1
Pere Marquette State Forest - Traverse City Unit
Managed by Michigan Department of Natural Resources
2,034 acres5.8 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet
Outdoors · Pleasanton
Pleasanton, MI parks, trails & bike paths
About 10% of Pleasanton is conserved land, roughly 2,343 acres. There are about 12 miles of mapped trails, and the biggest networks are in Pere Marquette State Forest - Traverse City Unit (5.8 mi) and Arcadia Dunes: The C.S. Mott Nature Preserve (0.8 mi).
Conserved land, trails, parks and bike routes in Pleasanton, measured from OpenStreetMap and USGS data.
At a glance
Pleasanton outdoors
Conserved land
10%
2,343 of 22,537 acres
Trails
12 mi
0.3 mi per sq mi
Parks & preserves
6
named on the map
Bike routes
1.3 mi
0.0 mi lanes · 1.3 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
Arcadia Dunes: The C.S. Mott Nature Preserve
Managed by Grand Traverse Regional Land Conservancy
1,107 acres0.8 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
3
Misty Acres: The Borwell Preserve
Managed by Grand Traverse Regional Land Convervancy
308 acres
Dog rules not recorded
4
Bear Lake Public Access
Managed by Michigan Department of Natural Resources
39 acres
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
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 Pleasanton
Bear Lake Boat LaunchIn Bear Lake Public Access
Glovers Lake Boat Ramp
Trails
Named trails
Unpaved 9.6 mi
- Barbarin Trail0.2 mi
Water
Lakes & rivers
Tap a name for directions.
Who protects the land
2,343 conserved acres
Who manages it, from PAD-US. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.
Conserved doesn't always mean open to visitors. 81 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 paths1.3 mi
- Shoulders & shared lanes0.0 mi
Courts & fields
- Baseball1
- Tennis1
Counts include school and college facilities, which aren't always open to the public.
Public lands
The biggest protected places in Pleasanton
From USGS PAD-US: who manages each one and whether visitors are welcome.
Private Conservation 2,204 acUnknown Easement 723 acPrivate Park 58 ac
| Place | Managed by | Acres | Public access |
|---|---|---|---|
| Portage Point Dunes-CMS EnergyPrivate Conservation | Land trusts & nonprofits | 2,204 | Closed |
| Chestnut Hills Golf CoursePrivate Park | Private owners | 58 | Restricted |
History
Historic places to visit
Pleasonton Township CemeteryCemetery
Nearby
Pleasanton and its neighbors
Towns whose outdoors data has been built so far.
| Town | Conserved | Trails | Parks & preserves |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pleasanton | 10.4% | 12.0 mi | 6 |
| Arcadia | 4.2% | 11.9 mi | 4 |
| Springdale | 0.6% | 36.6 mi | 2 |
| Bear Lake | 0.9% | 7.1 mi | 1 |
| Joyfield | 0.4% | 2.8 mi | 1 |
Trail talk
Conditions & tips from neighbors
No recent posts about Pleasanton'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.