1
Kidder-McKeachie Scio Woods Preserve
Managed by Washtenaw County Parks and Recreation Commission
88 acres2.5 mi of trail
Outer Loop (Red)Inner Loop (Blue)Connector Trail (Green)
Dog rules not recorded
Outdoors · Scio
Scio, MI parks, trails & bike paths
About 9.8% of Scio is conserved land, roughly 2,029 acres. There are about 25 miles of mapped trails, and the biggest networks are in Kidder-McKeachie Scio Woods Preserve (2.5 mi), West Scio Preserve (2.2 mi), and DeVine Preserve (1.8 mi).
Conserved land, trails, parks and bike routes in Scio, measured from OpenStreetMap and USGS data.
At a glance
Scio outdoors
Conserved land
9.8%
2,029 of 20,633 acres
Trails
25 mi
0.8 mi per sq mi · 15 on conserved land
Parks & preserves
21
114 conserved acres per 1,000 residents
Bike routes
17.0 mi
9.0 mi lanes · 7.5 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 Scio Preserve
Nature preserve
208 acres2.2 mi of trail
West Scio StraightCohosh CornerVernal LoopLittle Bean LoopWood-Leaf Loop
Dog rules not recorded
3
DeVine Preserve
Nature preserve
153 acres1.8 mi of trail
Grassland TrailWoodland TrailWet Meadow Trail (Mowed July to October)
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo DeVine Preserve Trailhead
4
Van Curler Preserve
Nature preserve
91 acres1.7 mi of trail
Van Curler Trail (VCT)
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
5
Scio Ridge Land Conservancy
Managed by Scio Ridge Land Conservancy
57 acres1.5 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
6
Sloan Preserve
Nature preserve
48 acres1.3 mi of trail
Long Grass LoopFlood Plain LoopUpstream RouteDownstream RoutePeninsula Loop
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
7
Liberty Pond Nature Area
Managed by Scio Township
50 acres1.2 mi of trail
Liberty Loop
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
8
Burns-Stokes Preserve
Managed by Washtenaw County Natural Areas Preservation Program
30 acres1 mi of trail
Prairie Trail (Red)Mill Pond trail (Yellow)River Trail (Blue)
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
All 21 parks & preserves
- Brokaw Nature Area29 ac · 0.9 mi trail
- Osborne Mill Preserve18 ac · 0.7 mi trail · Directions
- Dexter Huron Metropolitan Park93 ac · 0.6 mi trail · Directions
- Fox Science Preserve75 ac · 0.6 mi trail · Directions
- Delhi Metropark87 ac · 0.5 mi trail · Directions
- Township Hall Park11 ac · 0.4 mi trail · Directions
- Country French Estates Sanctuary13 ac · 0.3 mi trail
- Marshall Park10 ac · 0.3 mi trail · Directions
- Botsford Natural Area11 ac · 0.2 mi trail
- Douglas David Marshall Preserve47 ac
- New Tubbs Park21 ac
- Tubbs Nature Area4 ac
- Mill Creek Park1 ac · Directions
Who protects the land
2,029 conserved acres
Who manages it, from PAD-US. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.
Conserved doesn't always mean open to visitors. 831 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 lanes9.0 mi
- Off-road bike paths7.5 mi
- Shoulders & shared lanes0.4 mi
Courts & fields
- Tennis27
- Soccer7
- Baseball6
- Pickleball6
- Basketball4
- Equestrian2
- Beach volleyball1
Counts include school and college facilities, which aren't always open to the public.
Next door
Scio and its neighbors
Towns whose outdoors data has been built so far.
Trail talk
Conditions & tips from neighbors
No recent posts about Scio'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.