Outdoors · Pickford

Pickford, MI parks, trails & bike paths

About 16% of Pickford is conserved land, roughly 11,805 acres. There are about 33 miles of mapped trails, and the biggest networks are in Lake Superior State Forest - Sault Ste. Marie Unit (18.5 mi).

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

At a glance

Pickford outdoors

Conserved land
16%
11,805 of 76,017 acres
Trails
33 mi
0.3 mi per sq mi · 1 on conserved land
Parks & preserves
4
7,052 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

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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

Lake Superior State Forest - Sault Ste. Marie Unit

Managed by Michigan Department of Natural Resources
7,158 acres18.5 mi of trail
Mackinac Trail Spur
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet
2

Munuscong Wildlife Management Area

Managed by Michigan Department of Natural Resources
9,509 acres0.3 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
3

Pickford Township Park

Park
19 acres
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet
4

Pickford Community Park

Park
15 acres
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.
Boat launches in Pickford
Munuscong River Sfcg Boat LaunchIn Munuscong Wildlife Management Area
Directions
Trails

Named trails

Unpaved 9.7 mi
  • Mackinac Trail Spur2.3 mi
Water

Lakes & rivers

Tap a name for directions.

Who protects the land

11,805 conserved acres

Who manages it, from PAD-US. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.
State fish & wildlife
9,946 ac
USDA easements (NRCS)
1,573 ac
Private owners
168 ac
Other state land
59 ac
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
48 ac
State natural resources
9 ac
Town or city
3 ac

Conserved doesn't always mean open to visitors. 1,680 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

Courts & fields

  • Baseball2
  • Football1

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

Public lands

The biggest protected places in Pickford

From USGS PAD-US: who manages each one and whether visitors are welcome.
State Conservation Area 9,955 acConservation Easement 1,680 acPrivate Park 168 acLocal Park 3 ac
PlaceManaged byAcresPublic access
Munuscong State Wildlife Management AreaState Conservation AreaState fish & wildlife9,955Open
Munuscong Golf CoursePrivate ParkPrivate owners168Restricted
Gough Memorial ParkLocal ParkTown or city3Open
History

Historic places to visit

Bethel CemeteryCemetery
Fairview CemeteryCemetery
Gray CemeteryCemetery
Hannah CemeteryCemetery
Old Keldon CemeteryCemetery
Nearby

Pickford and its neighbors

Towns whose outdoors data has been built so far.
TownConservedTrailsParks & preserves
Pickford15.5%32.6 mi4
Bruce9.6%8.8 mi4
Raber4.8%58.8 mi6
Kinross47.3%102.3 mi4
Marquette21.5%58.4 mi2
Rudyard17.1%4.7 mi2
Clark7.2%59.2 mi17
Trail talk

Conditions & tips from neighbors

No recent posts about Pickford'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 46.7-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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