1
Indian Springs Metropark
Park
1,881 acres16.8 mi of trail
Woodland TrailFarmland TrailSki TrailTurkeyfoot TrailPondside Trail
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
Outdoors · Springfield
Springfield, MI parks, trails & bike paths
About 17% of Springfield is conserved land, roughly 4,018 acres. There are about 32 miles of mapped trails, and the biggest networks are in Indian Springs Metropark (16.8 mi), Shiawassee Basin Preserve (5.8 mi), and Springfield Oaks County Park (2 mi).
Conserved land, trails, parks and bike routes in Springfield, measured from OpenStreetMap and USGS data.
At a glance
Springfield outdoors
Conserved land
17%
4,018 of 23,291 acres
Trails
32 mi
0.9 mi per sq mi · 27 on conserved land
Parks & preserves
12
272 conserved acres per 1,000 residents
Bike routes
5.1 mi
0.0 mi lanes · 5.1 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
Shiawassee Basin Preserve
Managed by Springfield Township
574 acres5.8 mi of trail
Northern TrailPreserve TrailNorthern Trail Connector
Dog rules not recorded
3
Springfield Oaks County Park
Park
318 acres2 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
4
Timberland Swamp Nature Sanctuary
Managed by Michigan Nature Association
240 acres1.4 mi of trail
Alicia's Trail
Dog rules not recorded
5
River Run Preserve
Nature preserve
70 acres0.3 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
6
Mill Pond Park
Park
6 acres0.3 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
All 12 parks & preserves
Showing 1–10 of 12 parks & preserves
Indian Springs Metropark1,881 acres · 16.8 mi of trail
Shiawassee Basin Preserve574 acres · 5.8 mi of trail · Springfield Township
Springfield Oaks County Park318 acres · 2 mi of trail
Timberland Swamp Nature Sanctuary240 acres · 1.4 mi of trail · Michigan Nature Association
River Run Preserve70 acres · 0.3 mi of trail
Mill Pond Park6 acres · 0.3 mi of trail
Davisburg State Game Area110 acres · Michigan Department of Natural Resources
Golden Preserve32 acres · Six Rivers Land Conservancy
Karl Schultz Park21 acres
Green Lake Park3 acres
Who protects the land
4,018 conserved acres
Who manages it, from PAD-US. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.
Conserved doesn't always mean open to visitors. 422 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 paths5.1 mi
- Shoulders & shared lanes0.0 mi
Courts & fields
- Baseball8
- Beach volleyball2
- Basketball2
- Tennis2
- Volleyball1
Counts include school and college facilities, which aren't always open to the public.
Nearby
Springfield and its neighbors
Towns whose outdoors data has been built so far.
| Town | Conserved | Trails | Parks & preserves |
|---|---|---|---|
| Springfield | 17.3% | 31.5 mi | 12 |
| White Lake | 25.5% | 77.6 mi | 12 |
| Independence | 13.4% | 18.5 mi | 6 |
| Groveland | 9.6% | 37.8 mi | 3 |
| Rose | 7.6% | 11.8 mi | 8 |
Trail talk
Conditions & tips from neighbors
No recent posts about Springfield'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.