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B+Outdoors
Outdoors in Clio

Virtually every resident lives within a half mile of a park in Clio

Virtually every resident lives within a half mile of a park. 39 acres are parks and preserves, 18 per 1,000 residents. 0.3 miles of mapped trail cross Clio, 0.3 per square mile of land.

Ahead of 71% of U.S. towns. What drives it

Conserved land
3%
21 acres · of 1.1 sq mi of land
Trails
0.3 mi
0.3 per sq mi of land
Park land
39 ac
18 acres per 1,000 residents
Near a park
99%+
of residents within ½ mile
Bike routes
2.9 mi
2.9 mi paths

What kind of outdoors town is Clio?

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

Parks close to homeVirtually every resident lives within a half mile of a park.
Outdoors grade

How much outdoors does Clio have?

On conserved land, trails, park land and how close residents live to a park, Clio is ahead of 71% of U.S. towns. The share of residents near a park holds the grade up; trail miles pull it down.

B+
OutdoorsA character grade: shown, never part of Clio’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 (0 mi) · MI 0.3 · U.S. 0.4B−Park land18 acres of park per 1,000 residents (39 acres) · MI 33 · U.S. 13BParks close to homeVirtually all residents within a half mile of a park · MI 50% · U.S. 72%A+
All U.S. towns we grade (21,298)Ahead of 71%
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How sure. Graded on any three of the four inputs instead, the letter would range from B− 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.

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Easements protect land from building but are usually private.© OpenStreetMap contributors · USGS PAD-US
Places to walk

Pick a walk

The longest trail network is Clio Park, with 0.2 miles. Directions go to the nearest trailhead or public parking.

Clio Park

Park
14 acres0.2 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
Directionsto the parking lot

Clio Skate Park

Park
3 acres
Dog rules not recorded
Directionsto the parking lot
Who protects it

21 conserved acres

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

Town or city21 ac
Local Park · 21 ac
The biggest protected parcels
Parcel (PAD-US)Managed byAcresPublic access
Clio Park(City Park)
Local Park
Town or city16Open
City Of Clio Skatepark
Local Park
Town or city3Open
Township of Vienna Park
Local Park
Town or city2Open
Things to do

6 places to go in Clio

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

Community gardens in Clio
Art Miles Community Garden
Directions
Biking & sports

2.9 miles of bike routes

Bike lanes are often missing from the map in smaller towns, so that number is likely low.

2.9 mi
off-road bike paths
Courts & fields
4Baseball
2Basketball
1Skate park
1Beach volleyball

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

History along the way

2 places on the National Register

The country’s official list of places worth saving (National Park Service).

History →
Mauk & Hammer/Houghton ElevatorBuilding · listed 1982
About it
Clio DepotBuilding · listed 1983
About it
When to get out

The best walking months in Clio: 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)9.310.511.813.314.715.415.113.912.410.99.69.0
High (°F)303344577079838074604735
Rain (in)2.01.72.03.33.73.53.33.42.93.02.42.0

February is the driest month (1.7 in) and July the warmest (highs of 83 °F). 3.7 inches fall in May, the wettest month. The climate in Clio →

Questions about parks and trails in Clio

Where can I hike in Clio?

The longest trail networks: Clio Park, 0.2 miles. Each one is on the map above, with directions to the nearest trailhead or parking.

How much of Clio 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 Clio’s trails?

Clio Park and Clio Skate Park don’t have dog rules recorded on the map; check the signs at the trailhead.

Where can I bike in Clio?

2.9 miles of bike routes are on the map: 2.9 of off-road paths.

Is there public land near Clio?

6,986 acres of parks and open public land lie inside Clio or within 10 miles of it (PAD-US), 39 of them inside the city line.

How much outdoors does Clio have?

Ahead of 71% 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 Clio 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 →