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Nahma and Northern Railway Locomotive #5Nahma and Northern Railway Locomotive #5 · Photo: Andrew Jameson · CC BY-SA 3.0
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Outdoors in Nahma Township

More than half of Nahma Township’s land is conserved: 72%

72% of Nahma Township’s land is conserved, about 76,923 acres. 375 acres are parks and preserves, 626 per 1,000 residents. 260 miles of mapped trail cross Nahma Township, 1.5 per square mile of land.

Conserved land
72%
76,923 acres · of 168.1 sq mi of land
Trails
260 mi
1.5 per sq mi of land
Park land
375 ac
626 acres per 1,000 residents
Near a park
3%
of residents within ½ mile
Lakes & rivers
35
1 beach · 3 boat launches
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.

Nahma Township Park

Park
5 acres
Dog rules not recorded
Directionsto the parking lot
Who protects it

76,923 conserved acres

72% of Nahma Township’s land. Water is left out: Nahma Township has 168.1 square miles of land and 22.5 of water, so the share counts land only. Who manages Nahma Township’s conserved land, from the USGS Protected Areas Database. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.

U.S. Forest Service76,520 ac
Private owners384 ac
Other state land19 ac
National Forest · 76,520 acPrivate Park · 384 acConservation Easement · 19 ac
Good to know

Conserved doesn’t always mean open to visitors. 19 acres are conservation easements, usually private land. The walks above are places people visit.

The biggest protected parcels
Parcel (PAD-US)Managed byAcresPublic access
Hiawatha National Forest
National Forest
U.S. Forest Service76,520Open
Petoskey Hunting Club
Private Park
Private owners384Open
Things to do

6 places to go in Nahma Township

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

Boat launches in Nahma Township
Dana Lake Boat Launch
Directions
Nahma Boat Launch
Directions
Round Lake Boat Ramp
Directions
Trails & water

11 named trails and 35 lakes & rivers

Named trails
Little Black River Spur J1.1 mi
Little Black River Spur E0.7 mi
Little Black River Spur B0.6 mi
Little Black River Spur F0.6 mi
Little Sturgeon River Spur E0.5 mi
Little Black River Spur FA0.4 mi
Forest Road R84B0.4 mi
Forest Road R82H0.3 mi
Little Sturgeon River Spur I0.2 mi
Forest Road R82G0.2 mi
1 more trails
Forest Road 2233Q
0.1 mi
Lakes & rivers tap for directions
Billy Good LakeBourgois LakeBoutlier LakeCache LakeConnor LakeCoolaw LakeslakeDana LakeGleason LakeHidden LakeJones LakeKenobo LakeLittle LakeLittle Moss LakeLost LakesMahskeekee LakeMarsh LakelakeMoss LakelakeMuskrat LakeNarbon LakePine LakelakePlumbob LakePolack LakelakePole Creek LakelakeRamsey LakeRemington LakeRound LakelakeSide LakeSkeels LakelakeWaco LakeEast Branch Ogontz RiverNorth Branch Ogontz RiverOgontz RiverSouthwest Branch Fishdam RiverSturgeon RiverWest Branch Sturgeon River
Biking & sports

0.0 miles of bike routes

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

Courts & fields
1Beach volleyball

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

History along the way

1 place on the National Register

The country’s official list of places worth saving (National Park Service). The map also marks 2 historic points from OpenStreetMap: plaques, memorials and old buildings.

History →
Nahma and Northern Railway Locomotive #5Structure · listed 2007
About it
When to get out

The best walking months in Nahma Township: May, June and 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)9.010.311.813.514.915.715.414.112.510.89.48.7
High (°F)262838506474797769554231
Rain (in)2.31.31.72.73.13.33.53.13.63.72.62.2

February is the driest month (1.3 in) and July the warmest (highs of 79 °F). 3.7 inches fall in October, the wettest month. The climate in Nahma Township →

Next door

Nahma Township and its neighbors

Tap a town to see its outdoors.

Munising Township293 miMasonville Township278 miNahma Township260 miGarden Township246 miEnsign Township80 miFairbanks Township25 mi
TownConserved
of land		Trail mi
per sq mi		Park acres
per 1,000		Near a park
½ mile		Outdoors
Nahma Township— not graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its town
Garden Township— not graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its town
Masonville Township64%1.77818%A
Ensign Township— not graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its town
Munising Township74%1.417,70020%A
Fairbanks Township— 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 Nahma Township

Are dogs allowed on Nahma Township’s trails?

Nahma Township Park doesn’t have dog rules recorded on the map; check the signs at the trailhead.

Is there public land near Nahma Township?

352,768 acres of parks and open public land lie inside Nahma Township or within 10 miles of it (PAD-US), 69,179 of them inside the town line.

Trail talk

Conditions, parking and favorite walks from Nahma Township 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 →