1
SARA Sports Park
Park
83 acres1.8 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
Outdoors · Sparta
Sparta, MI parks, trails & bike paths
About 3.3% of Sparta is conserved land, roughly 762 acres. There are about 6.8 miles of mapped trails, and the biggest networks are in SARA Sports Park (1.8 mi) and Sparta Nature Trail (0.8 mi).
Conserved land, trails, parks and bike routes in Sparta, measured from OpenStreetMap and USGS data.
At a glance
Sparta outdoors
Conserved land
3.3%
762 of 23,198 acres
Trails
6.8 mi
0.2 mi per sq mi
Parks & preserves
9
80 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
Sparta Nature Trail
Managed by Village of Sparta
100 acres0.8 mi of trail
Sparta Nature Trail
Dog rules not recorded
3
Rogers Park
Park
6 acres0.4 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
4
Nash Park
Managed by Village of Sparta
9 acres0.1 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
All 9 parks & preserves
SARA Sports Park83 acres · 1.8 mi of trail
Sparta Nature Trail100 acres · 0.8 mi of trail · Village of Sparta
Rogers Park6 acres · 0.4 mi of trail
Nash Park9 acres · 0.1 mi of trail · Village of Sparta
Balyeat Field Sparta Village Park7 acres · 0.1 mi of trail
Sparta Library Memorial Park1 acres · 0.1 mi of trail
Spartan Park1 acres · 0.1 mi of trail
Lamoreaux Park2 acres
Gerritt J Buth Park2 acres
Who protects the land
762 conserved acres
Who manages it, from PAD-US. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.
Conserved doesn't always mean open to visitors. 573 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
Courts & fields
- Baseball14
- Tennis8
- Soccer7
- Basketball3
- Football3
- Beach volleyball2
- Skate park1
Counts include school and college facilities, which aren't always open to the public.
Nearby
Sparta and its neighbors
Towns whose outdoors data has been built so far.
Trail talk
Conditions & tips from neighbors
No recent posts about Sparta'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.