1
North Park
Managed by City of Harbor Beach
98 acres2.2 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo PFC Brian "Doc" Backus Memorial Nature Trail Parking Lot
Outdoors · Harbor Beach
Harbor Beach, MI parks, trails & bike paths
About 7% of Harbor Beach is conserved land, roughly 92 acres. There are about 3.2 miles of mapped trails, and the biggest networks are in North Park (2.2 mi).
Conserved land, trails, parks and bike routes in Harbor Beach, measured from OpenStreetMap and USGS data.
At a glance
Harbor Beach outdoors
Conserved land
7%
92 of 1,307 acres
Trails
3.2 mi
1.6 mi per sq mi
Parks & preserves
6
58 conserved acres per 1,000 residents
Bike routes
1.6 mi
0.0 mi lanes · 1.6 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
Thumb Area Underwater Preserve
Nature preserve
212 acres
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
3
Waterworks Park
Managed by City of Harbor Beach
40 acres0.2 mi of trail
Harbor View Trail
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
4
Judge James H. Lincoln Memorial Park
Managed by City of Harbor Beach
20 acres0.1 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
Who protects the land
92 conserved acres
Who manages it, from PAD-US. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.
Biking & sports
Bike routes, courts & fields
- Painted or protected bike lanes0.0 mi
- Off-road bike paths1.6 mi
- Shoulders & shared lanes0.0 mi
Courts & fields
- Tennis6
- Baseball5
- Basketball4
- Pickleball2
- Football1
- Soccer1
Counts include school and college facilities, which aren't always open to the public.
Trail talk
Conditions & tips from neighbors
No recent posts about Harbor Beach'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.