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Genessee County Recreational Area
Park
1,863 acres6.7 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
Outdoors · Genesee
Genesee, MI parks, trails & bike paths
About 19% of Genesee is conserved land, roughly 3,586 acres. There are about 7.3 miles of mapped trails, and the biggest networks are in Genessee County Recreational Area (6.7 mi).
Conserved land, trails, parks and bike routes in Genesee, measured from OpenStreetMap and USGS data.
At a glance
Genesee outdoors
Conserved land
19%
3,586 of 19,252 acres
Trails
7.3 mi
0.2 mi per sq mi · 7 on conserved land
Parks & preserves
5
176 conserved acres per 1,000 residents
Bike routes
9.1 mi
0.5 mi lanes · 8.6 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
Mounds Recreation Area
Managed by Genesee County Parks
450 acres0.4 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
3
Huckleberry Railroad & Crossroads Village
Park
729 acres
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
4
Bluebell Beach
Park
77 acres0.1 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
All 5 parks & preserves
- Branch-Carr Park3 ac
Who protects the land
3,586 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 lanes0.5 mi
- Off-road bike paths8.6 mi
- Shoulders & shared lanes0.0 mi
Courts & fields
- Baseball15
- Soccer1
- Football1
- Basketball1
- Equestrian1
Counts include school and college facilities, which aren't always open to the public.
Next door
Genesee and its neighbors
Towns whose outdoors data has been built so far.
| Town | Conserved | Trails | Parks & preserves |
|---|---|---|---|
| Genesee | 18.6% | 7.3 mi | 5 |
| Flint | 8.6% | 14.3 mi | 74 |
| Mount Morris | 9.1% | 0.0 mi | 1 |
| Richfield | 10.9% | 25.1 mi | 9 |
| Burton | 8.3% | 11.9 mi | 5 |
| Thetford | 6.2% | 0.2 mi | 1 |
| Mount Morris | 2.6% | 1.1 mi | 3 |
Trail talk
Conditions & tips from neighbors
No recent posts about Genesee'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.