Outdoors · Troy

Troy, MI parks, trails & bike paths

About 66% of Troy is conserved land, roughly 15,234 acres. There are about 54 miles of mapped trails, and the biggest networks are in Manistee National Forest - Baldwin Ranger District (47.9 mi).

Conserved land, trails, parks and bike routes in Troy, measured from OpenStreetMap and USGS data.

#233Most trails in MI (of 598)#318Most conserved land in MI (of 708)#61Most walkable in MI (of 719)

At a glance

Troy outdoors

Conserved land

66%

15,234 of 23,038 acres

Trails

54 mi

1.5 mi per sq mi · 49 on conserved land

Parks & preserves

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

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.

Manistee National Forest - Baldwin Ranger District

Managed by United States Forest Service

14,639 acres47.9 mi of trail

M-20 to Big O Motorcycle & MCCCTNational Forest Road 5009NFS 6029NFS 6036NFS 6050

Dog rules not recorded

DirectionsTo M-20 to Big O MCCCT Trailhead

Things to do

Beaches, playgrounds, falls & more

Pick a kind of place for the list, directions, or pins on the map above.

1Beach

Beaches in Troy

Unnamed beach

Directions

Trails

Named trails

Unpaved 6.2 mi

Showing 1–10 of 25 trails

M-20 to Big O Motorcycle & MCCCT2.1 mi
National Forest Road 50092.0 mi
NFS 60291.8 mi
NFS 60361.8 mi
NFS 60501.7 mi
NFS 60241.6 mi
National Forest Road 60551.4 mi
MCCCT-BWC1.3 mi
NFS 60511.1 mi
National Forest Road 51161.1 mi

Water

Lakes & rivers

Black Lake Otterman Lakepond Triple Lakeslake Big South Branch Pere Marquette River

Tap a name for directions.

Who protects the land

15,234 conserved acres

Who manages it, from PAD-US. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.

U.S. Forest Service

14,646 ac

Private owners

518 ac

Land trusts & nonprofits

69 ac

Conserved doesn't always mean open to visitors. 69 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 paths0.0 mi
Shoulders & shared lanes0.0 mi

Courts & fields

Tennis1

Counts include school and college facilities, which aren't always open to the public.

Public lands

The biggest protected places in Troy

From USGS PAD-US: who manages each one and whether visitors are welcome.

National Forest 14,646 acPrivate Park 518 acConservation Easement 69 ac

Place	Managed by	Acres	Public access
Manistee National ForestNational Forest	U.S. Forest Service	14,646	Open
P.M. Hunting ClubPrivate Park	Private owners	443	Open
Newaygo ClubPrivate Park	Private owners	75	Open

Nearby

Troy and its neighbors

Towns whose outdoors data has been built so far.

Town	Conserved	Trails	Parks & preserves
Troy	66.1%	53.8 mi	1
Lake	39.3%	46.6 mi	4
Colfax	41.2%	37.7 mi	4
Lilley	50.1%	38.7 mi	1
Beaver	26.3%	4.0 mi	0

Trail talk

Conditions & tips from neighbors

No recent posts about Troy'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.

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