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Mackinaw State Forest - Gaylord Unit
Managed by Michigan Department of Natural Resources
4,080 acres25.3 mi of trail
SMT LP7MCCCT & Fred Thomas TrailMCCCT TrailFred Thomas Trial
Dog rules not recorded
Outdoors · Tuscarora
Tuscarora, MI parks, trails & bike paths
About 1.7% of Tuscarora is conserved land, roughly 450 acres. There are about 44 miles of mapped trails, and the biggest networks are in Mackinaw State Forest - Gaylord Unit (25.3 mi), Seven Springs Nature Preserve (1.7 mi), and Burt Lake State Park (1.1 mi).
Conserved land, trails, parks and bike routes in Tuscarora, measured from OpenStreetMap and USGS data.
At a glance
Tuscarora outdoors
Conserved land
1.7%
450 of 26,659 acres
Trails
44 mi
1 mi per sq mi · 4 on conserved land
Parks & preserves
12
144 conserved acres per 1,000 residents
Bike routes
7.4 mi
0.0 mi lanes · 7.4 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
Seven Springs Nature Preserve
Managed by Little Traverse Conservancy
73 acres1.7 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet
Website
3
Burt Lake State Park
Managed by Michigan Department of Natural Resources
123 acres1.1 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
4
Cooperation Park
Managed by Tuscarora Township
54 acres0.8 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
5
Waubun Nature Preserve
Nature preserve
15 acres0.6 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet
6
Hildner-Bearce Nature Preserve
Managed by Little Traverse Conservancy
11 acres0.4 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet
Website
All 12 parks & preserves
Showing 1–10 of 12 parks & preserves
Mackinaw State Forest - Gaylord Unit4,080 acres · 25.3 mi of trail · Michigan Department of Natural Resources
Seven Springs Nature Preserve73 acres · 1.7 mi of trail · Little Traverse Conservancy
Burt Lake State Park123 acres · 1.1 mi of trail · Michigan Department of Natural Resources
Cooperation Park54 acres · 0.8 mi of trail · Tuscarora Township
Waubun Nature Preserve15 acres · 0.6 mi of trail
Hildner-Bearce Nature Preserve11 acres · 0.4 mi of trail · Little Traverse Conservancy
Harris-Melvin Family Nature Preserve7 acres · 0.1 mi of trail
Robert Fergus Memorial Nature Preserve19 acres · Little Traverse Conservancy
Marina Park4 acres · Tuscarora Township
DeVoe Beach2 acres · Tuscarora Township
Who protects the land
450 conserved acres
Who manages it, from PAD-US. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.
Conserved doesn't always mean open to visitors. Public access isn't recorded for 3 of 11 parcels. 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 paths7.4 mi
- Shoulders & shared lanes0.0 mi
Courts & fields
- Baseball6
- Tennis6
- Basketball2
- Skate park1
- Equestrian1
Counts include school and college facilities, which aren't always open to the public.
Nearby
Tuscarora and its neighbors
Towns whose outdoors data has been built so far.
Trail talk
Conditions & tips from neighbors
No recent posts about Tuscarora'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 21.7-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.