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Lapeer State Game Area
Managed by Michigan Department of Natural Resources
1,158 acres2.4 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
Outdoors · Marathon
Marathon, MI parks, trails & bike paths
About 9.3% of Marathon is conserved land, roughly 2,046 acres. There are about 4.9 miles of mapped trails, and the biggest networks are in Lapeer State Game Area (2.4 mi).
Conserved land, trails, parks and bike routes in Marathon, measured from OpenStreetMap and USGS data.
At a glance
Marathon outdoors
Conserved land
9.3%
2,046 of 21,909 acres
Trails
4.9 mi
0.1 mi per sq mi · 3 on conserved land
Parks & preserves
10
461 conserved acres per 1,000 residents
Bike routes
4.6 mi
0.0 mi lanes · 4.6 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
Holloway Reservoir Regional Park
Managed by Genesee County
190 acres0.3 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet
3
Hilton and Marjorie Tibbits Nature Sanctuary and Land Stewardship Center
Managed by Six Rivers Land Conservancy
120 acres
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet
Website
4
Marathon Township Park
Managed by Mundy Township
80 acres
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet
All 10 parks & preserves
Lapeer State Game Area1,158 acres · 2.4 mi of trail · Michigan Department of Natural Resources
Holloway Reservoir Regional Park190 acres · 0.3 mi of trail · Genesee County
Hilton and Marjorie Tibbits Nature Sanctuary and Land Stewardship Center120 acres · Six Rivers Land Conservancy
Marathon Township Park80 acres · Mundy Township
Myron and Isabel Zucker Memorial Nature Sanctuary75 acres · Michigan Nature Association
Otter Lake Village Park and Campground9 acres
Marina Park5 acres
Bert Vermilya Memorial Riverside Park2 acres
Veteran's Memorial Park2 acres
Murphy Lake State Game Area1 acres · Michigan Department of Natural Resources
Who protects the land
2,046 conserved acres
Who manages it, from PAD-US. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.
Conserved doesn't always mean open to visitors. 204 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 paths4.6 mi
- Shoulders & shared lanes0.0 mi
Courts & fields
- Soccer6
- Baseball3
- Basketball2
Counts include school and college facilities, which aren't always open to the public.
Nearby
Marathon and its neighbors
Towns whose outdoors data has been built so far.
Trail talk
Conditions & tips from neighbors
No recent posts about Marathon'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.