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Bear River Valley Recreation Area
Park
35 acres1.9 mi of trail
North Country Trailnature trail
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
Outdoors · Petoskey
Petoskey, MI parks, trails & bike paths
About 18% of Petoskey is conserved land, roughly 610 acres. There are about 29 miles of mapped trails, and the biggest networks are in Bear River Valley Recreation Area (1.9 mi), East Park (0.9 mi), and Petoskey Winter Sports Park (0.7 mi).
Conserved land, trails, parks and bike routes in Petoskey, measured from OpenStreetMap and USGS data.
At a glance
Petoskey outdoors
Conserved land
18%
610 of 3,390 acres
Trails
29 mi
5.5 mi per sq mi · 12 on conserved land
Parks & preserves
21
104 conserved acres per 1,000 residents
Bike routes
8.7 mi
0.0 mi lanes · 8.7 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
East Park
Park
36 acres0.9 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
3
Petoskey Winter Sports Park
Park
39 acres0.7 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
4
Townline Road Park
Park
37 acres0.6 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
5
Arlington Park
Park
5 acres0.3 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
6
River Bend Park
Park
4 acres0.3 mi of trail
North Country Trail
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
All 21 parks & preserves
Showing 1–10 of 21 parks & preserves
Bear River Valley Recreation Area35 acres · 1.9 mi of trail
East Park36 acres · 0.9 mi of trail
Petoskey Winter Sports Park39 acres · 0.7 mi of trail
Townline Road Park37 acres · 0.6 mi of trail
Arlington Park5 acres · 0.3 mi of trail
River Bend Park4 acres · 0.3 mi of trail
Clark Nature Preserve6 acres · 0.2 mi of trail
Bayfront Park West5 acres · 0.2 mi of trail
Lockwood Park3 acres · 0.2 mi of trail
Mineral Well Park1 acres · 0.2 mi of trail
Who protects the land
610 conserved acres
Who manages it, from PAD-US. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.
Conserved doesn't always mean open to visitors. 9 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 paths8.7 mi
- Shoulders & shared lanes0.0 mi
Courts & fields
- Tennis17
- Baseball11
- Basketball5
- Soccer4
- Equestrian2
- Pickleball2
- Football2
Counts include school and college facilities, which aren't always open to the public.
Nearby
Petoskey and its neighbors
Towns whose outdoors data has been built so far.
| Town | Conserved | Trails | Parks & preserves |
|---|---|---|---|
| Petoskey | 18% | 29.0 mi | 21 |
| Bear Creek | 2.4% | 38.9 mi | 15 |
| Resort | 4.5% | 15.8 mi | 13 |
Trail talk
Conditions & tips from neighbors
No recent posts about Petoskey'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.