Outdoors · Lowell

Lowell, MI parks, trails & bike paths

About 5.3% of Lowell is conserved land, roughly 1,123 acres. There are about 3.9 miles of mapped trails, and the biggest networks are in Bradford Dickinson White Nature Preserve (0.7 mi).

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

At a glance

Lowell outdoors

Conserved land
5.3%
1,123 of 21,183 acres
Trails
3.9 mi
0.1 mi per sq mi
Parks & preserves
3
177 conserved acres per 1,000 residents
Bike routes
0.5 mi
0.0 mi lanes · 0.5 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

123
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

Bradford Dickinson White Nature Preserve

Nature preserve
46 acres0.7 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
2

Grand River Riverfront Park

Managed by Lowell Charter Township
75 acres0.2 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot Website
3

Pratt Lake Boat Access Site

Managed by Michigan Department of Natural Resources, Ionia R. A.
37 acres
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot Website
Who protects the land

1,123 conserved acres

Who manages it, from PAD-US. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.
County
699 ac
Private owners
252 ac
Town or city
72 ac
USDA easements (NRCS)
58 ac
Other state land
43 ac

Conserved doesn't always mean open to visitors. 101 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 paths0.5 mi
  • Shoulders & shared lanes0.0 mi

Courts & fields

  • Pickleball8
  • Soccer6
  • Tennis1
  • Beach volleyball1

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

Next door

Lowell and its neighbors

Towns whose outdoors data has been built so far.
TownConservedTrailsParks & preserves
Lowell5.3%3.9 mi3
Lowell7.8%2.5 mi6
Boston2.4%10.4 mi6
Vergennes11.5%16.9 mi6
Cascade4%23.0 mi7
Bowne1.4%2.8 mi4
Ada10.2%31.3 mi17
Trail talk

Conditions & tips from neighbors

No recent posts about Lowell'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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