Outdoors · Summerfield
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About 3.9% of Summerfield is conserved land, roughly 890 acres. There are about 93 miles of mapped trails, and the biggest networks are in Au Sable State Forest - Gladwin Unit (78.6 mi) and Kirtlands Warbler WMA (5 mi).
Conserved land, trails, parks and bike routes in Summerfield, measured from OpenStreetMap and USGS data.
At a glance
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Conserved land
3.9%
890 of 22,841 acres
Trails
93 mi
2.6 mi per sq mi · 5 on conserved land
Parks & preserves
3
named on the map
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
⛰️ Blue Mountain ⛰️ McWatty Knoll 1 2 3
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Places to walk
Parks & preserves with trails
Ranked by mapped trail miles. Directions go to the nearest marked trailhead or public parking.
1 Au Sable State Forest - Gladwin Unit Managed by Michigan Department of Natural Resources
16,439 acres78.6 mi of trail
Leota Trail Leota Grade Muskrat Trail Thornapple Trail Winding Trail
🐕 Dog rules not recorded
2 Kirtlands Warbler Wildlife Management Area Managed by United States Fish and Wildlife Service
872 acres5 mi of trail
Muskrat Trail Leota Grade
🐕 Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet Show on map
3 Pere Marquette State Forest - Cadillac Unit Managed by Michigan Department of Natural Resources
3 acres0.1 mi of trail
🐕 Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet Show on map
Things to do
Beaches, playgrounds, falls & more
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Peaks in Summerfield Show all on map
⛰️ Blue Mountain 1,237 ft elevation · In Au Sable State Forest - Gladwin Unit
⛰️ McWatty Knoll 1,102 ft elevation · In Au Sable State Forest - Gladwin Unit
Trails
Named trails
Unpaved 20.9 mi
Leota Trail 6.6 mi Leota Grade 3.6 mi Muskrat Trail 2.8 mi Caner Trail 1.3 mi Thornapple Trail 1.2 mi Winding Trail 0.7 mi Bringold 0.6 mi Water
Lakes & rivers
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Who protects the land
890 conserved acres
Who manages it, from PAD-US. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
1,760 ac State natural resources
3 ac Biking & sports
Bike routes, courts & fields
Painted or protected bike lanes 0.0 mi Off-road bike paths 0.0 mi Shoulders & shared lanes 0.0 mi
Public lands
The biggest protected places in Summerfield
From USGS PAD-US: who manages each one and whether visitors are welcome.
Conservation Area 1,760 ac State Conservation Area 9 ac
Place Managed by Acres Public access
Kirtlands Warbler Wildlife Management Area Conservation Area U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service 1,760 Restricted State Forest State Conservation Area Other state land 6 Open Cadillac State Forest Area State Conservation Area State natural resources 3 Open
History
Historic places to visit
🪦 Summerfield Cemetery Cemetery
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Conditions & tips from neighbors
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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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