Falling Waters Trail Trailhead Parking
Managed by Jackson County
1 acres
Dog rules not recorded
Directionsto the parking lot
C−Outdoors
Outdoors in Concord
Concord has 2 acres of parks, 1.3 for every 1,000 residents
0.8 miles of mapped trail cross Concord, 0.5 per square mile of land. 52% of residents live within a half mile of a park.
Ahead of 22% of U.S. towns. What drives it
Conserved land
under 1%
0 acres · of 1.5 sq mi of land
Trails
0.8 mi
0.5 per sq mi of land
Park land
2 ac
1.3 acres per 1,000 residents
Near a park
52%
of residents within ½ mile
Bike routes
0.4 mi
0.4 mi paths
Lakes & rivers
1
1 boat launch
What kind of outdoors town is Concord?
Read from the map. The page puts what stands out first.
Outdoors grade
How much outdoors does Concord have?
On conserved land, trails, park land and how close residents live to a park, Concord is ahead of 22% of U.S. towns. Trail miles hold the grade up; conserved land pulls it down.
C−
OutdoorsA character grade: shown, never part of Concord’s overall grade.
Conserved landunder 1% of the land · typical MI town 5% · U.S. 4%DTrails0.5 miles of mapped trail per square mile of land (1 mi) · MI 0.3 · U.S. 0.4BPark land1.3 acres of park per 1,000 residents (2 acres) · MI 33 · U.S. 13C−Parks close to home52% 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 22%
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Water is 8% of Concord’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%.
NoteFew parks or trails are mapped in Concord. 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
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Directions go to the nearest trailhead or public parking.
Things to do
1 places to go in Concord
Beaches, playgrounds, peaks, falls and more. Pick a kind.
Boat launches in Concord
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
0.4 miles of bike routes
Bike lanes are often missing from the map in smaller towns, so that number is likely low.
0.4 mi
off-road bike paths
The Great Lake-to-Lake TrailsBike route
0.7 miCourts & fields
7Baseball
1Football
Includes school and college facilities, which aren’t always open to the public.
When to get out
The best walking months in Concord: 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) | 9.4 | 10.5 | 11.8 | 13.3 | 14.6 | 15.2 | 15.0 | 13.9 | 12.4 | 11.0 | 9.7 | 9.1 |
| High (°F) | 31 | 34 | 45 | 58 | 70 | 79 | 82 | 80 | 74 | 61 | 47 | 36 |
| Rain (in) | 2.3 | 1.9 | 2.2 | 3.3 | 4.0 | 3.9 | 3.5 | 3.8 | 3.2 | 3.3 | 2.7 | 2.2 |
February is the driest month (1.9 in) and July the warmest (highs of 82 °F). 4.0 inches fall in May, the wettest month. The climate in Concord →
Questions about parks and trails in Concord
How much of Concord 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 Concord’s trails?
Falling Waters Trail Trailhead Parking doesn’t have dog rules recorded on the map; check the signs at the trailhead.
Where can I bike in Concord?
0.4 miles of bike routes are on the map: 0.4 of off-road paths. Named routes: The Great Lake-to-Lake Trails.
Is there public land near Concord?
723 acres of parks and open public land lie inside Concord or within 10 miles of it (PAD-US), 2 of them inside the town line.
How much outdoors does Concord have?
Ahead of 22% 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 Concord 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 →