Michigan/Parks

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Linear Parks are listed on the Michigan/Trails page.

For information on how to tag a State park see the Public Lands section of the Michigan page and the National Park Services' guide on park tags in OSM.

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Current Status

Addresses, wikipedia links have been updated for the state, county, township, and other local parks listed below. There still remain some naming and mapping issue to be resolved as noted below. Please use official State of Michigan sources for resolving conflicts. The originator of this list included minor areas or management units within parks. Is there interest in mapping this finer level of detail? Splitting off state parks into a separate list may be desireable, in Wikidata the appropriate "P31" instance of value for Michigan State Parks is "Q37998944" Michigan State Parks.

Name Object Status
Agate Falls Scenic Area way 950400039 Also known as Agate Falls Scenic Site
Algonac State Park way 461439926
Algonac State Park Riverfront
Algonac State Park Wagonwheel
Aloha State Park way 496364971
Bald Mountain State Recreation Area relation 9088456
Baraga State Park way 422318802
Bass River State Recreation Area way 158973560 Entered as Bass River State Rec Area - needs name correction to remove abbreviation
Bay City State Recreation Area relation 12934591 Entered as Bay City State Park - needs name correction? Redundant way 563053640 needs to be removed
Belle Isle State Park way 32613907 mapped as an island, but ownership is State of Michigan DNR, managed as Belle Island State Park with one private inholding?
Bewabic State Park way 265352839
Bond Falls Scenic Site way 950017921
Brighton State Recreation Area relation 6212197 Mapped as a single relation, but is there an interest in micro-mapping the minor park areas as listed below?
Brighton State Recreation Area Horseman's
Brighton State Recreation Area Bishop Lake
Brighton State Recreation Area Appleton Lake
Brighton Recreation Area State Murray Lake
Brimley State Park way 265901210
Burt Lake State Park way 940984396
Cambridge State Historic Park way 661229148 Entered as Cambridge Junction Historic State Park
Charters Traverse City State Park way 118817333 Entered as Traverse City State Park with an additional way way 118817345- needs relation created
Cheboygan State park way 11371924
Clear Lake State Park way 424471493
Coldwater State Park way 661229144 Entered as Coldwater Lake State Park
Craig Lake State Park relation 13330991
Dodge #4 State Park way 533839800
Duck Lake State Park way 421141057
Fayette Historic State Park way 28343142 Entered just as Fayette State Park- missing "Historic"
Fisherman's Island State Park North way 470730555 Just a single way for north and south, is this okay?
Fisherman's Island State Park South
Fort Custer State Recreation Area way 485768147
Fort Wilkins Historic State Park West
Fort Wilkins Historic State Park way 6266811
Grand Haven State Park way 313305039
Grand Mere State Park way 549549501
Harrisville State Park way 297841684
Hartwick Pines State Park way 970347486 and way 166980203 two ways, need a single relation created
Hayes State Park way 115115321 Entered as W.J. Hayes State Park. Michigan DNR data lists what's mapped as Watkins Lake State Park as part of W.J. Hayes Park
Highland State Recreation Area relation 6571972
Hoeft State Park way 773649035 Mapped as P. H. Hoeft State Park
Hoffmaster State Park relation 8536935 Entered as P.J. Hoffmasterr State Park
Holland State Park Lake Macatawa relation 8550215
Holland State Park Beach
Holly State Recreation Area Mcginnis Lake relation 6232799
Indian Lakes State Park relation 12697759
Interlochen State Park Duck Lake relation 13331033
Interlochen State Park Green Lake
Ionia State Recreation Area way 470305470
Island Lake State Recreation Area way 373353705
Lake Gogebic State Park way 360537612 Entered as Gogebic Lake State Park
Lake Hudson State Recreation Area relation 9819079 Entered as Lake Hudson State Recreation Area
Lakeport State Park relation 7849604
Laughing Whitefish Falls State Park way 996922629
Leelanau State Park relation 3008946
Lime Island State Recreation Area relation 11982405
