Outdoors · Penn

Penn, MI parks, trails & bike paths

There are about 2.1 miles of mapped trails, and the biggest networks are in Crane Pond State Game Area (0.5 mi).

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

At a glance

Penn outdoors

Conserved land
0.8%
170 of 22,552 acres
Trails
2.1 mi
0.1 mi per sq mi
Parks & preserves
3
83 conserved acres per 1,000 residents
Bike routes
3.6 mi
3.6 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

123
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

Crane Pond State Game Area

Managed by Michigan Department of Natural Resources
153 acres0.5 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet
2

Milo Barnes Park

Managed by Village of Vandalia
4 acres
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
3

Napolean Fields Park

Managed by Village of Vandalia
3 acres
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
Who protects the land

170 conserved acres

Who manages it, from PAD-US. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.
State fish & wildlife
156 ac
Private owners
10 ac
Town or city
3 ac
Biking & sports

Bike routes, courts & fields

  • Painted or protected bike lanes3.6 mi
  • Off-road bike paths0.0 mi
  • Shoulders & shared lanes0.0 mi

Courts & fields

  • Basketball1
  • Baseball1

Counts include school and college facilities, which aren't always open to the public.

Nearby

Penn and its neighbors

Towns whose outdoors data has been built so far.
TownConservedTrailsParks & preserves
Penn0.8%2.1 mi3
Newberg19.4%11.6 mi6
LaGrange1.5%3.3 mi8
Volinia3.7%4.7 mi2
Calvin1.1%0.5 mi3
Trail talk

Conditions & tips from neighbors

No recent posts about Penn'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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