Outdoors · Weare

Weare, MI parks, trails & bike paths

About 9.3% of Weare is conserved land, roughly 2,141 acres. There are about 14 miles of mapped trails, and the biggest networks are in Manistee National Forest - Baldwin Ranger District (1.8 mi) and Pentwater State Game Area (0.8 mi).

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

At a glance

Weare outdoors

Conserved land
9.3%
2,141 of 22,925 acres
Trails
14 mi
0.4 mi per sq mi · 3 on conserved land
Parks & preserves
3
1,681 conserved acres per 1,000 residents
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

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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.
1

Manistee National Forest - Baldwin Ranger District

Managed by United States Forest Service
1,821 acres1.8 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet
2

Pentwater State Game Area

Managed by Michigan Department of Natural Resources
261 acres0.8 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet
3

Dumaw Woodland Nature Preserve

Managed by Land Conservancy of West Michigan
58 acres
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet
Who protects the land

2,141 conserved acres

Who manages it, from PAD-US. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.
U.S. Forest Service
1,821 ac
State fish & wildlife
262 ac
USDA easements (NRCS)
57 ac

Conserved doesn't always mean open to visitors. 57 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
Nearby

Weare and its neighbors

Towns whose outdoors data has been built so far.
TownConservedTrailsParks & preserves
Weare9.3%14.0 mi3
Pentwater19.2%19.0 mi9
Hart1.1%6.2 mi1
Crystal32.6%45.1 mi2
Riverton0.4%1.8 mi1
Trail talk

Conditions & tips from neighbors

No recent posts about Weare'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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