Elworthy Field
Managed by City of Grosse Pointe
11 acres
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet
COutdoors
Outdoors in Grosse Pointe
Virtually every resident lives within a half mile of a park in Grosse Pointe
Virtually every resident lives within a half mile of a park. 18 acres are parks and preserves, 3.3 per 1,000 residents. 2% of Grosse Pointe’s land is conserved, about 11 acres.
Ahead of 34% of U.S. towns · #560 of 701 in Michigan. What drives it
Conserved land
2%
11 acres · of 1.1 sq mi of land
Trails
0.0 mi
0.0 per sq mi of land
Park land
18 ac
3.3 acres per 1,000 residents
Near a park
99%+
of residents within ½ mile
What kind of outdoors town is Grosse Pointe?
Read from the map. The page puts what stands out first.
Outdoors grade
How much outdoors does Grosse Pointe have?
On conserved land, trails, park land and how close residents live to a park, Grosse Pointe is ahead of 34% of U.S. towns, #560 of 701 in Michigan. The share of residents near a park holds the grade up; trail miles pull it down.
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OutdoorsA character grade: shown, never part of Grosse Pointe’s overall grade.
Conserved land2% of the land · typical MI town 5% · U.S. 4%C+Trails0.0 miles of mapped trail per square mile of land (0 mi) · MI 0.3 · U.S. 0.4DPark land3.3 acres of park per 1,000 residents (18 acres) · MI 33 · U.S. 13C−Parks close to homeVirtually all residents within a half mile of a park · MI 50% · U.S. 72%A+
All U.S. towns we grade (21,298)Ahead of 34%
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Michigan towns of 2,500+ (701)Ahead of 20%
Water is more than half of Grosse Pointe’s area (1 of 2 square miles), so every share here is of land; over land and water together, the conserved share would read 1%.
How sure. Graded on any three of the four inputs instead, the letter would range from D to B−. 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
Pick a walk
Directions go to the nearest trailhead or public parking.
Neff Park
Park
7 acres
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet
Who protects it
11 conserved acres
2% of Grosse Pointe’s land. Water is left out: Grosse Pointe has 1.1 square miles of land and 1.2 of water, so the share counts land only. Who manages Grosse Pointe’s conserved land, from the USGS Protected Areas Database. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.
Town or city11 ac
Local Park · 11 ac
The biggest protected parcels
| Parcel (PAD-US) | Managed by | Acres | Public access |
|---|---|---|---|
| George Elworthy Park Local Park | Town or city | 11 | Open |
Things to do
4 places to go in Grosse Pointe
Beaches, playgrounds, peaks, falls and more. Pick a kind.
Playgrounds in Grosse Pointe
Rotary Tot LotIn Elworthy Field
DirectionsPlus 3 playgrounds without a name on the map. Tap “Show all on map” to see them.
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
12Tennis
5Baseball
Includes school and college facilities, which aren’t always open to the public.
History along the way
History →2 places on the National Register
The country’s official list of places worth saving (National Park Service).
When to get out
The best walking months in Grosse Pointe: 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 →
Next door
Grosse Pointe and its neighbors
Tap a town to see its outdoors.
| Town | Conserved of land | Trail mi per sq mi | Park acres per 1,000 | Near a park ½ mile | Outdoors |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Grosse Pointe | 2% | under 0.1 | 3 | 99%+ | C |
| Grosse Pointe Farms | 16% | 0.5 | 3 | 90% | B+ |
| Grosse Pointe Park | 2% | under 0.1 | 3 | 84% | C |
| Detroit | 6% | 0.8 | 9 | 95% | 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
How much of Grosse Pointe is conserved land?
2% 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’s trails?
Elworthy Field and Neff Park don’t have dog rules recorded on the map; check the signs at the trailhead.
Is there public land near Grosse Pointe?
3,481 acres of parks and open public land lie inside Grosse Pointe or within 10 miles of it (PAD-US), 18 of them inside the city line.
How much outdoors does Grosse Pointe have?
Ahead of 34% of U.S. towns on the Outdoors grade, #560 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 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 →