1
Huron National Forest
Managed by United States Forest Service
28,954 acres83.7 mi of trail
Hoist Lake TrailsAlcona ORV TrailShore to Shore TrailArmstrong TrailHoist 10-1-5 Byron Lake Spur
Dog rules not recorded
Outdoors · Mitchell
Mitchell, MI parks, trails & bike paths
About 32% of Mitchell is conserved land, roughly 29,120 acres. There are about 224 miles of mapped trails, and the biggest networks are in Huron National Forest (83.7 mi) and Au Sable State Forest - Grayling Unit (0.6 mi).
Conserved land, trails, parks and bike routes in Mitchell, measured from OpenStreetMap and USGS data.
At a glance
Mitchell outdoors
Conserved land
32%
29,120 of 91,220 acres
Trails
224 mi
1.6 mi per sq mi · 84 on conserved land
Parks & preserves
2
named on the map
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
Au Sable State Forest - Grayling Unit
Managed by Michigan Department of Natural Resources
106 acres0.6 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet
Website
Who protects the land
29,120 conserved acres
Who manages it, from PAD-US. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.
Biking & sports
Bike routes, courts & fields
- Painted or protected bike lanes0.0 mi
- Off-road bike paths0.0 mi
- Shoulders & shared lanes0.0 mi
Nearby
Mitchell and its neighbors
Towns whose outdoors data has been built so far.
Trail talk
Conditions & tips from neighbors
No recent posts about Mitchell'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 47.1-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.