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New Buffalo City Park
Park
21 acres1 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
Outdoors · New Buffalo
New Buffalo, MI parks, trails & bike paths
About 11% of New Buffalo is conserved land, roughly 173 acres. There are about 4.0 miles of mapped trails, and the biggest networks are in New Buffalo City Park (1 mi).
Conserved land, trails, parks and bike routes in New Buffalo, measured from OpenStreetMap and USGS data.
At a glance
New Buffalo outdoors
Conserved land
11%
173 of 1,581 acres
Trails
4.0 mi
1.6 mi per sq mi
Parks & preserves
6
129 conserved acres per 1,000 residents
Bike routes
2.0 mi
1.0 mi lanes · 0.4 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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Louis J. Sima Great Lakes Marsh
Managed by Chickaming Open Lands
143 acres
Dog rules not recorded
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Merganser Point
Managed by Chickaming Open Lands
10 acres
Dog rules not recorded
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New Buffalo Marina Park
Park
2 acres0.2 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
Things to do
Beaches, playgrounds, falls & more
Pick a kind of place for the list, directions, or pins on the map above.
Beaches in New Buffalo
New Buffalo Public BeachIn New Buffalo City Park
Unnamed beach
Who protects the land
173 conserved acres
Who manages it, from PAD-US. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.
Biking & sports
Bike routes, courts & fields
- Painted or protected bike lanes1.0 mi
- Off-road bike paths0.4 mi
- Shoulders & shared lanes0.7 mi
Courts & fields
- Tennis6
- Baseball4
- Pickleball2
- Football1
- Soccer1
Counts include school and college facilities, which aren't always open to the public.
Public lands
The biggest protected places in New Buffalo
From USGS PAD-US: who manages each one and whether visitors are welcome.
Private Conservation 154 acLocal Park 12 acLocal Conservation Area 4 acLocal Recreation Area 2 ac
| Place | Managed by | Acres | Public access |
|---|---|---|---|
| Louis J Sima MarshPrivate Conservation | Land trusts & nonprofits | 144 | Closed |
| City ParkLocal Park | Town or city | 12 | Open |
| Merganser PointPrivate Conservation | Land trusts & nonprofits | 10 | Closed |
| Galien River County Park PreserveLocal Conservation Area | County | 4 | Open |
| Trasient Dock FacilitiesLocal Recreation Area | Town or city | 2 | Open |
History
Historic places to visit
New Buffalo LighthouseIn New Buffalo City Park
Pine Grove CemeteryCemetery
Nearby
New Buffalo and its neighbors
Towns whose outdoors data has been built so far.
| Town | Conserved | Trails | Parks & preserves |
|---|---|---|---|
| New Buffalo | 10.9% | 4.0 mi | 6 |
| New Buffalo | 7% | 16.1 mi | 9 |
Trail talk
Conditions & tips from neighbors
No recent posts about New Buffalo'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.