Outdoors · Sims

Sims, MI parks, trails & bike paths

About 1.3% of Sims is conserved land, roughly 400 acres. There are about 2.2 miles of mapped trails.

Conserved land, trails, parks and bike routes in Sims, measured from OpenStreetMap and USGS data.

At a glance

Sims outdoors

Conserved land
1.3%
400 of 29,664 acres
Trails
2.2 mi
0 mi per sq mi
Parks & preserves
1
named on the map
Bike routes
0.3 mi
0.0 mi lanes · 0.3 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

1
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.
1

Michigan Islands National Wildlife Refuge

Managed by United States Fish and Wildlife Service
13 acres
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet Website
Who protects the land

400 conserved acres

Who manages it, from PAD-US. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.
Private owners
268 ac
County
114 ac
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
32 ac
Other state land
2 ac

Conserved doesn't always mean open to visitors. 2 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 paths0.3 mi
  • Shoulders & shared lanes0.0 mi

Courts & fields

  • Tennis4

Counts include school and college facilities, which aren't always open to the public.

Nearby

Sims and its neighbors

Towns whose outdoors data has been built so far.
TownConservedTrailsParks & preserves
Sims1.3%2.2 mi1
Au Gres0.7%0.2 mi2
Whitney2.7%1.6 mi3
Au Gres10.6%9.9 mi3
Caseville0.5%12.9 mi4
Trail talk

Conditions & tips from neighbors

No recent posts about Sims'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 30.6-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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