Pier Park
Park
16 acres
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet
John T. Woodhouse House · Photo: Appraiser · CC BY-SA 3.0B+Outdoors
Outdoors in Grosse Pointe Farms
16% of Grosse Pointe Farms’ land is conserved: 273 acres
90% of residents live within a half mile of a park. 1.5 miles of mapped trail cross Grosse Pointe Farms, 0.5 per square mile of land. 34 acres are parks and preserves, 3.4 per 1,000 residents.
Ahead of 69% of U.S. towns · #297 of 701 in Michigan. What drives it
Conserved land
16%
273 acres · of 2.7 sq mi of land
Trails
1.5 mi
0.5 per sq mi of land
Park land
34 ac
3.4 acres per 1,000 residents
Near a park
90%
of residents within ½ mile
What kind of outdoors town is Grosse Pointe Farms?
Read from the map. The page puts what stands out first.
Outdoors grade
How much outdoors does Grosse Pointe Farms have?
On conserved land, trails, park land and how close residents live to a park, Grosse Pointe Farms is ahead of 69% of U.S. towns, #297 of 701 in Michigan. Conserved land holds the grade up; park acres per resident pull it down.
B+
OutdoorsA character grade: shown, never part of Grosse Pointe Farms’ overall grade.
Conserved land16% of the land · typical MI town 5% · U.S. 4%ATrails0.5 miles of mapped trail per square mile of land (2 mi) · MI 0.3 · U.S. 0.4B+Park land3.4 acres of park per 1,000 residents (34 acres) · MI 33 · U.S. 13C−Parks close to home90% 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 69%
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Michigan towns of 2,500+ (701)Ahead of 58%
Water is more than half of Grosse Pointe Farms’ area (10 of 12 square miles), so every share here is of land; over land and water together, the conserved share would read 4%.
How sure. Graded on any three of the four inputs instead, the letter would range from B to A. 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
Places to walk
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Directions go to the nearest trailhead or public parking.
Beacon Hill Park
Park
1 acres
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet
Who protects it
273 conserved acres
16% of Grosse Pointe Farms’ land. Water is left out: Grosse Pointe Farms has 2.7 square miles of land and 9.6 of water, so the share counts land only. Who manages Grosse Pointe Farms’s conserved land, from the USGS Protected Areas Database. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.
Private owners247 ac
Town or city25 ac
Private Park · 247 acLocal Park · 25 ac
The biggest protected parcels
| Parcel (PAD-US) | Managed by | Acres | Public access |
|---|---|---|---|
| Country Club of Detroit Private Park | Private owners | 247 | Restricted |
| 350 Lake Shore Rd Local Park | Town or city | 14 | Open |
| Kerby Rd Local Park | Town or city | 11 | Open |
Things to do
14 places to go in Grosse Pointe Farms
Beaches, playgrounds, peaks, falls and more. Pick a kind.
Beaches in Grosse Pointe Farms
Accretion Beach
DirectionsCrescent Sail Club Beach (Private)
DirectionsLittle BeachIn Pier Park
DirectionsPlaygrounds in Grosse Pointe Farms
8 playgrounds without a name on the map. Tap “Show all on map” to see them.
Dog parks in Grosse Pointe Farms
Grosse Pointe Farms Dog ParkIn Kerby Field
DirectionsBoat launches in Grosse Pointe Farms
2 boat launches without a name on the map.
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
23Tennis
6Baseball
3Soccer
1Football
Includes school and college facilities, which aren’t always open to the public.
History along the way
History →13 places on the National Register
The country’s official list of places worth saving (National Park Service).
Russell A. Alger Jr. HouseBuilding · listed 1982
About itAcademy of the Sacred HeartDistrict · listed 1987
About itGrosse Pointe High SchoolDistrict · listed 1993
About itChrist Church ChapelBuilding · listed 1993
About itGrosse Pointe Memorial ChurchBuilding · listed 1993
About itSaint Paul Catholic Church ComplexBuilding · listed 1994
About itRichard, Pere Gabriel, Elementary SchoolBuilding · listed 1994
About itBeverly Road Historic DistrictDistrict · listed 1995
About itPaul Harvey Deming HouseBuilding · listed 1996
About itJohn T. Woodhouse HouseBuilding · listed 2005
About itCarl E. and Alice Candler Schmidt HouseBuilding · listed 2005
About itCharles J. and Ingrid V. (Frendberg) Koebel HouseBuilding · listed 2009
About it1 more on the History page.
When to get out
The best walking months in Grosse Pointe Farms: June 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 | 14.6 | 15.3 | 15.0 | 13.9 | 12.4 | 11.0 | 9.7 | 9.1 |
| High (°F) | 32 | 34 | 44 | 56 | 68 | 78 | 82 | 80 | 74 | 61 | 48 | 37 |
| Rain (in) | 2.3 | 2.0 | 2.4 | 3.2 | 3.7 | 3.2 | 3.3 | 3.4 | 3.3 | 2.7 | 2.6 | 2.2 |
February is the driest month (2.0 in) and July the warmest (highs of 82 °F). 3.7 inches fall in May, the wettest month. The climate in Grosse Pointe Farms →
Next door
Grosse Pointe Farms and its neighbors
Grosse Pointe Farms has the second most mapped trails of the 4 towns around it. Tap a town to see its outdoors.
Village of Grosse Pointe Shores1.6 miGrosse Pointe Farms1.5 miGrosse Pointe Woods0.4 miGrosse Pointe0.0 mi
| Town | Conserved of land | Trail mi per sq mi | Park acres per 1,000 | Near a park ½ mile | Outdoors |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Grosse Pointe Farms | 16% | 0.5 | 3 | 90% | B+ |
| Grosse Pointe | 2% | under 0.1 | 3 | 99%+ | C |
| Grosse Pointe Woods | 8% | 0.1 | 3 | 79% | C+ |
| Village of Grosse Pointe Shores | 2% | 1.4 | 6 | 74% | B |
The four inputs of the Outdoors grade, from the engine; shares are of land, not water.
Questions about parks and trails in Grosse Pointe Farms
How much of Grosse Pointe Farms is conserved land?
16% 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 Grosse Pointe Farms’ trails?
Pier Park and Kerby Field don’t have dog rules recorded on the map; check the signs at the trailhead.
Is there public land near Grosse Pointe Farms?
3,500 acres of parks and open public land lie inside Grosse Pointe Farms or within 10 miles of it (PAD-US), 34 of them inside the city line.
How much outdoors does Grosse Pointe Farms have?
Ahead of 69% of U.S. towns on the Outdoors grade, #297 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 Grosse Pointe Farms 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 →