Outdoors · Monroe

Monroe, MI parks, trails & bike paths

About 41% of Monroe is conserved land, roughly 9,339 acres. There are about 14 miles of mapped trails, and the biggest networks are in Hungerford Lake Recreation Area (0.8 mi).

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

At a glance

Monroe outdoors

Conserved land
41%
9,339 of 22,845 acres
Trails
14 mi
0.4 mi per sq mi · 10 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

12
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

Hungerford Lake Recreation Area

Park
87 acres0.8 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet
2

Manistee National Forest - Baldwin Ranger District

Managed by United States Forest Service
42 acres
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet
Who protects the land

9,339 conserved acres

Who manages it, from PAD-US. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.
U.S. Forest Service
8,790 ac
Land trusts & nonprofits
545 ac
USDA easements (NRCS)
4 ac

Conserved doesn't always mean open to visitors. 549 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
Nearby

Monroe and its neighbors

Towns whose outdoors data has been built so far.
TownConservedTrailsParks & preserves
Monroe40.9%13.7 mi2
Wilcox29.3%14.0 mi1
Norwich37.1%31.5 mi2
Merrill59.5%80.7 mi1
Home27.3%42.3 mi3
Trail talk

Conditions & tips from neighbors

No recent posts about Monroe'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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