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North Spur Trail
Park
58 acres3.1 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
Outdoors · Pontiac
Pontiac, MI parks, trails & bike paths
About 6.2% of Pontiac is conserved land, roughly 800 acres. There are about 28 miles of mapped trails, and the biggest networks are in North Spur Trail (3.1 mi), Pontiac Oaks (1.6 mi), and Clinton River Trail (0.7 mi).
Conserved land, trails, parks and bike routes in Pontiac, measured from OpenStreetMap and USGS data.
At a glance
Pontiac outdoors
Conserved land
6.2%
800 of 12,882 acres
Trails
28 mi
1.4 mi per sq mi · 10 on conserved land
Parks & preserves
27
13 conserved acres per 1,000 residents
Bike routes
29.6 mi
3.3 mi lanes · 26.3 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
Pontiac Oaks
Park
96 acres1.6 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
3
Clinton River Trail
Park
49 acres0.7 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
4
Murphy Park
Park
46 acres0.7 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
5
Galloway Lake Park
Park
64 acres0.4 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
6
Crystal Lake Park
Park
32 acres0.4 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet
All 27 parks & preserves
Showing 1–10 of 27 parks & preserves
North Spur Trail58 acres · 3.1 mi of trail
Pontiac Oaks96 acres · 1.6 mi of trail
Clinton River Trail49 acres · 0.7 mi of trail
Murphy Park46 acres · 0.7 mi of trail
Galloway Lake Park64 acres · 0.4 mi of trail
Crystal Lake Park32 acres · 0.4 mi of trail
Beaudette Park50 acres · 0.2 mi of trail
Rotary Park7 acres · 0.1 mi of trail
Oakland History Center at Pine Grove5 acres · 0.1 mi of trail
City of Lake Angelus Park D50 acres
Who protects the land
800 conserved acres
Who manages it, from PAD-US. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.
Conserved doesn't always mean open to visitors. 84 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 lanes3.3 mi
- Off-road bike paths26.3 mi
- Shoulders & shared lanes0.0 mi
Courts & fields
- Tennis45
- Basketball26
- Soccer10
- Baseball8
- Football4
- Skate park2
- Softball2
Counts include school and college facilities, which aren't always open to the public.
Nearby
Pontiac and its neighbors
Towns whose outdoors data has been built so far.
| Town | Conserved | Trails | Parks & preserves |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pontiac | 6.2% | 28.3 mi | 27 |
| Auburn Hills | 7% | 23.9 mi | 12 |
| Bloomfield | 5.3% | 21.1 mi | 6 |
| Waterford | 6.8% | 42.4 mi | 29 |
| Lake Angelus | 18.5% | 1.0 mi | 6 |
| Sylvan Lake | 2.9% | 0.5 mi | 4 |
Trail talk
Conditions & tips from neighbors
No recent posts about Pontiac'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.