1
Pere Marquette State Forest - Traverse City Unit
Managed by Michigan Department of Natural Resources
12,379 acres56.3 mi of trail
Shore-to-Shore Trail
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet
Outdoors · Platte
Platte, MI parks, trails & bike paths
About 8.2% of Platte is conserved land, roughly 1,902 acres. There are about 69 miles of mapped trails, and the biggest networks are in Pere Marquette State Forest - Traverse City Unit (56.3 mi), Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore (1.8 mi), and Sleeping Bear Dunes Wilderness (0.8 mi).
Conserved land, trails, parks and bike routes in Platte, measured from OpenStreetMap and USGS data.
At a glance
Platte outdoors
Conserved land
8.2%
1,902 of 23,205 acres
Trails
69 mi
1.9 mi per sq mi · 3 on conserved land
Parks & preserves
4
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
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
Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore
Managed by National Park Service
1,412 acres1.8 mi of trail
Ski Access TrailOtter Creek Trail
Dogs usually limitedNational parks restrict dogs on most trails. Check posted rules
3
Sleeping Bear Dunes Wilderness
Managed by National Park Service
417 acres0.8 mi of trail
Otter Creek Trail
Dogs usually limitedNational parks restrict dogs on most trails. Check posted rules
DirectionsTo the parking lot
4
Medenbrook Nature Preserve
Nature preserve
47 acres
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet
Website
Things to do
Beaches, playgrounds, falls & more
Pick a kind of place for the list, directions, or pins on the map above.
Campgrounds in Platte
Garey Lake State Forest CampgroundFee · In Pere Marquette State Forest - Traverse City Unit · Michigan Department of Natural Resources
Garey Lake Trail CampIn Pere Marquette State Forest - Traverse City Unit
Trails
Named trails
Open to bikes 0.5 miHorses 8.9 miUnpaved 63.5 mi
- Shore-to-Shore Trail3.2 mi
- Otter Creek Trail1.0 mi
- Ski Access Trail0.3 mi
Water
Lakes & rivers
Tap a name for directions.
Who protects the land
1,902 conserved acres
Who manages it, from PAD-US. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.
Conserved doesn't always mean open to visitors. 507 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 Platte
From USGS PAD-US: who manages each one and whether visitors are welcome.
National Lakeshore or Seashore 1,364 acUnknown Easement 333 acConservation Easement 174 acPrivate Conservation 31 ac
| Place | Managed by | Acres | Public access |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sleeping Bear Dunes National LakeshoreNational Lakeshore or Seashore | National Park Service | 1,364 | Open |
| MedenbrookPrivate Conservation | Land trusts & nonprofits | 31 | Open |
History
Historic places to visit
Drake SchoolBuilding
Esch HouseIn Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore · Building
Oviatt Post OfficeBuilding
Platte CemeteryCemetery
Nearby
Platte and its neighbors
Towns whose outdoors data has been built so far.
Trail talk
Conditions & tips from neighbors
No recent posts about Platte'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.