Outdoors · Hamilton

Hamilton, MI parks, trails & bike paths

About 5.4% of Hamilton is conserved land, roughly 1,243 acres. There are about 15 miles of mapped trails.

Conserved land, trails, parks and bike routes in Hamilton, measured from OpenStreetMap and USGS data.

At a glance

Hamilton outdoors

Conserved land
5.4%
1,243 of 23,125 acres
Trails
15 mi
0.4 mi per sq mi · 6 on conserved land
Parks & preserves
1
691 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

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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.
1

Au Sable State Forest - Gladwin Unit

Managed by Michigan Department of Natural Resources
499 acres
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet
Who protects the land

1,243 conserved acres

Who manages it, from PAD-US. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.
Private owners
1,207 ac
Land trusts & nonprofits
65 ac
Other state land
7 ac

Conserved doesn't always mean open to visitors. 8 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
Nearby

Hamilton and its neighbors

Towns whose outdoors data has been built so far.
TownConservedTrailsParks & preserves
Hamilton5.4%15.3 mi1
Sage4.2%9.7 mi5
Arthur0.8%8.8 mi1
Hayes2.5%11.1 mi2
Franklin3.5%37.3 mi2
Trail talk

Conditions & tips from neighbors

No recent posts about Hamilton'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.

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