Shepherd Soccer Fields
Park
23 acres
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet
COutdoors
Outdoors in Coe Township
Coe Township has 48 acres of parks, 16 for every 1,000 residents
3.8 miles of mapped trail cross Coe Township, 0.1 per square mile of land. 55% of residents live within a half mile of a park.
Ahead of 33% of U.S. towns · #566 of 701 in Michigan. What drives it
Conserved land
1%
189 acres · of 36.2 sq mi of land
Trails
3.8 mi
0.1 per sq mi of land
Park land
48 ac
16 acres per 1,000 residents
Near a park
55%
of residents within ½ mile
Bike routes
2.6 mi
2.6 mi paths
Lakes & rivers
1
Outdoors grade
How much outdoors does Coe Township have?
On conserved land, trails, park land and how close residents live to a park, Coe Township is ahead of 33% of U.S. towns, #566 of 701 in Michigan. Park acres per resident hold the grade up; conserved land pulls it down.
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OutdoorsA character grade: shown, never part of Coe Township’s overall grade.
Conserved land1% of the land · typical MI town 5% · U.S. 4%CTrails0.1 miles of mapped trail per square mile of land (4 mi) · MI 0.3 · U.S. 0.4CPark land16 acres of park per 1,000 residents (48 acres) · MI 33 · U.S. 13BParks close to home55% 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 33%
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Michigan towns of 2,500+ (701)Ahead of 19%
How sure. Graded on any three of the four inputs instead, the letter would range from C 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
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
Pick a walk
Directions go to the nearest trailhead or public parking.
Little Salt River Park
Managed by Village of Shepherd
20 acres
Dog rules not recorded
Directionsto the parking lot
Coe Township Park
Managed by Coe Township
2 acres
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet
All 5 parks & preserves
Shepherd Soccer Fields23 acres
Little Salt River Park20 acres · Village of Shepherd
DirectionsCoe Township Park2 acres · Coe Township
Shepherd Comunity Park2 acres
DirectionsShepherd Train Museum1 acres
DirectionsWho protects it
189 conserved acres
1% of Coe Township’s land. Who manages Coe Township’s conserved land, from the USGS Protected Areas Database. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.
Private owners180 ac
Town or city9 ac
Private Park · 180 acLocal Park · 9 ac
The biggest protected parcels
| Parcel (PAD-US) | Managed by | Acres | Public access |
|---|---|---|---|
| Winding Brook Golf Course Private Park | Private owners | 180 | Restricted |
| Little Salt River Park Local Park | Town or city | 9 | Open |
Things to do
6 places to go in Coe Township
Beaches, playgrounds, peaks, falls and more. Pick a kind.
Playgrounds in Coe Township
6 playgrounds without a name on the map. Tap “Show all on map” to see them.
Trails & water
1 lakes & rivers
Lakes & rivers tap for directions
Biking & sports
2.6 miles of bike routes
Bike lanes are often missing from the map in smaller towns, so that number is likely low.
2.6 mi
off-road bike paths
Courts & fields
9Baseball
3Beach volleyball
3Football
2Basketball
Includes school and college facilities, which aren’t always open to the public.
When to get out
The best walking months in Coe 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.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Daylight (h) | 9.3 | 10.4 | 11.8 | 13.4 | 14.7 | 15.4 | 15.1 | 14.0 | 12.4 | 10.9 | 9.6 | 9.0 |
| High (°F) | 30 | 32 | 43 | 57 | 69 | 79 | 83 | 80 | 73 | 60 | 46 | 35 |
| Rain (in) | 2.0 | 1.7 | 2.0 | 3.5 | 3.6 | 3.5 | 3.1 | 3.7 | 2.8 | 3.2 | 2.5 | 1.9 |
February is the driest month (1.7 in) and July the warmest (highs of 83 °F). 3.7 inches fall in August, the wettest month. The climate in Coe Township →
Next door
Coe Township and its neighbors
Coe Township has the second most mapped trails of the 4 towns around it. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Coe Township | 1% | 0.1 | 16 | 55% | C |
| Chippewa Township | 1% | 0.1 | 17 | 6% | C− |
| Jasper Township | 1% | 0.4 | 149 | 11% | C+ |
| Lincoln Township | 2% | under 0.1 | 6 | 6% | D |
The four inputs of the Outdoors grade, from the engine; shares are of land, not water.
Questions about parks and trails in Coe Township
How much of Coe 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 Coe Township’s trails?
Shepherd Soccer Fields and Little Salt River Park don’t have dog rules recorded on the map; check the signs at the trailhead.
Where can I bike in Coe Township?
2.6 miles of bike routes are on the map: 2.6 of off-road paths.
Is there public land near Coe Township?
5,068 acres of parks and open public land lie inside Coe Township or within 10 miles of it (PAD-US), 48 of them inside the town line.
How much outdoors does Coe Township have?
Ahead of 33% of U.S. towns on the Outdoors grade, #566 of 701 in Michigan. 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 Coe 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 →