1
Mackinaw State Forest - Gaylord Unit
Managed by Michigan Department of Natural Resources
1,328 acres2.2 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet
Website
Outdoors · Kearney
Kearney, MI parks, trails & bike paths
About 10% of Kearney is conserved land, roughly 2,332 acres. There are about 30 miles of mapped trails, and the biggest networks are in Mackinaw State Forest - Gaylord Unit (2.2 mi), Cedar River Natural Area (2.1 mi), and Craven Park (0.9 mi).
Conserved land, trails, parks and bike routes in Kearney, measured from OpenStreetMap and USGS data.
At a glance
Kearney outdoors
Conserved land
10%
2,332 of 22,394 acres
Trails
30 mi
0.9 mi per sq mi · 3 on conserved land
Parks & preserves
10
1,217 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
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
Cedar River Natural Area
Managed by Antrim County
186 acres2.1 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet
Website
3
Craven Park
Park
59 acres0.9 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet
4
Cedar River Nature Sanctuary
Managed by Michigan Nature Association
70 acres0.7 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet
Website
5
Mohrmann Natural Area
Park
102 acres0.5 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet
Website
All 10 parks & preserves
Mackinaw State Forest - Gaylord Unit1,328 acres · 2.2 mi of trail · Michigan Department of Natural Resources
Cedar River Natural Area186 acres · 2.1 mi of trail · Antrim County
Craven Park59 acres · 0.9 mi of trail
Cedar River Nature Sanctuary70 acres · 0.7 mi of trail · Michigan Nature Association
Mohrmann Natural Area102 acres · 0.5 mi of trail
William A Hosmer Park2 acres · 0.1 mi of trail
MDNR Boating Access Site11 acres · Michigan Department of Natural Resources
Openo Park and Boat Launch3 acres · Kearney Township
Richardi Park2 acres
Antrim County Fairgrounds2 acres
Who protects the land
2,332 conserved acres
Who manages it, from PAD-US. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.
Conserved doesn't always mean open to visitors. 1,829 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 lanes0.0 mi
- Off-road bike paths0.0 mi
- Shoulders & shared lanes0.0 mi
Courts & fields
- Baseball4
- Pickleball2
- Softball2
- Tennis2
- Beach volleyball1
Counts include school and college facilities, which aren't always open to the public.
Nearby
Kearney and its neighbors
Towns whose outdoors data has been built so far.
| Town | Conserved | Trails | Parks & preserves |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kearney | 10.4% | 30.0 mi | 10 |
| Forest Home | 5.4% | 43.2 mi | 7 |
| Bellaire | 4% | 1.3 mi | 4 |
| Echo | 7.3% | 10.2 mi | 5 |
| Custer | 4.2% | 40.6 mi | 5 |
| Chestonia | 0.2% | 76.5 mi | 3 |
Trail talk
Conditions & tips from neighbors
No recent posts about Kearney'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 21.9-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.