | 5 |
| Raisinville | 0.4% | 6.6 mi | 1 |
| Ash | 1.2% | 1.3 mi | 1 |
Trail talk
Conditions & tips from neighbors
No recent posts about Frenchtown'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 32.2-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.