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Mackinaw State Forest - Gaylord Unit
Managed by Michigan Department of Natural Resources
694 acres5.4 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet
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Outdoors · Littlefield
Littlefield, MI parks, trails & bike paths
About 7.2% of Littlefield is conserved land, roughly 1,122 acres. There are about 16 miles of mapped trails, and the biggest networks are in Mackinaw State Forest - Gaylord Unit (5.4 mi), Waldron Fen Nature Preserve (1.9 mi), and Oden Island Nature Preserve (0.8 mi).
Conserved land, trails, parks and bike routes in Littlefield, measured from OpenStreetMap and USGS data.
At a glance
Littlefield outdoors
Conserved land
7.2%
1,122 of 15,614 acres
Trails
16 mi
0.7 mi per sq mi · 4 on conserved land
Parks & preserves
20
348 conserved acres per 1,000 residents
Bike routes
5.7 mi
0.0 mi lanes · 5.0 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
Waldron Fen Nature Preserve
Nature preserve
151 acres1.9 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
3
Oden Island Nature Preserve
Managed by Little Traverse Conservancy
55 acres0.8 mi of trail
Blue TrailRed Trail
Dog rules not recorded
4
Oden State Fish Hatchery
Managed by Michigan Department of Natural Resources
120 acres0.5 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
All 20 parks & preserves
Showing 1–10 of 20 parks & preserves
Mackinaw State Forest - Gaylord Unit694 acres · 5.4 mi of trail · Michigan Department of Natural Resources
Waldron Fen Nature Preserve151 acres · 1.9 mi of trail
Oden Island Nature Preserve55 acres · 0.8 mi of trail · Little Traverse Conservancy
Oden State Fish Hatchery120 acres · 0.5 mi of trail · Michigan Department of Natural Resources
Inland Waterway Nature Preserve24 acres · 0.2 mi of trail · Little Traverse Conservancy
Sanctuary Park2 acres · 0.2 mi of trail · Village of Alanson
Hymas Woods Nature Preserve150 acres
Black Hole Nature Preserve121 acres
Elbert Family Nature Preserve98 acres
Ross Drayton Nature Preserve43 acres · Little Traverse Conservancy
Who protects the land
1,122 conserved acres
Who manages it, from PAD-US. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.
Conserved doesn't always mean open to visitors. 173 acres are conservation easements, which are usually private land. Public access isn't recorded for 4 of 24 parcels. 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 paths5.0 mi
- Shoulders & shared lanes0.7 mi
Courts & fields
- Basketball5
- Tennis4
- Baseball3
Counts include school and college facilities, which aren't always open to the public.
Nearby
Littlefield and its neighbors
Towns whose outdoors data has been built so far.
| Town | Conserved | Trails | Parks & preserves |
|---|---|---|---|
| Littlefield | 7.2% | 16.2 mi | 20 |
| Springvale | 2.1% | 83.8 mi | 10 |
| Maple River | 3.6% | 13.8 mi | 7 |
| Tuscarora | 1.7% | 43.5 mi | 12 |
| Little Traverse | 10.4% | 44.0 mi | 32 |
| Pleasantview | 4.5% | 124.9 mi | 4 |
Trail talk
Conditions & tips from neighbors
No recent posts about Littlefield'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.