Ludington State Park Beechwood way 230343076 Entry has a note that boundary was traced from USGS topo- check against MDNR data
Ludington State Park Jackpine
Ludington State Park Cedars
Ludington State Park Pines
Maybury State Park way 30479329
McLain State Park relation 2202723
Mears State Park way 544228744 Entered as Charles Mears State Park
Menominee River State Recreation Area relation 13375432 Portion within Michigan, except for Piers Gorge Unit. Recreation Area is co-managed by Wisconsin and Michigan DNR
Menominee River State Recreation Area relation 6911449 Entered as Menominee River State Recreation Area - Piers Gorge Unit
Meridian-Baseline Historic State Park way 661229143 Complete
Metamora-Hadley State Recreation Area way 455099583
Milliken State Park & Harbor way 382924779 Entered as William G. Milliken State Park
Mitchell State Park way 266175069 Entered as William Mitchell State Park
Muskallonge Lake State Park way 364643259
Muskegon State Park way 338230118
Muskegon State Park Channel
Negwegon State Park way 288585356 and way 288585357 Two separate ways needs to be combined into a multipolygon relation
Newaygo State Park Poplar way 160843465
Newaygo State Park Oak
North Higgins Lake State Park East way 940776102
North Higgins Lake State Park West
Old Mission Point State Park way 895765149 Managed by Peninsula Township as Lighthouse Park
Onaway State Park way 828940993
Orchard Beach State Park way 181217177
Ortonville State Recreation Area relation 8283962
Otsego Lake State Park North way 940968716
Otsego Lake State Park South
Palms Book State Park way 30197506
Petoskey State Park Dune way 364549769
Petoskey State Park
Petoskey State Park Tannery Creek
Pinckney State Recreation Area Bruin Lake relation 5664016
Pinckney State Recreation Area
Pontiac Lake State Recreation Area relation 6215280
Porcupine Mountains State Park Presque Isle relation 2199937 Entry has a note that boundary is approximate- check
Porcupine Mountains State Park Union Bay
Porcupine Mountains State Park
Porcupine Mountains State Park Lost Creek
Porcupine Mountains State Park Union River
Porcupine Mountains State Park White Pine
Port Crescent State Park way 648842332
Proud Lake State Recreation Area relation 6213631
Rifle River State Recreation Area way 962692649
Rifle River State Recreation Area Ranch
Rifle River State Recreation Area Spruce
Rifle River Recreation Area Devoe Lake
Rifle River Recreation Area Grousehaven
Sanliac Petroglyphs State Historic Park way 751590005
Seven Lakes State Park relation 6219252
Silver Lake State Park relation 11498549
Sleeper State Park way 648842328 Entered as Albert E Sleeper State Park
Sleepy Hollow State Park way 40134597
South Higgins Lake State Park way 962696602
Sterling State Park way 457695850 Entered as Wm. C. Sterling State Park. See entry for note on unresolved mapping issue- Check MNDR data
Straits State Park relation 12942983
Tahquamenon Falls State Park Rivermouth way 881465991 Entered as Tahquemenon Falls State Park- check spelling?
Tahquamenon Falls State Park Lower Falls
Tawas Point State Park way 362858713
Thompsons Harbor State Park relation 13070171 Entered as Thompson's Harbor State Park
Tippy Dam State Recreation Area relation 11543319
Traverse City State Park way 118817333 and way 118817345
Twin Lakes State Park way 428043043
Van Buren State Park way 364531421
Van Riper State Park way 997467497
Warren Dunes State Park relation 7843998
Warren Woods State Park way 331168541
Waterloo State Recreation Area Green Lake way 5632537
Waterloo State Recreation Area Portage Lake
Waterloo Recreation Area Sugarloaf Lake
Watkins Lake State Park way 690516460 and way 690516461 Need these two ways combined into one relation
Wells State Park relation 3524051 Entered as J.W. Wells State Park
Wilderness State Park way 661296036
Wilderness State Park Pines
Wilderness State Park Lakeshore
Wilson State Park way 928296090
Yankee Springs State Recreation Area Gun Lake way 476398326
Yankee Springs State Recreation Area
Yankee Springs Recreation Area Deep Lake
Young State Park Spruce way 510836857
Young State Park Oak
Young State Park Terrace
Fort Wilkins State Park East relation 6266811 entered as Fort Wilkins Historic State Park

