Outdoors · Spencer

Spencer, MI parks, trails & bike paths

About 2.8% of Spencer is conserved land, roughly 643 acres. There are about 6.8 miles of mapped trails, and the biggest networks are in Spencer Forest (5.5 mi) and Cooper Creek Park (0.6 mi).

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

At a glance

Spencer outdoors

Conserved land
2.8%
643 of 23,316 acres
Trails
6.8 mi
0.2 mi per sq mi · 6 on conserved land
Parks & preserves
6
153 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

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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

Spencer Forest

Managed by Kent County
339 acres5.5 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet Website
2

Cooper Creek Park

Managed by Kent County
128 acres0.6 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot Website
3

White Pine Park

Managed by Kent County
52 acres
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet Website
4

Spencer Township Park

Managed by Spencer Township
24 acres0.2 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
Who protects the land

643 conserved acres

Who manages it, from PAD-US. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.
County
512 ac
Private owners
80 ac
Town or city
51 ac
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

  • Basketball1
  • Equestrian1

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

Nearby

Spencer and its neighbors

Towns whose outdoors data has been built so far.
TownConservedTrailsParks & preserves
Spencer2.8%6.8 mi6
Oakfield0.7%2.7 mi2
Nelson7.6%2.6 mi3
Montcalm3.7%1.9 mi4
Trail talk

Conditions & tips from neighbors

No recent posts about Spencer'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.

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