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Outdoors in Beulah

Virtually every resident lives within a half mile of a park in Beulah

Virtually every resident lives within a half mile of a park. 4% of Beulah’s land is conserved, about 10 acres. 7 acres are parks and preserves, 31 per 1,000 residents.

Conserved land
4%
10 acres · of 0.4 sq mi of land
Trails
0.1 mi
0.2 per sq mi of land
Park land
7 ac
31 acres per 1,000 residents
Near a park
99%+
of residents within ½ mile
Bike routes
1.7 mi
1.2 mi paths
The map

Conserved land, trails & bike routes

Tap a number to zoom to a park. Tap a layer to hide it.

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Easements protect land from building but are usually private.© OpenStreetMap contributors · USGS PAD-US
Places to walk

Pick a walk

Directions go to the nearest trailhead or public parking.

Beulah Beach

Park
2 acres
Dog rules not recorded
Directionsto the parking lot

Trapp Farm Nature Preserve

Managed by Grand Traverse Regional Land Convervancy
1 acres
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yetWebsite ↗

Beulah Village Park

Park
1 acres
Dog rules not recorded
Directionsto the parking lot

Trapp Park

Park
1 acres
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet
Who protects it

10 conserved acres

4% of Beulah’s land. Who manages Beulah’s conserved land, from the USGS Protected Areas Database. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.

State natural resources7 ac
Land trusts & nonprofits3 ac
State Conservation Area · 7 acPrivate Conservation · 3 ac
The biggest protected parcels
Parcel (PAD-US)Managed byAcresPublic access
MNRTF Parcel 1
State Conservation Area
State natural resources7Restricted
Trapp Farm Nature Preserve
Private Conservation
Land trusts & nonprofits3Open
Things to do

3 places to go in Beulah

Beaches, playgrounds, peaks, falls and more. Pick a kind.

Beaches in Beulah
Beulah BeachIn Beulah Beach
Directions

Plus 1 beach without a name on the map. Tap “Show all on map” to see it.

Biking & sports

1.7 miles of bike routes

Bike lanes are often missing from the map in smaller towns, so that number is likely low.

1.2 mi
off-road bike paths
0.6 mi
shoulders & shared lanes
Courts & fields
2Tennis
1Basketball
1Skate park

Includes school and college facilities, which aren’t always open to the public.

When to get out

The best walking months in Beulah: May to August

NOAA’s 1991–2020 normals for the town and the daylight at its latitude. Outlined months have long days, highs of 59 to 86 °F and little rain for the place.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Daylight (h)9.210.411.813.414.815.515.214.012.410.99.58.8
High (°F)283140536675807870574433
Rain (in)2.31.52.03.03.23.13.13.03.54.12.92.3

February is the driest month (1.5 in) and July the warmest (highs of 80 °F). 4.1 inches fall in October, the wettest month. The climate in Beulah →

Next door

Beulah and its neighbors

Beulah has the second most mapped trails of the 2 towns around it. Tap a town to see its outdoors.

TownConserved
of land
Trail mi
per sq mi
Park acres
per 1,000
Near a park
½ mile
Outdoors
Beulah— not graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its town
Benzonia— not graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its town

The four inputs of the Outdoors grade, from the engine; shares are of land, not water.

Questions about parks and trails in Beulah

Are dogs allowed on Beulah’s trails?

Beulah Beach and Trapp Farm Nature Preserve don’t have dog rules recorded on the map; check the signs at the trailhead.

Where can I bike in Beulah?

1.7 miles of bike routes are on the map: 1.2 of off-road paths and 0.6 of shoulders and shared lanes.

Is there public land near Beulah?

7,920 acres of parks and open public land lie inside Beulah or within 10 miles of it (PAD-US), 7 of them inside the town line.

Trail talk

Conditions, parking and favorite walks from Beulah neighbors.

Town Square →
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Sources

Where this page comes from

Conserved and public land: USGS Protected Areas Database of the United States (PAD-US), service updated July 2026. Parks, trails, playgrounds, beaches and other places: OpenStreetMap (© OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL), map data as of 2026-10-28. Land and water area: Census 2025 Gazetteer. Residents near a park: 2020 Census blocks. National Register: National Park Service. How TownRatings grades the outdoors →