State Game and Wildlife Areas Status

As these areas are added, please populate the way/relation tag link to track data entry status. The State of Michigan owns and operates many state properties for the primary goal of wildlife management. "State Game Areas" are operated by the Michigan Department of Natural Resources Wildlife division. "State Wildlife Management Areas" are areas within the boundary of State Forests, dedicated to wildlife management and co-managed by the Forestry and Wildlife Divisions. Like state game areas, state wildlife management areas offer enhanced visitor opportunities for recreational hunting and/or wildlife viewing. Initial guidance is to map wildlife management areas within the State Forest boundaries as separate features because these have specific rules that pertain to them. In Wikidata, the appropriate value for P31 "Instance of" is recommended as "Q106908136" : wildlife management area of Michigan.

Name Object Status
Adams Township State Game Area way 661224339
Addis Creek Flooding Wildlife Management Area
Allegan State Game Area relation 13375829
Almer Township State Game Area way 996959570
Au Train Basin Wildlife Management Area Managed by Michigan DNR Forest Resources Division
Backus Creek State Game Area Area where this should be is currently mapped as part of Au Sable State Forest, correct this from Michigan DNR data
Backus Creek Grouse Enhanced Management Site Entirely within Backus Creek State Game Area
Bakale Wildlife Unit of Bass River State Recreation Area Managed by Michigan DNR Parks and Recreation Division
Baraga Plains Wildlife Management Area Managed by Michigan DNR Forest Resources Division
Barker Creek Wildlife Management Area Managed by Michigan DNR Forest Resources Division
Barry State Game Area relation 13398064
Bear Creek Flooding Wildlife Management Area Part of state forest, managed cooperatively between MDNR Forest Resources and Wildlife divisions for wildlife
Beaver Islands State Wildlife Research Area relation 13401360
Bentley Marsh Flooding Wildlife Management Area Managed by Michigan DNR Forest Resources Division
Betsie River State Game Area way 821275775 Replaced previous coarse-level mapping with MNDR data
Bill Rollo Memorial Grouse Enhanced Management Area Managed by Michigan DNR Forest Resources Division
Black Creek Flooding Wildlife Management Area Managed by Michigan DNR Forest Resources Division
Blendon Township State Game Area relation 13398074
Blind Sucker River Flooding Wildlife Management Area Managed by Michigan DNR Forest Resources Division
Blomgren's Marsh Flooding Wildlife Management Area Managed by Michigan DNR Forest Resources Division
Blue Bill Creek Grouse Enhanced Management Site On federal land managed by USDA Forest Service, cooperatively managed with Michigan DNR
Bluff Creek / US-10 / M-18 Floodings Wildlife Management Area Managed by Michigan DNR Forest Resources Division
Boyle Lake State Wildlife Area way 992908878
Brookfield Township No. 1 State Game Area
Brookfield Township No. 2 State Game Area
Brownstown Prairie State Wildlife Area relation 13011234
Bullock Ranch State Wildlife Management Area Retired in 2020, remains area of State Forest but no longer has wildlife management emphasis
Cannon Creek Flooding No. 1 State Wildlife Management Area Managed by Michigan DNR Forest Resources Division
Cannon Creek Flooding No. 2 State Wildlife Management Area Retired in 2019, remains area of State Forest but no longer has wildlife management emphasis
Cannonsburg State Game Area relation 13226296
Cass City State Game Area relation 13188071
Cedar River Grouse Enhanced Management Site Managed by Michigan DNR Forest Resources Division
Charlotte (Eaton Township) State Game Area way 998483961
Chelsea State Game Area relation 13398618
Chesterfield Township State Game Area way 998485598
Clark Lake State Game Area way 1016891856
Columbia Township State Game Area relation 13375859
Conner's Marsh Wildlife Management Area Managed by Michigan DNR Forest Resources Division
Cornish State Game Area way 1016893116
Cranberry Lake Wildlife Management Area Managed by Michigan DNR Forest Resources Division
Crane Pond State Game Area relation 13398646
Crow Island State Game Area relation 13398653
Cusino State Wildlife Research Area way 998487677
Dansville State Game Area relation 11543260
Davisburg State Game Area way 99497677
Dead Stream Flooding Wildlife Management Area Managed by Michigan DNR Forest Resources Division
Deadman Swamp State Wildlife Management Area Managed by Michigan DNR Forest Resources Division
Deer River Flooding Wildlife Management Area Retired in 2020, remains area of State Forest but no longer has wildlife management emphasis
Deford State Game Area way 982089395 Multiple ways- needs to be combined into boundary relation
Denmark Township State Game Area relation 13375860
Denton Creek Flooding Wildlife Management Area Managed by Michigan DNR Forest Resources Division
Devil's Lake Flooding Wildlife Management Area Managed by Michigan DNR Forest Resources Division
Dingman Marsh Flooding Wildlife Management Area Managed by Michigan DNR Forest Resources Division
Dog Lake Flooding Wildlife Management Area Managed by Michigan DNR Forest Resources Division
Dollarville Flooding Wildlife Management Area Managed by Michigan DNR Forest Resources Division
Drummond Island Grouse Enhanced Management Area Managed by Michigan DNR Forest Resources Division
Drummond Island Pigeon Cove Flooding Wildlife Management Area Managed by Michigan DNR Forest Resources Division
Edgar Waterfowl Production Area
Edmore State Game Area relation 13038339
Elmwood Township State Game Area relation 13375858
Erie State Game Area relation 13401283
Fabius Township State Game Area relation 13401294
Felch Mountain Wildlife Management Area Retired in 2020, remains area of State Forest but no longer has wildlife management emphasis
Fish Point State Wildlife Area relation 13048652 Check geometry, appears to not match MNDR data
Flat River State Game Area relation 13192611
Flynn Township State Game Area relation 13401310
Fraser Township No. 1 (Townline Road) State Game Area way 1000521576
Fraser Township No. 2 (Kitchen Road) State Game Area way 999062050
French Farm Lake Flooding Wildlife Management Area Managed by Michigan DNR Forest Resources Division
Friday Flooding Wildlife Management Area Retired in 2020, remains area of State Forest but no longer has wildlife management emphasis
Fuller Woods State Game Area way 999062214
Fulton State Game Area way 999067481
Gagetown State Game Area relation 13375932
Garden Grade Grouse Enhanced Management Site Managed by Michigan DNR Forest Resources Division
Gene's Pond Wildlife Management Area Retired in 2020, remains area of State Forest but no longer has wildlife management emphasis
Gladwin State Game Area relation 13405257
Gladwin Wildlife Unit and Gladwin Field Dog Trial Area

