Photo: rossograph · CC BY-SA 4.0Colon has 11 acres of parks, 6.9 for every 1,000 residents
82% of residents live within a half mile of a park. 0.3 miles of mapped trail cross Colon, 0.2 per square mile of land.
Ahead of 30% of U.S. towns. What drives it
What kind of outdoors town is Colon?
Read from the map. The page puts what stands out first.
How much outdoors does Colon have?
On conserved land, trails, park land and how close residents live to a park, Colon is ahead of 30% of U.S. towns. The share of residents near a park holds the grade up; conserved land pulls it down.
Water is 21% of Colon’s area (0 of 2 square miles), so every share here is of land; over land and water together, the conserved share would read under 1%.
PAD-US, OpenStreetMap (© OpenStreetMap contributors), Census 2025 Gazetteer and 2020 blocks; details in Sources below. How TownRatings grades the outdoors →
Conserved land, trails & bike routes
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Pick a walk
The longest trail network is Colon Community Park, with 0.2 miles. Directions go to the nearest trailhead or public parking.
Sturgeon Lake Public Access
2 places to go in Colon
Beaches, playgrounds, peaks, falls and more. Pick a kind.
1 playground without a name on the map. Tap “Show all on map” to see it.
1 lakes & rivers
0.3 miles of bike routes
Bike lanes are often missing from the map in smaller towns, so that number is likely low.
Includes school and college facilities, which aren’t always open to the public.
The best walking months in Colon: April and 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) | 9.4 | 10.5 | 11.8 | 13.3 | 14.5 | 15.2 | 14.9 | 13.9 | 12.4 | 11.0 | 9.7 | 9.1 |
| High (°F) | 32 | 35 | 46 | 59 | 71 | 80 | 83 | 81 | 75 | 62 | 48 | 36 |
| Rain (in) | 2.4 | 2.0 | 2.2 | 3.5 | 4.2 | 4.1 | 3.7 | 3.9 | 3.4 | 3.7 | 2.8 | 2.2 |
February is the driest month (2.0 in) and July the warmest (highs of 83 °F). 4.2 inches fall in May, the wettest month. The climate in Colon →
Questions about parks and trails in Colon
Where can I hike in Colon?
The longest trail networks: Colon Community Park, 0.2 miles. Each one is on the map above, with directions to the nearest trailhead or parking.
How much of Colon is conserved land?
under 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 Colon’s trails?
Colon Community Park and Sturgeon Lake Public Access don’t have dog rules recorded on the map; check the signs at the trailhead.
Where can I bike in Colon?
0.3 miles of bike routes are on the map: 0.3 of off-road paths.
Is there public land near Colon?
1,172 acres of parks and open public land lie inside Colon or within 10 miles of it (PAD-US), 11 of them inside the town line.
How much outdoors does Colon have?
Ahead of 30% 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 Colon neighbors.
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 →