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Stanley Johnson Park
Park
9 acres0.6 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
Outdoors · South Haven
South Haven, MI parks, trails & bike paths
About 2.8% of South Haven is conserved land, roughly 64 acres. There are about 1.9 miles of mapped trails, and the biggest networks are in Stanley Johnson Park (0.6 mi) and Riverfront Park (0.5 mi).
Conserved land, trails, parks and bike routes in South Haven, measured from OpenStreetMap and USGS data.
At a glance
South Haven outdoors
Conserved land
2.8%
64 of 2,261 acres
Trails
1.9 mi
0.5 mi per sq mi · 1 on conserved land
Parks & preserves
11
16 conserved acres per 1,000 residents
Bike routes
6.4 mi
2.8 mi lanes · 2.8 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
Riverfront Park
Managed by City of South Haven
5 acres0.5 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
3
Black River Park
Managed by City of South Haven
16 acres0.2 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
4
Kal-Haven Trail State Park
Managed by Michigan Department of Natural Resources
4 acres
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the trailhead
All 11 parks & preserves
Showing 1–10 of 11 parks & preserves
Stanley Johnson Park9 acres · 0.6 mi of trail
Riverfront Park5 acres · 0.5 mi of trail · City of South Haven
Black River Park16 acres · 0.2 mi of trail · City of South Haven
Kal-Haven Trail State Park4 acres · Michigan Department of Natural Resources
Monroe Park and Kids' Corner4 acres · City of South Haven
Southwest Michigan Underwater Preserve3 acres
Packard Park3 acres · City of South Haven
Baer Park3 acres
Elkenburg Park2 acres · City of South Haven
Optimist Tot Lot1 acres · City of South Haven
Who protects the land
64 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 lanes2.8 mi
- Off-road bike paths2.8 mi
- Shoulders & shared lanes0.9 mi
Courts & fields
- Baseball6
- Basketball5
- Tennis5
- Football2
- Tracks2
- Soccer1
- Skate park1
Counts include school and college facilities, which aren't always open to the public.
Nearby
South Haven and its neighbors
Towns whose outdoors data has been built so far.
| Town | Conserved | Trails | Parks & preserves |
|---|---|---|---|
| South Haven | 2.8% | 1.9 mi | 11 |
| South Haven | 5.4% | 3.2 mi | 7 |
| Casco | 1.1% | 2.0 mi | 2 |
Trail talk
Conditions & tips from neighbors
No recent posts about South Haven'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.