of the Gladwin area State Forest||||Managed by Michigan DNR Forest Resources Division

Gold Mine Grouse Enhanced Management Site Private land, cooperatively managed with Michigan DNR
Goose Creek Flooding Wildlife Management Area Managed by Michigan DNR Forest Resources Division
Goose Lake State Game Area way 678436709
Gordon Guyer - Augusta Creek State Wildlife Area way 998451985 Entered as Augusta Creek State Fish and Wildlife Area
Gourdneck State Game Area relation 13405276
Grand Haven State Game Area relation 999069265
Grand River Gale Road State Game Area way 840513343
Grand River State Game Area relation 13226294
Grass Lake Flooding Wildlife Management Area Managed by Michigan DNR Forest Resources Division
Grass Lake Marsh Flooding Wildlife Management Area Managed by Michigan DNR Forest Resources Division
Grass Lake State Game Area way 966799002
Gratiot-Saginaw State Game Area relation 13408563
Greasy Creek Grouse Enhanced Management Site Managed by Michigan DNR Forest Resources Division
Gregory State Game Area relation 9794712
Groveland Mine Flooding Wildlife Management Area Retired in 2020, remains area of State Forest but no longer has wildlife management emphasis
Halifax Grouse Enhanced Management Site Managed by Michigan DNR Forest Resources Division
Hancock Creek Flooding Wildlife Management Area
Hardwood Reservoir (north-side) Wildlife Management Area Retired in 2020, remains area of State Forest but no longer has wildlife management emphasis
Haymarsh Lake State Game Area relation 13327299
Hayward Lake to North Lake Flooding Wildlife Management Area
Hazel Swamp Grouse Enhanced Management Site
Headquarters Lake Flooding Wildlife Management Area
Hillcrest State Game Area way 469536043
Holly Wildlife Unit of Holly State Recreation Area
Horseshoe Lake State Game Area way 999527266
Houghton Lake Flats Flooding Wildlife Management Area relation 14467155 North and south areas not differentiated in OSM due to wikipedia/wikidata linking
Houghton Lake State Wildlife Research Area relation 14467104
Hubbard Lake State Game Area relation 13486840 Entered as Hubbard Lake State Wildlife Area
Kawkawlin Creek Flooding Wildlife Management Area
Keeler State Game Area relation 13408575
Kinney Waterfowl Production Area
Lake DuBonnet Flooding Wildlife Management Area Retired in 2018, remains area of State Forest but no longer has wildlife management emphasis
Lake Interstate State Game Area way 661229946
Lake LaVasseur Flooding Wildlife Management Area
Lake-36 Flooding Wildlife Management Area Retired in 2020, remains area of State Forest but no longer has wildlife management emphasis
Lame Duck Grouse Enhanced Management Site
Langston State Game Area relation 13226298
Lapeer State Game Area relation 13408625
Lee Grande Ranch Grouse Enhanced Management Site
Leidy Lake State Game Area way 967698034 Tagged as Leidy Lake Game Area
Little Betsie Grouse Enhanced Management Site
Little Fox River Flooding / Stanley Lake Flooding Wildlife Management Area
Little Widewaters Flooding Wildlife Management Area
Lost Nation State Game Area relation 9381553
Malan Waterfowl Production Area
Manistee River State Game Area relation 13408640
Maple River / Gratiot-Saginaw Connector State Game Area relation 13616619
Maple River State Game Area relation 13038149
Mark Knee Memorial Grouse Enhanced Management Site
Marsh Creek / Beaver Lake Flooding Wildlife Management Area
Martiny Lake State Game Area relation 13327287
Melstrand Grouse Enhanced Management Site
Middleville State Game Area relation 13408730
Minden City State Game Area relation 13038503
Molasses River Flooding No.1 Wildlife Management Area
Molasses River Flooding No.2 Wildlife Management Area
Molasses River Flooding No.3 Wildlife Management Area
Molasses River Flooding No.5 Wildlife Management Area
Mosinee Grouse Enhanced Management Site
Mud Creek Flooding Wildlife Management Area
