Photo: Chris Light · CC BY-SA 3.0Virtually every resident lives within a half mile of a park in Constantine
Virtually every resident lives within a half mile of a park. 44 acres are parks and preserves, 21 per 1,000 residents. 0.2 miles of mapped trail cross Constantine, 0.1 per square mile of land.
Ahead of 69% of U.S. towns. What drives it
What kind of outdoors town is Constantine?
Read from the map. The page puts what stands out first.
How much outdoors does Constantine have?
On conserved land, trails, park land and how close residents live to a park, Constantine is ahead of 69% of U.S. towns. The share of residents near a park holds the grade up; trail miles pull it down.
Water is 8% of Constantine’s area (0 of 2 square miles), so every share here is of land; over land and water together, the conserved share would read 4%.
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
Directions go to the nearest trailhead or public parking.
42 conserved acres
4% of Constantine’s land. Water is left out: Constantine has 1.6 square miles of land and 0.1 of water, so the share counts land only. Who manages Constantine’s conserved land, from the USGS Protected Areas Database. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.
| Parcel (PAD-US) | Managed by | Acres | Public access |
|---|---|---|---|
| Well Field Local Park | Town or city | 21 | Open |
| Riverview Park Local Park | Town or city | 11 | Open |
| Wyman Park Local Park | Town or city | 6 | Open |
| South Washington Park Local Park | Town or city | 2 | Open |
| Rotary Park Local Park | Town or city | 1 | Open |
2 places to go in Constantine
Beaches, playgrounds, peaks, falls and more. Pick a kind.
2 playgrounds without a name on the map. Tap “Show all on map” to see them.
0.0 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 Constantine: 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) | 9.5 | 10.5 | 11.8 | 13.3 | 14.5 | 15.2 | 14.9 | 13.8 | 12.4 | 11.0 | 9.8 | 9.1 |
| High (°F) | 32 | 35 | 46 | 60 | 71 | 80 | 84 | 81 | 75 | 62 | 48 | 37 |
| Rain (in) | 2.3 | 2.0 | 2.2 | 3.4 | 4.2 | 4.2 | 3.7 | 3.8 | 3.4 | 3.5 | 2.7 | 2.2 |
February is the driest month (2.0 in) and July the warmest (highs of 84 °F). 4.2 inches fall in May, the wettest month. The climate in Constantine →
Questions about parks and trails in Constantine
How much of Constantine is conserved land?
4% 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 Constantine’s trails?
Well Field Baseball Park and Constantine Riverview Playland don’t have dog rules recorded on the map; check the signs at the trailhead.
Is there public land near Constantine?
6,294 acres of parks and open public land lie inside Constantine or within 10 miles of it (PAD-US), 44 of them inside the town line.
How much outdoors does Constantine have?
Ahead of 69% 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 Constantine 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 →