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Mackinaw State Forest - Gaylord Unit
Managed by Michigan Department of Natural Resources
1,809 acres1.8 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet
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Outdoors · Maple River
Maple River, MI parks, trails & bike paths
About 3.6% of Maple River is conserved land, roughly 805 acres. There are about 14 miles of mapped trails, and the biggest networks are in Mackinaw State Forest - Gaylord Unit (1.8 mi).
Conserved land, trails, parks and bike routes in Maple River, measured from OpenStreetMap and USGS data.
At a glance
Maple River outdoors
Conserved land
3.6%
805 of 22,561 acres
Trails
14 mi
0.4 mi per sq mi
Parks & preserves
7
609 conserved acres per 1,000 residents
Bike routes
6.0 mi
0.0 mi lanes · 6.0 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
University of Michigan Biological Station
Nature preserve
318 acres
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet
3
Philip J. Braun Nature Preserve
Nature preserve
133 acres0.1 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet
4
Pioneer Park
Park
45 acres
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
Who protects the land
805 conserved acres
Who manages it, from PAD-US. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.
Conserved doesn't always mean open to visitors. 3 acres are conservation easements, which are usually private land. Public access isn't recorded for 1 of 9 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 paths6.0 mi
- Shoulders & shared lanes0.0 mi
Courts & fields
- Baseball4
- Football2
- Skate park1
- Basketball1
Counts include school and college facilities, which aren't always open to the public.
Nearby
Maple River and its neighbors
Towns whose outdoors data has been built so far.
| Town | Conserved | Trails | Parks & preserves |
|---|---|---|---|
| Maple River | 3.6% | 13.8 mi | 7 |
| Littlefield | 7.2% | 16.2 mi | 20 |
| Pleasantview | 4.5% | 124.9 mi | 4 |
| McKinley | 13.4% | 22.8 mi | 5 |
| Burt | 12.2% | 29.5 mi | 9 |
| Little Traverse | 10.4% | 44.0 mi | 32 |
Trail talk
Conditions & tips from neighbors
No recent posts about Maple River'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.