Munuscong Bay Wildlife Management Area
Murphy Lake State Game Area relation 13418848
Muskegon County Wastewater Special Management Area
Muskegon State Game Area relation 13226293
Muskrat Lake State Game Area way 966769475
Nayanquing Point State Wildlife Area relation 13418385
Nestoria Creek Flooding Wildlife Management Area Retired in 2020, remains area of State Forest but no longer has wildlife management emphasis
Net River Flooding Wildlife Management Area
Norwich Grouse Enhanced Management Site
Oak Grove State Game Area relation 13023471
Old Fur Farm Flooding (Floodwood Swamp) Wildlife Management Area
Oliver Township State Game Area relation 13375950
Olive Township State Game Area relation 13418835
O'Neal Lake Flooding Wildlife Management Area
Onsted State Game Area relation 11543478
Osceola-Missaukee Grasslands State Game Area relation 13322699
Pentwater River State Game Area relation 13419060
Pere Marquette State Game Area way 1000577945
Petersburg State Game Area relation 13011012
Peterson Pond Flooding Wildlife Management Area
Petobego State Game Area way 895776707 Replaced geometry with MDNR data; Was formerly entered with name Petobego Natural Area, a Whitewater Township owned adjacent property directly to the south
Pike Lake Flooding Wildlife Management Area
Pinconning Townhip (Cody-Esty Road) State Game Area way 1000605741
Point Aux Peaux State Wildlife Area way 981058084
Pointe Mouillee State Game Area relation 8836868
Port Huron State Game Area relation 13419609
Portage Marsh Wildlife Management Area
Portland State Game Area relation 11543402
Potagannissing Flooding Wildlife Management Area
Potterville State Game Area planned to open in Spring 2021
Presque Isle River Flooding Wildlife Management Area in process of being retired from wildlife emphasis
Quanicassee State Wildlife Area relation 13419624
Rainy River Flooding Wildlife Management Area
Ralph Grouse Enhanced Management Site
Robinson Creek Floodings Wildlife Management Area
Rogue River State Game Area relation 13226297
Rose Lake State Wildlife Area 13419713
Rush Lake State Game Area way 969888426
Russell Lake / Lake St. Helen Wildlife Management Area
Sage Lakes Flooding Wildlife Management Area
Salt River Marsh State Wildlife Area way 896264930
Sand River / Jeske Flooding Wildlife Management Area
Sandusky State Game Area way 971653820
Sanilac State Game Area relation 13183347
Saranac-Lowell State Game Area relation 13226295
Schlee Waterfowl Production Area
Schoonover Waterfowl Production Area
Sharonville State Game Area relation 12770174
Shiawassee River State Game Area relation 13532351
Skegemog Lake Wildlife Management Area
Somerset State Game Area way 676084861
Sportsman's Lake (or Pond) Flooding Wildlife Management Area
Spring Creek State Game Area way 1010650376
St. Clair Flats State Wildlife Area way 896263254 check geometry
St. Clair Township State Game Area way 1010648685
St. John's Marsh State Wildlife Area way 896263255
Stanton State Game Area relation 13226299
Stoney Creek Flooding Wildlife Management Area
Strickler Grouse Enhanced Management Site
Sturgeon River Sloughs Wildlife Management Area
Tamarack Lake State Game Area way 967871409
Three Rivers State Game Area relation 15328746
Tobico Marsh Wildlife Unit of Bay City Recreation Area
Tomahawk Creek Flooding Wildlife Management Area
Townline Creek Flooding Wildlife Management Area
Tuscola State Game Area relation 13328168
Unadilla State Wildlife Area way 538392851
Vassar State Game Area relation 13195711
Verona State Game Area relation 12952746
Vestaburg State Game Area relation 13038428
Waterloo Wildlife Unit of Waterloo State Recreation Area
Webster Lake (Berrien Township No. 1) State Game Area way 992908877
Wigwam Bay State Wildlife Area relation 13517754
Wildfowl Bay State Wildlife Area relation 13517523
Windsor Township State Game Area way 840512541
Wraco Lodge Lake Flooding Wildlife Management Area

