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Richmond Park
Park
57 acres3.8 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
Outdoors · Grand Rapids
Grand Rapids, MI parks, trails & bike paths
About 6.3% of Grand Rapids is conserved land, roughly 1,843 acres. There are about 43 miles of mapped trails, and the biggest networks are in Richmond Park (3.8 mi), Ken-O-Sha Park (3.7 mi), and The Highlands (2.5 mi).
Conserved land, trails, parks and bike routes in Grand Rapids, measured from OpenStreetMap and USGS data.
At a glance
Grand Rapids outdoors
Conserved land
6.3%
1,843 of 29,033 acres
Trails
43 mi
1 mi per sq mi · 26 on conserved land
Parks & preserves
76
9 conserved acres per 1,000 residents
Bike routes
95.6 mi
65.5 mi lanes · 16.0 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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Ken-O-Sha Park
Park
96 acres3.7 mi of trail
Ken-O-Sha South LoopKen-O-Sha Red LoopKen-O-Sha Blue LoopKen-O-Sha Gold LoopKen-O-Sha Green Loop
Dog rules not recorded
3
The Highlands
Managed by Land Conservancy of West Michigan and Blandford Nature Center
125 acres2.5 mi of trail
Dogs on leashMapped in OpenStreetMap
DirectionsTo the parking lot
4
Millennium Park
Managed by Kent County
218 acres2.1 mi of trail
Trestle Trail
Dog rules not recorded
5
Calvin Ecosystem Preserve
Managed by Calvin University
39 acres1.7 mi of trail
West TrailWhiskey Pond TrailPine Grove TrailEast TrailNorth Trail
No dogsMapped in OpenStreetMap
6
Blandford Nature Center
Park
50 acres1.5 mi of trail
Dogs on leashMapped in OpenStreetMap
DirectionsTo the parking lot
7
MacKay-Jaycee Park
Park
47 acres1.3 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
8
John Ball Park
Park
110 acres1 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo Lot One
All 60 parks & preserves
- Huff Park84 ac · 0.9 mi trail · Directions
- Highland Park28 ac · 0.9 mi trail · Directions
- Ball Perkins Park82 ac · 0.8 mi trail
- Clemente Park14 ac · 0.4 mi trail · Directions
- Roosevelt Park5 ac · 0.4 mi trail · Directions
- Plaster Creek46 ac · 0.3 mi trail
- Heartside Park3 ac · 0.3 mi trail · Directions
- Butterworth Park194 ac · 0.2 mi trail · Directions
- Belknap Park31 ac · 0.2 mi trail · Directions
- Lamberton Lake Fen Nature Preserve22 ac · 0.2 mi trail
- Grand Rapids Bike Park21 ac · 0.2 mi trail · Directions
- Ottawa Hills High School Athletic Fields18 ac · 0.2 mi trail · Directions
- Briggs Park6 ac · 0.2 mi trail
- Campau Park6 ac · 0.2 mi trail
- Dickinson Buffer Park4 ac · 0.2 mi trail · Directions
- Ottawa Hills Park3 ac · 0.2 mi trail · Directions
- Eastern Park3 ac · 0.2 mi trail · Directions
- Plaster Creek Family Park19 ac · 0.1 mi trail · Directions
- Canal Street Park6 ac · 0.1 mi trail · Directions
- Shawmut Park4 ac · 0.1 mi trail
- Veteran's Memorial Park2 ac · 0.1 mi trail · Directions
- Westown Commons Park2 ac · 0.1 mi trail
- Riverside Park190 ac · Directions
- Garfield Park31 ac · Directions
- Martin Luther King Jr. Park19 ac · Directions
- Hillcrest Park18 ac · Directions
- Lincoln Park14 ac · Directions
- Wilcox Park14 ac · Directions
- Fuller Park12 ac · Directions
- Mulick Park10 ac
- Aberdeen Park10 ac · Directions
- Kensington Park10 ac
- Oxford Park10 ac
- Mary Waters Park9 ac · Directions
- Ah-Nab-Awen Park9 ac · Directions
- Veterans Nature Trail8 ac
- Cambridge Park8 ac · Directions
- Sullivan Field7 ac
- Valley Field6 ac
- Camelot Park6 ac
- Harrison Park6 ac
- Grotto Park6 ac · Directions
- Burton Woods Park6 ac
- Sixth Street Park6 ac · Directions
- Coit Park5 ac · Directions
- Covell Park5 ac · Directions
- Reservoir Park5 ac · Directions
- Lookout Park4 ac · Directions
- Rasberry Field3 ac
- Shawmut Hills Park3 ac · Directions
- Fish Ladder Park3 ac · Directions
- Sibley School Park3 ac · Directions
Who protects the land
1,843 conserved acres
Who manages it, from PAD-US. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.
Conserved doesn't always mean open to visitors. 14 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 lanes65.5 mi
- Off-road bike paths16.0 mi
- Shoulders & shared lanes14.2 mi
Courts & fields
- Tennis90
- Baseball72
- Basketball63
- Soccer39
- Pickleball16
- Football8
- Beach volleyball7
Counts include school and college facilities, which aren't always open to the public.
Next door
Grand Rapids and its neighbors
Towns whose outdoors data has been built so far.
| Town | Conserved | Trails | Parks & preserves |
|---|---|---|---|
| Grand Rapids | 6.3% | 43.2 mi | 76 |
| Walker | 9.9% | 24.8 mi | 12 |
| Grand Rapids | 7.1% | 22.6 mi | 7 |
| Wyoming | 8.4% | 22.0 mi | 26 |
| East Grand Rapids | 6.7% | 5.5 mi | 6 |
| Kentwood | 4.2% | 17.1 mi | 15 |
Trail talk
Conditions & tips from neighbors
No recent posts about Grand Rapids'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 31.1-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.