1
Mackinaw State Forest - Gaylord Unit
Managed by Michigan Department of Natural Resources
5,008 acres13.5 mi of trail
Indian Gardens ORV ROUTE & SMT LP710
Dog rules not recorded
Outdoors · Friendship
Friendship, MI parks, trails & bike paths
About 1.4% of Friendship is conserved land, roughly 282 acres. There are about 32 miles of mapped trails, and the biggest networks are in Mackinaw State Forest - Gaylord Unit (13.5 mi) and Hoogland Family Nature Preserve (1.3 mi).
Conserved land, trails, parks and bike routes in Friendship, measured from OpenStreetMap and USGS data.
At a glance
Friendship outdoors
Conserved land
1.4%
282 of 19,995 acres
Trails
32 mi
1 mi per sq mi · 2 on conserved land
Parks & preserves
6
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.
2
Hoogland Family Nature Preserve
Nature preserve
97 acres1.3 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
3
Stutsmanville Bog Nature Preserve
Nature preserve
63 acres0.2 mi of trail
Stutsmanville Bog Nature Trail
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet
4
C Beach Day & Family Nature Preserve
Nature preserve
29 acres
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet
Who protects the land
282 conserved acres
Who manages it, from PAD-US. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.
Conserved doesn't always mean open to visitors. Public access isn't recorded for 1 of 7 parcels. 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
- Tennis3
Counts include school and college facilities, which aren't always open to the public.
Nearby
Friendship and its neighbors
Towns whose outdoors data has been built so far.
| Town | Conserved | Trails | Parks & preserves |
|---|---|---|---|
| Friendship | 1.4% | 32.1 mi | 6 |
| Pleasantview | 4.5% | 124.9 mi | 4 |
| Readmond | 6% | 65.0 mi | 15 |
| West Traverse | 10.5% | 20.7 mi | 13 |
Trail talk
Conditions & tips from neighbors
No recent posts about Friendship'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.