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Escanaba River State Forest - Gwinn Unit (South)
Managed by Michigan Department of Natural Resources
1,679 acres0.6 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
Outdoors · Republic
Republic, MI parks, trails & bike paths
About 1.9% of Republic is conserved land, roughly 1,460 acres. There are about 77 miles of mapped trails, and the biggest networks are in Escanaba River State Forest - Gwinn Unit (South) (0.6 mi).
Conserved land, trails, parks and bike routes in Republic, measured from OpenStreetMap and USGS data.
At a glance
Republic outdoors
Conserved land
1.9%
1,460 of 76,045 acres
Trails
77 mi
0.6 mi per sq mi
Parks & preserves
10
1,372 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.
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
Ford Eagle Preserve
Managed by Upper Peninsula Land Conservancy
72 acres0.2 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet
Website
3
Forests for the Future #17 Reserve
Managed by Upper Peninsula Land Conservancy
41 acres
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet
4
Gamber-Brisky Preserve
Managed by Upper Peninsula Land Conservancy
25 acres
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet
Website
All 10 parks & preserves
Escanaba River State Forest - Gwinn Unit (South)1,679 acres · 0.6 mi of trail · Michigan Department of Natural Resources
Ford Eagle Preserve72 acres · 0.2 mi of trail · Upper Peninsula Land Conservancy
Forests for the Future #17 Reserve41 acres · Upper Peninsula Land Conservancy
Gamber-Brisky Preserve25 acres · Upper Peninsula Land Conservancy
Copper Country State Forest - Crystal Falls Unit22 acres · Michigan Department of Natural Resources
Republic Beach Area10 acres
Squaw Creek Hunting Club5 acres
Perch Lake Public Access1 acres · Michigan Department of Natural Resources
Munson Park1 acres
horseshoe courts1 acres
Who protects the land
1,460 conserved acres
Who manages it, from PAD-US. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.
Conserved doesn't always mean open to visitors. 1,115 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
- Iron Ore Heritage Trail (bike route)2.1 mi
Courts & fields
- Baseball1
- Basketball1
Counts include school and college facilities, which aren't always open to the public.
Nearby
Republic and its neighbors
Towns whose outdoors data has been built so far.
| Town | Conserved | Trails | Parks & preserves |
|---|---|---|---|
| Republic | 1.9% | 76.8 mi | 10 |
| Humboldt | 4.6% | 86.9 mi | 3 |
| Michigamme | 16.8% | 205.1 mi | 9 |
| Spurr | 27% | 129.3 mi | 4 |
| Sagola | 37.2% | 140.6 mi | 5 |
| Mansfield | 39.4% | 70.5 mi | 2 |
| Crystal Falls | 14.8% | 88.9 mi | 3 |
Trail talk
Conditions & tips from neighbors
No recent posts about Republic'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 38.5-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.