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Turtle Lake Club
Nature preserve
9,486 acres44.4 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet
Outdoors · Ossineke
Ossineke, MI parks, trails & bike paths
About 8.8% of Ossineke is conserved land, roughly 6,016 acres. There are about 116 miles of mapped trails, and the biggest networks are in Turtle Lake Club (44.4 mi) and Mackinac State Forest - Atlanta Unit (26.8 mi).
Conserved land, trails, parks and bike routes in Ossineke, measured from OpenStreetMap and USGS data.
At a glance
Ossineke outdoors
Conserved land
8.8%
6,016 of 68,163 acres
Trails
116 mi
1.1 mi per sq mi · 27 on conserved land
Parks & preserves
4
3,254 conserved acres per 1,000 residents
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.
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Mackinac State Forest - Atlanta Unit
Managed by Michigan Department of Natural Resources
5,652 acres26.8 mi of trail
Loop C / Loop 3Loop D / Loop 4Chippewa Hills Race TrailsBig RockLoop B / Loop 2
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the trailhead
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Beaver Lake County Park
Park
11 acres
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet
4
Colby Plant Preserve
Managed by Michigan Nature Association
5 acres
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet
Website
Things to do
Beaches, playgrounds, falls & more
Pick a kind of place for the list, directions, or pins on the map above.
Boat launches in Ossineke
Unnamed boat launch
Trails
Named trails
Open to bikes 10.3 miHorses 8.0 miUnpaved 31.6 mi
- Loop C / Loop 32.7 mi
- Chippewa Hills Race Trails2.3 mi
- Loop D / Loop 42.3 mi
- Big Rock1.8 mi
- Loop B / Loop 21.3 mi
- Loop A / Loop 11.2 mi
- Outlook0.6 mi
- Four Climbs0.5 mi
- Red Gate0.2 mi
- Setup to Whoopie Hill0.2 mi
Water
Lakes & rivers
Tap a name for directions.
Who protects the land
6,016 conserved acres
Who manages it, from PAD-US. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.
Conserved doesn't always mean open to visitors. 279 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
- Mountain Bike Trails (bike route)3.3 mi
- Loop C (bike route)2.7 mi
- Loop D (bike route)2.3 mi
- Loop B (bike route)1.3 mi
- Chippewa Hills Pathway (bike route)1.2 mi
- Loop A (bike route)1.2 mi
- Connectors (bike route)0.5 mi
Courts & fields
- Pickleball2
- Tennis2
- Baseball2
Counts include school and college facilities, which aren't always open to the public.
Public lands
The biggest protected places in Ossineke
From USGS PAD-US: who manages each one and whether visitors are welcome.
State Conservation Area 5,727 acConservation Easement 285 acPrivate Conservation 6 acLocal Park 3 ac
| Place | Managed by | Acres | Public access |
|---|---|---|---|
| Atlanta State Forest AreaState Conservation Area | State natural resources | 5,727 | Open |
| ColbyPrivate Conservation | Land trusts & nonprofits | 6 | Open |
| Beaver Lake County ParkLocal Park | County | 3 | Open |
History
Historic places to visit
Hubbard Lake CemeteryCemetery
Salem Lutheran Church CemeteryCemetery
Nearby
Ossineke and its neighbors
Towns whose outdoors data has been built so far.
Trail talk
Conditions & tips from neighbors
No recent posts about Ossineke'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 33.8-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.