1
Wm. C. Sterling State Park
Park
495 acres1.3 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
Outdoors · Monroe
Monroe, MI parks, trails & bike paths
About 9.3% of Monroe is conserved land, roughly 602 acres. There are about 12 miles of mapped trails, and the biggest networks are in Wm. C. Sterling State Park (1.3 mi), Ford Marsh (1.2 mi), and River Raisin National Battlefield Park (0.7 mi).
Conserved land, trails, parks and bike routes in Monroe, measured from OpenStreetMap and USGS data.
At a glance
Monroe outdoors
Conserved land
9.3%
602 of 6,498 acres
Trails
12 mi
1.2 mi per sq mi · 6 on conserved land
Parks & preserves
21
30 conserved acres per 1,000 residents
Bike routes
12.4 mi
3.5 mi lanes · 8.9 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
Ford Marsh
Nature preserve
215 acres1.2 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
3
River Raisin National Battlefield Park
Managed by National Park Service
42 acres0.7 mi of trail
Dogs usually limitedNational parks restrict dogs on most trails. Check posted rules
4
Veterans Park
Park
6 acres0.5 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
5
Hellenberg Park
Managed by City of Monroe
19 acres0.4 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
All 21 parks & preserves
- Munson Park108 ac · 0.2 mi trail · Directions
- Soldiers and Sailors Park5 ac · 0.2 mi trail · Directions
- Rauch Park4 ac · 0.2 mi trail · Directions
- C.D. "AL" Cappuccili Park2 ac · 0.1 mi trail · Directions
- Central Park1 ac · 0.1 mi trail
- Kentucky Memorial Park1 ac · 0.1 mi trail · Directions
- Roessler Park11 ac · Directions
- Riviere Aux Raisins Park7 ac · Directions
- Father Carnes Park5 ac
- Hoffman Park5 ac · Directions
- Saint Mary's Park4 ac · Directions
- Manor Park3 ac · Directions
- Cranbrook Park3 ac · Directions
- River Rasin National Battlefield Park Visitor’s Center1 ac · Directions
- Lavendar Park1 ac
- Worrell Park1 ac
Who protects the land
602 conserved acres
Who manages it, from PAD-US. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.
Biking & sports
Bike routes, courts & fields
- Painted or protected bike lanes3.5 mi
- Off-road bike paths8.9 mi
- Shoulders & shared lanes0.0 mi
Courts & fields
- Baseball14
- Tennis14
- Soccer14
- Basketball4
- Skate park2
- Volleyball1
- Football1
Counts include school and college facilities, which aren't always open to the public.
Next door
Monroe and its neighbors
Towns whose outdoors data has been built so far.
| Town | Conserved | Trails | Parks & preserves |
|---|---|---|---|
| Monroe | 9.3% | 12.4 mi | 21 |
| Frenchtown | 4.5% | 3.6 mi | 9 |
| Monroe | 5.4% | 5.1 mi | 2 |
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.