County, Township and other Community Forests

Common in other states like Wisconsin both Marquette County, Michigan and Delta County, Michigan have publicly-owned forest lands that are open for public recreational access. These lands are primarily managed for landuse=forest, but also fall under leisure=nature_reserve and boundary=protected_area as they maintained in a near-natural state and are protected from development.

Forest name Object Status
Delta County Forest way 1040618763 needs review to expand extent
Marquette County Forest way 1038866171 needs review to expand extent

University Forests

Michigan Technological University, University of Notre Dame, University of Michigan, and Michigan State University all hold forest lands within the State of Michigan for research or instructional purposes. Please see U of M Field Properties

Forest name University Object Status
Dunbar Forest Michigan State University relation 14006589
Ford Forestry Center and Research Forest Michigan Technological University relation 14469251
MSU Upper Peninsula Forestry Innovation Center Michigan State University relation 14469402
Jim Wells Forest Michigan State University way 1086996878
University of Michigan Biological Station - Douglas Lake University of Michigan relation 9894710 Public access permitted
Saginaw Forest University of Michigan way 460247743 Public access permitted
Sugar Island Preserve University of Michigan Public access permitted
Osborn Preserve University of Michigan Public access permitted, also on Sugar Island Information
Colonial Point University of Michigan way 991998654 Public access permitted, check link for Information
Harper Preserve University of Michigan way 1087018122 No public access
Newcomb Tract University of Michigan relation 12423240 No public access
Ringwood Forest University of Michigan way 1087005222 Public access permitted
St. Pierre Wetland University of Michigan way 1087010532 No public access
Stinchfield Woods University of Michigan way 448743217 Public access permitted
W.K. Kellogg Experimental Forest Michigan State University relation 14469924
University of Notre Dame Environmental Research Center University of Notre Dame relation 10230867

