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Roethke Park
Park
150 acres2.1 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
Outdoors · Thomas
Thomas, MI parks, trails & bike paths
About 5.3% of Thomas is conserved land, roughly 1,078 acres. There are about 6.1 miles of mapped trails, and the biggest networks are in Roethke Park (2.1 mi).
Conserved land, trails, parks and bike routes in Thomas, measured from OpenStreetMap and USGS data.
At a glance
Thomas outdoors
Conserved land
5.3%
1,078 of 20,241 acres
Trails
6.1 mi
0.2 mi per sq mi · 4 on conserved land
Parks & preserves
3
91 conserved acres per 1,000 residents
Bike routes
0.1 mi
0.0 mi lanes · 0.1 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
Roberts Park
Managed by Thomas Township
47 acres0.3 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
3
Shiawassee National Wildlife Refuge
Managed by United States Fish and Wildlife Service
44 acres
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet
Website
Who protects the land
1,078 conserved acres
Who manages it, from PAD-US. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.
Conserved doesn't always mean open to visitors. 467 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 paths0.1 mi
- Shoulders & shared lanes0.0 mi
Courts & fields
- Baseball12
- Soccer6
- Football2
- Beach volleyball1
- Basketball1
- Tennis1
Counts include school and college facilities, which aren't always open to the public.
Nearby
Thomas and its neighbors
Towns whose outdoors data has been built so far.
| Town | Conserved | Trails | Parks & preserves |
|---|---|---|---|
| Thomas | 5.3% | 6.1 mi | 3 |
| Saginaw | 8.9% | 10.5 mi | 14 |
| Swan Creek | 29.6% | 8.9 mi | 3 |
| Tittabawassee | 2.4% | 5.4 mi | 4 |
| James | 45.6% | 21.8 mi | 2 |
| Richland | 2.5% | 0.0 mi | 1 |
Trail talk
Conditions & tips from neighbors
No recent posts about Thomas'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.