1
Fenner Nature Center
Nature preserve
132 acres3.7 mi of trail
Turner TrailOak Ridge TrailTamarack TrailSugar Maple Trail
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
Outdoors · Lansing
Lansing, MI parks, trails & bike paths
About 7.9% of Lansing is conserved land, roughly 1,999 acres. There are about 38 miles of mapped trails, and the biggest networks are in Fenner Nature Center (3.7 mi), Fine Park (3.2 mi), and Hawk Island County Park (1.9 mi).
Conserved land, trails, parks and bike routes in Lansing, measured from OpenStreetMap and USGS data.
At a glance
Lansing outdoors
Conserved land
7.9%
1,999 of 25,443 acres
Trails
38 mi
0.9 mi per sq mi · 23 on conserved land
Parks & preserves
106
18 conserved acres per 1,000 residents
Bike routes
63.2 mi
30.2 mi lanes · 30.8 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
Fine Park
Park
40 acres3.2 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the trailhead
3
Hawk Island County Park
Managed by Ingham County
122 acres1.9 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
4
Hunters Ridge Park
Managed by City of Lansing
36 acres1.9 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the trailhead
5
Theo Fulton Park
Managed by City of Lansing
27 acres1.1 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the trailhead
6
Scott Woods Park
Managed by City of Lansing
99 acres0.9 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
7
Bancroft Park
Managed by City of Lansing
35 acres0.6 mi of trail
Dogs on leashMapped in OpenStreetMap
8
Benjamin Davis Park
Managed by City of Lansing
49 acres0.5 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
All 106 parks & preserves
Showing 1–10 of 106 parks & preserves
Fenner Nature Center132 acres · 3.7 mi of trail
Fine Park40 acres · 3.2 mi of trail
Hawk Island County Park122 acres · 1.9 mi of trail · Ingham County
Hunters Ridge Park36 acres · 1.9 mi of trail · City of Lansing
Theo Fulton Park27 acres · 1.1 mi of trail · City of Lansing
Scott Woods Park99 acres · 0.9 mi of trail · City of Lansing
Bancroft Park35 acres · 0.6 mi of trail · City of Lansing
Benjamin Davis Park49 acres · 0.5 mi of trail · City of Lansing
Holly Park23 acres · 0.5 mi of trail · City of Lansing
Capitol Walkway Park2 acres · 0.5 mi of trail
Who protects the land
1,999 conserved acres
Who manages it, from PAD-US. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.
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 lanes30.2 mi
- Off-road bike paths30.8 mi
- Shoulders & shared lanes2.3 mi
- West Lansing Trail (bike route)7.2 mi
- Lansing River Trail (bike route)1.8 mi
Courts & fields
- Basketball87
- Tennis56
- Baseball35
- Soccer29
- Beach volleyball14
- Football5
- Tracks3
Counts include school and college facilities, which aren't always open to the public.
Nearby
Lansing and its neighbors
Towns whose outdoors data has been built so far.
Trail talk
Conditions & tips from neighbors
No recent posts about Lansing'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 38.9-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.