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Outdoors in Belvidere Township

Belvidere Township has 785 acres of parks, 408 for every 1,000 residents

36% of residents live within a half mile of a park. 3% of Belvidere Township’s land is conserved, about 758 acres. 9.7 miles of mapped trail cross Belvidere Township, 0.3 per square mile of land.

Ahead of 60% of U.S. towns. What drives it

Conserved land
3%
758 acres · of 34.6 sq mi of land
Trails
9.7 mi
0.3 per sq mi of land
Park land
785 ac
408 acres per 1,000 residents
Near a park
36%
of residents within ½ mile
Lakes & rivers
16
6 boat launches

What kind of outdoors town is Belvidere Township?

Read from the map. The page puts what stands out first.

Room to roam408 acres of park per 1,000 residents; the typical U.S. town has 13.
Outdoors grade

How much outdoors does Belvidere Township have?

On conserved land, trails, park land and how close residents live to a park, Belvidere Township is ahead of 60% of U.S. towns. Park acres per resident hold the grade up; the share of residents near a park pulls it down.

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OutdoorsA character grade: shown, never part of Belvidere Township’s overall grade.
Conserved land3% of the land · typical MI town 5% · U.S. 4%B−Trails0.3 miles of mapped trail per square mile of land (10 mi) · MI 0.3 · U.S. 0.4B−Park land408 acres of park per 1,000 residents (785 acres) · MI 33 · U.S. 13AParks close to home36% of residents within a half mile of a park · MI 50% · U.S. 72%C
All U.S. towns we grade (21,298)Ahead of 60%
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How sure. Graded on any three of the four inputs instead, the letter would range from C+ to B+. Trails and many small parks come from OpenStreetMap, mapped by volunteers, so coverage varies from town to town; the half mile is a straight line from each census block, so a river or highway in the way isn’t counted against it.

PAD-US, OpenStreetMap (© OpenStreetMap contributors), Census 2025 Gazetteer and 2020 blocks; details in Sources below. How TownRatings grades the outdoors →

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.

Edmore State Game Area

Managed by Michigan DNR - Wildlife Division
553 acres
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet

First Lake Park

Managed by Belvidere Township
10 acres
Dog rules not recorded
Directionsto the parking lot

Lake Montcalm Public Access

Managed by Michigan Department of Natural Resources
4 acres
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet

Belvidere Township Hall Park

Managed by Belvidere Township
4 acres
Dog rules not recorded
Directionsto the parking lot
All 7 parks & preserves
Edmore State Game Area553 acres · Michigan DNR - Wildlife Division
First Lake Park10 acres · Belvidere Township
Directions
Lake Montcalm Public Access4 acres · Michigan Department of Natural Resources
Belvidere Township Hall Park4 acres · Belvidere Township
Directions
Horseshoe Lake Public Access3 acres · Michigan Department of Natural Resources
Directions
Schmeid Park2 acres · Montcalm County
Directions
Belvidere Roadside Park2 acres · Belvidere Township
Directions
Who protects it

758 conserved acres

3% of Belvidere Township’s land. Who manages Belvidere Township’s conserved land, from the USGS Protected Areas Database. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.

State fish & wildlife469 ac
Private owners250 ac
County40 ac
State Conservation Area · 469 acPrivate Recreation or Education · 250 acLocal Park · 40 ac
The biggest protected parcels
Parcel (PAD-US)Managed byAcresPublic access
Edmore State Game Area
State Conservation Area
State fish & wildlife469Open
West MI Conf. of United Methodist Church
Private Recreation or Education
Private owners250Open
Schmied County Park
Local Park
County40Open
Things to do

10 places to go in Belvidere Township

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

Boat launches in Belvidere Township
First Lake Boat Launch
Directions
Horseshoe Lake Boat LaunchIn Horseshoe Lake Public Access
Directions
Lake Montcalm Boat Launch
Directions

Plus 3 boat launches without a name on the map.

Trails & water

2 named trails and 16 lakes & rivers

Named trails
Unpaved · 0.7 mi
Tiny's Trail0.2 mi
Shady Vale0.1 mi
Lakes & rivers tap for directions
Bass LakelakeFifth LakelakeFirst LakelakeFourth LakelakeHorseshoe LakeKirby LakelakeLake MontcalmlakeLittle Bass LakelakeLittle Penny LakelakeMud LakelakePenny LakelakeSecond LakelakeSixth LakelakeThird LakelakeWolf LakelakeFlat 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
2Basketball
1Baseball
1Beach volleyball
1Tennis

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

When to get out

The best walking months in Belvidere Township: July and September

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)9.310.411.813.414.715.415.114.012.410.99.69.0
High (°F)293243566978828073594534
Rain (in)2.31.82.33.73.83.63.23.63.03.52.72.3

February is the driest month (1.8 in) and July the warmest (highs of 82 °F). 3.8 inches fall in May, the wettest month. The climate in Belvidere Township →

Next door

Belvidere Township and its neighbors

Belvidere Township has the most mapped trails of the 4 towns around it. Tap a town to see its outdoors.

Belvidere Township9.7 miDouglass Township3.6 miHome Township3.2 miCato Township1.6 mi
TownConserved
of land		Trail mi
per sq mi		Park acres
per 1,000		Near a park
½ mile		Outdoors
Belvidere Township3%0.340836%B
Home Township6%0.143544%B
Cato Townshipunder 1%under 0.11742%C−
Douglass Township1%0.1915%C−

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

Questions about parks and trails in Belvidere Township

How much of Belvidere Township is conserved land?

3% of its land, against a typical 5% for a Michigan town and 4% nationally (PAD-US). Conserved doesn’t always mean open to visitors: easements are usually private land.

Are dogs allowed on Belvidere Township’s trails?

Edmore State Game Area and First Lake Park don’t have dog rules recorded on the map; check the signs at the trailhead.

Is there public land near Belvidere Township?

15,411 acres of parks and open public land lie inside Belvidere Township or within 10 miles of it (PAD-US), 785 of them inside the town line.

How much outdoors does Belvidere Township have?

Ahead of 60% of U.S. towns on the Outdoors grade. The grade combines the share of land that is conserved, miles of mapped trail per square mile of land, park acres per 1,000 residents and the share of residents within a half mile of a park. It’s a character grade, so it isn’t part of the overall grade. How it works.

Trail talk

Conditions, parking and favorite walks from Belvidere Township neighbors.

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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 →