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Sussan Creek Nature Preserve
Nature preserve
250 acres2.9 mi of trail
Blue TrailYellow Loop (Winter Only)Red Trail
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
Outdoors · Hayes
Hayes, MI parks, trails & bike paths
About 4.8% of Hayes is conserved land, roughly 1,327 acres. There are about 24 miles of mapped trails, and the biggest networks are in Sussan Creek Nature Preserve (2.9 mi), Nathan "Barry" Driggers Memorial Nature Preserve (1.9 mi), and Taylor Horton Creek Nature Preserve (1.8 mi).
Conserved land, trails, parks and bike routes in Hayes, measured from OpenStreetMap and USGS data.
At a glance
Hayes outdoors
Conserved land
4.8%
1,327 of 27,444 acres
Trails
24 mi
0.6 mi per sq mi · 10 on conserved land
Parks & preserves
21
739 conserved acres per 1,000 residents
Bike routes
10.4 mi
0.0 mi lanes · 10.4 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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Nathan "Barry" Driggers Memorial Nature Preserve
Nature preserve
71 acres1.9 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
3
Taylor Horton Creek Nature Preserve
Nature preserve
148 acres1.8 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
4
Charles A. Ransom Nature Preserve
Nature preserve
79 acres1.5 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
5
Schulz Working Forest Reserve
Nature preserve
38 acres1.2 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet
All 21 parks & preserves
Showing 1–10 of 21 parks & preserves
Sussan Creek Nature Preserve250 acres · 2.9 mi of trail
Nathan "Barry" Driggers Memorial Nature Preserve71 acres · 1.9 mi of trail
Taylor Horton Creek Nature Preserve148 acres · 1.8 mi of trail
Charles A. Ransom Nature Preserve79 acres · 1.5 mi of trail
Schulz Working Forest Reserve38 acres · 1.2 mi of trail
Driggers Trail Easement Nature Preserve2 acres · 0.1 mi of trail
Undine Nature Preserve104 acres
Charlevoix 1 Working Forest Reserve41 acres
Hayes Township Park37 acres
Horton Creek Wetlands Nature Preserve33 acres
Who protects the land
1,327 conserved acres
Who manages it, from PAD-US. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.
Conserved doesn't always mean open to visitors. 2 acres are conservation easements, which are usually private land. Public access isn't recorded for 2 of 22 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 paths10.4 mi
- Shoulders & shared lanes0.0 mi
Courts & fields
- Tennis9
Counts include school and college facilities, which aren't always open to the public.
Nearby
Hayes and its neighbors
Towns whose outdoors data has been built so far.
| Town | Conserved | Trails | Parks & preserves |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hayes | 4.8% | 23.8 mi | 21 |
| Charlevoix | 12.8% | 16.8 mi | 8 |
| Bay | 3.9% | 13.8 mi | 9 |
| Eveline | 1.2% | 11.7 mi | 4 |
| Resort | 4.5% | 15.8 mi | 13 |
Trail talk
Conditions & tips from neighbors
No recent posts about Hayes'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 24.9-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.