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Pere Marquette State Forest - Cadillac Unit
Managed by Michigan Department of Natural Resources
1,005 acres1.6 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet
Outdoors · Sylvan
Sylvan, MI parks, trails & bike paths
About 8.9% of Sylvan is conserved land, roughly 1,983 acres. There are about 4.4 miles of mapped trails, and the biggest networks are in Pere Marquette State Forest - Cadillac Unit (1.6 mi).
Conserved land, trails, parks and bike routes in Sylvan, measured from OpenStreetMap and USGS data.
At a glance
Sylvan outdoors
Conserved land
8.9%
1,983 of 22,369 acres
Trails
4.4 mi
0.1 mi per sq mi · 2 on conserved land
Parks & preserves
2
1,796 conserved acres per 1,000 residents
Bike routes
0.4 mi
0.0 mi lanes · 0.4 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
Crawford Park
Managed by Osceola County
4 acres
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet
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 Sylvan
Unnamed boat launch in Crawford Park
Water
Lakes & rivers
Tap a name for directions.
Who protects the land
1,983 conserved acres
Who manages it, from PAD-US. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.
Conserved doesn't always mean open to visitors. 90 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 paths0.4 mi
- Shoulders & shared lanes0.0 mi
Public lands
The biggest protected places in Sylvan
From USGS PAD-US: who manages each one and whether visitors are welcome.
State Conservation Area 1,007 acPrivate Park 730 acLocal Park 157 acConservation Easement 90 ac
| Place | Managed by | Acres | Public access |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cadillac State Forest AreaState Conservation Area | State natural resources | 1,007 | Open |
| Birch forest Gun ClubPrivate Park | Private owners | 730 | Open |
| LandLocal Park | Town or city | 157 | Open |
History
Historic places to visit
Osceola County CemeteryCemetery
Sylvan CemeteryCemetery
Nearby
Sylvan and its neighbors
Towns whose outdoors data has been built so far.
| Town | Conserved | Trails | Parks & preserves |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sylvan | 8.9% | 4.4 mi | 2 |
| Orient | 3.6% | 2.7 mi | 2 |
| Middle Branch | 2.1% | 1.9 mi | 1 |
| Osceola | 17.9% | 15.5 mi | 1 |
| Freeman | 10.6% | 41.4 mi | 1 |
Trail talk
Conditions & tips from neighbors
No recent posts about Sylvan'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.