Outdoors · Rapid River
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There are about 76 miles of mapped trails, and the biggest networks are in Pere Marquette State Forest - Traverse City Unit (48.7 mi) and Rugg Pond Natural Area (0.5 mi).
Conserved land, trails, parks and bike routes in Rapid River, measured from OpenStreetMap and USGS data.
At a glance
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Conserved land
0.5%
117 of 22,422 acres
Trails
76 mi
2.2 mi per sq mi
Parks & preserves
3
89 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.
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Conserved land, trails & bike routes
🛝 Unnamed playground in Rapid River Township Park 🛶 Unnamed boat launch in Rugg Pond Natural Area 🏕️ Rapid River Campground and Cabins 1 2 3
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Places to walk
Parks & preserves with trails
Ranked by mapped trail miles. Directions go to the nearest marked trailhead or public parking.
1 Pere Marquette State Forest - Traverse City Unit Managed by Michigan Department of Natural Resources
8,574 acres48.7 mi of trail
Leetsville ORV Trail Leetsville ORV Trail & MCCCT Dorman Road Northeast Wallace Road Northwest North Wheeler Lake Road Northeast
🐕 Dog rules not recorded
2 Rugg Pond Natural Area Managed by Kalkaska County
94 acres0.5 mi of trail
🐕 Dog rules not recorded
3 Rapid River Township Park Park
12 acres0.2 mi of trail
Walking trail
🐕 Dog rules not recorded
Things to do
Beaches, playgrounds, falls & more
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Campgrounds in Rapid River Show all on map
🏕️ Rapid River Campground and Cabins
Trails
Named trails
Unpaved 31.9 mi
Showing 1–10 of 25 trails
Leetsville ORV Trail 9.7 mi Leetsville ORV Trail & MCCCT 6.2 mi Dorman Road Northeast 2.3 mi Westwood Road Northeast 1.5 mi Wallace Road Northwest 1.5 mi Country Road Northeast 1.3 mi North Dundas Road Northwest 1.1 mi North Wheeler Lake Road Northeast 1.0 mi 1st Avenue Northeast 1.0 mi 3rd Avenue Northeast 1.0 mi Water
Lakes & rivers
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Who protects the land
117 conserved acres
Who manages it, from PAD-US. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.
Land trusts & nonprofits
113 ac Biking & sports
Bike routes, courts & fields
Painted or protected bike lanes 0.0 mi Off-road bike paths 0.0 mi Shoulders & shared lanes 0.0 mi
Public lands
The biggest protected places in Rapid River
From USGS PAD-US: who manages each one and whether visitors are welcome.
State Conservation Area 113 ac Local Conservation Area 4 ac
Place Managed by Acres Public access
Traverse City State Forest Area: Seven Bridges State Conservation Area Land trusts & nonprofits 113 Open Rugg Pond Natural Area Local Conservation Area Town or city 4 Closed
History
Historic places to visit
🪦 Maplegrove Cemetery Cemetery
🪦 Westwood Cemetery Cemetery
Nearby
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Conditions & tips from neighbors
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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.
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