The Oakland County Trails Master Plan has been developed to provide a framework for creating a connected system of greenways and trails throughout Oakland County. This non-motorized system is envisioned to serve a diverse range of users, providing safe and well-maintained linkages to important natural, cultural and civic destinations and other points of interest within and outside of the county.

Individual chapters from the Oakland County Trails Master Plan document are available through the following links.  Some files are rather large in size and may take several minutes to download.

Executive Summary (file size 917 kb)

Introduction (file size 1.4 MB)

Existing Conditions (file size 21 MB)

Master Plan Vision and Gap Analysis (file size 6.8 MB)

Design Considerations (file size 1.1 MB)

Action Plan & Appendix (file size 179 kb)

The following documents were generated from Oakland County's Business Roundtable who in 1995 provided a formal recommendation to develop a countywide trail network:

Business Roundtable Final Report of Recommendations (1995) (file size 4 MB)

Business Roundtable Implementation Report of Recommendations (1995) (file size 3 MB)

The following document is the result of a cooperative effort of the Oakland County Parks and Recreation Commission, Oakland County Planning and Economic Development Services Division, and the Huron Clinton Metroparks Authority who contracted with Johnson Hill Land Ethics Studio to assess the feasibility of developing a countywide Trail Network System:

Johnson-Hill Land Ethics Trail Assement (file size 2 MB)

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