Asylum Lake Preserve

Welcome to your mobile guide to Asylum Lake Preserve!

Located in Kalamazoo, MI, Asylum Lake Preserve is a 274-acre parcel of land owned by Western Michigan University, preserved as a passive-use recreation area under an agreement between the City of Kalamazoo and WMU.

This app will act as your guide to the preserve, allowing you to explore the extensive trail network and various points of interest throughout the area. Another key feature of this app is a management issue report system, which allows users to anonymously report issues that they come across in the preserve to the managers of Asylum Lake Preserve.

Whether you're a longtime user or a first time visitor, this app will help enhance your experience! So download this app and come on out and enjoy the beautiful Asylum Lake Preserve!

This app was created for Master's thesis research. The goal is to see if crowdsourcing the collection of management issue reports can help improve management of Asylum Lake Preserve. So please consider reporting an issue if you see one while visiting Asylum Lake. Also, there is a short survey associated with the app, which can be accessed by "backing out" of the app once it is downloaded. Or you can access the survey by the link below. It takes only a couple minutes to complete and is invaluable to the research. Your input is greatly appreciated!
https://www.surveymonkey.com/s/8MVNBG5