Outdoors · White River

White River, MI parks, trails & bike paths

About 1.9% of White River is conserved land, roughly 194 acres. There are about 1.0 miles of mapped trails, and the biggest networks are in Medbery Park (0.5 mi).

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

At a glance

White River outdoors

Conserved land
1.9%
194 of 10,469 acres
Trails
1.0 mi
0.1 mi per sq mi
Parks & preserves
3
130 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

123
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

Medbery Park

Park
10 acres0.5 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
2

Meinert Park

Managed by Muskegon County
119 acres
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet Website
3

West Michigan Underwater Preserve

Nature preserve
11 acres
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
Things to do

Beaches, playgrounds, falls & more

Pick a kind of place for the list, directions, or pins on the map above.
Beaches in White River
Wooded Sands
Directions
Unnamed beach
Directions
Trails

Named trails

Unpaved 0.8 mi
  • Dune Access Path0.2 mi
  • Nancy's Trail0.1 mi
Water

Lakes & rivers

Tap a name for directions.

Who protects the land

194 conserved acres

Who manages it, from PAD-US. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.
Private owners
122 ac
Land trusts & nonprofits
32 ac
County
30 ac
Town or city
10 ac

Conserved doesn't always mean open to visitors. 33 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
  • Basketball1

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

Public lands

The biggest protected places in White River

From USGS PAD-US: who manages each one and whether visitors are welcome.
Private Park 122 acLocal Park 39 acConservation Easement 32 ac
PlaceManaged byAcresPublic access
Old Channel Trail Golf ClubPrivate ParkPrivate owners122Restricted
Meinert ParkLocal ParkCounty30Open
Medbury ParkLocal ParkTown or city10Open
History

Historic places to visit

Hubbard CemeteryCemetery
Mouth CemeteryCemetery
Nearby

White River and its neighbors

Towns whose outdoors data has been built so far.
TownConservedTrailsParks & preserves
White River1.9%1.0 mi3
Fruitland5.2%18.5 mi13
Montague3.9%9.3 mi4
Claybanks0.8%1.8 mi2
Trail talk

Conditions & tips from neighbors

No recent posts about White River'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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