Outdoors · Lincoln

Lincoln, MI parks, trails & bike paths

About 3.6% of Lincoln is conserved land, roughly 539 acres. There are about 12 miles of mapped trails, and the biggest networks are in Au Sable State Forest - Gladwin Unit (5.2 mi) and Averill Reserve (1.1 mi).

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

At a glance

Lincoln outdoors

Conserved land
3.6%
539 of 14,856 acres
Trails
12 mi
0.5 mi per sq mi · 1 on conserved land
Parks & preserves
2
212 conserved acres per 1,000 residents
Bike routes
5.1 mi
0.0 mi lanes · 2.5 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

Au Sable State Forest - Gladwin Unit

Managed by Michigan Department of Natural Resources
3,017 acres5.2 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet
2

Averill Reserve

Managed by Little Forks Conservancy
72 acres1.1 mi of trail
Dogs on leashMapped in OpenStreetMap
DirectionsTo the parking lot Website
Who protects the land

539 conserved acres

Who manages it, from PAD-US. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.
County
353 ac
Land trusts & nonprofits
74 ac
Other state land
51 ac
Town or city
38 ac
Private owners
29 ac

Conserved doesn't always mean open to visitors. 46 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 paths2.5 mi
  • Shoulders & shared lanes2.6 mi
Nearby

Lincoln and its neighbors

Towns whose outdoors data has been built so far.
TownConservedTrailsParks & preserves
Lincoln3.6%12.0 mi2
Midland8.2%72.1 mi81
Larkin1.2%18.8 mi3
Jerome5.5%32.8 mi6
Sanford11.3%2.0 mi3
Hope4.3%1.0 mi1
Trail talk

Conditions & tips from neighbors

No recent posts about Lincoln'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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