Privately owned preserves

Non-profit or community organizations that hold properties in the public trust for the purposes of leisure=nature_reserve can be found in the National Conservation Easement Database managed by the Trust for Public Lands and in the National Protected Areas Database (PAD-US) operated by the United States Geological Survey. Often to avoid property tax liabilities, these properties are made open to the public but this should be confirmed before tagging access=public.

Name Operator Object Status
Brockway Mountain Drive Sanctuary Michigan Audubon Society way 1092891816 Public access permitted
Brower Lake Nature Reserve Land Conservancy of West Michigan way 490447107 Public access permitted
Coolbough Natural Area The Nature Conservancy relation 11556396 Public access permitted
Lamberton Lake Fen Nature Preserve Land Conservancy of West Michigan relation 7751703 Public access permitted
Slate River Forest The Nature Conservancy relation 14090873 10,550 acre preserve
Two-Hearted River Forest Reserve The Nature Conservancy relation 14090061 mapped from DNR commercial forest data, removed overlap with MDNR state forest

Commercial Forest Lands open to public hunting, trapping, and fishing

To increase opportunities for hunting, trapping, and fishing, the Michigan Department of Natural Resources offers the Commercial Forest Program in which enrolled ownership=private landowners receive a lowered property tax rate in exchange for granting access=permissive for hunting=*, fishing=*, and trapping purposes. To be enrolled in the program, properties must have a prepared forestry management plan with the primary goal of landuse=forest. The Hunting Access Program makes similar opportunities available. In 2019, Lyme Great Lakes Timberlands acquired holdings of Weyerhaeuser (Plum Creek Timberlands, L.P.) and from Grantham, Mayo, Van Otterloo & Co. LLC (GMO Threshold Timber, Michigan, LLC).

Operator Owner Relation Status
Great Lakes Forests LLC Hancock Natural Resources relation 14129175 Great Lakes Forests 1 and 2, started relation in Marquette County
Heartwood Forestland Fund The Forestland Group Many parcels sold to Lyme, seems to be divesting in Michigan. In DNR commercial forest data as various Heartwood Funds III, IV, etc.
J.M. Longyear Heirs, LLC relation 14090168 complete, many parcels sold and perhaps more to come
Lyme Great Lakes Timberlands Lyme Timber Company relation 14051942 managed by Lyme Great Lakes Forest Management LLC., started mapping in Baraga County,
Longyear Realty Corporation relation 14072040 started mapping in Baraga County
TRG Threshold Timber Michigan LLC The Rohatyn Group (TRG) relation 14072042 started mapping in Baraga County

State Forest Management Units Status

As these areas are added, please populate the way/relation tag link to track data entry status. The State of Michigan owns and operates many state properties for the primary goal of forest management, List of Michigan state forests. What were formerly managed as "State Forests" are now organized by regional forest management units under the Michigan Department of Natural Resources Forest Resources division. Currently these are mapped as "subarea" roles within a super-relation for each state forest (example- Au Sable State Forest relation 13989117. Each Forest Management Unit or "FMU" may have several field offices as well as a headquarters office. The headquarters office location open to the public should be added as a node (amenity=ranger station), assigned the "admin_centre" role within the relation. Cleanup may entail removing obsolete state forest names and replacing with the current forest management unit name, address, website, phone number, etc. to facilitate better access to outside informational resources. These obsolete names may be found on out-of-date USGS Topographic Quadrangle maps, but serve only as a historic reference and only serve to confound current mapping efforts. See Michigan#Public_Lands for current tagging, but these should not be tagged "landuse=forest" or "leisure=park". Within the hireachy Michigan State Forests also makes available Compartment, which have specific management plans available for public review and comment. These lower level organization units have potential for later addition as lower-level boundary subareas within the forest management unit relations. If you really want to go ham on the organizational level, compartments are further organized by collections of stands upon which individual management actions are carried out and for which forest inventory information is summarized.

