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Outdoors in Conway Township

Few parks or trails are on the map in Conway Township

149 acres are parks and preserves, 41 per 1,000 residents. 3% of residents live within a half mile of a park. 0.8 miles of mapped trail cross Conway Township.

Ahead of 25% of U.S. towns · #606 of 701 in Michigan. What drives it

Conserved land
1%
368 acres · of 37.7 sq mi of land
Trails
0.8 mi
0.0 per sq mi of land
Park land
149 ac
41 acres per 1,000 residents
Near a park
3%
of residents within ½ mile
Lakes & rivers
2
Outdoors grade

How much outdoors does Conway Township have?

On conserved land, trails, park land and how close residents live to a park, Conway Township is ahead of 25% of U.S. towns, #606 of 701 in Michigan. Park acres per resident hold the grade up; the share of residents near a park pulls it down.

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OutdoorsA character grade: shown, never part of Conway Township’s overall grade.
All U.S. towns we grade (21,298)Ahead of 25%
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Michigan towns of 2,500+ (701)Ahead of 14%
NoteFew parks or trails are mapped in Conway Township. 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

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
Who protects it

368 conserved acres

1% of Conway Township’s land. Who manages Conway Township’s conserved land, from the USGS Protected Areas Database. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.

Private owners180 ac
USDA easements (NRCS)139 ac
Other state land52 ac
Conservation Easement · 191 acPrivate Recreation or Education · 152 acPrivate Other or Unknown · 28 ac
Good to know

Conserved doesn’t always mean open to visitors. 188 acres are conservation easements, usually private land. The walks above are places people visit.

The biggest protected parcels
Parcel (PAD-US)Managed byAcresPublic access
Secluded Acres
Private Recreation or Education
Private owners152Open
Utility Corridor
Private Other or Unknown
Private owners28Open
Trails & water

2 lakes & rivers

Lakes & rivers tap for directions
When to get out

The best walking months in Conway Township: 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.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Daylight (h)9.410.511.813.314.615.315.013.912.411.09.79.0
High (°F)303344576978828073604735
Rain (in)2.21.72.13.33.83.73.53.53.13.12.42.0

February is the driest month (1.7 in) and July the warmest (highs of 82 °F). 3.8 inches fall in May, the wettest month. The climate in Conway Township →

Next door

Conway Township and its neighbors

Tap a town to see its outdoors.

TownConserved
of land
Trail mi
per sq mi
Park acres
per 1,000
Near a park
½ mile
Outdoors
Conway Township1%under 0.1413%C
Locke Township2%0.1under 13%D
Handy Township3%0.11725%C
Cohoctah Township7%0.125317%B−
Antrim Township4%0.130723%B−

The four inputs of the Outdoors grade, from the engine; shares are of land, not water.

Questions about parks and trails in Conway Township

How much of Conway 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.

Is there public land near Conway Township?

6,311 acres of parks and open public land lie inside Conway Township or within 10 miles of it (PAD-US), 149 of them inside the town line.

How much outdoors does Conway Township have?

Ahead of 25% of U.S. towns on the Outdoors grade, #606 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 Conway 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 →