Outdoors · Otto

Otto, MI parks, trails & bike paths

About 53% of Otto is conserved land, roughly 12,085 acres. There are about 64 miles of mapped trails, and the biggest networks are in Manistee National Forest (47.4 mi).

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

At a glance

Otto outdoors

Conserved land
53%
12,085 of 22,794 acres
Trails
64 mi
1.8 mi per sq mi · 51 on conserved land
Parks & preserves
1
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

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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

Manistee National Forest

Managed by United States Forest Service
10,967 acres47.4 mi of trail
OSR B Trail 1994OSR W Trail 1994NFS 9307National Forest Road 5226NFS 5317
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet
Things to do

Beaches, playgrounds, falls & more

Pick a kind of place for the list, directions, or pins on the map above.
Campgrounds in Otto
1994 OSR Trail SiteIn Manistee National Forest
Directions
1994 OSR Trail SiteIn Manistee National Forest
Directions
1994 OSR Trail SiteIn Manistee National Forest
Directions
1994 OSR Trail Site - Camp SplinterIn Manistee National Forest
Directions
1994 OSR Trail Site - Lloyd IslandIn Manistee National Forest
Directions
1994 OSR Trail Site - Oil WellIn Manistee National Forest
Directions
1994 OSR Trail Site - Poison SpringsIn Manistee National Forest
Directions
Diamond Point CampgroundIn Manistee National Forest · United States Forest Service
Directions
Unnamed campground in Manistee National Forest
Directions
Trails

Named trails

Open to bikes 0.7 miUnpaved 2.7 mi
Showing 1–10 of 15 trails
  • OSR B Trail 19942.6 mi
  • OSR W Trail 19942.2 mi
  • NFS 93072.1 mi
  • National Forest Road 52261.7 mi
  • NFS 53171.1 mi
  • OSR Y Trail 19940.9 mi
  • National Forest Road 93110.7 mi
  • National Forest Road 93090.7 mi
  • National Forest Road 98700.5 mi
  • National Forest Road 98640.3 mi
Water

Lakes & rivers

Tap a name for directions.

Who protects the land

12,085 conserved acres

Who manages it, from PAD-US. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.
U.S. Forest Service
11,729 ac
Land trusts & nonprofits
360 ac

Conserved doesn't always mean open to visitors. 356 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
Public lands

The biggest protected places in Otto

From USGS PAD-US: who manages each one and whether visitors are welcome.
National Forest 11,729 acConservation Easement 360 ac
PlaceManaged byAcresPublic access
Manistee National ForestNational ForestU.S. Forest Service11,729Open
History

Historic places to visit

Otto CemeteryCemetery
Nearby

Otto and its neighbors

Towns whose outdoors data has been built so far.
TownConservedTrailsParks & preserves
Otto53%63.6 mi1
Greenwood42.6%68.8 mi1
Grant17.6%24.2 mi1
Blue Lake15.4%76.8 mi3
Ferry10.1%23.7 mi2
Trail talk

Conditions & tips from neighbors

No recent posts about Otto'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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