1
Dousman's Mill State Historic Site
Nature preserve
587 acres3 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo Dousman's Mill Parking Area
Outdoors · Mackinaw
Mackinaw, MI parks, trails & bike paths
About 8.5% of Mackinaw is conserved land, roughly 672 acres. There are about 8.1 miles of mapped trails, and the biggest networks are in Dousman's Mill State Historic Site (3 mi), Mackinaw State Forest - Gaylord Unit (0.7 mi), and Fort Michilimackinac State Historic Park (0.6 mi).
Conserved land, trails, parks and bike routes in Mackinaw, measured from OpenStreetMap and USGS data.
At a glance
Mackinaw outdoors
Conserved land
8.5%
672 of 7,911 acres
Trails
8.1 mi
0.7 mi per sq mi · 4 on conserved land
Parks & preserves
7
named on the map
Bike routes
9.1 mi
0.0 mi lanes · 7.8 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
Mackinaw State Forest - Gaylord Unit
Managed by Michigan Department of Natural Resources
2,474 acres0.7 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet
Website
3
Fort Michilimackinac State Historic Park
Park
14 acres0.6 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
4
Straits of Mackinac Underwater Preserve
Nature preserve
624 acres0.4 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
Who protects the land
672 conserved acres
Who manages it, from PAD-US. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.
Biking & sports
Bike routes, courts & fields
- Painted or protected bike lanes0.0 mi
- Off-road bike paths7.8 mi
- Shoulders & shared lanes1.4 mi
Courts & fields
- Basketball2
Counts include school and college facilities, which aren't always open to the public.
Nearby
Mackinaw and its neighbors
Towns whose outdoors data has been built so far.
| Town | Conserved | Trails | Parks & preserves |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mackinaw | 8.5% | 8.1 mi | 7 |
| Mackinaw City | 4.2% | 8.2 mi | 9 |
| Hebron | 22.7% | 13.3 mi | 4 |
| Wawatam | 24.4% | 33.2 mi | 8 |
| Beaugrand | 4.1% | 4.4 mi | 4 |
Trail talk
Conditions & tips from neighbors
No recent posts about Mackinaw'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.