1
Coal Miners' Park
Managed by Village of St. Charles
37 acres1 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet
Outdoors · St. Charles
St. Charles, MI parks, trails & bike paths
About 2.4% of St. Charles is conserved land, roughly 33 acres. There are about 1.1 miles of mapped trails, and the biggest networks are in Coal Miners' Park (1 mi).
Conserved land, trails, parks and bike routes in St. Charles, measured from OpenStreetMap and USGS data.
At a glance
St. Charles outdoors
Conserved land
2.4%
33 of 1,380 acres
Trails
1.1 mi
0.5 mi per sq mi
Parks & preserves
3
17 conserved acres per 1,000 residents
Bike routes
0.9 mi
0.0 mi lanes · 0.9 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
Waterfowl Park
Managed by Village of St. Charles
4 acres
Dog rules not recorded
3
Lumberjack Park
Managed by Village of St. Charles
4 acres
Dog rules not recorded
Things to do
Beaches, playgrounds, falls & more
Pick a kind of place for the list, directions, or pins on the map above.
Boat launches in St. Charles
DNR Field Office Boat Launch
Unnamed boat launch
Who protects the land
33 conserved acres
Who manages it, from PAD-US. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.
Biking & sports
Bike routes, courts & fields
- Painted or protected bike lanes0.0 mi
- Off-road bike paths0.9 mi
- Shoulders & shared lanes0.0 mi
Courts & fields
- Baseball5
- Basketball2
Counts include school and college facilities, which aren't always open to the public.
Public lands
The biggest protected places in St. Charles
From USGS PAD-US: who manages each one and whether visitors are welcome.
Local Recreation Area 33 ac
| Place | Managed by | Acres | Public access |
|---|---|---|---|
| St. Charles Area Family ParkLocal Recreation Area | Town or city | 33 | Open |
Nearby
St. Charles and its neighbors
Towns whose outdoors data has been built so far.
| Town | Conserved | Trails | Parks & preserves |
|---|---|---|---|
| St. Charles | 2.4% | 1.1 mi | 3 |
| St. Charles | 12.3% | 9.2 mi | 4 |
| Brant | 6.1% | 3.1 mi | 2 |
| Swan Creek | 29.6% | 8.9 mi | 3 |
Trail talk
Conditions & tips from neighbors
No recent posts about St. Charles'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.