Outdoors · Plainfield

Plainfield, MI parks, trails & bike paths

About 45% of Plainfield is conserved land, roughly 30,434 acres. There are about 128 miles of mapped trails, and the biggest networks are in Huron National Forest (105.4 mi) and Loon Lake Nature Park (0.9 mi).

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

At a glance

Plainfield outdoors

Conserved land
45%
30,434 of 68,372 acres
Trails
128 mi
1.2 mi per sq mi · 107 on conserved land
Parks & preserves
7
9,077 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

Huron National Forest

Managed by United States Forest Service
29,483 acres105.4 mi of trail
Shore to Shore TrailHuron ORV TrailHuron ORV, Sand Lake SpurHuron ORV Sand Lake SpurForest Road 2160
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the trailhead Website
2

Loon Lake Nature Park

Managed by Plainfield Township
136 acres0.9 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
3

Westgate Overlook

Park
11 acres
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
4

Long Lake Park and Boat Launch

Managed by Michigan Department of Natural Resources
11 acres
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
Who protects the land

30,434 conserved acres

Who manages it, from PAD-US. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.
U.S. Forest Service
29,499 ac
Private owners
567 ac
Land trusts & nonprofits
233 ac
County
72 ac
Town or city
63 ac

Conserved doesn't always mean open to visitors. 233 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

  • Baseball4
  • Football2
  • Tennis1
  • Basketball1

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

Nearby

Plainfield and its neighbors

Towns whose outdoors data has been built so far.
TownConservedTrailsParks & preserves
Plainfield44.5%127.6 mi7
Oscoda61.2%337.8 mi12
Hill7.2%3.3 mi5
Goodar50.4%44.4 mi3
Reno3.1%27.5 mi0
Wilber62.3%164.4 mi2
Grant13.9%17.1 mi3
Trail talk

Conditions & tips from neighbors

No recent posts about Plainfield'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 38.6-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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