Outdoors · Howard

Howard, MI parks, trails & bike paths

Howard has 2 named parks and preserves on the map.

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

At a glance

Howard outdoors

Conserved land
0.1%
32 of 22,456 acres
Trails
0.3 mi
0 mi per sq mi
Parks & preserves
2
5 conserved acres per 1,000 residents
Bike routes
1.4 mi
1.4 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

12
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

Pepper Martin Park

Park
14 acres
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
2

Wilding Plant Preserve

Managed by Michigan Nature Association
3 acres0.1 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet Website
Who protects the land

32 conserved acres

Who manages it, from PAD-US. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.
Town or city
24 ac
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
4 ac
Land trusts & nonprofits
4 ac

Conserved doesn't always mean open to visitors. 4 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 lanes1.4 mi
  • Off-road bike paths0.0 mi
  • Shoulders & shared lanes0.0 mi

Courts & fields

  • Baseball1

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

Nearby

Howard and its neighbors

Towns whose outdoors data has been built so far.
TownConservedTrailsParks & preserves
Howard0.1%0.3 mi2
Niles5.8%0.2 mi19
Jefferson0.9%1.4 mi0
Pokagon3.1%2.2 mi2
Niles2%7.8 mi6
Trail talk

Conditions & tips from neighbors

No recent posts about Howard'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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