1
Maplehurst Natural Area
Park
413 acres8.5 mi of trail
Forest TrailStream TrailRidge TrailConnector TrailMaplehurst Hike Bike Trail
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
Outdoors · Milton
Milton, MI parks, trails & bike paths
About 1% of Milton is conserved land, roughly 285 acres. There are about 17 miles of mapped trails, and the biggest networks are in Maplehurst Natural Area (8.5 mi), Torch River Ridge: A Cotanche Family Legacy (4.1 mi), and Milton Township Park (0.8 mi).
Conserved land, trails, parks and bike routes in Milton, measured from OpenStreetMap and USGS data.
At a glance
Milton outdoors
Conserved land
1%
285 of 27,764 acres
Trails
17 mi
0.4 mi per sq mi
Parks & preserves
8
123 conserved acres per 1,000 residents
Bike routes
0.0 mi
0.0 mi lanes · 0.0 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
Torch River Ridge: A Cotanche Family Legacy
Managed by Grand Traverse Regional Land Conservancy
282 acres4.1 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
3
Milton Township Park
Park
44 acres0.8 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
4
Skegemog Lake Wildlife Area
Managed by Grand Traverse Regional Land Conservancy
103 acres0.3 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet
Website
Who protects the land
285 conserved acres
Who manages it, from PAD-US. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.
Conserved doesn't always mean open to visitors. 197 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 paths0.0 mi
- Shoulders & shared lanes0.0 mi
Courts & fields
- Tennis14
- Pickleball8
- Baseball5
- Soccer4
- Basketball1
- Skate park1
Counts include school and college facilities, which aren't always open to the public.
Nearby
Milton and its neighbors
Towns whose outdoors data has been built so far.
| Town | Conserved | Trails | Parks & preserves |
|---|---|---|---|
| Milton | 1% | 16.8 mi | 8 |
| Clearwater | 11.9% | 27.4 mi | 5 |
| Helena | 5.7% | 12.5 mi | 4 |
| Whitewater | 1.1% | 145.0 mi | 10 |
| Elk Rapids | 2.6% | 1.7 mi | 8 |
| Forest Home | 5.4% | 43.2 mi | 7 |
| Torch Lake | 2.9% | 7.7 mi | 4 |
Trail talk
Conditions & tips from neighbors
No recent posts about Milton'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-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.