Outdoors · Heath

Heath, MI parks, trails & bike paths

About 47% of Heath is conserved land, roughly 10,695 acres. There are about 29 miles of mapped trails, and the biggest networks are in Allegan State Game Area (23.7 mi), Silver Creek County Park (1.7 mi), and Heath Township Park (0.5 mi).

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

At a glance

Heath outdoors

Conserved land
47%
10,695 of 22,848 acres
Trails
29 mi
0.8 mi per sq mi · 26 on conserved land
Parks & preserves
4
2,697 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

Allegan State Game Area

Managed by Michigan Department of Natural Resources
10,249 acres23.7 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
2

Silver Creek County Park

Park
300 acres1.7 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet
3

Heath Township Park

Managed by Heath Township
14 acres0.5 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
4

Trestle Park

Managed by Heath Township
3 acres0.2 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
Things to do

Beaches, playgrounds, falls & more

Pick a kind of place for the list, directions, or pins on the map above.
Boat launches in Heath
Trestle Park Boat Launch
Directions
Unnamed boat launch
Directions
Water

Lakes & rivers

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Who protects the land

10,695 conserved acres

Who manages it, from PAD-US. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.
State fish & wildlife
10,360 ac
County
316 ac
Town or city
19 ac
Biking & sports

Bike routes, courts & fields

  • Painted or protected bike lanes0.0 mi
  • Off-road bike paths0.0 mi
  • Shoulders & shared lanes0.0 mi

Courts & fields

  • Basketball4
  • Soccer2
  • Baseball2

Counts include school and college facilities, which aren't always open to the public.

Public lands

The biggest protected places in Heath

From USGS PAD-US: who manages each one and whether visitors are welcome.
State Conservation Area 10,360 acLocal Park 335 ac
PlaceManaged byAcresPublic access
Allegan State Game AreaState Conservation AreaState fish & wildlife10,360Open
Silver Creek ParkLocal ParkCounty316Open
Community Ball FieldsLocal ParkTown or city19Open
History

Historic places to visit

Brookside CemeteryCemetery
Riverside CemeteryCemetery
Nearby

Heath and its neighbors

Towns whose outdoors data has been built so far.
TownConservedTrailsParks & preserves
Heath46.8%29.1 mi4
Manlius25.7%11.3 mi4
Overisel0.9%5.5 mi0
Valley64%40.7 mi1
Monterey8.6%11.5 mi2
Trail talk

Conditions & tips from neighbors

No recent posts about Heath'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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