Outdoors · Lee

Lee, MI parks, trails & bike paths

About 1.8% of Lee is conserved land, roughly 402 acres. There are about 2.4 miles of mapped trails, and the biggest networks are in Au Sable State Forest - Gladwin Unit (2 mi).

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

At a glance

Lee outdoors

Conserved land
1.8%
402 of 22,865 acres
Trails
2.4 mi
0.1 mi per sq mi
Parks & preserves
5
99 conserved acres per 1,000 residents
Bike routes
7.1 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

Au Sable State Forest - Gladwin Unit

Managed by Michigan Department of Natural Resources
2,065 acres2 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet
2

9 Mile Road Property

Managed by Midland County
58 acres0.3 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet
3

Manitou Park

Managed by Midland County
83 acres
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
4

Steiner Preserve

Managed by Little Forks Conservancy
14 acres
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet
Who protects the land

402 conserved acres

Who manages it, from PAD-US. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.
County
141 ac
Private owners
113 ac
Town or city
84 ac
Land trusts & nonprofits
58 ac
Other state land
45 ac

Conserved doesn't always mean open to visitors. 6 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 lanes7.1 mi

Courts & fields

  • Softball2

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

Nearby

Lee and its neighbors

Towns whose outdoors data has been built so far.
TownConservedTrailsParks & preserves
Lee1.8%2.4 mi5
Greendale1%25.7 mi3
Porter2.8%20.4 mi1
Jerome5.5%32.8 mi6
Homer9.1%15.0 mi7
Trail talk

Conditions & tips from neighbors

No recent posts about Lee'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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