Grose Park
Park
45 acres
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet
Photo: Sea_Bass (Uploads) · Public domainC−Outdoors
Outdoors in Chester Township
Few parks or trails are on the map in Chester Township
18% of residents live within a half mile of a park. 47 acres are parks and preserves, 21 per 1,000 residents.
Ahead of 19% of U.S. towns. What drives it
Conserved land
1%
201 acres · of 35.6 sq mi of land
Trails
0.0 mi
0.0 per sq mi of land
Park land
47 ac
21 acres per 1,000 residents
Near a park
18%
of residents within ½ mile
Bike routes
3.3 mi
3.3 mi paths
Lakes & rivers
1
1 boat launch
Outdoors grade
How much outdoors does Chester Township have?
On conserved land, trails, park land and how close residents live to a park, Chester Township is ahead of 19% of U.S. towns. Park acres per resident hold the grade up; trail miles pull it down.
C−
OutdoorsA character grade: shown, never part of Chester Township’s overall grade.
Conserved land1% of the land · typical MI town 5% · U.S. 4%CTrails0.0 miles of mapped trail per square mile of land (0 mi) · MI 0.3 · U.S. 0.4DPark land21 acres of park per 1,000 residents (47 acres) · MI 33 · U.S. 13BParks close to home18% 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 19%
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NoteFew parks or trails are mapped in Chester Township. 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 D to C. 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
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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.
Who protects it
201 conserved acres
1% of Chester Township’s land. Who manages Chester Township’s conserved land, from the USGS Protected Areas Database. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.
Other state land99 ac
USDA easements (NRCS)58 ac
County46 ac
Agricultural Easement · 153 acLocal Park · 46 acConservation Easement · 4 ac
Good to know
Conserved doesn’t always mean open to visitors. 155 acres are conservation easements, usually private land. The walks above are places people visit.
The biggest protected parcels
| Parcel (PAD-US) | Managed by | Acres | Public access |
|---|---|---|---|
| Grose Park Local Park | County | 46 | Open |
Things to do
1 places to go in Chester Township
Beaches, playgrounds, peaks, falls and more. Pick a kind.
Boat launches in Chester Township
1 boat launch without a name on the map. Tap “Show all on map” to see it.
Trails & water
1 lakes & rivers
Lakes & rivers tap for directions
Biking & sports
3.3 miles of bike routes
Bike lanes are often missing from the map in smaller towns, so that number is likely low.
3.3 mi
off-road bike paths
Courts & fields
3Baseball
Includes school and college facilities, which aren’t always open to the public.
When to get out
The best walking months in Chester Township: July 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 | 13.3 | 14.7 | 15.4 | 15.1 | 13.9 | 12.4 | 10.9 | 9.6 | 9.0 |
| High (°F) | 31 | 34 | 44 | 58 | 69 | 79 | 83 | 81 | 74 | 60 | 47 | 36 |
| Rain (in) | 2.4 | 1.9 | 2.3 | 3.7 | 3.8 | 3.6 | 3.2 | 3.2 | 3.1 | 3.9 | 3.1 | 2.4 |
February is the driest month (1.9 in) and July the warmest (highs of 83 °F). 3.9 inches fall in October, the wettest month. The climate in Chester Township →
Next door
Chester Township and its neighbors
Tap a town to see its outdoors.
Sparta Township6.8 miWright Township3.5 miRavenna Township1.9 miCasnovia Township0.6 miChester Township0.0 mi
| Town | Conserved of land | Trail mi per sq mi | Park acres per 1,000 | Near a park ½ mile | Outdoors |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chester Township | 1% | under 0.1 | 21 | 18% | C− |
| Wright Township | 1% | 0.1 | 29 | 14% | C |
| Casnovia Township | 1% | under 0.1 | 18 | 7% | C− |
| Ravenna Township | 1% | 0.1 | 34 | 51% | C+ |
| Sparta Township | 3% | 0.2 | 30 | 45% | B− |
The four inputs of the Outdoors grade, from the engine; shares are of land, not water.
Questions about parks and trails in Chester Township
How much of Chester Township is conserved land?
1% 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 Chester Township’s trails?
Grose Park and Conklin Trailhead don’t have dog rules recorded on the map; check the signs at the trailhead.
Where can I bike in Chester Township?
3.3 miles of bike routes are on the map: 3.3 of off-road paths.
Is there public land near Chester Township?
32,045 acres of parks and open public land lie inside Chester Township or within 10 miles of it (PAD-US), 47 of them inside the town line.
How much outdoors does Chester Township have?
Ahead of 19% 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 Chester 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 →