Brown City Community Park
Park
63 acres
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet
BOutdoors
Outdoors in Brown City
Brown City has 74 acres of parks, 65 for every 1,000 residents
9% of Brown City’s land is conserved, about 65 acres. 75% of residents live within a half mile of a park.
Ahead of 58% of U.S. towns. What drives it
Conserved land
9%
65 acres · of 1.1 sq mi of land
Trails
0.0 mi
0.0 per sq mi of land
Park land
74 ac
65 acres per 1,000 residents
Near a park
75%
of residents within ½ mile
Outdoors grade
How much outdoors does Brown City have?
On conserved land, trails, park land and how close residents live to a park, Brown City is ahead of 58% of U.S. towns. Park acres per resident hold the grade up; trail miles pull it down.
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OutdoorsA character grade: shown, never part of Brown City’s overall grade.
Conserved land9% of the land · typical MI town 5% · U.S. 4%B+Trails0.0 miles of mapped trail per square mile of land (0 mi) · MI 0.3 · U.S. 0.4DPark land65 acres of park per 1,000 residents (74 acres) · MI 33 · U.S. 13A−Parks close to home75% of residents within a half mile of a park · MI 50% · U.S. 72%B
All U.S. towns we grade (21,298)Ahead of 58%
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NoteFew parks or trails are mapped in Brown City. OpenStreetMap is mapped by volunteers and coverage varies from town to town, so a town with unmapped parks scores low on them.
How sure. Graded on any three of the four inputs instead, the letter would range from C+ to A−. 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.
Easements protect land from building but are usually private.© OpenStreetMap contributors · USGS PAD-US
Places to walk
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Directions go to the nearest trailhead or public parking.
Who protects it
65 conserved acres
9% of Brown City’s land. Who manages Brown City’s conserved land, from the USGS Protected Areas Database. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.
Town or city65 ac
Local Park · 65 ac
The biggest protected parcels
| Parcel (PAD-US) | Managed by | Acres | Public access |
|---|---|---|---|
| Park Local Park | Town or city | 65 | Open |
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
3Baseball
1Football
Includes school and college facilities, which aren’t always open to the public.
When to get out
The best walking months in Brown City: June to 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.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Daylight (h) | 9.3 | 10.5 | 11.8 | 13.4 | 14.7 | 15.4 | 15.1 | 13.9 | 12.4 | 10.9 | 9.6 | 9.0 |
| High (°F) | 30 | 32 | 42 | 56 | 68 | 78 | 81 | 79 | 73 | 60 | 46 | 35 |
| Rain (in) | 2.1 | 1.8 | 2.0 | 3.1 | 3.5 | 3.3 | 3.2 | 3.2 | 3.0 | 2.9 | 2.5 | 2.0 |
February is the driest month (1.8 in) and July the warmest (highs of 81 °F). 3.5 inches fall in May, the wettest month. The climate in Brown City →
Next door
Brown City and its neighbors
Tap a town to see its outdoors.
| Town | Conserved of land | Trail mi per sq mi | Park acres per 1,000 | Near a park ½ mile | Outdoors |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brown City | 9% | under 0.1 | 65 | 75% | B |
| Maple Valley Township | 1% | under 0.1 | 30 | 4% | C− |
| Burnside Township | 3% | under 0.1 | under 1 | 1% | D |
The four inputs of the Outdoors grade, from the engine; shares are of land, not water.
Questions about parks and trails in Brown City
How much of Brown City is conserved land?
9% 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 Brown City’s trails?
Brown City Community Park doesn’t have dog rules recorded on the map; check the signs at the trailhead.
Is there public land near Brown City?
715 acres of parks and open public land lie inside Brown City or within 10 miles of it (PAD-US), 74 of them inside the city line.
How much outdoors does Brown City have?
Ahead of 58% 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 Brown City 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 →