Outdoors · Markey

Markey, MI parks, trails & bike paths

About 7.3% of Markey is conserved land, roughly 1,668 acres. There are about 16 miles of mapped trails, and the biggest networks are in Au Sable State Forest - Roscommon Unit (8.5 mi).

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

At a glance

Markey outdoors

Conserved land
7.3%
1,668 of 22,959 acres
Trails
16 mi
0.4 mi per sq mi · 2 on conserved land
Parks & preserves
3
749 conserved acres per 1,000 residents
Bike routes
3.1 mi
0.0 mi lanes · 3.1 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

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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

Au Sable State Forest - Roscommon Unit

Managed by Michigan Department of Natural Resources
7,871 acres8.5 mi of trail
Marl Trail
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet Website
2

South Higgins Lake State Park

Managed by Michigan Department of Natural Resources
642 acres0.4 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet Website
3

Markey Park

Park
13 acres
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet
Who protects the land

1,668 conserved acres

Who manages it, from PAD-US. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.
Other state land
894 ac
Town or city
351 ac
Land trusts & nonprofits
241 ac
Private owners
191 ac

Conserved doesn't always mean open to visitors. 491 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 paths3.1 mi
  • Shoulders & shared lanes0.0 mi
Nearby

Markey and its neighbors

Towns whose outdoors data has been built so far.
TownConservedTrailsParks & preserves
Markey7.3%15.5 mi3
Lake21%9.6 mi4
Gerrish3.5%23.8 mi2
Higgins14.8%130.0 mi4
Denton5.2%32.5 mi3
Lyon16.9%92.7 mi5
Trail talk

Conditions & tips from neighbors

No recent posts about Markey'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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