Woolfe Park
Park
3 acres
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet
COutdoors
Outdoors in Decatur
Decatur has 5 acres of parks, 2.6 for every 1,000 residents
83% of residents live within a half mile of a park. 0.1 miles of mapped trail cross Decatur, 0.1 per square mile of land.
Ahead of 25% of U.S. towns. What drives it
Conserved land
1%
6 acres · of 1.4 sq mi of land
Trails
0.1 mi
0.1 per sq mi of land
Park land
5 ac
2.6 acres per 1,000 residents
Near a park
83%
of residents within ½ mile
Lakes & rivers
1
What kind of outdoors town is Decatur?
Read from the map. The page puts what stands out first.
Outdoors grade
How much outdoors does Decatur have?
On conserved land, trails, park land and how close residents live to a park, Decatur is ahead of 25% of U.S. towns. The share of residents near a park holds the grade up; park acres per resident pull it down.
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OutdoorsA character grade: shown, never part of Decatur’s overall grade.
Conserved land1% of the land · typical MI town 5% · U.S. 4%C−Trails0.1 miles of mapped trail per square mile of land (0 mi) · MI 0.3 · U.S. 0.4CPark land2.6 acres of park per 1,000 residents (5 acres) · MI 33 · U.S. 13C−Parks close to home83% 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 25%
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Water is 5% of Decatur’s area (0 of 1 square miles), so every share here is of land; over land and water together, the conserved share would read 1%.
NoteFew parks or trails are mapped in Decatur. 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 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
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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.
Who protects it
6 conserved acres
1% of Decatur’s land. Water is left out: Decatur has 1.4 square miles of land and 0.1 of water, so the share counts land only. Who manages Decatur’s conserved land, from the USGS Protected Areas Database. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.
Town or city6 ac
Local Park · 6 ac
The biggest protected parcels
| Parcel (PAD-US) | Managed by | Acres | Public access |
|---|---|---|---|
| Red Woolfe Park Local Park | Town or city | 3 | Open |
| Fire Station Park Local Park | Town or city | 1 | Open |
| Raider Romp Park Local Park | Town or city | 1 | Open |
Things to do
1 places to go in Decatur
Beaches, playgrounds, peaks, falls and more. Pick a kind.
Playgrounds in Decatur
1 playground 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
0.0 miles of bike routes
Bike lanes are often missing from the map in smaller towns, so that number is likely low.
Courts & fields
5Baseball
2Tennis
2Football
Includes school and college facilities, which aren’t always open to the public.
When to get out
The best walking months in Decatur: April, 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) | 32 | 35 | 46 | 59 | 71 | 80 | 83 | 81 | 75 | 62 | 48 | 37 |
| Rain (in) | 2.6 | 2.1 | 2.3 | 3.5 | 4.1 | 4.1 | 3.7 | 4.0 | 3.4 | 4.0 | 2.9 | 2.5 |
February is the driest month (2.1 in) and July the warmest (highs of 83 °F). 4.1 inches fall in June, the wettest month. The climate in Decatur →
Questions about parks and trails in Decatur
How much of Decatur 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 Decatur’s trails?
Woolfe Park doesn’t have dog rules recorded on the map; check the signs at the trailhead.
Is there public land near Decatur?
1,739 acres of parks and open public land lie inside Decatur or within 10 miles of it (PAD-US), 5 of them inside the town line.
How much outdoors does Decatur have?
Ahead of 25% 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 Decatur 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 →