1
Glenn Allen Island Preserve
Managed by Southwest Michigan Land Conservancy
15 acres
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet
Outdoors · Kalamazoo
Kalamazoo, MI parks, trails & bike paths
About 1.2% of Kalamazoo is conserved land, roughly 87 acres. Kalamazoo has 8 named parks and preserves on the map.
Conserved land, trails, parks and bike routes in Kalamazoo, measured from OpenStreetMap and USGS data.
At a glance
Kalamazoo outdoors
Conserved land
1.2%
87 of 7,501 acres
Trails
0.2 mi
0 mi per sq mi
Parks & preserves
8
4 conserved acres per 1,000 residents
Bike routes
10.6 mi
4.9 mi lanes · 4.6 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
Bow in the Clouds Preserve
Managed by Southwest Michigan Land Conservancy
9 acres
Dog rules not recorded
3
Stroud Family Park
Managed by Charter Township of Kalamazoo
3 acres0.1 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
4
Wilson Recreation Area
Managed by Kalamazoo Charter Township
3 acres
Dog rules not recorded
Who protects the land
87 conserved acres
Who manages it, from PAD-US. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.
Conserved doesn't always mean open to visitors. 1 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 lanes4.9 mi
- Off-road bike paths4.6 mi
- Shoulders & shared lanes1.0 mi
Courts & fields
- Tennis15
- Baseball13
- Basketball3
- Soccer2
- Football1
Counts include school and college facilities, which aren't always open to the public.
Nearby
Kalamazoo and its neighbors
Towns whose outdoors data has been built so far.
Trail talk
Conditions & tips from neighbors
No recent posts about Kalamazoo'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.