Little Portage River Wildlife Area
Nature preserve
436 acres
🐕 Dog rules not recorded
Directionsto the parking lot
Outdoors in Bay
Parks, trails & the outdoors in Bay
About 37% of Bay is conserved land, roughly 5,118 acres. There are about 4.2 miles of mapped trails.
Conserved land
37%
5,118 of 13,881 acres
Trails
4.2 mi
0.2 mi per sq mi · 4 on conserved land
Parks & preserves
1
4,598 conserved acres per 1,000 people
Bike routes
0.0 mi
Lakes & rivers
3
1 boat launch
This week on the trails
Best day for a walk: Tuesday
66°, sunny, 0% chance of rain.
Tonight70° 55°1% rain
Mon63° 47°2% rain
Tue66° 52°0% rain
Wed72° 55°0% rain
Thu70° 55°1% rain
Fri70° 56°4% rain
The map
Conserved land, trails & bike routes
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Easements protect land from building but are usually private.© OpenStreetMap contributors · USGS PAD-US
Places to walk
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Directions go to the nearest trailhead or public parking.
Things to do
2 places to go in Bay
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Playgrounds in Bay
Boat launches in Bay
Trails & water
3 lakes & rivers
Lakes & rivers tap for directions
Who protects it
5,118 conserved acres
Who manages Bay’s conserved land, from the USGS Protected Areas Database. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.
Land trusts & nonprofits2,539 ac
USDA easements (NRCS)1,678 ac
Private owners1,500 ac
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service1,339 ac
State natural resources347 ac
State fish & wildlife63 ac
Town or city1 ac
Private Recreation or Education · 3,109 acConservation Easement · 1,878 acNational Wildlife Refuge · 1,339 acPrivate Park · 606 acState Conservation Area · 410 ac
Good to know
Conserved doesn’t always mean open to visitors. 108 acres are conservation easements, usually private land. The walks above are places people visit.
The biggest protected places
| Place | Managed by | Acres | Public access |
|---|---|---|---|
| Winous Point Shooting Club Private Recreation or Education | Land trusts & nonprofits | 2,340 | Closed |
| Ottawa National Wildlife Refuge National Wildlife Refuge | U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service | 1,339 | Restricted |
| Little Portage Wildlife Area State Conservation Area | State natural resources | 347 | Restricted |
| J Nehls Private Recreation or Education | Private owners | 254 | Open |
| Hunters Point Private Recreation or Education | Private owners | 246 | Open |
| North Bay Shooting Club Inc Private Park | Private owners | 222 | Open |
| Westlake Sportsmans Club Private Park | Private owners | 170 | Open |
| Sweeney and Krause Marsh Private Conservation | Private owners | 124 | Open |
| Oaklane Hunt Club Private Park | Private owners | 121 | Open |
| Mud Creek Private Recreation or Education | Private owners | 105 | Open |
5 smaller protected places aren’t shown.
History along the way
History →1 old cemetery
Next door
Bay and its neighbors
Bay has the second most mapped trails of the 5 towns around it. Tap a town to see its outdoors.
| Town | Conserved | Parks |
|---|---|---|
| Bay | 36.9% | 1 |
| Port Clinton | 3.8% | 6 |
| Erie | 6.2% | 0 |
| Salem | 3.4% | 3 |
| Portage | 1.1% | 1 |
Trail talk
Conditions, parking and favorite walks from Bay neighbors.
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Trails, parks, preserves, courts and bike lanes © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL), map data as of 2026-09-28. Conserved land: USGS Gap Analysis Project, PAD-US. Measured against the Census town boundary. Forecast: National Weather Service.
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.