FMU State Forest Object Status
Atlanta Forest Management Unit Mackinaw State Forest relation 13966836 renders ok
Baraga Forest Management Unit Copper Country State Forest relation 14052546 in progress
Cadillac Management Unit Pere Marquette State Forest relation 14031776
Crystal Falls Management Unit Copper Country State Forest relation 14056921 in progress
Escanaba Management Unit Escanaba River State Forest relation 14121364 Remove name="Escanaba River State Forest" tags from ways, subarea of Escanaba River State Forest relation 13624415
Gaylord Management Unit Mackinaw State Forest relation 13987071
Gladwin Management Unit Au Sable State Forest relation 13468967 subarea of Au Sable State Forest relation 13989117 renders ok
Grayling Management Unit Au Sable State Forest relation 13965599 subarea of Au Sable State Forest relation 13989117 renders ok
Gwinn Management Unit Escanaba River State Forest relation 14057012 created, subarea of Escanaba River State Forest relation 13624415
Newberry Management Unit Lake Superior State Forest relation 13993909 part of Lake Superior State Forest relation 1976446 renders ok
Pigeon River Country Forest Management Unit Mackinaw State Forest relation 13624793 renders okay
Roscommon Forest Management Unit Au Sable State Forest relation 13468966 subarea of Au Sable State Forest relation 13989117renders ok
Sault Ste Marie Forest Management Unit Lake Superior State Forest relation 13993910 subarea of Lake Superior State Forest relation 1976446
Shingleton Forest Management Unit Lake Superior State Forest relation 13993908 subarea of Lake Superior State Forest relation 1976446
Southern Forest Management Unit Administrative unit of MDNR Forest Resources division staff to managed timber sales and forest inventory on Wildlife division-managed lands (e.g. state game areas).
Traverse City Forest Management Unit Pere Marquette State Forest relation 14043348 check on "Benzie County State Forest" relation 13098885 this is not currently MDNR ownership, "Jordan River State Forest" GNIS node node 354008346 needs cleaned up

Federally Managed Lands

Various federal agencies manage lands in Michigan, most of which are open to the public with few access restrictions. For tagging of these lands, see United States/Public lands.

Name Object Status
Detroit River International Wildlife Refuge Needs to be created
Harbor Island National Wildlife Refuge relation 13369594
Hiawatha National Forest relation 1976195 East zone - St. Ignace and Sault Ste. Marie Ranger Districts
Hiawatha National Forest relation 1976196 West zone - Munising and Rapid River Ranger Districts
Huron National Wildlife Refuge relation 2114470
Huron-Manistee National Forests relation 11565335 Huron National Forest, Mio and Oscoda Ranger Districts
Huron-Manistee National Forests Manistee National Forest super-relation relation 11565336
Baldwin Ranger District subarea relation 14001742 renders ok
White Cloud Ranger District subarea relation 14001743 needs fixed
Cadillac Ranger District subarea relation 14007129 renders ok
Manistee Ranger District subarea relation 14007130 renders ok
Isle Royale National Park relation 1870066
Kirtlands Warbler Wildlife Management Area relation 14032242 Created, needs additional ways
Michigan Wetland Management District Needs relation to be created to include the Kinney, Schlee, Malan, Schoonover, Edger Waterfowl Production Areas
Michigan Islands National Wildlife Refuge relation 13369830
North County National Scenic Trail way 1087024882
Ottawa National Forest relation 11564672
Pictured Rocks National Lakeshore relation 3298465
Seney National Wildlife Refuge way 436526186 Needs relation created- Whitefish Point unit of Seney is in separate way 893589104, existing way is mangled after ungluing way from highway, needs fresh import
Shiawassee National Wildlife Refuge relation 13550550 Added additional ways, needs final review
Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore relation 812810
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