1
Gourdneck State Game Area
Managed by Michigan Department of Natural Resources
1,676 acres2.1 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
Outdoors · Portage
Portage, MI parks, trails & bike paths
About 12% of Portage is conserved land, roughly 2,669 acres. There are about 16 miles of mapped trails, and the biggest networks are in Gourdneck State Game Area (2.1 mi), West Lake Nature Preserve (2 mi), and Eliason Nature Reserve (1.3 mi).
Conserved land, trails, parks and bike routes in Portage, measured from OpenStreetMap and USGS data.
At a glance
Portage outdoors
Conserved land
12%
2,669 of 22,388 acres
Trails
16 mi
0.5 mi per sq mi · 11 on conserved land
Parks & preserves
22
54 conserved acres per 1,000 residents
Bike routes
90.7 mi
47.8 mi lanes · 38.5 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
West Lake Nature Preserve
Managed by City of Portage Parks and Recreation
114 acres2 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
3
Eliason Nature Reserve
Managed by City of Portage Parks and Recreation
133 acres1.3 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
4
Lakeview Park
Park
26 acres1.3 mi of trail
Dogs on leashMapped in OpenStreetMap
5
Bishop's Bog Preserve
Managed by City of Portage Parks and Recreation
192 acres1.1 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
6
Schrier Park
Managed by City of Portage Parks and Recreation
27 acres0.5 mi of trail
Bishops Bog Trail
Dog rules not recorded
7
Harbors West park
Park
5 acres0.5 mi of trail
Dogs on leashMapped in OpenStreetMap
8
Portage Creek Bicentennial Park
Managed by City of Portage Parks and Recreation
210 acres0.4 mi of trail
Portage Bicentennial Trail
Dogs on leashMapped in OpenStreetMap
All 22 parks & preserves
Showing 1–10 of 22 parks & preserves
Gourdneck State Game Area1,676 acres · 2.1 mi of trail · Michigan Department of Natural Resources
West Lake Nature Preserve114 acres · 2 mi of trail · City of Portage Parks and Recreation
Eliason Nature Reserve133 acres · 1.3 mi of trail · City of Portage Parks and Recreation
Lakeview Park26 acres · 1.3 mi of trail
Bishop's Bog Preserve192 acres · 1.1 mi of trail · City of Portage Parks and Recreation
Schrier Park27 acres · 0.5 mi of trail · City of Portage Parks and Recreation
Harbors West park5 acres · 0.5 mi of trail
Portage Creek Bicentennial Park210 acres · 0.4 mi of trail · City of Portage Parks and Recreation
Lexington Green Park22 acres · 0.2 mi of trail
Portage Creek Bicentennial Park - Milham Entrance21 acres · 0.2 mi of trail
Who protects the land
2,669 conserved acres
Who manages it, from PAD-US. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.
Conserved doesn't always mean open to visitors. 3 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 lanes47.8 mi
- Off-road bike paths38.5 mi
- Shoulders & shared lanes4.4 mi
Courts & fields
- Tennis53
- Baseball45
- Basketball26
- Soccer24
- Pickleball18
- Tracks7
- Football4
Counts include school and college facilities, which aren't always open to the public.
Nearby
Portage and its neighbors
Towns whose outdoors data has been built so far.
| Town | Conserved | Trails | Parks & preserves |
|---|---|---|---|
| Portage | 11.9% | 15.8 mi | 22 |
| Kalamazoo | 8.6% | 21.6 mi | 42 |
| Pavilion | 1.2% | 1.4 mi | 3 |
| Texas | 0.1% | 28.0 mi | 6 |
| Schoolcraft | 5.6% | 8.3 mi | 10 |
Trail talk
Conditions & tips from neighbors
No recent posts about Portage'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.