1
Huron National Forest
Managed by United States Forest Service
46,425 acres206.1 mi of trail
Shore to Shore TrailHuron ORV TrailHighbanks Hiking TrailConnecting Communities TrailEagle Run Trail
Dog rules not recorded
Outdoors · Oscoda
Oscoda, MI parks, trails & bike paths
About 61% of Oscoda is conserved land, roughly 51,129 acres. There are about 338 miles of mapped trails, and the biggest networks are in Huron National Forest (206.1 mi), Au Sable State Forest - Grayling Unit (91.7 mi), and Old Orchard Park (2.9 mi).
Conserved land, trails, parks and bike routes in Oscoda, measured from OpenStreetMap and USGS data.
At a glance
Oscoda outdoors
Conserved land
61%
51,129 of 83,492 acres
Trails
338 mi
2.6 mi per sq mi · 221 on conserved land
Parks & preserves
12
7,125 conserved acres per 1,000 residents
Bike routes
5.7 mi
0.0 mi lanes · 5.7 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
14,707 acres91.7 mi of trail
Old State House ATV TrailOld State House ORV RouteNine PointOld State House ORV TrailDutcher Trail
Dog rules not recorded
3
Old Orchard Park
Managed by Oscoda Township
220 acres2.9 mi of trail
Wildcat East Trail
Dog rules not recorded
4
Oscoda Beach Park
Park
10 acres0.4 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
All 12 parks & preserves
Showing 1–10 of 12 parks & preserves
Huron National Forest46,425 acres · 206.1 mi of trail · United States Forest Service
Au Sable State Forest - Grayling Unit14,707 acres · 91.7 mi of trail · Michigan Department of Natural Resources
Old Orchard Park220 acres · 2.9 mi of trail · Oscoda Township
Oscoda Beach Park10 acres · 0.4 mi of trail
Three Mile Beach Park24 acres · 0.2 mi of trail
Sports Complex58 acres
Ken Ratliff Park15 acres
Furtaw Field5 acres
Green Cedars Sculpture Walk4 acres
Van Etten Creek Park4 acres · Iosco County
Who protects the land
51,129 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 paths5.7 mi
- Shoulders & shared lanes0.0 mi
Courts & fields
- Baseball6
- Tennis4
- Soccer3
- Basketball2
- Pickleball2
- Skate park1
Counts include school and college facilities, which aren't always open to the public.
Nearby
Oscoda and its neighbors
Towns whose outdoors data has been built so far.
Trail talk
Conditions & tips from neighbors
No recent posts about Oscoda'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 38.6-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.