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Midland City Forest
Park
529 acres23.2 mi of trail
South LoopGnu LoopNorth LoopClassic Cross-country Skiing PathFrog Holler
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
Outdoors · Midland
Midland, MI parks, trails & bike paths
About 8.2% of Midland is conserved land, roughly 1,896 acres. There are about 72 miles of mapped trails, and the biggest networks are in Midland City Forest (23.2 mi), Stratford Woods Park (3.1 mi), and Chippewa Nature Center (2.7 mi).
Conserved land, trails, parks and bike routes in Midland, measured from OpenStreetMap and USGS data.
At a glance
Midland outdoors
Conserved land
8.2%
1,896 of 23,199 acres
Trails
72 mi
2 mi per sq mi · 33 on conserved land
Parks & preserves
81
44 conserved acres per 1,000 residents
Bike routes
24.8 mi
8.3 mi lanes · 13.8 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.
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Stratford Woods Park
Park
93 acres3.1 mi of trail
Pollinator TrailPollinator Loop Trail
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
3
Chippewa Nature Center
Nature preserve
490 acres2.7 mi of trail
Ridge Trail
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
4
Sygo Nature Preserve
Managed by Michigan Department of Natural Resources
572 acres2.5 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
5
Poseyville Preserve
Park
22 acres0.9 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
6
Chippewassee Park
Park
26 acres0.8 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
7
Emerson Park
Park
43 acres0.6 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
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Central Park
Park
16 acres0.5 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
All 81 parks & preserves
Showing 1–10 of 81 parks & preserves
Midland City Forest529 acres · 23.2 mi of trail
Stratford Woods Park93 acres · 3.1 mi of trail
Chippewa Nature Center490 acres · 2.7 mi of trail
Sygo Nature Preserve572 acres · 2.5 mi of trail · Michigan Department of Natural Resources
Poseyville Preserve22 acres · 0.9 mi of trail
Chippewassee Park26 acres · 0.8 mi of trail
Emerson Park43 acres · 0.6 mi of trail
Central Park16 acres · 0.5 mi of trail
Dow Chemical Founder's Garden7 acres · 0.5 mi of trail
Plymouth Park40 acres · 0.4 mi of trail
Who protects the land
1,896 conserved acres
Who manages it, from PAD-US. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.
Conserved doesn't always mean open to visitors. 91 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 lanes8.3 mi
- Off-road bike paths13.8 mi
- Shoulders & shared lanes2.7 mi
Courts & fields
- Baseball47
- Tennis47
- Soccer45
- Basketball32
- Beach volleyball4
- Softball3
- Football2
Counts include school and college facilities, which aren't always open to the public.
Nearby
Midland and its neighbors
Towns whose outdoors data has been built so far.
Trail talk
Conditions & tips from neighbors
No recent posts about Midland'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 26.5-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.